New releases for the week ending January 18th 2019

Blue Standard - A Good Thing A Good Thing by Blue Standard This CD does what it says on the tin and does it well. The proverbial tin says that this is a debut album [...]

By | January 17th, 2019|Categories: New Music|Tags: , |72 Comments

Amanda Rheaume – The Skin I’m In

Hello OurBasement, Welcome to 2019. We always approach a new year full of resolutions based on change. At least that appears to be the norm. That’s been my way of thinking before - not feeling [...]

By | January 16th, 2019|Categories: New Music, Video Release|Tags: , |50 Comments

Midnight Shine: New Year, New Drummer!

Charnelle Menow joins Midnight Shine line-up for 2019 Attawapiskat ON via Winnipeg MB (01.14.19) – Midnight Shine is pleased to announce that Charnelle Menow from Norway House Cree Nation will join the band for the [...]

By | January 15th, 2019|Categories: News, Video Release|Tags: , , , , |7 Comments

Said The Whale – Cascadia, online listening party

February 8th will see the release of Said The Whale's sixth full-length album in the form of Cascadia and you can check out pre-order options here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBYnRD62QM&index=2&t=0s&list=PL7HXdY0JAYLXYRjj_LTAnX4yKoaVU1LTr But if you are like me, and prefer [...]

By | January 14th, 2019|Categories: New Music|Tags: |48 Comments

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Albums of 2015

Music from the year 2015 is what we are listening to this week. Some of the tracks seem like it was just recently they dropped but these albums were released three to four years ago. [...]

New releases for the week ending January 11th 2019

Jazzlab Orchestra - Quintessence The Jazzlab Orchestra is a Montreal-based ensemble of 8 musicians that presents creative music since 2003 - the Orchestra celebrates this year its fifteenth anniversary. This collective of artistic collaboration has [...]

By | January 10th, 2019|Categories: New Music|Tags: , , , |42 Comments

8 Random Questions with … Acid House Ragas

1)Would you like to introduce yourself? Rishi Dhir. I've been making music over the past 10+ years with my main project Elephant Stone, newer project MIEN, and now Acid House Ragas. I've been wanting to [...]

By | January 9th, 2019|Categories: 8 Random Questions, News|Tags: |5 Comments

Alicia Hansen – Before You

Alicia Hansen’s third studio album, Before You, was released Nov 5, 2018. It marks her arrival at a place of artistic confidence, authenticity and clarity. Produced by Polaris and Juno Award-winning Jesse Zubot, (Tanya Tagaq, [...]

By | January 8th, 2019|Categories: New Music, News|Tags: , , |13 Comments

Ryan McMahon – Too Tired For Love

Vancouver Island based singer-songwriter Ryan McMahon is kicking off 2019 with the release of his 6th full-length album In Line For A Smile on February 1st, and Friday marked the official release of the first [...]

By | January 7th, 2019|Categories: New Music, Video Release|Tags: |15 Comments

Playlist Friday: New and Rejuvenated

Our first playlist for 2019 is all about being New and Rejuvenated. It may have been started another year but it has been renewed with fresh tracks added to it. New songs from Whitehorse, Michael [...]