Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar Jan/2021

The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for January/2021 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating for the start of this new year. This week there is [...]

New releases for the week ending January 29th 2021

Bill Jr. Jr. - Homebody Homebody by Bill Jr. Jr. Julie Neff - Over It (Independent) Over It by Julie Neff Amanda Tosoff – Earth Voices (Empress Music) Earth Voices by Amanda Tosoff Black Pistol [...]

By | January 28th, 2021|Categories: New Music|Tags: , , , , , |3 Comments

Michaela Slinger – Make You Sad

Hi Our Basement, Hope you're taking care right now! I co-wrote this new song with JUNO award-winning Kevvy (Carly Rae Jepsen, Fake Shark) and two-time Polaris Prize listed Louise Burns (Haley Blais). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAUk0JtSUgU A blend [...]

By | January 27th, 2021|Categories: New Music|Tags: |Comments Off on Michaela Slinger – Make You Sad

Focus Your Audio – Over There

Vancouver-based duo Focus Your Audio's latest single "Over There" has been picked up by radio stations across the country, has been featured in such publications as The Georgia Straight and Tinnitist, and received rave reviews [...]

By | January 26th, 2021|Categories: New Music|Tags: |4 Comments

8 Random Questions with… Frank Horvat

Q1, Would you like to introduce yourself? Yes, thank you. I've been a musician for all my life, a composer for most of it. Another thing that has been around for most of my life [...]

By | January 25th, 2021|Categories: 8 Random Questions|1 Comment

Playlist Friday: A Musical Hug

I want to give you a musical hug this week. January 21st was National Hug Day and I don't know about you, but I miss hugs! At least I can give virtual musical hugs out, [...]

By | January 22nd, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |4 Comments

New releases for the week ending January 22nd 2021

Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns (Kiwi Club/Sub Pop) Cooler Returns by Kiwi jr Mireille Boily - Refuges Mouvants (Effendi Records/Naxos Jazz)

By | January 21st, 2021|Categories: New Music|Tags: , |1 Comment

Christee Palace – What Have You Done to Me

Hey Our Basement, What have you done to me? I remember asking myself this question at a time when I felt completely consumed by the subject of this song… A feeling like I was almost [...]

By | January 20th, 2021|Categories: New Music|Tags: |Comments Off on Christee Palace – What Have You Done to Me

Brendan Scott Friel – Cheap String Lights (feat. Crissi Cochrane)

Hello Our Basement, "Cheap String Lights" offers a preview of my upcoming record; a song about rediscovering the magic in the places and people you see every day, something I think a lot of us [...]

By | January 19th, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Brendan Scott Friel – Cheap String Lights (feat. Crissi Cochrane)

Alex Southey – Rosie

Hi, Our Basement, We are a few weeks out from the February 5th arrival of my third full length album entitled ...And the Country Stirred, produced by Juno winner and Polaris prize nominee John Critchley [...]

By | January 18th, 2021|Categories: New Music, Video Release|Tags: |1 Comment