Actors - It Will Come To You From Vancouver, Canada, Actors electrify with a modern take on post-punk. On debut full-length It Will Come to You, anthemic songs evoke the urgency of early-’80s U2 (Boy, [...]
Our Basement, On February 6th, I woke up to news that would change my life. My sophomore record, The Grand Hustle, is among the 2018 JUNO Awards nominees for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year! [...]
On her new single, "Come Right Back To You" rising Canadian soul artist Avery Raquel updates classic sounds for contemporary ears. The song is a preview of Avery's third full-length album, My Heart Away, due [...]
Elk Run & Riot - Animalia Since forming in 2013, Elk Run & Riot have made it their priority to write songs that reflect who they are and where they live. For the alternative folk [...]
Hello Our Basement , I hate confrontation — probably more than anything. Unfortunately, I find it is an unavoidable and increasingly important part of being a woman who stands up for herself. When faced with [...]
Our playlist this week is all about new songs on our radar this month. Spotify has their Release Radar playlists and we have an OurBasement Release Radar playlist. This has become a monthly thing as [...]
Adam Cicchillitti - Canciones While touring Quebec and the Maritimes in 2016, guitarist Adam Cicchillitti played an outdoor concert at La Fête de la Musique de Tremblant, a summer festival curated by violinist Angèle Dubeau.(CBC [...]
TAKING THE HIGH ROAD: Midnight Shine’s third album reaching new heights It’s a little bit cliché to say it’s been a long road for Midnight Shine to get here. It’s a little bit ironic, too, [...]
Hyness is a four-piece band fronted by singer/guitarists Marcus and Amy Addams. Drawing inspiration primarily from the glorious fuzz that defined the first half of the 1990s, the group’s debut EP The End Of Music [...]
Born Ruffians - Uncle, Duke & The Chief Luke Lalonde was feeling lost. Following the release of Born Ruffians’ 2015 album, Ruff, the frontman admits that he was “losing focus and losing desire, I guess, [...]