Daniel Isaiah – Javelin Fade
Our Basement, The creation of Only One Left (out November 28th) was book-ended by the saddest and happiest events in my life – I started writing the record during the last weeks of my mother’s [...]
Dizzy Spells – Retrograde
Hey Our Basement, The spirit of creativity is our biggest muse, and “Retrograde” carried with it an emotional directness that put us in a trance-like state. As each member crafted their part, the euphoria would [...]
New releases for the week ending November 2nd 2018
Dan Mangan - More or Less Dan Mangan‘s fifth album is out this week. Titled More Or Less, the collection showcases the singer’s return to straight-ahead songwriting after 2015’s experimental Club Meds.(Vancouver Sun) Doug Paisley [...]
8 Random Questions with … Lost In Japan
1)Would you like to introduce yourself? We are a four-piece indie rock band from London, Ontario. Addison Johnson is our singer and guitarist, Nolan Peake is our bassist, Chris Hoekstra is our Guitarist and James [...]
The Never-Ending Present – The Story of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip
More than just a significant biography of "Canada's band", Michael Barclay's The Never-Ending Present places the Tragically Hip within the cultural and national shifts of Canadian consciousness over the last thirty years. In the summer [...]
8 Random Questions with … Buckman Coe
1)Would you like to introduce yourself? Yes. I am Buckman Coe. Soul and World artist from Vancouver, BC. Activist. Romantic. Purveyor of bad accents. Loves full-band sweaty dance floor shows of soul & reggae, and [...]
Playlist Friday: A Canadian Indie Halloween
It’s that time of the year again where I pull out the playlist of spooky creepy songs for Halloween. This playlist began back on the old CBC Music site when we could make playlists on [...]
New releases for the week ending October 26th 2018
Pleasure Craft - EP1 Toronto native, Sam Lewis a.k.a Pleasure Craft has released a brand new single, “Back In The Game”, along with a video. His debut, EP, entitled EP1 is set for release on [...]
Blonde Diamond – Fantasy Love
Vancouver alt/pop outfit BLONDE DIAMOND - formerly known as YOUNGBLOOD - released their new EP Fantasy Love last Friday via STEM in North America. The EP features tracks produced by JUNO-nominated DJ Sleepy Tom (Diplo, [...]
UNBLOOM – Lost Myself
Our Basement, A lot of UNBLOOM songs deal with transition and the relationships that are lost or gained in those critical moments of moving forward. “Lost Myself” deals with identity loss during this transition and [...]