Johnathan Rice – Meet The Mother
Hi, Our Basement, I had a conversation one night with Bill Murray about love, marriage, and all the weirdness in between. At one point, he said, “you’ve got to meet the mother.” I thought about [...]
Pleasure Craft – It’s Not Real
Good morning Our Basement, “It’s Not Real” is where everything started, about three years ago when I first moved to Toronto. It’s a song about change and how surreal it was to relocate from rural [...]
Kim Barlow – Whitehorse
Hello Our Basement: Whitehorse is a very personal song about youth, change, letting go. I lived in the Yukon for twenty years. Twenty. Years. I didn’t plan to stay so long. Like most people I [...]
New releases for the week ending September 21st 2018
Joe Nolan - Cry Baby It can feel rewarding for an artist to find his or her true voice and colour. Some are lucky and find it on the first full-length, but usually, it can [...]
2018 Polaris Music Prize
Jeremy Dutcher has won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize with his album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa on Monday night. The album is so deserving of the award. In my mind when I heard the album and read [...]
JJ and The Pillars Feat. Alyssa Morrissey – Howl
Hey Our Basement! In early 2017, we began recording our second album, Daisy, with producer Kevin Dietz (The Cranberries, The Glorious Sons, Circa Survive.) The resulting effort is the band’s best work to date, full [...]
Eden Warsaw – Pink California
Hey Our Basement, We’re currently in the midst of preparing for a big rest of the year. With an EP and tour in the works, it’s all leading up to the release of our Calm [...]
Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar Sept/2018
It's Release Radar playlist time! The playlists that let you know what is new this month! Along with our usual Spotify Release Radar playlist, there is a YouTube new video release playlist as well. The [...]
New releases for the week ending September 14th 2018
Craig Robertson - Late Mornings Toronto singer/songwriter Craig Robertson has released a preview of his upcoming album Late Mornings in the form of a video for the track “Cheap Old Watch,” which we at Roots [...]
Oh Geronimo – For The Dogs
Hey Our Basement, “For The Dogs” is directly inspired by our love for dogs, and the experiences we’ve shared with our own pets. Unfortunately, nature runs its course, and we usually end up outliving our [...]