Our Basement: When I was 15, I had a high school boyfriend whose mother was a free-spirited, unconventional, and lenient single parent who would often leave us unattended with her impressive collection of classic records. [...]
Bernice - Puff LP: In the air without a shape The sophomore album Puff LP: In the air without a shape by Toronto dream weavers Bernice deals in understated wonderment. Frontwoman Robin Dann’s lyrics often [...]
Canadian chart-topping indie-pop trio Fake Shark has released a synergistic new video for their single “Wake Up” feat. Fionn via Live In Limbo. Previously operating under Fake Shark - Real Zombie!, the band has cultivated [...]
Hey, Our Basement: Whether drenched in crystalline synths or stripped bare, I aim to write songs that tackle modern life and love with radical intimacy. Friday marked the release of The Silence Came After via [...]
Hey Our Basement, Coming from a classically trained background, it was freestyling alone over basic guitar chords or over beats at parties that I really found my musical outlet. Then I met Kayobe, a Toronto [...]
It's time for another Release Radar playlist! 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. [...]
Astral Swans - Strange Prison Within seconds of hitting play on Astral Swans’ latest album, Strange Prison, listeners are transported directly into the psyche of singer-songwriter Matthew Swann: “I had a dream in which I [...]
Hey Our Basement! Hey Our Basement! Ryan Hicks here, I’m writing to you all the way from Regina. I released my second full-length album ‘Pulsing Colours’ earlier this year + this is my second single [...]
Hey Our Basement, During the lengthy recording process behind our forthcoming release, I experienced a sudden and inexplicable speech loss – rendering me unable to talk for months. Throughout the steep climb in getting my [...]
Beatrice Deer - My All To You Over ten years ago, Beatrice Deer left her hometown of Quaqtaq, QC (population: 376) and moved to Montreal. She set out to achieve three goals: to get more [...]