Playlist Friday: A Canadian Indie Spring
Spring, glorious Spring! Winter ended up pretty harsh around here this year and it seems in many other places as well. This week we celebrate the season with a playlist of songs for Spring. I [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Music Week 2019
I was looking for new ideas for playlists and got the suggestion for festivals from our friend Morgana. I liked the idea and am running with it. The first festival I picked was the Canadian [...]
Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar March/2019
It’s Release Radar playlist time! Release Radar are playlists that let you know what is new each month. We have a Spotify Release Radar playlist and a YouTube new video release playlist to help you [...]
Playlist Friday: International Women’s Day
Happy International Women's Day! Right now is a great and important time in history to do everything possible to help forge a more gender-balanced world. Women have come a long way, yet there's still more [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Albums of 2017
Music from the year 2017 is what we are listening to this week. This was the year I became a Polaris Music Prize juror and I remember being introduced to so many of these albums. [...]
Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar Feb/2019
It's Release Radar playlist time! Release Radar are playlists that let you know what is new each month. We have a Spotify Release Radar playlist and a YouTube new video release playlist to help you [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Albums of 2016
Music from the year 2016 is what we are listening to this week. If you were listening to CBC R3 then, you will recognize many of the songs on the playlist. The R3 blog we [...]
Playlist Friday: Is This What You Call Love?
Valentine's Day is coming soon, so this week's playlist is all about love. Love comes in many forms so sometimes just like Hawksley Workman you have to ask "Is this what you call love?" Maybe [...]
Playlist Friday: Black History Month in Canada
Every February, Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. Here at OurBasement we like to celebrate with music. The playlist [...]
Playlist Friday: Let’s Be Happy
The playlist this week is full of happy, uplifting, inspiring songs to help us fight the January Blues. The holidays are over, the bills are coming in, it's cold out and spring feels so far [...]