New releases for the week ending September 24th 2021

Arkells - Blink Once (Universal Music Canada) Deniz Reno - Acoustic Memoir (Taksu Records) Ada Lea - one hand steering the wheel the other sewing a garden (Saddle Creek and Next Door Records) one hand [...]

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Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar Aug/2020

The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for August/2020 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. We have a Spotify Release Radar playlist, a condensed Spotify Release [...]

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Book Lovers Day

Our playlist this week is in honour of Book Lovers Day. There are tracks about books, songs with literary references, or about words or writing or some connection to books. Book Lovers Day is celebrated [...]

Playlist Friday: Last Gang Records

The playlist this week is the fourth in a series of playlists where we are checking out Canadian Independent Record Companies and the artists they represent. We have checked out Arts and Crafts, Constellation Records, [...]

Playlist Friday: Halifax Pop Explosion 2019

Music festival season isn't quite over yet! This week's playlist is featuring Canadian artists that will be playing at Halifax Pop Explosion this year. It's another festival I would love to go to some day. [...]

New releases for the week ending October 19th 2018

Arkells - Rally Cry Arkells might just be the biggest rock band in Canada at the moment. Thanks to last year's single, "Knocking At the Door," they've had a hit in circulation for a good [...]

By | October 18th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , |42 Comments

Ode To Ontario Playlist

by Darlene Barss Our playlist today is an ode to all those Ontario musicians we know and love. There is no shortage of talent coming out of that province that is for sure.  Broken Social [...]

OurBasement Playlist: Landmarks

By Regina Sienra Whether you live in a big city or small town Canada, there’s always a feeling of pride, belonging or representation when a building, a street, a station or any other landmark you [...]

Canadian indie fights cancer

By Nick Jean It seems 2016 is the year of the epic tour. As we previously announced, Lauren Mann is working on a 50-date tour with stops literally all across the country. Not to be [...]

By | July 19th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |95 Comments

Canadian Indie on Tour – July 2016 Edition

Ourbasement.ca is here to help you navigate your Canadian Indie Summer Concert Schedule.