Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar
Our playlist this week is all about new songs on our radar. Spotify has their Release Radar playlists and now we have an OurBasement Release Radar playlist. I hope to make this a regular playlist [...]
Playlist Friday: A Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness Aug/2017
We are going to revisit our stream of consciousness playlist this week. It has been awhile since we have worked on it so let's see what we can come up with. Don't know what I [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Road Trippin’
Our playlist this week comes from the suggestion given by a commenter on this blog, Morgana. She was doing some road trips and was looking for playlist suggestions. I may be late for her road [...]
Playlist Friday: Canada Day Celebration
The playlist this week is to celebrate Canada and the music we have here. Like many people I have some conflicted feelings on Canada 150. I don't want to celebrate the genocide of a culture [...]
Still Flux – Habits & Dreams (plus our First Anniversary shirts are now available for purchase)
By Darlene Barss Still Flux, composed of John Castillo, Johnny Syriani, Luke Winer, and David Hernon is a collaborative rock outfit started by singer/songwriter John Castillo in September 2015. Borrowing elements from Pyschedelia, Metal, and [...]
Walrus – Family Hangover
By Darlene Barss Walrus released their debut LP on June 9, 2017 and it is getting a lot of positive reviews. Since hearing their tracks from their Goodbye Something EP, I have been looking forward [...]
Playlist Friday: Tracks on Tracks, Then and Now
The playlist today is taking a look back at the artists that were on the train for Tracks on Tracks and seeing what they are up to now. Tracks on Tracks happened 5 years ago [...]
Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Top 20
Playlist Friday is about my top 20 choices for the Polaris Music Prize Long List. I have until June 6 to make my choices so I thought I would share with you where I am [...]
Playlist Friday: Northern Lights
The playlist this week takes us up north to experience the Northern Lights of music from NWT, Yukon and Nunavut. I put them all together as it is an area whose music I was really [...]
Playlist Friday: Cdn Indie Mother’s Day Stream of Thought
The playlist today is in honour of Mother's Day coming up this Sunday. I thought I would attempt another Stream of Thought for it. I am never sure where it is going to go and [...]