Toronto music journalist and radio host Dave Bookman is being remembered with a Heritage Toronto plaque outside the city’s famed Horseshoe Tavern. He passed in 2019. Dave…… Read more “Dave Bookman Memorial Unveiled in Toronto”
Category: Indie Rock
OSMR: A.J. Kaufmann – Silent Revolution, Deafening Meditation
Rock and roll is broken, and Poland’s A.J.Kaufmann is here to explain. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many…… Read more “OSMR: A.J. Kaufmann – Silent Revolution, Deafening Meditation”
OSMR: Surf Philosophies – Bread Of The Mansion
“I wanted to make something loose and gross and I started thinking about unpleasant words and sounds,” says Daniel from Surf Philosophies; I am a little worried…… Read more “OSMR: Surf Philosophies – Bread Of The Mansion”
OSMR: Liquidarlo Celuloide – Anamnesis
Peru’s Smashing Pumpkins have connected with Killing Joke alum Jaz Coleman on this one – sublimely gritty. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread…… Read more “OSMR: Liquidarlo Celuloide – Anamnesis”
OSMR: Future Cowboys – Life On Mars!
https://www.futurecowboys.net/ Probably at some point, yes; pretty good rock and roll record too. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as…… Read more “OSMR: Future Cowboys – Life On Mars!”
Hanging Valleys – Behind the Backs of Houses
London duo Hanging Valleys is out with a new EP that is near breathtaking in its tenderness. Thom Byles and Michael Phillips describe their music as “ambient-indie,”…… Read more “Hanging Valleys – Behind the Backs of Houses”
L’Épée – Diabolique
Every weekend, I post my radio program to Mixcloud. None of their categories really work for The Moderns. So I’ve experimented with different ones. After ranking on…… Read more “L’Épée – Diabolique”
Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe – Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe
“Good-bye, I’m leaving now.” So begins one of this year’s finest vocal performances. Tess Parks’ smoky barroom vocals aren’t all swagger. Her performance on this self-titled effort…… Read more “Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe – Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe”
The Duke Spirit and Common Holly
I don’t write a lot about rock music. Early in my career, I covered the indie scene for exclaim!*@#, Chart and a number of other magazines, and…… Read more “The Duke Spirit and Common Holly”
Love in the Sixth Soundtrack
In the finely crafted words of director/co-writer/co-star Jude Klassen, Love in the Sixth is “a feminist film although I suppose somebody’s being objectified somewhere. It’s so hard…… Read more “Love in the Sixth Soundtrack”