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    Category: Indie Rock

    Dave Bookman Memorial Unveiled in Toronto

    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”

    July 26, 2022July 23, 2022 by Kevin Press

    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”

    July 27, 2020July 25, 2020 by Kevin Press

    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”

    July 10, 2020July 4, 2020 by Kevin Press

    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”

    May 11, 2020May 9, 2020 by Kevin Press

    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!”

    April 29, 2020April 25, 2020 by Kevin Press

    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”

    February 24, 2020February 28, 2020 by Kevin Press

    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”

    September 12, 2019September 11, 2019 by Kevin Press

    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”

    October 18, 2018 by Kevin Press

    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”

    October 9, 2017 by Kevin Press

    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”

    July 5, 2017 by Kevin Press

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