Articles by Pierre Hamilton
Zaki Ibrahim
Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON October 24
PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2008
Not everyone at this concert was convinced of Zaki Ibrahim's star power. "Based on what I heard, I thought the shit was weak, a sceptic te...
Bloc Party
Intimacy
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2008
Bloc Party's third album lunges at fans that kept their sophomore disc, A Weekend In The City, at a distance. It does this by turning loose...
Ratatat
Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON October 4
PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2008
Hadn't we heard this song already, I asked near the show's end. That, my friends, is the Ratatat appeal: cling tight to the formula. Theyr...
Lollapalooza
Grant Park, Chicago IL August 1 to 3
PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2008
We applauded ourselves when it was over. Tens of thousands of concertgoers spilled out onto Chicagos downtown streets. Sighs of joy paired...
Rock the Bells
Arrow Hall, Toronto ON July 20
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008
Nostalgia was on the minds and lips of most in attendance, even if younger fans were still enjoying naptime during hip-hop's golden age. Pr...
Measuring Up
Declining record sales mean less opportunity for self-congratulation. Will web views be any more reliable for an industry in crisis?
PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2008
Gold and Platinum awards for album and single sales exist both as a tool of the music industry and as a symbol of its decline in a digital...
Baby Elephant
Turn My Teeth Up!
PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007
Renowned keyboardist Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic fills this disc with sprawling synthesisers like his old band were still cutti...
Hangar 18
Sweep the Leg
PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007
Too much that stumbles out into the world with the Definitive Jux seal of approval is too quirky for its own good. Sweep the Leg often fail...
