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C'est What e-news July 2003 | Edition #53
News, music, rants, and other propaganda ~ published monthly
Last posted July 9, 2003
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 Wheat Beer Tasting
With the return of Denison's wheat beer months after the demise of the brew pub of the same name, we celebrated the advent of summer on June 25, 2003 with a wheat beer tasting featuring three filtered and five unfiltered versions of the style with representatives from Germany, Belgium, Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario.
The unfiltered or "white" styles all scored quite well, something which can not be said for the clear beers, with Germany's Hacker Pschorr coming out on top. more...
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 Nana Jokura
Toronto born singer/songwriter/composer Nana Jokura's electronica influenced production stretches and morphs the boundaries of pop.
She is described as "sultry" and "honest." Her vocals are complimented with deep grooves and trip hop, drum &bass elements nspired by Bjork, Sade and her mother. Her music infects the listener, inspiring dance and movement, as much as soul searching and introspection.
Advance tickets are available for her show with Graham on Wednesday July 9.
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Brothers To Soul are no strangers to Toronto's live music scene. Known for their sliky smooth soul and deeply groovy R&B, the band pull out al the stops with super high energy live show featuring an impressive 9 piece band with horns and attitude to pull it all together.
Advance tickets are available for their show on Thursday July 10.
Rich Hamelin's soul rock show is a new and captivating live display of raw expression in the Toronto music scene. Hamelin's upcoming album Fast City (recorded live at nia) was inspired by city life, death, speed and sound. With an old school R&B horn section combined with his driving songwriting style, the live show and album go hand in hand.
Advance tickets are available for Hamelin's show with Invisible Inc. on Friday July 11.
Etheral sounds and textured arrangements come face to face with the bite of alt rock-pop through Shannon Weir's complex lyrics and layered writing.
Weir is joined by James Hummel and Lisa Winn on Wednesday July 16 as part of Mariposa's "From The Cocoon" songwriters' series. Advance tickets are available.
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Formerly the voice and front-dude with 80’s darlings Chalk Circle, Chris Tait returns to the nia stage for a gig in support of his latest cd entitled Hello My Name Is Chris Tait. Blending cool, tight riffs around Tait’s trademark vocals, the songs on the new disc are powerful, mature and poignant.
Tait is joined by Bryce Thomas and Jigzag on Thursday July 17. Advance tickets are available.
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 Local alt-rockers King Nancy manage to squeeze really melodic hooks into an otherwise thick layer of buzzing guitars and crashing drums. A careful blend of catchy choruses and beefy, hard hitting verses frame this tight band's agenda to rock out.
Advance tickets are available for this show on Friday July 18 with Elvyn and Silent C.
Plotting a course for alternative pop, Jonathan Seet has been making waves uncovering the pop gems from within. Reflecting on a brit-pop aesthetic without succumbing to cliché Seet pens haunting and bittersweet tunes ranging in scope from tense and edgy to vulnerable and intimate.
Advance tickets are available for this Saturday July 19 show with Mia Sheard. Advance tickets holders for this show will receive a free copy of our latest compilation cd Local Flavour 2003 featuring the song Dirty Glass by Jonathan Seet.
Toronto native turned Montrealer singer songwriter Rennan built a strong rep on her 1998 debut self titled CD that gave the retro brit-pop sound a face lift with healthy amounts of volume and grit.
Her follow up replaces the crunchy guitar riffs and driving beats in favour of a more stipped back approach. The tunes on 2002's Taken With You support the catchy melodies and bittersweet lyrics with lush textures, mellow keyboard pads and overall chilled vibe.
Advance tickets are available for Renann's next show with Katie Griffin on Wednesday July 23.
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 His sights squarely focused, PHATT al (an acronym for: People Having A Terrific Time always) is reintroducing live, innovative hip-hop to an industry complacent in its acceptance of mediocrity.
Throughout his native Toronto, al rips lyrical and "musical homicide" in venue after venue, reviving the spirit of a by-gone era, when hip-hop was all about rhymes wreaking havoc on even the most seasoned party goers sensibilities.
Making a name for himself with such bands as Len, jackSOUL, bangra innovators Punjabi By Nature and rap metal head bangers Raggadeath, PHATT al has proven himself as an underground leader on the T.O. MC scene.
You can catch him on Thursday July 24 with One By Opinion backed up by the band The Starving Artists. Advance tickets are available.
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