Friday, April 4th, 2008
Meddlesome Meddlesome Meddlesome Bells and City Harvest Black at the Mez
by Jason Olshefsky at 8:15 pm (add a comment)
I stopped by The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) to check out the show. I didn’t find it all that different from Daily Perks (which was the last time I visited the place, so it’s been quite a while). Naturally the architecture wasn’t any different, but the decorating gave it a different feel. I was disappointed to find there were even fewer places to sit. The guy working wasn’t particularly cheerful, either, but I’ll give that a pass. I have heard people calling it “The Mez” but I still didn’t get a feel that was anything but an artificial nickname — the website still reports “House of Hamez”.
Anyway, starting out was City Harvest Black
who did a great job with looped noise and quasi-intelligible voices drawn from found sources. It had the feel of a meditation on the sounds of the subway and really hit its mark. I also stuck around for a bit of The Meddlesome Meddlesome Meddlesome Bells. I was interested in seeing them because I thought I’d really like them. As it turned out … well … I think I’ll need to give them another chance. The style was that of heavy, metal-sounding guitars and drums, some bells now and then, and vocals that were bright but kind of off-key. I think I’d like the whole thing if I was more open to the idea. We’ll see.
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