Arts Desk » Justin Angelo Morey http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk News and Criticism on D.C. and Beyond Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:01:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Tuesday Rock City: The Black Hollies http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2009/11/10/tuesday-rock-city-the-black-hollies/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2009/11/10/tuesday-rock-city-the-black-hollies/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:17 +0000 Aaron Leitko http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/?p=13410 blackholliesHeavy on the Mellotron, fuzz tones, and paisley, The Black Hollies Softly Towards the Light has more psychedelic homage than a stack of Bomp! fanzines. You wouldn't guess, then, that three out of four members of the band had toiled long and hard in the New Jersey post-hardcore outfit Rye Coalition. But that hoodie-to-turtleneck-and-sunglasses swap-out isn't as awkward as it might seem.

Bassist/vocalist Justin Angelo Morey has a sharp ear for '60s R&B hooks and Zombies-style harmonies. "Gloomy Monday Morning," with it's farfisa organ grooves, is such a thorough psych-pop forgery that even Lenny Kaye wouldn't know for sure. And a lifetime of high volume pounding will do wonders for your rhythm section. Strawberry Alarm Clock could have benefited from such a stint on the New England basement-show circuit.

The Black Hollies w/ Title Tracks and Brian Scary and the Shredding Tears
@ Black Cat
$10 8:30 pm
1811 14th St. NW

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