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I don't know what it is about too-cool-for-school Brooklyn, but in my humble opinion 10:40 is too late for the main act to come on stage. I arrived a little before 10pm (doors were @ 8, first act @ 9), thinking that I might be a little late for Hundred Waters; I was obviously wrong. They were scheduled to come on third at 10:30, and were about 10 minutes late to start.
Things were pretty good once Hundred Waters started. They played a lot from their most recent album release (Communicating), but I was pleasantly surprised that they played a few from the prior EP (Currency) - the title track from that EP is my favorite song of theirs this year. The slow songs from the new album didn't do that much for me, but there were a couple (such as the title track, which they opened with) that I appreciate more now after seeing live. I was surprised that they didn't play "Xtalk", and wish they would have. They had 3 dancers perform onstage on a couple of their songs, including that first one. Overall, I wasn't quite as impressed as the first time I saw them, but it was still a good show.
As an aside, the Music Hall of Williamsburg is a solid venue. It has a pretty intimate feel without being just a dive. The layout with the mezzanine also allows it to get pretty loud when the crowd is cheering hard.
Rating: 4.3/5
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