event Rooney
Also Playing: Tally Hall and Crash Kings
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Sat Dec 19
10 pm,
Rooney, Tally Hall, and Crash Kings at Emo's
Can a band whose members wear color-coded neckties and cram random choral, hip-hop, and classical interludes into jaunty pop songs hold up as more than a novelty? Tally Hall has made it work for since forming in 2002, at least, and even if the group’s songwriting isn’t all that innovative at the core, it’s pretty enjoyable to listen to more than once or twice. (And you’ve got to admire any group of dorks who can lay down the occasional rap without making asses of themselves.) It may start to grate eventually, but the band handles it all with respectable chops and a redeeming ability to laugh at itself.
Emo's 603 Red River St, Austin, TX
Can a band whose members wear color-coded neckties and cram random choral, hip-hop, and classical interludes into jaunty pop songs hold up as more than a novelty? Tally Hall has made it work for since forming in 2002, at least, and even if the group’s songwriting isn’t all that innovative at the core, it’s pretty enjoyable to listen to more than once or twice. (And you’ve got to admire any group of dorks who can lay down the occasional rap without making asses of themselves.) It may start to grate eventually, but the band handles it all with respectable chops and a redeeming ability to laugh at itself.
Updated 10/21/2009
