Who? Tally Hall — Joe Hawley (guitar/vocals), Zubin Sedghi (bass/vocals), Rob Cantor (guitar/vocals), Ross Federman (percussion), and Andrew Horowitz (keys/vocals) — met at the University of Michigan in 2002, and they’re more concerned with having fun than making easily classifiable music.
What’s the Deal? Tally Hall derive their name from a now-defunct mini-mall in Farmington Hills, MI, and like any good shopping center, the band offer consumers a little bit of everything: Listeners can pick up some melodic rock, sugary pop, totally un-hip hip-hop, and a bit of electronica in Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum. The totally varied album plays like a hyperactive child, bouncing from rap (“Welcome to Tally Hall”), to Broadway-style harmonies (“Taken for a Ride”), to backwoods country featuring violin and banjo (“Be Born”), to calypso (“Banana Man”). Not having fun yet? “Two Wuv” is a candy-coated ode to the Olsen twins featuring the chorus, “Mary-Kate and Ashley I hope you understand / That I love you a lot and I want to be your man.”
Fun Fact: Keyboardist Andrew Horowitz won the 2004 John Lennon Scholarship Competition for the Tally Hall song “Good Day,” the first track off Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum. ALYSSA RASHBAUM
Now Hear This: Tally Hall – “Taken for a Ride” (Download MP3)
Now Watch This: Tally Hall – “Banana Man” (QUICKTIME)
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On the Web: tallyhall.com
