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June 24, 2007
Rooney Plays at the 9:30 Club
I made it to see Rooney last night, band #2 in the Rooney-Ozma-Straylight Run trifecta happening this weekend. One of the things that makes Rooney worth seeing is how they are clearly a step above your typical small-venue band in terms of musicianship and polish. Rooney has a new album coming out, from which they played a few songs during their set. As I mentioned before, I last saw Rooney at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, a much larger venue than The 9:30 Club. Compared to three years ago, Rooney is a bit scruffier, a bit less pop-y, and with the benefit of the smaller venue, a bit more willing to engage the audience and have more fun with the show. Or maybe DC fans are less uptight than LA concert-goers, which might skew a bit too far towards The OC-watching crowd.
I like these pictures I got of the lead singer:
More pictures in my photo archive.
The final question is whether I have enough energy to make it to see Straylight Run tonight at the Black Cat. Probably not. I have too much work to finish tonight, and I don't have the benefit of a mid-afternoon nap I should have taken given my late night last night and early morning today. Back to work.
Posted by Dean at June 24, 2007 8:22 PM
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