Our Friday show @ Pianos rocked. Thanks to everyone who came out and left it all on the dance floor, especially JoMarie’s grandmother and Tony Frasca. As a bonus, two of the other bands didn’t show up, so the show was free and we got to play an encore. Here’s Chad killing it to Gloria with Scottie behind him on drums:
As of June 6, bandmember Chad (bass, bells, inspiration), is the first married member of Team Genius. After the ceremony, the groom and our bandleader (Drew) were able to find a quiet moment.
Not long ago a web site called Short and Sweet NY had these nice words to say about us:
Team Genius is a pretty badass band who take pop music and make it as eclectic as they can to create great music. With a self-titled album out that is very solid, these guys are worth checking out if you’re into awesome new music.
BREAKING NEWS: Team Genius is back in the studio. Here are a some action shots of Drew and Scottie’s session last night at The Buddy Project in Queens.
“Drew be illin’ it, we be killin’ it.” - Drew (yes, in the third person)
Tonight (Thursday) at Union Hall.
Team Genius’s friend Greg Ames has a new book called Buffalo Lockjaw. He’ll be regaling us with a short reading before the rock commences. The excellent musical stylings of Grand Mal will follow.
Night starts at 7:00 so get there at 7:00 (true story! its an early one.) See you there!
Thanks to everyone who came out to our show on Thursday, it was a rocking time. The other bands were particularly kickass this time and we hope to play with them again. But there’s more where that came from. We’re playing AGAIN this month at Public Assembly (formerly Galapagos) in Williamsburg.
It’s an early show, next Saturday night at 8:30. It’s also Chad’s birthday.
Here’s a photo of our last show at Public Assembly (which was our CD release party about a year ago):
Jump over to our photo page to check out a smattering of photos from our recent tour, courtesy of our roadie, Zak Kostura.
Highlights include our sleeping quarters (Amanda’s attic),
and a shot of our trusty 12-person van.
At one show, some fans practiced the fine art of capoeira.
During the day, Emma acquired a new mandolin at the pawn shop.
There was some excellent balloon action at Cool-Aid,
and plenty of dancing.
Lastly, we made some one-of-a kind Team Genius shirts that’ll be for sale at upcoming shows. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at our special shirt-making process.
Team Genius is excited to be playing at the Cake Shop in a few weeks with some pretty popular NY/BK bands.
The show is Thursday, April 9. That’s Holy Thursday for you Catholics out there, which is excellent news since a few of us have the next day (Good Friday) off work.
We’re playing with Action Painters, Naked Hearts and Ill Ease. We go on at 10:00.
We made it back from The Team Genius Family Vacation Tour alive and played a pretty decent set at Glasslands last night with our friends Good Morning Valentine and Mattison.
Johnny Leather was there taking some excellent photos–you can view them here and here.
A tour recap, including about nine rolls of film-worth of photos, to come later. Here’s a preview:
The Team is launching our first mini-tour, playing four shows in as many days. We’ve got a twelve person van, a roadie, and two new songs.
We take off Thursday, Feb. 19, playing the M Room, a new Philadelphia venue, with Rarebirds, Adam & Dave’s Bloodline and Goodmorning Valentine. Rarebirds offer a “sneaky versatility to elevate the smoky, twinkling tunes well above standard singer/songwriter fare.” Get more info.
Our second stop is James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. We’ll be playing at The Blue Nile on Friday night and at the school’s Cool Aid Festival Saturday. The tour ends back home in Brooklyn with a show at Glasslands in Williamsburg on Sunday night @ 10.
