Tuesday night: We’ve got a show at our favorite venue in Williamsburg, Monkeytown. This show is especially exciting because we’re playing the entire new album from start to finish (half of it has never been played out before).
Here’s what the L magazine had to say about the show:
Team Genius’ press shot has six band members squished into a closet, each wearing a brightly colored shirt. The first song posted on their MySpace page is basically a Kool-Aid happy Polyphonic Spree singalong with a teddy bear-themed video to match. So we understand if you want to knock them for pandering to cutesy indie-pop, but it’ll be your loss if you write them off at that. Their other material reveals a band with a sophisticated understanding of pop music, honing in on gliding harmonies and bright, boxy choruses. Tonight they’ll debut material from their new album.
We’ll take that as a compliment. Come check it out!
Team Genius | 8:30 | $7 | Monkeytown
58 N 3rd St (btw. Kent & Wythe) | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Hey Team Genius Friends. We’ve been pretty quiet lately thanks to all the time we’ve been putting into our new album. At long last it’s almost done and we’re excited to give you a taste. We’ve uploaded “Love and Love Songs” to our MySpace page. Check it out here.
(It also appears we have updated the “Influences” section on MySpace, for those wondering what kind of vibe our sophomore release will have.)
While you’re at it, mark your calendar for our first show in a long time. It’s this Sunday night (already!) at a new venue called Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg. We’re playing at 10, and we plan to play around 6 songs from the new album.
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.
