The Tea Club is a band from New Jersey consisting of Patrick McGowan (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Dan McGowan (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Jamie Wolff (bass/violin/cello), Joe Dorsey (keyboards) and Dan Monda (drums).
In 2008, the band was discovered by producer Tim Gilles (Anthrax, Taking Back Sunday, Hades, Bear vs. Shark, Thursday), who recorded, produced, and mixed their first album at Big Blue Meenie Studios. “General Winter’s Secret Museum” was released in July 2008. The album included original artwork by Dan and Patrick McGowan, with an album cover by artist Kendra DeSimone.
Following a brief East Coast tour, The Tea Club returned to Tim Gilles and Big Blue Meenie Studios to record their second album entitled “Rabbit“ which was released on October 9th 2010. The album featured guest keyboardist Tom Brislin (Yes, Renaissance, OK Go, Meatloaf, Camel).
Like General Winter’s Secret Museum, the album cover was painted by Kendra DeSimone and featured original artwork by Dan and Patrick McGowan. Rabbit was met with very positive reviews. The Organ ‘zine praised The Tea Club for being a band that is ”not afraid to nail their colours firmly to their mast and fly directly in to the face of fashion”. Indie Music Reviewer said that Rabbit ”can appease any listener of just about any genre”, giving the album 5 out of 5 stars.
They spent the rest of 2010 and 2011 touring the East Coast, including performances at the ProgDay Music Festival in North Carolina, the Philly Film & Music Festival, and the NJ Proghouse Music Series. Reviews and articles about the band were featured in publications such as Metro Philly, Indie Music Reviewer, Origivation, and JUMP. The band also released several homemade music videos for songs from the Rabbit album. They ended 2011 by opening for Jimmy Gnecco of the band Ours in Philadelphia.
In early 2012, The Tea Club once again returned to Big Blue Meenie Studios to record their third album with producer Tim Gilles. Following these sessions, the band was invited to support Beardfish on their mini-tour of the United States in May 2012.
The Tea Club’s third album, “Quickly Quickly Quickly”, was released on November 15th, 2012. Once again, the album cover was done by Kendra DeSimone with artwork by the McGowan brothers. Quickly Quickly Quickly was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews and made several “Top Albums of 2012” lists. Dangerdog Music Reviews called the album “wildly inventive”, while Instrumentali.com said that “The Tea Club has taken the dormant rock beast and tied a choke chain onto it.” Conor Fynes of The Metal Observer had this to say in his review of Quickly Quickly Quickly: “Although 2012 was a year host to output of impressive records from some of progressive rock’s finest, The Tea Club just may have topped them all.”
In 2013, The Tea Club travelled to Canada to perform two 90 minute sets at the Terra Incognita Festival in Quebec City. In August 2013, the band toured the United States with Thank You Scientist. The tour included a performance at Indie Music Reviewer’s IMR Music Festival 2013 in Atlanta, GA.
The Tea Club spent 2014 writing and recording at Big Blue Meenie Studios. These recordings became The Tea Club’s fourth album, “Grappling”, which was released on November 17, 2015. Grappling was met with critical acclaim, with many reviewers calling it the band’s greatest achievement, solidifying the band as a major presence in progressive rock.
2016 The Tea Club supported HAKEN in September on part of their “Affinity” Tour of the USA. The Tea Club also announced the upcoming release of the Grappling Graphic Novel, a 6-issue comic book series that elaborates on the stories told in the lyrics of their Grappling album. Written by Patrick McGowan with artwork by Dan McGowan and Kendra DeSimone, the first issue will be available October 10th, 2016 In December the band has embarked on a support tour of Thank You Scientist.
Sunday night is PROG MILL night in the world of progressive rock radio. And today happens to be the 5th birthday of the show.
The first Prog Mill went out at 10pm on the first day of broadcasting of Stafford Radio from the 220 year old Broad Eye Windmill in Stafford on 11th December 2011.
Nowadays The Prog Mill is part of the UK’s No. 1 progressive rock radio network – PROGZILLA RADIO – and still going strong.
Join Shaun Geraghty for their 5th proggy birthday party tonight from 10pm UK (2200GMT) on www.progzilla.com, via the tune in radio app, and via internet radio platforms.
Sunshine and Bullets are a Tampa, Florida based rock band with male and female lead vocals, experimenting within the hard rock genre, creating atmospheric hard rock with a mixture of progressive metal, hypnotic harmonies and dark driving groove.
Sunshine and Bullets
Rich Keane Jr // Vocals & Guitar
Amanda Hamers // Vocals & Bass
Kyle Wolfram // Drums
CLEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MILESTONE ALBUM “IMAGES & WORDS”
NOVEMBER 15, 2016 – Roadrunner Records’ group Dream Theater has announced details of a monumental European headline tour. The trek, which gets underway January 30th at Rome, Italy’s Auditorium Parco Della Musica, will see the pioneering group celebrating the 25th anniversary of their milestone RIAA gold-certified album, “Images & Words.” Each performance will see the iconic progressive rock band delivering an unparalleled live set of “Images & Words” in its entirety along with fan favorites from their renowned catalogue (see attached itinerary).
Dream Theater are currently on the second leg of their extensive North American headline tour which finds the pioneering group performing their widely acclaimed double concept album The Astonishing in immersive and interactive settings for a unique and unmatched live experience (see attached itinerary). Tickets and VIP packages for the remaining North American dates are available HERE.
Consisting of 34 tracks spread across 2 unique acts, Dream Theater’s new album The Astonishingdebuted atop Billboard’s “Rock” and “Hard Rock” album charts, marking the group’s third No. 1 “Hard Rock” album following Black Clouds & Silver Linings and 2013’s self-titled LP. “Even for a group that has blazed new trails consistently, there’s never been anything to compare to The Astonishing, the full-blown rock-opera, jumbo-size concept album…Put simply, the new release lives up to its title in every way imaginable,” exclaimed Rolling Stone. The Astonishing is available at all DSPs (http://flyt.it/DTTheAstonishing) and in a wide range of distinctive versions, including standard 2-CD set, 4-LP vinyl box set and a limited edition deluxe box set, all of which are currently available via Dream Theater’s webstore (http://flyt.it/DTTheAstonishingStore).
Dream Theater Is:
John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass), James LaBrie (vocals), Jordan Rudess (keyboards and continuum) and Mike Mangini (drums)
DATES GET UNDERWAY JANUARY 30TH AT ROME, ITALY’S AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA Tickets for select dates go on sale this week right HERE. Additional dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
For up-to-the-minute news and ticket information please visit www.dreamtheater.net/tour/.
JANUARY TOUR DATES
JANUARY 30th Rome, Italy – Auditorium Parco Della Musica
FEBRUARY TOUR DATES
February 1st. Padova, Italy – Gran Teatro Geox
February 3rd .Zurich, Switzerland – Samsung Hall
February 4th. Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum
February 6th. Prague, Czech Republic – Forum Karlin
February 8th. Tillburg, Holland – 013
February 10th. Ludwigsburg, Germany – MHP Arena
February 11th. Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
February 12th. Paris, France – Zenith
February 14th. Hamburg, Germany – Mehr
February 16th. Malmo, Sweden – Malmo Arena
February 17th. Partille, Sweden – Partille Arena
February 18th. Stockholm, Sweden – Fryshuset Arenan
Just a brief note to let you all know that, as of this week, IO Earth and Linda Odinsen have decided to part ways. It has been a difficult decision, but necessary in the end due to the difficulties of the band being based in the UK, and Linda living in Norway.
‘It has been a pleasure working with you Linda and we wish you all the best. Thank you for giving your wonderful voice to the New World album. You’ll always be part of the IO Earth Family’.
For our fans:
Please note IO Earth tour dates will not be affected and are still going ahead as planned! Thank you for your love and support! See you on the road!
Peace, everyone at IO Earth x
Linda Odinsen:
‘At the end of last year I decided to make a big change in my life, I needed to be home in Norway. Sadly the distance makes it difficult for me to continue my cooperation with IO Earth. I want to thank the fans for the love and support you’ve shown me and the band throughout the years, I can’t express how much this has meant to me. I will always look back at my time in IO Earth with pride and feel thankful to have been a part of the journey. I wish the band success in the future’.
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Sunday night is PROG MILL night in the world of progressive rock radio. And today happens to be the 5th birthday of the show.
