The Tea Club GWSM (local)

Not many people know what progressive rock is, and when asked what it is, it’s not often easily defined. Bands such as Yes, Kansas, and Genesis are thought of when progressive rock is mentioned, however The Tea Club is different, taking the roots of prog. rock and making it modern and original.

General Winter’s Secret Museum is The Tea Clubs first full length album. It features 9 tracks of interesting ever changing time signatures combined with a huge dynamic sound which tends to almost make the album feel like each track is connected with one another. The harmonies of the two brothers, Patrick and Dan McGowan, are highlighted throughout the album. The brothers, who are both very skilled guitar players, have a very unique playing style featuring melodic progressive guitar leads accompanied with arpeggio rhythms sometimes done with acoustic guitar. Their drummer Kyle Minnick shows a great balance between creating a rhythmic background for the band while foregrounding his exceptionally skillful drumming ability, featuring syncopation and creative rhythms.



This album is striking piece of musical art with a mysterious attitude which is both original and appealing. But are people ready for such a new sound? At first The Tea Clubs style may appear to be too unusual compared to modern mainstream music. Bands like The Tea Club need to be explored and showcased more often to promote musical diversity. Would one of The Tea Club’s songs be featured on a major radio station? Probably not. However, the only fault of this amazing band is that the audience for prog. rock is not very vast.

I give The Tea Club’s General Winter’s Secret Museum a 4.0/5.0

The Tea Club is releasing there second album in early 2010



http://theteaclub.net/

Muse - The Resistance (Major)

“The Resistance” by Muse is an absolutely, need I say “epic,” brilliance of electronic and rock music. This album features eleven tracks of rock balled styled songs which often reminds me of a hybrid between The Killers and Queen especially in the song United States of Eurasia. The vocals on this album are absolutely breath taking. Matthew Bellamy’s lead vocals are particularly spotlighted with his use of falsetto and vibrato. This album is full of synthesizer and piano sounds which create a very full and different sound which Muse fans keep coming back for. The most interesting part of this album is how the songs journey you trough two different styles. The first half of the CD is what you would expect from any new rock band. However, the last half of the CD is coated with orchestras and grand pianos featuring a very solemn and powerful ending.

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The Resistance is an album that any rock music fan should defiantly check out, and be sure to listen to the whole CD through, because it will surprise you, I know I was.

I give this album a rating of 4.5/5 stars.