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TweetShare Uhhh….what the fridge? I can only assume that this was made with the sole intention of having nothing to do with the band name (Tennis), the song name (“Pigeon”), or the theme of the song (love), because it’s a magician, doing magic tricks.  Oh, and he’s in dark room, possibly with his captors in [...]

TweetShare Another band whose upcoming debut album “Cape Dory” is sure to be a monster, is Tennis. Rolling out of obscurity towards the start of the year, everyone instantly latched onto their laid back, Lo-Fi, sweet summer sound and from then on, we were all smitten.  Since then they’ve gone from high to higher and [...]

TweetShare It’s weird how things happen. I was just looking at the pre-order page for Tennis’ debut album “Cape Dory” (January 18th on Fat Possum) and they have the lead track from the album as a stream.  One minute later I checked out my Google Reader feed and there’s Pitchfork with the MP3 of the [...]

TweetShare Recorded on August 18th (they had it on their MySpace page as a tour date and I’ve been waiting impatiently ever since) and released today as part of a new Daytrotter session, one song is new and the is part of a 6-song cassette they released. “Pigeon” was featured on the 6-song cassette along [...]

TweetShare Late night surprises are extremely rare (at least the good ones anyway), but I got one in the wee small hours of this morning. In my Direct Messages on Twitter was a message from the dude who runs The Leaving Scene linking me to a new Tennis track.  It’s the B-side to their just-released [...]

TweetShare If you’re unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs, check out the basic pitch I gave the artists and bloggers I got in touch with.  If you’re an artist or blogger and want to take part,  just send your submission with the eight pieces of music (not the actual mp3s) and some words [...]

TweetShare Tennis have been blowing up lately, in large part thanks to Weekly Tape Deck, Gorilla Vs Bear, and then Pitchfork.   Also in large part to them being just straight up fucking awesome and drowning in summer sun and warm winds. A couple of weeks ago I posted two of their songs, then another [...]

TweetShare No sooner had I made my post about Tennis than Patrick (from Tennis) had sent me a mastered version of “South Carolina”, a song that was previously only available as a demo.  He sent it to me yesterday, so I apologise for the delay, but it’ll be worth it. Well now you have three [...]

TweetShare There are three, maybe four songs from Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, this husband and wife duo from Denver, Colorado floating around t’internet. That’s a shame because I’ve been doing nothing but listening to those songs over the last three days, especially with the onslaught of gorgeous weather and a summer breeze, they accompanied [...]