Tennis -- "Marathon"

Tennis is a husband and wife duo originally from Denver who create catchy, lo-fi laced songs that, if not careful, could leave you staring at the sun for more than an hour. The duo came up with the name Tennis after wife Alaina Moore made fun of hubbie Patrick Riley's participation in tennis while in college. After escaping from their home in Denver, the duo traveled the North Atlantic coast on their boat; an experience that led them to write some of the most summer-y songs since John Stamos played bongos with the Beach Boys in Kokomo (he was also wearing a pink, tank top/belly shirt.) WIN

Mike

And just to prove my point:

Artist to Look Out For: Oberhofer

When I went to Brooklyn to see Bear in Heaven and Cymbals Eat Guitars I didn't see a few things coming. Well, for one, I did not expect Cymbals Eat Guitars to suck. Two, I did not expect Bear in Heaven to be so amazing; and lastly, I did not expect that the opening act would turn out to be one of my favorite discoveries of the year. Oberhofer is a young band from Fordham University that has created a sound that will certainly turn heads. The song writing is actually quite simple and not anything new, but the overall sound of the band is hauntingly fresh to me. It is something you just have to hear. Never have I seen an opening act that commanded attention like these guys. People were just so interested in the sound of Oberhofer. I am sure many of you will recognize one of the songs I post because it was recently used in a SOBE commercial, which is great to see. At least someone out there is taking notice in them. I really hope these guys hit it big.

"o0O0o0O0o"

"Away From You"

"I Could Go"

Video of the Day: Blockhead - "The Music Scene"

I really hate the word trippy. For some reason it just feels like people use it with an incorrect sense of the word. Recently a friend showed me a video by Blockhead and the first word he used to describe it was "trippy." I was a bit skeptical, but when I watched it I was in pure amazement of how truly trippy it actually was. "The Music Scene" is a super contagious song and the video is just out of this world. It is now certainly my favorite video of the year. Check it out!

 

Cover of the Day: C.C. Sheffield - "Lust for Life" (Girls Cover)

Girl's "Lust for Life" is a fantastic song. Actually it's a brilliant song. When I read that C.C. Sheffield covered this song, I thought, "well let's hear how much this will be butchered." To my amazement it is not butchered at all, it is actually just as fantastic as the original. This is easily one of the best covers I have heard all year. Just amazing. 

"Lust for Life" (Girls Cover) 

Song of the Day: Good Old War - "My Old Sinking Ship"

A friend of mine once mentioned Good Old War as a band worth checking out, but, like most bands people mention, I never really seemed to get around to checking them out. Today, months after I ever heard of Good Old War, I was doing my daily Blog reading when I stumbled on this song from their new album. I fell in love with this immediately on first listen. Check it out!