On one of the podcasts I listen to every week, they recently (well, a few months ago, give me a break) had David Drury - singer of a band called Tennis Pro - on the air. They had previously played a few of their songs, but I hadn't looked up what they were. It turns out, this Seattle band recently made a movie called Big in Japan (watch the trailer), about the band's tour through Japan and the general feeling towards American rock and roll there (hint: they effing love it).
So, Tennis Pro is fantastic. They have one song up on their MySpace page and a few MP3s available at their website. Also, because they're still trying to recoup their tour, you can get all sorts of goodies in exchange for a donation - up to and including a private concert. I recommend "Shelly Gets High" and "Kimberly", but my favorite of their songs is the one backing the trailer that I linked earlier.
Definitely going to need to get more of their music. The actual sound is very standard guitar-bass-drums indie rock/power-pop, done extremely well. Go listen.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
My Oh My
There are two reasons that I wouldn't think that the song "My Oh My" is awesome: I've never paid any attention to baseball or Dave Niehaus, and I've never really listened to Macklemore. Those reasons did not do anything to change the simple fact that this song is really fantastic.
It's about growing up in Seattle, and the impact that Niehaus had as the announcer for the Seattle Mariners. Even without it having any bearing on my own life, it's one of the most poignant songs I've heard in a long time.
It's about growing up in Seattle, and the impact that Niehaus had as the announcer for the Seattle Mariners. Even without it having any bearing on my own life, it's one of the most poignant songs I've heard in a long time.
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