Tennis System

H A P P Y V A L E N T I N E S D A Y

2012-02-06T00:05:00.001-08:00

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we're giving away a free download of "You And Me VS." from now until the 14th.Also, we've got some rad shows coming up this month:February 7- The Bootleg $8 February 22- Club Moscow FREE with copy of flyer February 28- Demo Schmemo on KBeach Global Radio (Cal State Long Beach’s station) 3PMWe're really excited about all of these dates and all the love that's

C A S S E T T E S

2012-01-24T03:04:00.000-08:00

The cassette format of "Teenagers" is now available for purchase. Please note that these are limited to only 50 and after the pre-sale were nearly sold out. So don't sleep on these because when they're gone, they're gone.B U Y I T H E R E

N E W N O I S E

2012-01-16T01:40:00.000-08:00

Technocolour BlindDead HoneyPhoto: © Olivia HemaratanatornVideo: © Alyson Camus

2 0 1 2 T A K E O V E R

2012-01-09T13:10:00.000-08:00

Hello Tennis System friends, family, and fans! We are extremely excited for 2012. Not only have we stacked our line-up with some of the most talented musicians in California, we’ve been writing and booking. Over the next few months we will be recording new material and posting some tracks on here.Shows: January 22- Central SAPCFebruary 7- Bootleg

Christmas Time Is Here....Again! Tennis System Updates

2011-12-15T18:48:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone!! Sorry for the lengthy break from blogposts. Well there's quite a bit of new news. To start off, we wanna give everyone a special holiday gift. Below is a widgit that allows you to not only stream our Christmas song, but also download it. So there you go! Christmas Time Is Here by Tennis System Other NEW news. We've made a few additions to Tennis System. We've added a synth

TENNIS SYSTEM LIVE ON KUCI!!!

2011-10-22T12:57:00.001-07:00

Thursday night we trekked it down to KUCI to play a couple of songs in a stripped down acoustic set. WE HAD A BLAST!!! Check it out!! LIVE ON KUCI by Tennis System

Purchase & Stream "Teenagers"

2011-10-19T10:58:00.000-07:00

Teenagers by Tennis SystemGet your copy of "Teenagers" on vinyl (limited to only 400) ORDigitally Here! OR Here!

Arcane Single Available & Culture Collide Recap

2011-10-11T02:35:00.000-07:00

As noted in our last post the next single off of Teenagers is "Arcane". We premiered the video on FILTER.com and were so excited about it we forgot to mention you can purchase the single off of our Bandcamp page. The single includes the album version, demo version, and a live version of "Arcane".On to the next one....CULTURE COLLIDE!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT!! We had such an

Filter premieres Tennis System's new video for "Arcane"

2011-10-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

We are extremely excited for the release of our newest video & single "Arcane" another masterpiece by the young Robert OrlowskiIt is being premiered at Filter.com right now!!Be sure to purchase your wristband for the Culture Collide Festival as we will be playing this Friday at Taix---321 Lounge at 9:30!!!Tons of Love,Tennis System

Tennis System does Filter: Culture Collide Festival

2011-10-02T03:30:00.000-07:00

We're very excited about to be playing the Culture Collide Festival next week. There are a limited number of wristbands left as most of the venues do not have huge capacities. If you haven't already purchased yours, click HERE to make sure you're covered!

Tour End: RECAP!

2011-09-28T13:40:00.000-07:00

Tour was an absolute BLAST! We had so much fun in every town and it was a pleasure meeting all of the new friends we made a long the way. It was a great pleasure to have Matty's brother Damien Taylor, (The Sounds Of) Kaleidoscope, sharing the stage with us in so many amazing towns! Thank you so much to The Taylor Family, Doug Mo, The Morning Clouds, Sight Seeing, Sign-Off, Lavanya Ramanathan,

Tour Update & Teenagers Has Arrived!!!!

2011-09-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

THAT'S RIIIIIGGHHHHTTTT!! OUR RECORDS FINALLY ARRIVED!!! Though, they aren't available for purchase until October, if you make it out to any of the remaining tour dates we will have some for sale. Those of you who pre-order(ed) will also receive a free download for an exclusive track not on the record.Click Here For Vinyl- Tennis System - Teenagers LPTOUR UPDATETour has been GREAT! We've had such

PRE-ORDER TEENAGERS NOW!!!

2011-09-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

The time has finally come!! You can pre-order your very own copy of "Teenagers!!!!!" Click Here For Vinyl- Tennis System - Teenagers LP For digital version (with bonus tracks) click HERE

TENNIS SYSTEM ANNOUNCES US TOUR!

2011-08-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

YOU READ CORRECTLY!!! TENNIS SYSTEM WILL BE DOING A US TOUR IN SEPTEMBER. ALONG WITH US WE WILL HAVE ADVANCE COPIES OF OUR NEW RECORD, "TEENAGERS." WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AND HOPE TO SEE YOU IN YOUR TOWN!!!Click Poster to See Larger.

TENNIS SYSTEM AT THE SCUBA SESSIONS!!!!!!

2011-08-15T03:20:00.000-07:00

Here's the first ever "Scuba! Sessions" recorded here in LA at our space. If you want ">SCUBA! ROB Click his name to get him to film you! Also, if you were unable to make it out Thursday, here's a taste... Live video by: Maya Morita

TENNIS SYSTEM SHOWS! TENNIS SYSTEM SHOWS! TENNIS SYSTEM SHOWS!

2011-08-05T17:33:00.000-07:00

We ended July with a KILLER show at the House of Blues. HUGE thanks goes out to Bixel Boys and Dub Frequency for such a rad night! Below is some footage of a new song filmed by our main squeeze, Scuba Rob!, who flew all the way from New Jersey for this one! Much love goes out to him! Looks like August is gonna be pretty rad month for shows! Here are the dates booked thus far:August 11- Bootleg

ARCANE VIDEO SHOOT & MORE NEWS!!!

2011-08-05T17:02:00.000-07:00

Hello Hello! We just spent the past week filming a new Tennis System video for the track "Arcane" with our dear friend Scuba Rob! Scuba is the same Lad who has been producing the amazing video for us.We will be sure to keep you up to date with the release of the new video.We have packed August with some pretty rad shows and and and you can expect to get your hands on the very special & limited

"Teenagers" on Cassette!!

2011-07-21T03:25:00.000-07:00

OH MAN ARE WE EXCITED ABOUT THIS! Tennis System has teamed up with Kill/Hurt Records to do a special edition run of cassettes! This run will contain a bonus track & exclusive artwork. The expected release is late August on the Kill/Hurt website and we will have it available at our shows this fall during our US tour.

RSVP

2011-07-20T02:05:00.000-07:00

Our show next Wednesday, July 27 at the House Of Blues is FREE!!! All you have to do is RSVP HERE.

Summer Shows!!

2011-07-19T03:46:00.001-07:00

Harraaaahhhh! Tennis System will be playing the following shows:July 27, 2011---The Foundation Room at The House Of BluesAugust 11, 2011---Bootleg Bar

We'd like to welcome Guylaine!

2011-07-11T14:01:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!! We write this post with some very exciting news!! We have added another member.Please give a warm welcome to the newest addition to Tennis System; Guylaine! We are very excited to have her as a part of Tennis System. Love,Tennis System

"Teenagers" is Coming Out On Vinyl and Other Great News

2011-07-08T00:33:00.000-07:00

Man, what a great week this has turned out to be! Monday was the 4th of July, Tuesday our Kickstarter goal was met and we are fully funded to put out our new record, "Teenagers," on vinyl. We also got an awesome write-up on YVYNYL that is spreading a lot of buzz for the "Hey, We Tried" video.If you haven't seen the "Hey, We Tried" video, here it is:And here's another Robert Orlowski masterpiece,

Welcome, Christopher!

2011-06-07T20:16:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone!! We write this post with some very exciting news!! We have added a new member.Please give a warm welcome to the newest addition to Tennis System; Christopher! We are very excited to have him as a part of Tennis System and even more excited for you to hear the new stuff we're working on!Love,Tennis System

KICKSTARTER FOR TEENAGERS!

2011-05-24T16:04:00.000-07:00

Hello, Hello, HELLO! As many of you know, Tennis System has been working long and hard on the upcoming release, "Teenagers." We feel the only way for this record to be released is on wax! So, for the release of our new record "Teenagers" we've decided to do it strictly on vinyl. So we have teamed up with Kickstarter to fund the production of this record. The cost of vinyl production is very

HFStival!!

2011-05-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

We're stoked to be playing this year's HFStival!! Please be sure to take advantage of the presale going on right now. Here are all of the details:THURSDAY MAY 19TH 10:00AM EST THROUGH FRIDAY MAY 20TH 12:00 MIDNIGHT– It’s your last chance for $5.00 off! (That’s right, 14 hours of presale!) Your presale link is: HERE! The presale password is: HFSbands NOTE: The link above will not be active after

Ungrown

2011-05-14T13:28:00.000-07:00

Here's a new one... Ungrown by Tennis System

Photos From Th' Road

2011-05-10T19:54:00.000-07:00

Goin' ta California

2011-05-03T09:18:00.000-07:00

It's been quite a hectic journey up to our departure date, but it came and we went. Before we get deep into discussing our trip etc, there are some people who need to be recognized for all of their help and support:The Bullock & Taylor familiesScuba RobLavanya RamanathanDoug MoKelly HughesEmily GibsonFabiana TalbotChristopher Stewart Patrick Kigongo Allison Curtis Jay BynumSimon Guggenheim The

The Canadian System

2011-03-28T22:57:00.000-07:00

Tennis System returned from Canada to find a really nice review of our show at Comfort Zone in Toronto as part of the Canadian Music Fest. Mechanical Forest Sound didn't just catch our show, however. They recorded it. Click here to check out a live recording of our Canadian Music Fest performance of "Arcane," a song from our upcoming record, "Teenagers." We weren't planning to leak it yet, but

Hey New York, We Tried!

2011-03-26T01:09:00.000-07:00

Well, the drive to New York last Friday was quite an eventful journey. There were many obstacles a long the way, but we made it! We made it.It all began at 2 PM when we filled our gas tank with $88 worth of bad gas from the BP station located on 14th & Euclid in Washington, DC (buyers beware!!) After doing so we proceeded to New York, but we were forced to constantly hug the shoulder as the van

Hey, We Tried on iTunes

2011-03-06T02:30:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone. "Hey, We Tried" is now available on iTunes. If you weren't able to make it out to the Rock and Roll Hotel show and are interested in purchasing a hard copy, we have a few left, send TENNIS SYSTEM an email and we'll set up a paypal transaction.Thank you again to everyone who made it out to our last DC show!!Photo By: Marion Desnoyer

FS

2011-03-05T10:45:00.000-08:00

Here's the video for FS that our good friends Scuba Rob and Chandler Macik shot from our Velvet Lounge show. Enjoi:The Tennis System: "FS" from Robert Orlowski on Vimeo.

Hey, We Tried

2011-03-02T17:45:00.000-08:00

Ello, Ello, Ello, Ello! Hope you all are excited about Friday as we are! So to give you even more excitement we're going to give you a sneak peak of the artwork for the "Hey, We Tried" single. But, before we do, Tennis System wants to give a HUGE thank you to our dear friend Edward Max Fendley for doing such an amazing job on the artwork.Without further ado:

DC We Depart Thee

2011-02-23T00:49:00.000-08:00

Over the last three years we have met some amazing people, shared stages with some extremely talented musicians, and had some of the best nights of our lives. None of which will be forgotten. But after 3 solid years of calling DC our home, we have made the decision to move on.As of April 2011, Tennis System will be relocating to Los Angeles, California to further ourselves as musicians. There are

TENNIS SYSTEM LIVE!

2011-02-22T23:57:00.000-08:00

AHLO! We wanted to say thanks to everyone for coming out to the show at Velvet Lounge on Saturday. For those who were unable to make it, you're in luck. Our dear friends Rob & Chandler did some amazing video work for the first half of the show. They are currently editing the videos and we will have them uploaded to this post as soon as they are finished. For now, we leave you with the killer

CRAZIES!

2011-02-15T13:22:00.001-08:00

Well, the last two months have been extremely hectic for Tennis System. We've played a number of local shows, been putting the finishing touches on the new single "Hey, We Tried", finishing up the new record "Teenagers" and getting ready for the local shows we have before making our way up to Canada. We will be headlining Velvet Lounge this Saturday, February 19 with Red Moon Preachers &

Canadian Music Festival 2011

2011-01-08T02:36:00.000-08:00

AHHHHHH, WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!!WE'RE GOING TO CANADA!!Ok so here's the gist of it. Tennis System has confirmed our invitation to the 2011 Canadian Music Festival. The plan is to book some dates on the way up to Canada and, considering this festival happens a week before SXSW, we are looking to also do some dates from Canada to Texas. We will have more dates, details, etc. as soon as they

NEW SINGLE!!!

2011-01-03T00:56:00.000-08:00

That's right! With the new year will be coming a new Tennis System single!!! You can expect "Hey, We Tried" to be available for purchase and streaming by the end of January.

Shows For January

2011-01-03T00:50:00.000-08:00

If you missed our end of the year house show back in December, fret no more. Tennis System will be playing a few shows in January in DC and Baltimore. January 14---REACTION! @ The Side Bar---Baltimore,MDJanuary 27---Black Cat---Washington, DCHopefully, more to come! Happy New Year!!!

My Life In

2010-12-29T02:31:00.000-08:00

SonicBids Picks Tennis System

2010-12-20T12:03:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! We recently did an interview with the wonderful people over at SonicBids.com and it was published today. If you get a second Click HERE!!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-15T03:03:00.000-08:00

It seems like only yesterday we were running around in cut off jeans and tanks. Unfortunately, this weather is a constant reminder that it WAS NOT! Luckily, with the cold comes the holidays, and boy do we have a gift for you! We have teamed up with our good friends at FeedTheBeat.com to host an exclusive stream and download for our Christmas song, "Christmas Time Is Here"

Free House Show

2010-12-09T11:31:00.001-08:00

Free Show with us and our good friends Child Ballads & Last Tide. The show will be at the Chapin St. House located 1465 Chapin St. It's BYOB and donations are welcome. Hope to see you Saturday, for it's our last show of the year!

Tucked Away In A Cabin On The Hill.

2010-12-05T17:25:00.000-08:00

Hello friends. We're currently tucked away deep in the mountains of Lagunitas. And I do. The space is amazing. In my now day 2 I've already met some amazing people. The mixing and mastering process has begun. Things are coming a long quite beautifully, if I do say so myself. I'm really looking forward to bringing the magic back home to everyone! Hope all is well on the other coast.<3Matty T!

Featured on AUX TV in Canada!!

2010-11-17T12:55:00.000-08:00

A TASTE OF "TEENAGERS"

2010-11-15T10:55:00.000-08:00

Ok, ok, ok ,ok. If you want to hear some of the new material, here's your chance. We have given FeedTheBeat an EXCLUSIVE first taste of "Teenagers" Visit FeedTheBeat.com and get to hear an exclusive early peek at "Hey, We Tried." There's a comment box so please leave us some feedback, let us know what you think!More Great News; If you haven't had a chance, we were featured in Filter Magazine's

Busy Busy Busy Busy BEEEES

2010-11-06T17:37:00.000-07:00

November is going to be quite a busy month. We've got a show or event just about every week of the month! We will also be heading to California to finish the mixing and mastering for "Teenagers" Thursday we traveled to St. Mary's College in Southern Maryland for a very very fun show. Thank you again to all of those who came out and to St. Mary's College for putting us on!This month we've got the

...More To Come...

2010-10-07T21:30:00.000-07:00

Studio Update

2010-10-06T23:38:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! We wanted to shoot you a quick update from the studio. Lets begin by saying how amazing of a: producer, engineer, musician, person, friend Ryan Carlson Van Kreidt is. We couldn't be happier to be trapped in this studio making music with him. As of yesterday, we finished all basic tracking for guitars, bass, and drums. Clinton came up to record the bass lines and Misha has been

FeedTheBeat 2010

2010-10-06T23:15:00.000-07:00

We are extremely happy to announce that we have been chosen to be on board Taco Bell's Feed The Beat 2010 line-up!!Here's a quick excerpt from www.feedthebeat.com:"What do Andrew W.K., Chiddy Bang, Mariachi El Bronx, Passion Pit, Portugal. The Man and Underoath all have in common? First, each are equally awesome and second, they are all part of Taco Bell‘s 2010 Feed The Beat lineup! Over the past

CMJ Dates (official & unofficial)

2010-09-27T12:41:00.000-07:00

We're in the process of setting up more dates, but this is a list of the dates confirmed for now. We will post more as soon as they are confirmed. Hope you can make it out to one, two, or all three!

Studio!

2010-09-05T14:11:00.000-07:00

It's official! We will be returning to Uniform in Philadelphia to record our second LP "Teenagers" Ryan Carlson van Kriedt will be producing the record joined by Damien C. Taylor and Jeff Zeigler. Tracking begins the first week of October and we are SOOO EXCITED!! In other news, CMJ is just weeks away. With the departure of Clinton and Brad i.e. our rhythm section, there have been some minor

Tennis System w/ Ty Segall

2010-08-07T10:28:00.001-07:00

Man are we excited for this one!! Ty Segall is definitely one of our favorite artists of 2009 and 2010! We are really looking forward to stepping on stage with him and Baths, both on tour from San Francisco! This is going to be our last show of summer and the last show we play in DC for a while. We go on at 9pm sharp so be sure to get there early! Can't wait to see you there!!!!!!

Esoteric Video!

2010-08-01T02:26:00.001-07:00

A Night With Greta PLUS Tennis System & Matthew Hemerlein

2010-07-26T14:34:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a fun one and it's for a really good cause.Featuring Greta of Gold Motel, formerly of The Hush Sound(Singer/Songwriter of "Echo").us (Tennis System), Matthew Hemerlein & DJ KnoxBoxThis Concert will Benefit The Stone and Holt Weeks FoundationDoors open at 7p.m.7-8 DJ KnoxBox (Jeff Gratton)8-9 Matthew Hemerlein9-10 Tennis System10-11:15 Greta Salpeter: The Gold Motel & SoloBUY

Tennis System at SILKCITY in Philly Philly!

2010-07-18T11:48:00.001-07:00

A-lo All! We're really looking forward to this Wednesday, July 21, 2010. We have joined forces with some pretty sick bands (Speed Skates, Shapiro, Orbit To Leslie) to bring you quite and amazing night full of brotherly love and plan on getting loose with you! Doors are at 8! Get there early, enjoy the amazing food that Silk City has to offer!!!

ESOTERIC VIDEO!

2010-07-07T13:31:00.000-07:00

The Video For ESOTERIC IS FINALLY DONE!!! We would like to thank Richie Giese for all of his hard work and all of those who came out and participated in the fun. Head over to ApolloAudio.com to check it out!<3 Tennis System

New News.

2010-07-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

Hello, hEllo, HELLO! Just wanted to let you all in on some news. We have teamed up with Apollo Audio to do our PR. We are very excited to be working with them and look forward to a bright future. Our profile-page is now up and running with a free download of "Esoteric" the single off our first full-length "The Future Of Our History"Click Here To Check It OUT!As most of you may have noticed, we're

Tennis System/Last Tide/ Slowness

2010-06-24T23:54:00.000-07:00

This will be a fun one. We haven't played with our good friends Last Tide in over a year. Really looking forward to bringing Slowness to the East Coast. It's also Misha's birthday. So please come through and show some sweet sweet lovin' to him on his special day!!

Audio Candy Radio Presents: JAWBREAKER

2010-05-19T00:11:00.000-07:00

This Saturday, May 22, we're stoked to be playing the AC&R's JAWBREAKER event. Doors are 10pm and, if you hurry, you can get your ticket for a discounted rate of $12 if you purchase in advance. Tickets the day of will be $15. Word is tickets are moving fast so don't sleep on this one. See you Saturday!!

Esoteric Video Shoot!!

2010-05-13T00:34:00.001-07:00

This weekend our good friend Richie will be shooting the video for Esoteric. We hope that you will join the party/madness. For information please click the link below and be sure to rsvp.<3> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122375151110100&index=1

DT'S BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

2010-05-04T22:10:00.000-07:00

DT'S BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!!! Far-Out Fang Tooth- 10:30 Tennis System- 11:30 (Th' Sounds Of) Kaleidoscope- 12:30