On the Record: Tennis on the Group's Final Album and Tour

On the Record: Tennis on the group's final album and tour

Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, a married couple that started their musical project Tennis 15 years ago writing songs on a sailboat, have just released what they're calling their final record, Face Down In The Garden. They've also embarked on their final tour, which stops in Nashville June 7. I caught up with Moore and Riley just after their set at the Kilby Block Party festival in Salt Lake City in May. Still buzzing about the crowd response du…

Tennis Plays Final NYC Set

I had a realization as I stood enraptured in the sold-out crowd for the indie band Tennis's farewell concert in New York City -- with the Brooklyn and Verrazano bridges, Empire State and Chrysler buildings and World Trade Center, decked out for Pride, all within eyeshot: Music is my religion -- so if this is how others feel in their houses of worship, who is this anti-church agnostic to judge?* Although I still have my legacy acts -- albeit with…