The Emmy Award-winning Fab Four is elevated far above every other Beatles Tribute due to their precise attention to detail. With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles’ classics such as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Twist And Shout,” “Here Comes The Sun,” and “Hey Jude,” the Fab Four will make you think you are watching the real thing.
Taking turns at an onstage piano, the dual tribute artists of the BillyJoel and Elton John Face-2-Face Tribute Show conjure the beloved songsters in both sound and image. Backed by his band The Stranger, Levittown, NY, native Mike Santoro’s fingers flash up and down the keys before he jumps up to grab the mic to belt out such high-energy Billy Joel classics as “Uptown Girl” and “Only the Good Die Young. ”For the second half of the roughly three-hour show, Kenny Metcalf dons the iconic sunglasses and bedazzled suits of Elton John as he charts his style from the seventies to the present. Bittersweet anthems such as “Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)” mix with more whimsical material such as “Crocodile Rock” and the fictional rock-group narrative “Bennie and the Jets.” During each engaging, interactive show, both acts aim to channel the spirit of their originals so well that audiences will forget they’re a tribute!
Dave Lindquist has written about music in Indianapolis for more than two decades. Now, Dave has his own show on WTTS. Join us Monday nights at 7 for The BEAT with Dave Lindquist. Hear your next music discovery from the local and independent scene and fresh music from familiar artists.
Monday night, Dave presents new music from Orville Peck, the Beths and Indiana band Mike Adams at His Honest Weight.
Songs played on the Dec. 19 episode:
White Reaper, “Pages” Fantastic Negrito, “Oh Betty” Nilufer Yanya, “The Dealer” The Smile, “The Smoke” Orville Peck, “C’mon Baby, Cry” Adia Victoria, “Ain’t Killed Me Yet” Amanda Shires, “Don’t Be Alarmed” The Beths, “Expert in a Dying Field” Danielle Ponder, “So Long” Alvvays, “Pharmacist” Wet Leg, “Angelica” Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, “Tie-Dyed and Tongue Tied” Omar Apollo, “Go Away” S.G. Goodman, “All My Love is Coming Back to Me” Men I Trust, “Billie Toppy”
Dave Lindquist has written about music in Indianapolis for more than two decades. Now, Dave has his own show on WTTS. Join us Monday nights at 7 for The BEAT with Dave Lindquist. Hear your next music discovery from the local and independent scene and fresh music from familiar artists.
Monday night, Dave presents new music from PJ Harvey, Wild Pink and Indiana artist Mike Adams At His Honest Weight.
Songs played on the Aug. 29 episode:
Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, “Tie-Dyed and Tongue Tied” Lee Fields, “Sentimental Fool” Courting, “Jumper” The Backseat Lovers, “Growing/Dying” PJ Harvey featuring Tim Phillips, “Who by Fire?” Freedy Johnston, “There Goes a Brooklyn Girl” Starcrawler, “Stranded” Wild Pink featuring Julien Baker, “Hold My Hand” Ego Ella May, “Miss U” Balthvs, “Cosmic Boogie” Moxxie, “Let It Loose” Maya Hawke, “Sweet Tooth” Greta Morgan, “Small Talk”
Dave Lindquist has written about music in Indianapolis for more than two decades. Now, Dave has his own show on WTTS. Join us Monday nights at 7 for The BEAT with Dave Lindquist. Hear your next music discovery from the local and independent scene and fresh music from familiar artists.
Monday night, Dave presents new music from Broken Bells, Goldpark and Indiana artist Connor McLaren.
Songs played on the Aug. 22 episode:
Connor McLaren, “Cliche” Skinny Dippers, “Past Selves” The Paranoyds, “Single Origin Experience” Sloan, “Scratch the Surface” Broken Bells, “Saturdays” Buddy Guy featuring Jason Isbell, “Gunsmoke Blues” Madison Cunningham, “In from Japan” Goldpark, “I Guess it’s Never Enough” Thee Sacred Souls, “Lady Love” Been Stellar, “Manhattan Youth” Tommy Icarus, “Shake Your Hips” Mini Trees, “Let Down” French Alps Tiger, “Lost Boys” Tallies, “Wound Up Tight” Rhett Miller, “Go Through You”
Dave Lindquist has written about music in Indianapolis for more than two decades. Now, Dave has his own show on WTTS. Join us Monday nights at 7 for The BEAT with Dave Lindquist. Hear your next music discovery from the local and independent scene and fresh music from familiar artists.
Monday night, Dave presents new music from Waxahatchee, Sloan and Indiana artist Charlie Ballantine.
Songs played on the Aug. 1 episode:
Waxahatchee, “Tomorrow” The Big Moon, “Wide Eyes” PawPaw Rod, “Message (Better Days)” Grace Ives, “Lullaby” Wynonna & Waxahatchee, “Other Side” American Aquarium, “All I Needed” Dry Cleaning, “Anna Calls from the Arctic” Charlie Ballantine, “Fix You” Thee Sacred Souls, “Overflowing” U.S. Girls, “So Typically Now” Waxahatchee, “Talking Dust Bowl Blues” Sloan, “Spend the Day” The Mars Volta, “Graveyard Love”
Dave Lindquist has written about music in Indianapolis for more than two decades. Now, Dave has his own show on WTTS. Join us Monday nights at 7 for The BEAT with Dave Lindquist. Hear your next music discovery from the local and independent scene and fresh music from familiar artists.
Monday night, Dave presents new music from Momma, Watkins Family Hour and Indiana artist Jack Ziesemer.
Body Type, “Buoyancy” Nilufer Yanya, “The Dealer” JayWood, “Thank You” Momma, “Motorbike” Ibibio Sound Machine, “17 18 19” Eerie Wanda, “Sail to the Silver Sun” Roh, “The Fates will Find Their Way” Watkins Family Hour, “Hypnotized” S.G. Goodman, “All My Love is Coming Back to Me” The Deer, “I Wouldn’t Recognize Me” Jack Ziesemer, “Fool Out of You” Amythyst Kiah, “Hitchin’ a Ride” Camp Cope, “Running with the Hurricane”
‘WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.
For Episode #36, Derek Trucks chats with morning host Matt Pelsor about the new Tedeschi Trucks Band quadruple album project I Am The Moon that comes out in stages throughout the summer. They talked about his unique style of playing, and when he realized he had a style all his own. Finally, Derek explained just what it is he loves so much about his preferred guitar, the Gibson SG.
Dave Lindquist has written about music in Indianapolis for more than two decades. Now, Dave has his own show on WTTS. Join us Monday nights at 7 for The BEAT with Dave Lindquist. Hear your next music discovery from the local and independent scene and fresh music from familiar artists.
Monday night, Dave presents new music from Bishop Briggs, Goose and Indiana artist Laura K. Balke.
Songs played on the April 25 episode:
S.G. Goodman, “All My Love is Coming Back to Me” Skinny Dippers, “Through Tryin’ ” Art d’Ecco, “Only Ones” Toro y Moi, “Deja Vu” Bishop Briggs, “High Water” Amber Woodhouse featuring Wilderwater, “Biggest Little Secret” Try the Pie, “New Dust” Goose, “Hungersite” Al Costelloe, “California” Laura K. Balke, “Wichita” Marissa Nadler, “Cold Wind Blowin’ ” Harkin, “Body Clock” Pure Intruders, “Just Like Everybody Else”
Dave Lindquist has written about music in Indianapolis for more than two decades. Now, Dave has his own show on WTTS. Join us Monday nights at 7 for The BEAT with Dave Lindquist presented by Soundspace. Hear your next music discovery from the local and independent scene and fresh music from familiar artists.
Monday night, Dave presents new music from Courtney Barnett, Beach Bunny and Indiana band Karate, Guns & Tanning.
Songs played on the Nov. 29 episode:
Nilufer Yanya, “Stabilise” Boulevards, “Where is da Luv?” Cola, “Blank Curtain” Sprints, “Modern Job” Courtney Barnett, “If I Don’t Hear from You Tonight” Francis of Delirium, “All Love” Valley Palace, “Patch” Beach Bunny, “Oxygen” Metronomy, “It’s Good to be Back” Public Service Broadcasting featuring Andreya Casablanca, “Blue Heaven” Karate, Guns & Tanning, “White Nights” Anais Mitchell, “Bright Star” Parquet Courts, “Walking at a Downtown Pace” Camp Cope, “Blue” The Mysterines, “Hung Up”
‘WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists. For Episode #17, Morning host Matt Pelsor sat down with Vance Joy over Zoom to talk about the two new songs we’ve enjoyed so far in 2021. He broke down the collaborative effort that went into his song “You” with Benny Blanco and Marshmello, and talked about what it meant to break the song “Missing Piece” on the TV show Grey’s Anatomy. And because this interview was recorded while the Summer Olympics were happening, he was eager to talk about his love of skateboarding.
Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang and have announced the third and final part of Son Lux‘s Tomorrows series which will be out April 16 via City Slang. Throughout the three records, Son Lux have been looking to ways of moving beyond the traditional album rollout, making room for both more traditional songs and experimental, atmospheric forms. Download “A Different Kind Of Love” now.
John Hiatt, who grew up in Indianapolis near the intersection of 57th Street and Central Avenue, didn’t work in isolation during the pandemic.
Known for signature songs “Have a Little Faith in Me” and “Real Fine Love,” Hiatt will release a collaborative album with the Jerry Douglas Band this spring.
The album, titled “Leftover Feelings,” is scheduled for release May 21. The project’s first single, “All the Lilacs in Ohio,” arrived Wednesday. Douglas applies his unparalleled dobro guitar skills to the unplugged rendition of “Lilacs,” a song Hiatt originally recorded for his 2001 album “The Tiki Bar is Open.”
Hiatt, who received the Americana Music Association’s lifetime achievement award for songwriting in 2008 and became a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer the same year, dipped into his catalog for one other “Leftover Feelings” track. The song “Little Goodnight” first appeared as a B-side after Hiatt issued his “Perfectly Good Guitar” album in 1993.
Douglas, known for his work with Alison Krauss & Union Station, and his supporting cast joined Hiatt at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio B to record “Leftover Feelings.” Presently operated by the non-profit Country Music Hall of Fame, RCA Studio B was the site of recordings sessions by Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers and Chet Atkins.
“Leftover Feelings” will be Hiatt’s first studio recording since 2018’s “The Eclipse Sessions.” His resume includes many compositions that other artists popularized, including Bonnie Raitt’s cover of Hiatt’s “Thing Called Love” and the Jeff Healey Band’s rendition of “Angel Eyes.”
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INDY UNDERGROUND PLAYLIST 07-23-20
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – “Double Denim Hop”
Pottery – “Hot Heater”
Hoops – “Fall Back”
Bully – “Where To Start”
The Beths – “Out Of Sight”
Nick Cave – “Cosmic Dancer”
Cut Copy – “Cold Water”
Boy Pablo – “Hey Girl”
Benjamin Gibbard – “Proxima B”
Fontaines DC – “A Hero’s Death”
Matt Berninger – “Serpentine Prison”
Kids In America – “Summer Of Love”
Cayucas – “Yeah Yeah Yeah”
WHAT WE PLAYED 07-16-20
The Beths – Out Of Sight
Boy Pablo – Hey Girl
Pottery – Hot Heater
Cayucas – Yeah Yeah Yeah
Kids In America – Summer Of Love
Bully – Where To Start
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – Double Denim Hop
Hoops – Fall Back
Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
Cut Copy – Cold Water
Diet Cig – Stare Into The Sun
Nick Cave – Cosmic Dancer
Benjamin Gibbard – Proxima B
What We Played – 07 / 02 / 2020
The Homesick – Male Bonding
Pottery – Hot Heater
Waxahatchee – Can’t Do Much
Nick Cave – Cosmic Dancer
Blitzen Trapper – Masonic Temple Microdose #1
Benjamin Gibbard – Proxima B
Bully – Where To Start
Boy Pablo – Hey Girl
Kids In America – Summer Of Love
Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death
Moby – My Only Love
Dirty Projectors – Lose Your Love
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What We Played – June 25, 2020
Blitzen Trapper – “Masonic Temple Microdose #1”
Bully – “Where To Start”
Protomartyr – “Michigan Hammers”
Boy Pablo – “Hey Girl”
Matt Berninger – “Serpentine Prison”
Fontaines DC – “A Hero’s Death”
Waxahatchee – “Can’t Do Much”
Pottery – “Hot Heater”
Alison Mosshart – “Rise”
Moby – “My Only Love”
Benjamin Gibbard – “Proxima B”
Kids In America – “Summer Of Love”
The Homesick – “Male Bonding”
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What We Played – June 18, 2020
Kids In America – Summer of Love
Sorry – Perfect
Moby – My Only Love
Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death
Alison Mosshart – Rise
Nick Cave – Cosmic Dancer
Dirty Projectors – Loe Your Love
Phoebe Bridgers – Kyoto
Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
Bully – Where To Start
Protomartyr – Michigan Hammers
Tash Sultana – Pretty Lady
The Voidz – Did My Best
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What We Played – June 11, 2020
Car Seat Headrest – Hollywood
Nightly – The Movies
Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
Man Man – Future Peg
Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death
Phoebe Bridgers – Kyoto
Moby – My Only Love
Diet Cig – Stare Into The sun
Alison Mosshart – Rise
Nick Cave – Cosmic Dancer
Sorry – Perfect
The Voidz – Did My Best
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – She’s There
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What We Played – June 4, 2020
Diet Cig – Stare Into The Sun
Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death
Nick Cave – Cosmic Dancer
Phoebe Bridgers – Kyoto
Alison Mosshart – Rise
White Denim – I Don’t Understand Rock N Roll
Perfume Genius – Describe
Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
ManMan – Future Peg
Moby – My Only Love
Tash Sultana – Pretty Lady
Nightly – The Movies
Dirty Projectors – Overlord
Car Seat Headrest – Hollywood
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What We Played – May 28, 2020
White Denim – I Don’t Understand Rock N Roll
Alison Mosshart – Rise
Moby – My Only Love
Nightly – The Movies
Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death
Nick Cave – Cosmic Dancer
Diet Cig – Stare Into The Sun
Durand Jones and the Indications – Young Americans
Andrew Belle Inlets JR JR Night Beds Tallest Man On Earth Two Gallants The War on Drugs
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Start and end Sundays with WTTS OverEasy. Brad Holtz plays a variety of laid-back World Class Rock, with singer-songwriters, deep album tracks, in-studio recordings, and live exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. Catch OverEasy Sundays from 7 to 11 a.m. (and the replay from 7 to 11 p.m.)
This holiday season, win the gift of music courtesy of the one and only Guitarworks in Greenwood, the place to Take Your Pick! During the next three weeks (12/2-12/20), Paul Mendenhall will be giving away three great guitars from Washburn Guitars and G&L.A Washburn Electric-Acoustic Cutaway guitar, a G&L Takamine GD-20 Acoustic Guitar and a G&L Tribute Doheny Guitar. Correctly answer the Morning Music Mindbender at 7:35 to qualify for that week’s guitar. Then on Friday, Paul will draw a winner. Description of the guitars are below:
Week 1 guitar is
a Washburn Electric-Acoustic Cutaway
This is an outstanding Dreadnought Cutaway acoustic guitar, with a Premium Solid Sitka Spruce top. The Cathedral Peaked Scalloped-X bracing is normally featured in guitars worth far more, so you’ll hear superior tone that improves with age. Mahogany body and neck, with a cutaway for easy access to the uppermost frets.
This great Washburn is ready to plug in for performance or recording, with built in pickup system and onboard tuner. The Fishman Preamp provides the most natural amplified acoustic tone, with volume, bass and treble controls and a phase switch for feedback control.
Other outstanding features include a two-way truss rod, “Nu-Bone” Synthetic Bone nut and compensated saddle for precise intonation, 1 11/16” Nut-width for playing comfort, and a custom Setup and calibration by famed Guitarworks Luthier and Blooming native Deric Rush!
Put it all together with a custom strap and Guitarworks Gig Bag case and it’s a package value over $800! It’s a guitar any Pro would be proud to take to stage or studio- and it’s yours to win from the One and OnlyGuitarworks in Greenwood—the place to Take Your Pick!
Week 2 guitar is
a Takamine GD-20 Acoustic Guitar
Here’s the classic Dreadnought body style with mahogany back and a Solid cedar top with Quartersawn X-bracing. The Takamine GD20 resonates with loud, rich, bold tone and classic look you expect from a Dreadnought guitar, with impressive ease of playability Takamine is known for!
Takamine has been designing and building acoustic guitars for 50 years, at the foot of Japan’s Takamine mountains, with quality and value as their guiding principles. Takamine uses only the finest tonewoods, construction techniques, and is a world leader in technical guitar building innovations.
That’s why for decades Takamine Guitars have been the most widely played guitars on the planet. They’re constantly seen in the hands of music’s biggest stars – across all genres of music – both in studio and on stage!
Your friends at Guitarworks wants to put a bow on it and stuff it under your Christmas tree! With it’s smooth, satin finish, Guitarworks gig bag and matching Takamine Strap, it’s a package retail value over $600! And it’s yours to win from the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood—the place to Take Your Pick!
Week 3 – The
G&L Tribute “Doheny” Guitar
The G&L Doheny is the evolution of the offset body Leo Fender design, inspired by the classic surf sound born in Southern California.
Doheny takes the bolt-on offset-body into new sonic territory with newly developed Magnetic Field Design™ jazz pickups, the first on any production G&L. So what’s it like? The sound is rich in harmonics yet surprisingly full – echoes of the 60’s with more output and range for today’s music.
Add Leo’s Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, allowing up and down-bend with unsurpassed stability, and you have Pro-level workhorse guitar that will be different from any other guitar in your arsenal- the results are just astounding! Weather you’re a gigging pro or a bedroom guitarist, on-stage or in-studio, you’ll love The G&L Doheny. It’s a true joy to play.
You can win this one- Finished in miles-deep Piano Black, including a custom Guitarworks gig bag- a package retail value over $900, presented by your friends at the One and OnlyGuitarworks in Greenwood- the place to Take Your Pick!.