WTTS has sent a lucky listener to Gulf Shores and another to Manchester, TN. Now we are sending Karla Ray over the river to Louisville, KY for Forecastle Festival. Karla won two weekend wristbands good for Friday – Sunday and 3 night stay in a hotel in downtown Louisville. Thanks to everyone who registered.
The 2016 line-up includes:
For complete rules to the Forecastle Festival Giveaway CLICK HERE.
Summer is around the corner and we are sending one lucky listener and a guest to the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama. WTTS and Karma Records teamed up with Meyer Vacation Rentals for the Hangout Hookup. Congratulations to our winner Roy Partida! Roy just won three-day festival passes and condo accommodations to Hangout Music Festival. Thanks to everyone who registered.
This year’s line up includes:
The Weekend • Calvin Harris • Florence + The Machine • Alabama Shakes • Ellie Goulding • Lenny Kravitz • Haim • Cage The Elephant • Grimes • Jason Isbell • Walk The Moon • Miike Snow • Leon Bridges • Big Grams • Foals • The Neighbourhood • Portugal. The Man • Moon Taxi • Courtney Barnett • Silversun Pickups • X Ambassadors • Kurt Vile & The Violators • Borns • Coleman Hell • Mayer Hawthorne • Brett Dennen • The Struts • Atlas Genius • The Revivalist • Kaleo • And MORE!
Visit Karma Records at any of their three locations:
For complete rules to the Hangout Hookup CLICK HERE.
Meyer Vacation Rentals
Thanks to all of the listeners who attended WTTS Rock On The River, presented by Arni’s Restaurant. It was a fun night of live music at the Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn, as Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty played to a packed crowd of WTTS listeners. In the process, we raised thousands of dollars for the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund. Thanks for supporting great live music, and a worthwhile local cause as well.
We continue our 2013 countdown with numbers 40 through 31…
40. Boy – “Little Numbers”
39. Alabama Shakes – “Hang Loose”
38. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
37. Mumford & Sons – “Babel”
36. The Civil Wars – “The One That Got Away”
35. Matt Nathanson – “Mission Bells”
34. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
33. Dawes – “From A Window Seat”
32. The Avett Brothers – “Another Is Waiting”
31. John Mayer – “Wildfire”
Radiohead puts on a visually-stunning performance
Brad Holtz here, back from Bonnaroo, in what has become an annual summertime tradition of music, mayhem and the occasional hangover.
2012 marks my 8th Bonnaroo experience. Every year, I imagine it will be my last. But I keep going back again and again – with no regrets. If you think back at the early roots of America’s marquee music festival, jam bands ruled. Over 11 years however, Bonnaroo has diversified into a festival experience for fans of all sorts of musical genres. In one weekend, we saw it all. Hip-hop (Childish Gambino), folk (Punch Brothers), the next generation of southern rock (Alabama Shakes), a newcomer who sounds stunningly similar to Bill Withers (Michael Kiwanuka), arguably one of the biggest bands the world has seen in the last 15 years (Radiohead) to arguably America’s greatest rock band today (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Bonnaroo means a little something for everyone.
If you experienced Bonnaroo for the first time this year, you were definitely spoiled by the weather. With daytime highs reaching the low to mid 80s (under low humidity) and nighttime temperatures hovering around 60-65, countless folks who have experienced not-so-favorable-conditions remarked that this was, far and away, the most pleasant Bonnaroo experience, from a weather standpoint. After the first day of my first Bonnaroo weekend (2004), I had never felt filthier, having never experienced the level of MUD we saw. Heat, humidity and dust ruled 2011. This was just about perfect…
Brad and a Beach Boy at Bonnaroo
You never know who you’re gonna run into at Bonnaroo. While watching Santigold on Saturday afternoon, Beach Boy legend Mike Love swung by to catch some of the set and was nice enough to pose for photos with a few fans. Hollywood A-listers Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd showed up and caught a number of live performances. We even saw Ludacris hanging out in the backstage radio compound. For one weekend in June, a 700-acre field in the middle of nowhere is transformed into the world’s musical epicenter. And people from all walks of life soak it in.
Personal highlights? Hands down, the Red Hot Chili Peppers put on the best performance of the weekend (perhaps I’m a little biased, as I love the band but have never seen them live). Newcomers Alabama Shakes certainly didn’t disappoint (they’ll be playing a sold-out ‘TTS show at the Vogue on July 31). British soul/folk singer Michael Kiwanuka made his Bonnaroo debut and it was eerily reminiscent of Ray Lamontagne’s debut in 2004. (Check out my backstage interview with Michael).
Thanks for hanging out with us over the weekend. We hope we were able to bring some of the excitement of Bonnaroo back to Indiana. For backstage interviews, blogs and photos, be sure to explore more from the Blogaroo.
-Brad Holtz
