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.
Featuring 11 new tracks, The WTTS New Music Sampler is now available for a limited time. Pickup your copy and enjoy these songs:
1. Moon Taxi – “All Day All Night”
2. Boy & Bear – “Where’d You Go”
3. Mudcrutch – “Trailer”
4. Sam Beam And Jesca Hoop – “Every Songbird Says”
5. Frightened Rabbit – “Get Out”
6. Fruition – “Labor Of Love”
7. Lake Street Dive – “I Don’t Care About You”
8. Mayer Hawthorne – “Love Like That”
9. Run River North – “Run Or Hide”
10. Oh Pep! – “Doctor Doctor”
11. River Matthews – “Feels Like Morning”
Pick up The WTTS New Music Sampler at Tom Wood Automotive Group dealerships during normal business hours:
The WTTS New Music Sampler is available at the following business during normal business hours:
6955 N. Keystone Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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5341 N. Keystone
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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10 S. Rangeline Road
Carmel, IN 46032
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21 1st Street SW
Carmel, IN 46032
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3802 N. High School Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46254
21 N. Post Rd.
3532 W. 86th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46268
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2750 Parkside Dr.
Fishers, IN 46038
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Allisonville Nursery Garden and Home
11405 Allisonville Rd.
Fishers, IN 46038
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25 W Main St.
Carmel IN 46032
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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
Thursday night, December 3rd, WTTS kicked off its Christmas Can Concert series at The Bluebird in Bloomington. This first show featured Indiana natives, Houndmouth, and special guest Moon Taxi.
The Bluebird was buzzing with music, WTTS listeners, and canned goods being dropped into a bin to benefit Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard in Bloomington. Green Bean Delivery even donated two pounds of fresh produce to the food pantry for each person in attendance. It is the season of giving, after all.
Moon Taxi opened for Houndmouth and entertained the crowd as if they were the headliner. The Nashville-based indie-progressive rock band’s performance was captivating. They played songs like “Year Zero” and “All Day All Night.” The crowd was singing along as if maybe they had come out to see Moon Taxi and Houndmouth was an added bonus! Moon Taxi was unassumingly electric with a simple stage setup and immense sound. They set the stage quite well for the excitement to come.
WTTS DJ Rob Humphrey introduced Houndmouth and the room went somewhat quiet for the only time that evening in anticipation. The band starts to enter the stage casually while the crowd hears a most appropriate song being played through the monitors. The crowd gradually recognizes their stage entrance song to be the Indiana University fight song and sings along with great pride. It set the tone perfectly.
Members of Houndmouth are based in Louisville but were born and raised in New Albany, Indiana (less than two hours from The Bluebird). Houndmouth’s vintage country influence may stem from their roots in Louisville and brings an intriguing interest to their indie rock sound. The lead singer looks like a 1950s greaser in a cool black jacket and slick, black hair. The drummer wears a fur coat and the keyboard player looks like an indie rock version of a 1920s flapper girl. On such a small, simple stage, their appearance alone takes the audience to another place and time.
Houndmouth opens with “Black Gold” and the crowd is absolutely electrified. At one point both the lead singer, Matt Myers, and bass player, Zak Appleby, changed their shirts to Indiana University garb and won the crowd over with ease. WTTS listeners were absolutely smitten with Houndmouth’s wide array of sounds and songs. The energy from the stage transferred to the crowd with every single song; It was extremely impressive. This created a beautiful vocal battle between the band with their microphones and the audience with their beer-soaked voices.
Highlights of the evening included “15 Years,” “Penitentiary,” “Say It,” and “Sedona.” During “Gasoline” (a song in which keyboard player Katie Toupin performs lead vocals) the crowd immediately screamed the lyrics back to her and she utters with obvious pride on her face, “Maybe you guys have heard this song…” After closing with “Sedona” Myers returns to the stage for a solo performance of “For No One,” followed by “Casino (Bad Things)” and “My Cousin Greg.”
Once Houndmouth exited the stage for the final time, the crowd was left buzzing. Beer was spilled, voices were hoarse, and hands were raw from clapping along to Houndmouth that night. In the words of Houndmouth’s Matt Myers, “It’s good to be around a bunch of Hoosiers for a while…”
Thanks so much to all WTTS listeners in attendance at the first WTTS Christmas Can Concert of the season. Sunday night, December 6th, Leon Bridges will play the second Christmas Can Concert to a sold out Bluebird. If we don’t see you there, be sure to check out the VIP room and Concert Connection page for more ways to experience the music.
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Featuring 15 new tracks, The WTTS Indy Eleven New Music Sampler is now available for a limited time. Pickup your copy and enjoy these songs:
1. Chris Cornell – “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart”
2. G. Love And Special Sauce – “Muse” (feat. Citizen Cope)
3. Blitzen Trapper – “All Across This Land”
4. Clara Nova – “An Island”
5. Boy & Bear – “Walk The Wire”
6. Holly Miranda – “All I Want Is To Be Your Girl”
7. Langhorne Slim & The Law – “Strangers”
8. Falls – “When We Were Young”
9. Houndmouth – “Say It”
10. The Saint Johns – “ShadowPlay”
11. Wild Child – “Fools”
12. Galactic – “Into the Deep” (feat. Macy Gray)
13. BOY – “We Were Here”
14. Moon Taxi – “Year Zero”
15. ALO – “The Ticket”
Pick up The WTTS Indy Eleven New Music Sampler at Tom Wood Automotive Group dealerships during normal business hours:
Stop by Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard and make a food or pantry supply donation to receive a free copy of The WTTS Indy Eleven New Music Sampler. Donation hours are Monday – Friday from 11am to 6pm. Find out more about donating to Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard at their Official Website.
1100 W. Allen – Suite A
Bloomington, IN 47403
Drop by The Foolery and grab a copy of The WTTS Indy Eleven New Music Sampler during normal business hours.
25 West Main Street
Carmel, IN 46032
