Paul Talks to Mountaineer Conrad Anker
Paul talks with mountaineer Conrad Anker who is featured in the new IMAX film The Wildest Dream, which is currently showing at the Indiana State Museum. George Mallory was obsessed with becoming the first person to conquer the untouched Mount Everest. Last seen 800 feet below the summit in 1924, the clouds rolled in and he [...]
Continue ReadingBluesman Biopic
It would not be the first film of John Belushi’s life, but it would be the first Belushi’s widow, Judith, supports, and is even participating in as the executive producer. In 1989, just seven years after Belushi’s overdose, the first film of the comedians life was released against the will of his family. Now, Todd [...]
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Best Seats in the House — Black Crowes
The Black Crowes say it’s time for some extended time off and we want to put you in the best seats in the house for their reunion/farewell-for-now tour. Listen to the Morning Music Mindbender weekday mornings with Paul and Todd on the WTTS Morning Show for your chance to win tickets to see the Black [...]
Continue ReadingWTTS Indy Underground — August 16, 2010
Between touring with Radiohead and recording with Radiohead, drummer Phil Selway found time to write and record an album’s worth of material over the course of ten years. His first solo album Familial sees an August 30 release in the UK, but we’ll have your first listen tonight on WTTS Indy Underground. Check out this wild [...]
Continue ReadingWTTS New Music Monday — August 16, 2010
This week on WTTS New Music Monday, we’ll take a listen to a couple of grizzled veterans who don’t seem to be slowing down. Tom Petty and Robert Plant have new releases, and we’ll preview them both for you. If you feel like two years has been too long a wait for a new Shawn Mullins [...]
Continue ReadingWTTS OverEasy — August 15, 2010
It’s the sound of two men, fed up with the state of modern recordings, tapping into a muse from another time, resurrecting an old tape recorder from five decades ago, heading to places like Sun Studios in Memphis and the hotel room where Robert Johnson cut some of his best-known blues 78s - and then, just to [...]
Continue ReadingThe WTTS Groove Show — August 14, 2010
The WTTS Groove Show is back this Saturday night at 10pm, with two hours of jam bands, funk & reggae. This week, we’ll feature new music from Widespread Panic’s latest CD Dirty Side Down, along with new music from JJ Grey & Mofro’s Georgia Warhorse. And it’s not too late to download a live exclusive from [...]
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John Mellencamp Presale
UPDATE: A second show has been added in Bloomington for Saturday, October 30th at the IU Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now via pre-sale as well. The password is “clumsyolworld.” October 29th, November 8th, and November 11th, John Mellencamp brings his No Better Than This tour to three great Indiana venues. A special presale for tickets [...]
Continue ReadingThe WTTS Emerging Artist Series with Greg Laswell
The 2010 WTTS Emerging Artist Concert Series kicked off with an awesome performance by Greg Laswell and the rock band Harper Blynn, who back up Greg when he is touring. WTTS hosted the show in the intimate setting of the Creation Cafe. A couple hundred lucky 92-3 VIP’s sampled a variety of free appetizers and enjoyed [...]
Continue ReadingCat Power’s Chan Marshall Promotes Literacy
Chan Marshall (a.k.a Cat Power) has teamed up with the Department Of Education in their efforts to increase and encourage literacy. She recently went to Washington, D.C. and read Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree to a group of students while not looking like a musician — she donned a Hillary Clinton-esque pant suit. However, even [...]
Continue ReadingDeadless Garcia Biopic
Director Amir Bar-Lev is currently working on a biopic of Grateful Dead’s, Jerry Garcia. We guess the film will feature Garcia as a young, unknown guitarist, possibly how Grateful Dead was formed and the general music scene of the 60’s. But, there’s one thing it apparently WON’T feature. Grateful Dead Productions have made it very [...]
Continue ReadingWTTS Indy Underground — August 9, 2010
Tonight on WTTS Indy Underground, Beck and Devendra Banhart are back in the studio again, and unlike last time they’re not recording Leonard Cohen’s Songs Of Leonard Cohen as part of Beck’s Record Club. This time they’ve combined their efforts to help out director Todd Solondz’s latest film Life During Wartime. Fun fact: he also [...]
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See John Mayer from the Front Row!
We’re pretty excited that John Mayer is returning to Verizon Wireless Music Center on Sunday, August 15th. John and WTTS go way back and he’s always shown us a lot of love when he comes to town. This time around, we not only have a pair of front row tickets to give away, but they [...]
Continue ReadingThis Week on New Music Monday
This week on WTTS New Music Monday, Shawn Mullins has a new album coming out on October 12 called Light You Up. This is his 15th release in the past 20 years! We’ll have your first listen. Jack Johnson isn’t the only surfing musician out there — Donavan Frankenreiter also carves the waves while keeping [...]
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