ANCHR's Artist of the Day: Katie Toupin

“Are You Dreaming of Me?  I’ve Been Dreaming of You!”  That is a lyric from the chorus of “Magnetic Moves,” the title track of Katie Toupin’s album which came out in the summer of 2019 that I thought would be a great new pickup line, but it hasn’t really worked yet. Regardless of my lack of game, today’s ANCHR Artist of the Day is going to Katie Toupin. Toupin is a singer-songwriter from a town on the southern tip of Indiana called New Albany, which is directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.  If you put her name in whatever search engine you use, the images that come up might cause you, if you’re also a live music lover like myself, to possibly recognize her.  That would be because she was once a member of the band Houndmouth.

Taste of Chicago 2015 was the first time I noticed Toupin when Houndmouth was opening for Spoon.  I remember her being stylish and had a vibrant smile. Toupin was on vocals and keys but one of the highlights from the set was when she took over the guitar to sing “Gasoline.”  About a year later my brother-in-law and I were in Memphis for Beale Street Music Festival. I brought him to the Houndmouth set, but when the band came on stage, Toupin was missing. If there are any Houndmouth ”stans” out there reading this, please do not direct any anger of what I’m about to say to ANCHR since this is only my opinion, but they weren’t as good anymore.  We only stayed for 3 songs.

Toupin has released an EP, Moroccan Ballroom, the aforementioned album, Magnetic Moves and just this past week, on March 6th, a single called “Don’t Wanna Die.”  This coming May 14th you could catch the aural pleasure of Katie’s vocals and songwriting for yourself when she performs at Schubas.