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Ground Control Touring Welcomes Frog
Posted 05/03/2024
Frog is a 2-3 person guitar band from the swamp in New Rochelle, NY. They issued their self-titled debut mini-album “Frog” on Brooklyn’s now defunct Monkfish Records which Gold Flake Paint called “The best American guitar record of the year. Seriously. It’s like every cult band from the past decade bottled into half an hour of music.” The duo returned…
Ground Control Touring Welcomes Ebbb
Posted 04/30/2024
Without releasing a single song, the band – comprised of producer Lev Ceylan, vocalist Will Rowland and drummer Scott MacDonald – has built a storied mythology on London’s underground live circuit which spawned the likes of Squid and black midi. Commanding an atmosphere at gigs that So Young Magazine described as “an almost religious experience”, the melding of Ceylan’s engulfing…
Ground Control Touring Welcomes Our Girl
Posted 04/25/2024
The expression of hard-fought optimism encapsulates Our Girl’s as-yet-unannounced second LP; dealing with themes of sexuality, relationships, community, and illness. Recorded at Rockfield studios and produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding, Dry Cleaning), Fern Ford (The Big Moon, Prima Queen), and Soph Nathan (also of The Big Moon), this album, filled with warmth and honesty, marks a significant…
Ground Control Touring Welcomes Draag
Posted 04/24/2024
Draag began when Adrian Acosta (songwriter, vocalist, guitarist) revived songs he recorded on his karaoke tape deck when he was 10 years old. Growing up in the northeast San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, there was nothing for kids to do. Adrian ran the DIY punk scene movement there as a preteen. Backyard shows happened every weekend by word of…
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Ground Control Touring Welcomes Mamalarky
Posted 04/23/2024
Mamalarky’s tenderly tangled indie rock has the internal logic of ridiculous jokes shared between band members after spending weeks on the road together. The sum of friendships and collaborations dating back to their teenage years, the band melds flashy instrumental moves with head-sticking hooks and lovesick lyrics welcoming anyone into their private world. While Mamalarky are ostensibly an indie-pop group,…
