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Ground Control Touring Welcomes fish narc
Posted 02/06/2023
fish narc began in 2013 as a clean break from singing and performing in bands, which Ben Friars-Funkhouser had done since he was 16. Ben joined Thraxxhouse and Gothboiclique after teaching himself Ableton Live, and began to integrate guitar playing and rock songwriting into his beatmaking and production. He produced songs for Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, JuiceWRLD, and Lil Peep,…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes LustSickPuppy
Posted 01/26/2023
“LustSickPuppy is perhaps the most exciting act to emerge from one of the most exciting scenes in contemporary music: the chaotic admixture of hyperpop, DIY punk, and harsh noise that is Brooklyn’s loosely defined ‘mutant’ collective. Towering in both stature and sound, they cast a demonic figure over every beat they bless, and when they collaborate with Death Grips’ Andy…
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Ground Control Touring Welcomes Upchuck
Posted 01/23/2023
Upchuck is a five-piece Atlanta band, formed from connections made in skateboarding, construction, and teenage delinquency. The band is lead guitarist Mikey, Rhythm guitarist Hoff, bassist Armando, drummer Chris, and vocalist KT – who combined are inventively raucous and revolutionary. Upchuck shakes the minds and bodies of those seeking a release. With lyricism to prove her intentions, songwriter KT screams…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Nick Waterhouse
Posted 01/19/2023
“We had a joke in the studio,” says Nick Waterhouse. “Some of the guys were like, ‘Nick, you’re gonna end up at a press conference like Dylan in ’65: ‘Who’s The Fooler?’ ‘I don’t know, man, maybe it’s you! Maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m becoming The Fooler right now…’”The title of the sixth album from the Californian singer-songwriter is more…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes MSPAINT
Posted 01/04/2023
It’s exceedingly rare to hear something truly original. Something that’s actually breaking new ground, something that maybe we don’t even have words for just yet. Something like MSPAINT. In a time when so much musical territory feels well-trodden, MSPAINT are the exception. On their debut full-length Post-American, the Hattiesburg, Mississippi-based four-piece draw on everything from hardcore, to hip hop, to…