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Ground Control Touring

Spirit Adrift

Listen to "Earthbound"

While Spirit Adrift made many take notice with their debut album “Chained To Oblivion”, it is on “Curse Of Conception” their stellar second album, and first with new label 20 Buck Spin, that the band has taken a giant leap forward in songwriting prowess, production and confidence. From the Metallica / Priest like opening moments of ‘Earthbound’ to the epic closing of “Onward, Inward”, Spirit Adrift are aiming sky high with burning focus and peak vigor.

The aforementioned ‘Earthbound’ is a standard bearer for album-opening songcraft, leading into the colossal title track, a grungy and twisting radio-ready crawler. ‘To Fly On Broken Wings’ & ‘Graveside Invocation’ continue to show that any of the eight tracks on ‘Curse Of Conception’ could stand as featured singles. Throughout the duration brick heavy riff assembly, somber southern atmospherics and grand melodies entwine flawlessly into perfect metallic majesty, exemplified succinctly and totally in the…

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Chastity Belt Hardly Art Listen to "Time To Go Home"
Kero Kero Bonito Polyvinyl Listen to "Only Acting"
Tijuana Panthers Innovative Leisure Listen to "Front Window Down"
Vivian Girls Polyvinyl Records Listen to "I Heard You Say"
Camera Obscura 4AD/Beggars Listen to "Troublemaker"
Shannon and the Clams Easy Eye Sound Listen to "Rip Van Winkle"
Midori Takada 高田みどり WRWTFWW
The Seth Bogart Show Burger Records
Widowspeak Captured Tracks Listen to "Ballad of the Golden Hour"
mewithoutYou Run for Cover
Cursive 15 Passenger Listen to "From The Hips"
Black Marble Ghostly International
Angel Olsen Jagjaguwar
Ought Merge Listen to "Beautiful Blue Sky"
Om Drag City Listen to "Addis"
Scharpling & Wurster Numero Group
Mary Timony Plays Helium Matador
Yowler Double Double Whammy Listen to "Water"
Crumb Listen to "Thirty-Nine"
NOBUNNY Goner Records Listen to "I Am A Girlfriend"

Artist News & Press

Crack Cloud & N0V3L Are the Newest Additions to the Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 06/06/2019

We are excited to welcome Crack Cloud and N0V3L as the newest additions to Ground Control Touring’s artist roster! Crack Cloud is a mixed-media collective based out of Vancouver, BC. Modelled around harm reduction philosophy, Crack Cloud operates as a rehabilitative outlet for a revolving cast of multi-disciplinary artists across Canada. N0V3L (the new project from members of Crack Cloud),…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Loving To Our Roster

Posted 06/04/2019

We are delighted to add Loving to Ground Control’s artist roster! Loving is the musical collaboration of David Parry, Lucas Henderson and Jesse Henderson. The band formed by way of a long-distance recording project (Victoria – Toronto) that resulted in the creation of their debut self-titled EP. After the unexpected embrace of this work, the band reconvened in Victoria, BC…

Body Type Are The Newest Addition To The Ground Control Roster

Posted 05/30/2019

Ground Control Touring is excited to welcome Body Type as the newest addition to our artist roster! Body Type did not intend on making A Big Statement with their new record, EP2, but at its heart lies an incidental anthem. Harnessing an “energy of anger”, as guitarist and vocalist Annabel Blackman describes it, the EP connects to recent cultural movements,…

Youth of Today Joins Ground Control Touring

Posted 05/28/2019

Ground Control Touring welcomes Youth of Today to our roster of touring artists! Youth of Today is a Straight Edge hardcore band from New York City. Formed in 1985 by singer Ray Cappo and guitarist John Porcell, they took the core values of straight edge, no drinking, no smoking and no drugs, incorporated no meat eating and set out to…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Divino Niño

Posted 05/20/2019

We are excited to announce Divino Niño as the newest addition to the Ground Control Touring roster! Divino Niño’s new album Foam feels like catching up with a lifelong friend. Now Chicagoans, their rhythmic, soulful — and at times bilingual — Latinx punk songs are a reflection of their continent-spanning bond and proof that Divino Niño couldn’t have formed without…

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Today's Shows

Bill Callahan
Drag City

San Francisco, CA
The Castro Theatre

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Dehd
Fire Talk Records

Denver, CO
Bluebird Theater

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Earth
Sargent House

Somerville, MA
ONCE Ballroom

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Fog Lake
Stack Your Roster

St. Paul, MN
Amsterdam Bar and Hall

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Helms Alee
Sargent House

Somerville, MA
ONCE Ballroom

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Jenny Lewis
Warner Brothers Records

Detroit, MI
Masonic Temple Theatre

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Kikagaku Moyo
Guruguru Brain

Washington, DC
U Street Music Hall

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Lithics
Kill Rock Stars

Philadelphia, PA
Boot & Saddle

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Priests
Sister Polygon Records

New Orleans, LA
Gasa Gasa

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Sleep

Miami, FL
The Ground

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Spirit Adrift
20 Buck Spin

Atlanta, GA
The Masquerade - Purgatory

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Tacocat
Hardly Art

Houston, TX
White Oak Music Hall

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The Appleseed Cast
Graveface Records & Curiosities

Columbia, SC
New Brookland Tavern

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Twain
Keeled Scales

Millvale, PA
Mr. Smalls Theatre

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