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Ground Control Touring

MOURN

Listen to "Storyteller"

Catalonian quartet MOURN stormed onto the scene in 2014 with their self-titled debut - a work of angular indie rock and pointed lyricism delivered with confidence well beyond their teenage years. Two years later, they returned with the equally superb Ha, Ha, He. and proved themselves worthy of the early praise, squashing any remaining questions of fleeting hype. But with seemingly endless opportunities in front of them, MOURN found themselves caught in a legal dispute with their former Spanish label, rendering them unable to tour or effectively support their sophomore effort.

Facing the sort of obstacles that might, understandably, derail a fledgling band’s career, MOURN instead forged ahead, and in typical fashion managed to harness their swirling anger, frustration, and passion from the past 2 years into new music. Now, only just recently freed from their legal binds, MOURN is back in full force to share their 3rd full-length…

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Jaakko Eino Kalevi Weird World Listen to "Double Talk"
Marisa Anderson Thrill Jockey
Body/Head Matador
Sad13 Carpark Records Listen to "Get a Yes"
Russian Circles Sargent House
Ex Hex Merge Listen to "Hot and Cold"
Chain & the Gang Dischord Records
No Age
MOURN Captured Tracks Listen to "Storyteller"
Cory Hanson Drag City Listen to "Ordinary People"
Chastity Belt Hardly Art Listen to "Time To Go Home"
M. Ward Merge Records Listen to "The First Time I Ran Away"
Pelada New Listen to "Ten Cuidado"
Grouper Kranky Listen to "Call Across Rooms"
Kathleen Hanna
Holy Sons Partisan Records Listen to "It's My Feelings"
A Hawk and A Hacksaw Living Music Duplication Listen to "You Have Already Gone to the Other World"
Widowspeak Captured Tracks Listen to "Ballad of the Golden Hour"
Lithics Kill Rock Stars Listen to "Lizard"
Arab Strap Chemikal Underground Records

Artist News & Press

Fog Lake Joins The Ground Control Touring Artist Roster

Posted 06/20/2018

Ground Control Touring is excited to welcome Fog Lake to our roster of performing artists. Aaron Powell, better known by his lo-fi singer-songwriter moniker Fog Lake, creates music that’s been best described as “a complex collage of nebulous angst and heartfelt nostalgia.” Born and raised on the island province of Newfoundland, Canada in the small rural town of Glovertown (populated…

Philly Noise Rockers Empath Are The Newest Addition To The Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 06/18/2018

We’re thrilled to welcome Empath to the Ground Control Touring roster! Catherine Elicson, Emily Shanahan, Randall Coon and Garrett Koloski formed Empath in 2015, after spending time in a variety of other musical projects. Self described as “warm earth noise pop from Philadelphia”, Empath makes loud and liberating music that has been heralded by Pitchfork as “a thrilling rush of…

Lola Kirke Joins The Ground Control Touring Artist Roster

Posted 06/14/2018

We’re excited to announce that Lola Kirke has joined the Ground Control Touring roster! Born in London and raised in New York City, Lola Kirke is best known for her roles in David Fincher’s Gone Girl, Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America, and the Golden Globe-winning Amazon show Mozart in the Jungle. Coming from a musical family (her father Simon Kirke performs…

Hilary Woods joins the Ground Control Touring Artist Roster

Posted 06/05/2018

We are pleased to announce Hilary Woods as the newest addition to Ground Control Touring’s roster of touring artists. Hilary Woods’ artistry is one of rare emotive reach. Her minimalist and compositional finesse combine with densely layered atmospheric instrumentation and dreamlike vocals to create music rich with both delicacy and intensity. The Sunday Times hailed her early solo recordings as…

Nabihah Iqbal Joins The Ground Control Touring Artist Roster

Posted 05/30/2018

Ground Control Touring is excited to welcome Nabihah Iqbal into our family of performing artists. Nabihah wears many hats. As a lecturer and long-time resident DJ on NTS Radio, Nabihah highlights some of the most rare and underrepresented voices in music. Taking an ethnomusicological approach, Nabihah has brought the wonderful, obscure music of places like Pakistan, Cuba and South Africa…

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