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Ground Control Touring

Current Joys

Current Joys is the enigmatic solo project of 25-year-old Henderson, Nevada-born songwriter Nicholas Rattigan. In addition to his minimal two-piece band with Jacob Rubeck, Surf Curse, Rattigan has been releasing a prolific catalog of heart-wrenching no wave ballads via Bandcamp under a handful of names (including The Nicholas Project and Tele/Visions), eventually choosing Current Joys as the permanent moniker, based on a song by folk-artist Liam the Younger of the same name. His newest release, A Different Age, documents the process of making art and the desire to create it sincerely in an era fraught with extreme irony, apathy, and nostalgia. Ripe with many of the emotions and conflicts that have influenced Rattigan’s songwriting in the past, A Different Age contains some of his most poetic lyrics and thoughtful arrangements to date.

Rattigan started writing the material for A Different Age, his fifth solo album, in 2015, shortly after…

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Florist Double Double Whammy
Ought Merge Listen to "Beautiful Blue Sky"
Vagabon Father/Daughter Records Listen to "Fear & Force"
Young Jesus Saddle Creek
Kurt Vile Matador Records Listen to "Pretty Pimpin"
She & Him Columbia Records Listen to "In the Sun"
Combo Chimbita Listen to "No Regresso"
Los Campesinos! Wichita Recordings Listen to "I Broke Up In Amarante"
Tracyanne & Danny Merge Records
Neutral Milk Hotel Merge Records
Gruff Rhys Rough Trade Listen to "Shark Ridden Waters"
Charlie Hilton Captured Tracks Listen to "Pony"
Vivian Girls Polyvinyl Records Listen to "I Heard You Say"
The Vaselines Sub Pop Listen to "I Hate the 80's"
Helms Alee Sargent House Listen to "Tit To Toe"
ClickHole Live
Jonathan Toubin
Kero Kero Bonito Listen to "Only Acting"
Speedy Ortiz Carpark Records Listen to "Raising the Skate"
The Gotobeds Sub Pop Listen to "Brass Not Rash"

Artist News & Press

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Agent Andrew Morgan!

Posted 05/21/2018

It is with great pleasure that we announce Andrew Morgan as the newest agent to join us at Ground Control Touring! For over a decade, Andrew has developed the touring careers of a diverse roster of musicians including Angel Olsen, Sleep, Jenny Hval and Bully. He also represents established podcast and comedy artists such as Welcome to Night Vale, Criminal,…

Ground Control Touring is hiring an Agency Associate to be based in our Los Angeles office

Posted 05/21/2018

Ground Control Touring is hiring an Agency Associate, to be based in our Los Angeles office. Ground Control Touring is a boutique booking agency based in Brooklyn, NY, with an office in Los Angeles. We represent a diverse roster of acts that includes Angel Olsen, Belle and Sebastian, Big Thief, Conor Oberst, Hop Along, Jenny Lewis, Kurt Vile, Parquet Courts,…

Blanck Mass Is The Newest Addition To The Ground Control Touring Artist Roster

Posted 05/18/2018

Ground Control Touring is excited to welcome Blanck Mass to our roster of performing artists. Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass is an artist who will not succumb to ‘constraints of genre’ or pigeon-hole his sound, he chooses instead to navigate his way through myriad musical characterizations. As comfortable as he is writing three minute punk songs as he is…

Devon Welsh Joins The Ground Control Touring Artist Roster

Posted 05/16/2018

We’re excited to announce that Devon Welsh is the newest addition to the Ground Control Touring roster! The Montreal-based musician is best known as the frontman for the electronic duo Majical Cloudz. Following the group’s 2016 breakup, Welsh is releasing his debut solo record, Dream Songs. Recorded and produced by Austin Tufts (Braids), the album is composed of reflections on…

Ground Control Touring is Hiring!

Posted 05/14/2018

Ground Control Touring is hiring an Administrative Assistant, to be based in our Brooklyn office. Ground Control Touring is a boutique booking agency based in Brooklyn, NY, with an office in Los Angeles. We represent a diverse roster of acts that includes Belle and Sebastian, Big Thief, Conor Oberst, Hop Along, Jenny Lewis, Joyce Manor, Kurt Vile, Parquet Courts, and…

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