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Ground Control Touring

Black Marble

Black Marble formed in 2012 as an artistic extension of Chris Stewarts collection of songs and ideas. The name Black Marble took some time to arrive upon and is more than fitting. As a literal description of a material used to sculpt and build, its the fleeting notion of a one-time symbol of taste and affluence, frozen in a moment, slightly dusty and showing every smudge and mark. Started in a recording space in Bushwick, NY, Black Marble made their first EP, Weight Against the Door (Hardly Art) followed quickly by their chillingly moody and atmospheric debut full-length, A Different Arrangement(Hardly Art).

With both early releases the band followed a familiar path stomped down by synth wave pioneers whose hand assembled sounds and DIY ethics paved the way for likeminded artists. While taking inspiration from late 70’s and early 80’s projects like Silicon Teens, Iron Curtain, Lives of Angels, and…

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The Dead C Ba Da Bing Records
Laetitia Sadier Drag City Listen to "By the Sea"
The Messthetics Dischord Records
Loving Last Gang Records Listen to "Nihilist Kite Flyer"
Anna Burch Polyvinyl Listen to "Tea-Soaked Letter"
Gruff Rhys Rough Trade Listen to "Shark Ridden Waters"
Escape-ism Merge Records
Jenny Lewis Warner Brothers Records Listen to "Just One Of The Guys"
Show Me The Body Loma Vista Listen to "Talk"
A Hawk and A Hacksaw Living Music Duplication Listen to "You Have Already Gone to the Other World"
All Dogs Salinas Records Listen to "That Kind of Girl"
Sacred Paws Merge Records
Psychic TV Angry Love Productions Listen to "After You're Dead, She Said"
ADULT. Dais Records
Om Drag City Listen to "Addis"
Whitney Secretly Canadian Listen to "No Woman"
Divino Niño Winspear Listen to "Maria"
Downtown Boys Sub Pop Listen to "A Wall"
Super Furry Animals Beggars Listen to "Crazy Naked Girls"
M. Ward Merge Records Listen to "The First Time I Ran Away"

Artist News & Press

Ground Control Touring is Hiring an Administrative Assistant for our Los Angeles Office

Posted 06/26/2019

Ground Control Touring is hiring an Administrative Assistant, to be based in our Los Angeles office. Ground Control Touring is a booking agency with offices in LA and NYC. We represent a diverse roster of acts which includes Angel Olsen, Conor Oberst, Combo Chimbita, Crumb, Girlpool, Hop Along, Japanese Breakfast, Jenny Lewis, Lala Lala, and many others. The Administrative Assistant…

Automatic Joins the Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 07/01/2019

Ground Control is excited to welcome Automatic to our artist roster! Automatic is Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals). The band first met while immersed in L.A.’s DIY music scene and started jamming together in 2017. Over the past year they have become a mainstay on the L.A. club circuit. In June 2019…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Ceremony

Posted 06/25/2019

Ground Control Touring are thrilled to welcome Ceremony as the newest addition to our touring roster. Ceremony’s lead guitarist Anthony Anzaldo doesn’t want to talk about the fact that his band has been around for over ten years. Or that they’ve drifted away from the hardcore genre that made them, or that they jumped ship from their long-time label, Matador…

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…

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