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Speedy Ortiz

Listen to "Raising the Skate"

“Necessary brattiness” is the motto for Speedy Ortiz’s dauntless new collection of songs, Twerp Verse. The follow-up to 2015’s Foil Deer, the band’s latest indie rock missive is prompted by a tidal wave of voices, no longer silent on the hurt they’ve endured from society’s margins. But like many of these truth-tellers, songwriter, guitarist and singer Sadie Dupuis scales the careful line between what she calls being “outrageous and practical” in order to be heard at all.

“You need to employ a self-preservational sense of humor to speak truth in an increasingly baffling world,” says Dupuis. “I call it a ‘twerp verse’ when a musician guests on a track and says something totally outlandish - like a Lil Wayne verse - but it becomes the most crucial part. This record is our own twerp verse, for those instances when you desperately need to stand up and show your teeth.” Twerp…

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Ground Control Touring Welcomes Faux Real!

Posted 12/06/2019

Faux Real is the deranged child of Franco-American brothers Elliott and Virgile Arndt. In the summer of 2018, they invoked the union of their inner-gene genies and gave birth to faux realism. The brothers started playing their first shows as a duo with nothing but a couple of microphones, a flute, some handmade costumes, and a weird/incestuous/compelling 30-minute long choreography.…

Georgia Maq Joins The Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 12/05/2019

Ground Control Touring is excited to welcome Georgia Maq to our roster! Georgia Maq has established herself in recent years as the singer and guitarist of Melbourne, Australia indie rock band Camp Cope, whose sophomore album How to Socialise and Make Friends (Run For Cover/Poison City Records) won widespread acclaim, topping a slew of 2018 end of year lists including…

Dogleg Joins The Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 11/25/2019

Ground Control Touring is excited to welcome Dogleg to our roster! Since 2016, Dogleg has gone from a solo bedroom-emo dream to a mature and fierce four-piece punk force, featuring guitarist Alex Stoitsiadis, bassist Chase Macinski, rhythm guitarist Parker Grissom, and drummer Jacob Hanlon. In the three years since their inception, Dogleg have been screaming their way out of basements…

We’re currently seeking interns for our Brooklyn office!

Posted 11/21/2019

We are currently looking for motivated, music loving individuals who wish to spend the Spring 2020 term interning with us at our Brooklyn office. Applicants should be based in the New York City area and available 11:00am to 6:30pm at least three days per week, Monday through Friday. The ideal candidate is professional and personable, able to multitask effectively (while…

Ground Control Touring Artists Big Thief and Gregory Alan Isakov Nominated for 62nd GRAMMY Awards

Posted 11/20/2019

Ground Control Touring Artists Big Thief and Gregory Alan Isakov Nominated for 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. Big Theif’s third studio album U.F.O.F. released through 4AD on May 3, 2019 is nominated for the Best Alternative Music Album award. The album received critical acclaim upon its release and holds a score of 87 out of 100 on Metacritic, which uses a…

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