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The Clientele

Listen to "I Wonder Who We Are"

Suburban Light was meant to be a complicated, high-production affair rendered in a major studio. From 1997 until 2000, The Clientele had released a sterling string of 7” singles on several labels—Pointy and Fierce Panda, Elefant and Johnny Kane. These songs were demos, preparations for the smash they knew they’d doubtlessly make. When it finally came time to record that debut, the four post-graduate friends entered expensive studios during off hours. Instead of finding their sound, though, they only found frustration.

“We were just waiting to get in a proper studio and have strings, brass, choirs—Phil Spector-crossed-with-Martin Hannett production,” MacLean remembers. “At the time, every engineer wanted to make every band sound like Radiohead, which just broke everyone’s heart. We couldn’t get a warm sound anywhere we went in those days.”

They went, then, with the demos, relatively primitive but especially intimate recordings they made wherever they lived and whenever…

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Crystal Stilts Sacred Bones Listen to "Through The Floor"
Widowspeak Captured Tracks Listen to "Ballad of the Golden Hour"
Total Control Iron Lung Listen to "Scene from a Marriage "
The Babies Woodsist Listen to "Alligator"
Deer Tick Partisan Records Listen to "Main Street"
Code Orange Kids Deathwish Inc Listen to "Liars//Trudge"
Conor Oberst Nonesuch Records Listen to "Hundreds of Ways"
Om Drag City Listen to "Cremation Ghat II"
Allo Darlin Slumberland
Body/Head Matador
Helms Alee Sargent House Listen to "Tumescence"
Dungen Mexican Summer Listen to "Panda"
Monsters of Folk Shangri-La Music Listen to "Say Please"
Kurt Vile Matador Records Listen to "Wakin on a Pretty Day"
Titus Andronicus XL Recordings Listen to "In A Big City"
Jessica Pratt Birth Records
Jason Isbell Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers Listen to "Stockholm"
Grouper Kranky Listen to "Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping"
Guided By Voices GBV, Inc.
Earth Southern Lord Listen to "Old Black"

Artist News & Press

We’re currently seeking an intern for our Brooklyn office!

Posted 06/16/2014

We’re currently seeking a New York based intern for our Brooklyn office, available from 12 pm to 6 pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The ideal candidate is someone who is professional and personable, able to multitask effectively (while prioritizing time-sensitive projects), and attentive to details both large and small. Internship responsibilities include: • E-mailing concert promoters for advance ticket counts…

Speedy Ortiz joins our family of bands!

Posted 06/10/2014

We’re pleased to share that Speedy Ortiz has joined our family of bands. Speedy Ortiz is a band that distills influences and impulses into something dissonant and melodic. For their 2014 EP ‘Real Hair’, the band teamed up with Paul Q. Kolderie, resulting in a collection brushed with effected guitars and pop-conscious vocals. Here frontwoman Sadie Dupuis attempts to untangle…

A warm welcome to Allo Darlin!

Posted 04/28/2014

We’re extending a warm welcome to Allo Darlin’ who have just joined the Ground Control Touring family. Allo Darlin’ are a fan’s band, with a DIY ethos. The half Australian, half English band found each other and the music they make in London. Their self-titled debut was released on Fortuna Pop in June 2010 to widespread critical acclaim. The band’s…

Welcoming Emma Ruth Rundle to our roster!

Posted 04/01/2014

We announce with great delight that Emma Ruth Rundle has joined the Ground Control Touring roster. Emma Ruth Rundle is a Los Angeles-based accomplished guitarist, singer/songwriter and member of Red Sparowes and Marriages. Her first official solo album ‘Some Heavy Ocean’ presents a collection of impassioned, cathartic songs, exorcising the ghosts of one of life’s dark detours.

Matt Spinner joins Ground Control Touring!

Posted 03/31/2014

We’re very proud to announce we’ve hired Matt Spinner, of Chicago, IL, to be our newest agent. Matt makes the move to the GCT team after many years as an agent with Red Ryder Entertainment. He got his start first as music director and station manager at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s WSUM while booking bands at the student union, then…

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