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On her 2018 debut album Lush, seventeen-year-old Lindsey Jordan sang “I’m in full control / I’m not lost / Even when it’s love / Even when it’s not”. Her natural ability to be many things at once resonated with a lot of people. The contradiction of confidence and vulnerability, power and delicacy, had the impact of a wrecking ball when put to tape. It was an impressive and unequivocal career-making moment for Jordan.

On Valentine, her sophomore album out November 5th on Matador, Lindsey solidifies and defines this trajectory in a blaze of glory. In 10 songs, written over 2019-2020 by Jordan alone, we are taken on an adrenalizing odyssey of genuine originality in an era in which “indie” music has been reduced to gentle, homogenous pop composed mostly by ghost writers. Made with careful precision, Valentine shows an artist who has chosen to take her time. The reference…

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Font Listen to "Sentence I"
Rosali Listen to "Pour Over Ice"
Ryan Davis + The Roadhouse Band
Blood Cultures
METZ Sub Pop
Sextile
Jonathan Toubin
Florry Dear Life Records
Together Pangea
Brad Cox
blair
Max Bemis
Mach-Hommy
Joyce Manor Epitaph Listen to "Fake I.D."
Hinds Lucky Number Listen to "Coffee"
Mamalarky
Tracyanne & Danny Merge Records
Wavves Ghost Ramp
Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado Nacional Records
The Red Pears

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Ground Control Touring Welcomes Lowertown!

Posted 02/20/2025

Lowertown, the duo of Avsha Weinberg and Olivia Osby, first met in high school math class. They sparked a friendship when Avsha looked over Olivia’s shoulder to see what music she was playing on her laptop, bonding over a shared love of Alex G and The Microphones. They traded influences, and eventually, demos, releasing their first ever single as Lowertown…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Fishbone

Posted 02/19/2025

Fishbone is a band. Fishbone is Red Hot. Starting in Junior High School as part of the bussing program transporting students to schools within or outside their local school districts as a means of rectifying racial segregation, Fishbone were breaking stereotypes. This essentially was the spark that started the bands creative and influential drive that would lay the foundation that…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Lip Critic

Posted 02/18/2025

New York based band Lip Critic is the project of Bret Kaser, Connor Kleitz, and Danny Eberle. The band is comprised of two samplers, two drummers and vocals. Through their untraditional instrumentation, Lip Critic executes an eclectic blend of punk, hardcore, club, modernistic pop sounds, and structures without inhibition. Paired with eccentric grandstand-style vocals, Lip Critic delivers a uniquely engaging…

GCT is hiring!

Posted 02/10/2025

Ground Control Touring is looking to hire an Agency Associate in our Brooklyn office! Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter & resume to jobs@groundcontroltouring.com. — The Agency Associate will perform a wide variety of duties in support of their Agent supervisor. These duties will include (but are not limited to) the following: · Assisting Agent with all…

Ground Control Welcomes Coldwave

Posted 01/30/2025

Australian six-piece Coldwave is a frantic yet tightly controlled blend of jagged guitars, booming horns and uncompromising vocal delivery that captures the abstract in life’s most mundane moments. Coldwave is Harry Evans (he/him) vocals, Kiran Memisoglou (he/him) guitar, Anthony Griffin (he/him) guitar/vocals, Jordan Maywald (he/him) drums, Sean McGowan (they/them) trumpet/synth/vocals, Lara Patzel (she/they) bass. Formed in 2020 from the ashes…

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