Excepter is a freewheeling American vocal and electronics troupe dedicated to the illumination of unconscious rock through hypnotism and trickery, electricity city, aqua vitae.
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In anticipation of the release of She & Him Volume Two by Merge on March 23, a download of one of the tracks, "In the Sun" is available on Pitchfork. This new track features guest vocals by Tilly and the Wall. She & Him...
01.21.10Song Circle for Haiti benefit with Jenny Lewis & friends
Jenny Lewis & friends - Azure Ray, Johnathan Rice, Morgan Nagler, Becky Stark, and Jason Boesel - will play Song Circle for Haiti benefit Tuesday January 26 at Largo at the Coronet. Tickets are $40 and will go on sale 6:00PM west coast time...
Ground Control New York is looking for an intern for 2 days per week (Tuesdays & Thursdays) / 5 hours per day, starting in January. Duration of the internship will be approximately 5 months.
We are excited to welcome Zeus to the GCT family! This Toronto-based band has an excellent EP out now, and will release their debut LP in February on Arts and Crafts. Watch for our mustachioed new friends touring the US in Spring and Summer 2010!
11.20.09SLEEP to play All Tomorrow's Parties NY 2010!
Legendary stoner rock band SLEEP are reuniting to play the first night of All Tomorrow's Parties 2010. Check back soon for limited dates across the US.
11.16.09Jason Boesel teams up with Ground Control!
Jason Boesel has been drumming for Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and now is set to release his first solo record in January of 2010. We're all very pleased to welcome him to the Ground Control family.
Ground Control Touring is thrilled to welcome Shrinebuilder to the family. Watch for them on tour around the world in 2010 in support of their epic debut LP on Neurot Recordings.
GCT is very pleased to welcome Cory Chisel to the family. Hailing from Appleton, WI, Cory is taking the world by storm with his new Black Seal Records release Death Won't Send a Letter. This is his first full length and follows his 2008 ep, the brilliant Cabin Ghosts.. which is pretty much the...
10.26.09PETE AND THE PIRATES JOIN GROUND CONTROL TOURING!!
Please make room for your new favorite band! These guys were KILLING it at CMJ! We cannot wait to see them again, and again and again and again! Now that we are booking them, I think we can make that happen!
10.14.09Ground Control Touring Welcomes SURF CITY!
Oh yeah, we're still jamming to the band's self-titled EP here at the NC office! We just had to bring Surf City over to the Ground Control Touring family. You can see their amazing live show at our CMJ showcase on Wednesday, October 21st at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY!
Ground Control Touring is excited to announce that we will be hosting our own showcase at CMJ this year. The event will be held at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY on Wednesday, October 21st. The evening's schedule will run as follows. Hope to see you there!
GCT New York is proud to announce the signing of Brooklyn band The XYZ Affair. Keep an eye out next year for their second album and in the mean time, reminisce about July with their Two Summer Jams, which you can download here
09.22.09Congratulations to Justin Townes Earle for winning Best New Artist at the Americana Music Awards!
Justin performed his song "Mama's Eyes" at the awards ceremony held at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.Click the read more button to see a picture of JTE with fellow award winners and presenters, Emmylou Harris, Jim Lauderdale, John Fogerty and Buddy Miller. (photo by Erika Goldring)
See them play the award winning album "The Chemistry of Common Life" live in Brooklyn on November 5th with guest instrumentalists Andrew WK and Vivian Girls. Tickets are available HERE.
09.16.09Monsters of Folk playing Bridge School Benefit 2009
We are thrilled to announce that Monsters of Folk will be playing the Bridge School benefit shows at the Shoreline Theatre in Mountain View, CA. The annual shows are organized by Neil and Pegi Young. Please click HERE for more details.
Due to injury, Sonic Youth are forced to reschedule a portion of previously announced Fall tour dates in the US. Please check the TOUR page for details on the new shows.
07.23.09Monsters of Folk announce Fall 2009 dates!
On this inaugural tour, Monsters of Folk is partnering with Air Traffic Control, a resource for musicians' philanthropic and social change work, to donate monies raised from ticket sales. Click HERE for more info.
