Artist News & Press

GCT is Hiring!
Posted 05/27/2025
Ground Control Touring is hiring for multiple positions in our New York and Los Angeles offices. We’re looking for experienced, passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of independent music touring. Current openings: Festivals Coordinator (NY/LA): Manages festival bookings, maintains industry relationships. and represents the agency on-site Agency Associate (LA): Assists with all facets of tour…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Vortxz
Posted 05/14/2025
Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Houston, Texas, Vortxz is an Indie/Latino rock band on a mission to transport listeners to a world of hope, freedom, and self-expression. Founded by lead singer and songwriter Isaias “Rambo” Rodarte, the group’s eclectic sound blends new-wave indie, Rock en Español, and alternative rock, captivating audiences with its raw energy and emotive lyricism.…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Karen y Los Remedios
Posted 05/14/2025
Behind Karen’s pulsating spectral voice lies vulnerability, contemplation and longing. Chameleon-like foundations explore cumbia in its many forms, crossing the continent with norteño airs, pitched-down rebajados, psychedelia and even traditional Peruvian music, taking in ballads, Afro-Latin percussion, reggaeton and the more electronic sounds of dream-pop, trip hop and downtempo. A mystical, motley mixture, the ideal soundscape to fight the voices…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Avsha
Posted 05/08/2025
Avsha is an artist and multi-instrumentalist from Atlanta, GA When writing music, I am in a convulsing state. It is a convulsion that has no warning sign nor a clear space to occupy. Every song begins like this. As a child, I felt these events as anxiety and unjust torment. I needed something I really couldn’t place. I would complain…