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Draag

Draag began when Adrian Acosta (songwriter, vocalist, guitarist) revived songs he recorded on his karaoke tape deck when he was 10 years old. Growing up in the northeast San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, there was nothing for kids to do. Adrian ran the DIY punk scene movement there as a preteen. Backyard shows happened every weekend by word of mouth and flyers at school, with some shows ending in drive by shootings from rival gangs. As a kid, Adrian purposely used warped tapes and dissonant sounds without understanding what he loved about it, but upon discovering artists such as My Bloody Valentine, Boards of Canada, and Throbbing Gristle, he realized he wasn’t the only one. Adrian started Draag in 2013 as the full realization of what he’s always wanted to hear. Adrian met Ray Montes (guitar), Nick Kelley (bass), Eric Fabbro (drums), through many years in the music community…

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Horsegirl
RXKNephew
Pattie Gonia
Beak> Temporary Residence Listen to "Brean Down"
Lady Lamb Ba Da Bing Records
Tijuana Panthers Innovative Leisure Listen to "Front Window Down"
Avsha
Sheer Mag Third Man Records Listen to "Can't Stop Fighting"
Yumi Zouma Listen to "Alena"
ARTHUR Honeymoon / MATH Interactive Listen to "Woof Woof"
Mother Soki Mom + Pop
Freak Slug Future Classic
Other Lives Play It Again Sam
Sincere Engineer
The American Analog Set
Nature TV Heist or Hit
Bing & Ruth 4AD
Dougie Poole
Brad Cox
MAN ON MAN Polyvinyl Records

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Ground Control Touring Welcomes dust

Posted 08/07/2025

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Emily Yacina

Posted 08/04/2025

Emily Yacina has been self-releasing music for over a decade, offering a “treasure trove of wrenching melodies and delightfully off-kilter meditations on time and absence” (Stereogum). Although she’s collaborated with some of the most notable names in indie rock, including Alex G and Rostam, Yacina is a singular artist. Her voice is compelling and instantly recognizable, sometimes winking, lilting, or…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Go Kurosawa

Posted 07/30/2025

Go Kurosawa is multi-instrumentalist, producer, and co-founder of the independent label Guruguru Brain. Best known as drummer of Kikagaku Moyo, Go has spent the past decade building bridges connecting east and west, sound and silence, rock and ritual. soft shakes is something different: his first solo album, made entirely by himself, and made mostly for fun. Go has a rare…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes HTRK

Posted 07/23/2025

Few groups in history, recent or otherwise, elevate mood to such singular, smoldering supremacy as the Australian duo of Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang aka HTRK [‘Hate Rock’]. Across nearly two decades of work, wounds (co-founder Sean Stewart tragically took his own life in 2010), and world tours, their sound has shape-shifted between densities and intensities, noise and nakedness, but…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Flooding

Posted 07/21/2025

Flooding is a gut feeling. Fronted by guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Rose Brown, Flooding is a 3-piece band that explores genres like slow-core, noise rock, post-hardcore, and post-punk. Brown is supported by bassist Cole Billings and drummer Zach Cunningham, who share the songwriting goal of curating abstract elements of different music styles to create a distinct composition with each album…

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