The time is growing ever-nearer – soon Record Store Day will be upon us. Since last Ground Control updated readers on what goods would be made available on everyone's favorite holiday (well, most everyone on the Ground Control masthead, anyway), a few news...
Heya junkie,So here we are again, right back where we ben, right? I know, I know – that prolly sounds pretty static an' non-discript, don' it? I'm yer Don Loder right? The big loud mouth hustla. Well'is week, I ain't gonna lie to ya junkie, my...
There is something perfectly seductive about a stolen moment. The occurrences of unforeseeable events – like when a ballerina wavers on toe during a performance of Swan Lake or a guitarist breaks a string live onstage right before a big solo and has to get...
In addition to this morning's announcement of The Flaming Lips headlining at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday June 16 (presented by AOL Canada), NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE) is now thrilled to announce the next wave of programming for the 18th edition of the festival,...
While the festival has managed to present a tradition of impressive growth since beginning its annual showcase in 1994, the North By Northeast music conference truly hit on something remarkable in 2011. Featuring sets by such lauded names as Devo, OFF!, Fucked Up and...
While there may have been bigger names in alt-rock, there's no question that few have been as respected as that of fIREHOSE. Formed out of the heartbreaking wreckage of the Minutemen in 1986, fIREHOSE can not only claim to be the first “post-hardcore”...
Green Day is currently in the studio recording three albums – a trilogy entitled ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! – that will be released by Reprise Records on Tuesday, September 25, 2012; Tuesday, November 13, 2012 and Tuesday, January 15,...
Damn straight I'm back again junky, where'd ya think I w's gonna go?An' I gotta'notha windfall fer ya too! Yup, jus' a few days afta I drowned ya wit' one hundrit pieces o' SWAG ta send ya inta shock, here I am wit anotha thirty or so....
Many of us probably became acquainted with My Darkest Days thanks to their single "Porn Star Dancing," a silly little novelty song about one fellow who can't talk any of his girls into doing nasty things. No big deal, though, because he can head down to...
Curse you, the Wild Flags! Of course you will live in the shadow of Sleater-Kinney for your entire existence. Fans have all accepted that and sort of understand that the band has come to terms with it too, but what positively irks me is that Wild Flag released a damned...