You ever have one of those days where you get the voicemail of every single person you call? Well, Ground Control had one of those days when trying to find a writer to cover Les Savy Fav and The Dodos. Everyone seemed to be out of town. But we'd have to be complete...
It's been a rather active decade for Joy Division considering the band have been out of order (so to speak) for almost 30 years. Their influence created a genre of its own in the early 2000s with bands like Interpol, She Wants Revenge and others owing quite a bit...
For those of you who didn't catch Bloc Party along their massive 2007 world tour, the British lads are hitting the road for a short jaunt across the country in late July and early August. They'll be accompanied by Does It Offend You, Yeah? at all the dates, and...
As with Prince, Depeche Mode, Led Zeppelin and countless other bands that have shaped our musical collections over the years, Duran Duran can comfortably live within that same realm of influential bands. Listening to songs from a couple of decades ago like...
I have wanted to see Behemoth live for years. For some reason though every time they rolled into San Francisco the stars were not aligned, and inevitably something would always come up that would prevent me from witnessing their brutal assault. Not tonight, however....
“Crazy” is still the best and worst thing to have happened to Gnarls Barkley. A smash hit two summers ago, the single made it possible for vast audiences to simply ignore any of the other songs on the Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse’s debut L.P., St....
Having never seen The Sword before, and not really realizing how dedicated their fan base is, I was quite surprised when I entered Slim's and found myself having to push through the sold-out crowd to get to the bar for a beer, especially considering the two support...
There's something about Hunter S. Thompson that has affected so many people I know in a way not unlike a monumental politician or religious leader. Most of my friends can recount how they first learned of him, the impact he had on their lives and the sadness they...
I know it's been a while since we've posted a grip of free music, but I hope this gift of freebies is enough to diminish your anger and frustration toward Ground Control in any way. This is a pretty sweet list actually, especially if you're a fan of more...