{"id":24717,"date":"2017-03-14T17:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T21:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24717"},"modified":"2017-05-28T18:55:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T22:55:57","slug":"boss-hog-release-new-track-ground-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24717","title":{"rendered":"Boss Hog release new track &#8216;Ground Control&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24718\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0300d906-5c18-46f0-8960-ecde5568d5cc.jpg?resize=2592%2C1728\" alt=\"Boss Hog\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0300d906-5c18-46f0-8960-ecde5568d5cc.jpg?w=2592 2592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0300d906-5c18-46f0-8960-ecde5568d5cc.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0300d906-5c18-46f0-8960-ecde5568d5cc.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0300d906-5c18-46f0-8960-ecde5568d5cc.jpg?resize=1024%2C683 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0300d906-5c18-46f0-8960-ecde5568d5cc.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>New York City\u2019s\u00a0Boss Hog\u00a0have released the track <em>Ground Control<\/em>. The track is lifted from their first studio album in 17 years, &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/2017\/01\/06\/boss-hog-back-new-album-brood-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brood X<\/a>,&#8217; due for release this\u00a0March 24<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0via\u00a0In The Red Records. Listen to\u00a0<em>Ground Control<\/em>\u00a0via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F311253171&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=838382\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Led by\u00a0Cristina Martinez, &#8216;Brood X&#8217;\u00a0feels less like the work of a group who\u2019ve been on ice for so long, more a slithering and sludgy monster of an album, a boiling pot of hot funk keys, growling punk attack, searing blues breaks and the ground-shaking holler of Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>On hiatus since they finished promoting 2000\u2019s \u2018Whiteout\u2019 album, Boss Hog began stirring again late in 2008 with the first of several short runs of shows. <em>\u201cWe\u2019d play a handful of shows, once a year,\u201d<\/em> Martinez remembers.<em> \u201cFestivals, the Amphetamine Reptile 25th Anniversary party, some benefit shows.\u201d<\/em> Things started getting serious a couple of years later, when the Boss Hog all-stars \u2013 Martinez, Spencer, bassist Jen Jurgensen, drummer Hollis Queens and keysman Mickey Finn \u2013 decided this reunion habit was worth committing to record.<\/p>\n<p>Cooked up in the same Lower East Side basement where Boss Hog brewed their first blistering noiseouts, and cut at Michigan\u2019s Key Club Recording Company on the same Flickinger N32 Matrix console Sly Stone used for There\u2019s A Riot Goin\u2019 On, \u2018Brood X\u2019 is serious music for serious times, the perfect soundtrack for a necessary revolution.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e\/images\/1921b6f2-1da3-48c0-ba33-006bb457d599.jpg?resize=300%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" \/>The 17-year cicadas have re-awoken, and not a moment too soon. New York has changed beyond recognition and there\u2019s a buffoonish villain entering the White House, but Martinez\u2019s towering vocals and vicious, hilarious, emboldening lyrics have never sounded so sharp, nor Boss Hog so timely. Opener <em>Billy<\/em>, all brawny low-end and delirious funk organ, finds Cristina and Jon howling about <em>\u201cThe brink of destruction!\u201d<\/em> over apocalyptic beats, while <em>Ground Control<\/em>, a prismatic vision of today\u2019s Big Apple, includes the bitter observation, <em>\u201cThis is the cost of privilege\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA lot of Cristina\u2019s lyrics on this album resonate with me more deeply since the election,\u201d<\/em> nods Spencer. <em>\u201cThey\u2019re blues songs, protest songs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe songs do feel oddly relevant now,\u201d<\/em> Cristina adds.<\/p>\n<p>Buy the album<strong> &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>available soon at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=af7c9e3ccf&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.intheredrecords.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Boss Hog has announced expanded US tour dates including Detroit, Pittsburgh and more. The NYC record release show is\u00a0March 30\u00a0at\u00a0Mercury Lounge.<\/p>\n<h5>Tour dates<\/h5>\n<p>March 30\u00a0\u2013 New York, NY \u2013 Mercury Lounge<br \/>\nMarch 31\u00a0\u2013 Buffalo, NY \u2013 The Waiting Room<br \/>\nApril 1\u00a0\u2013 Cleveland, OH \u2013 Beachland Ballroom<br \/>\nApril 7\u00a0\u2013 Washington, DC \u2013 Rock and Roll Hotel<br \/>\nApril 8\u00a0\u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 Underground Arts<br \/>\nApril 28\u00a0&#8211; Cambridge MA &#8211; The Sinclair<br \/>\nApril 29\u00a0&#8211; Portland, ME &#8211; Port City Music Hall<br \/>\nMay 19\u00a0&#8211; Toronto, ON &#8211; Lee&#8217;s Palace<br \/>\nMay 20\u00a0&#8211; Montreal, QC &#8211; Bar Le Ritz PDB<br \/>\nMay 21- Burlington, VT &#8211; High\u00a0Ground\u00a0&#8211; Lounge<br \/>\nJune 2\u00a0&#8211; Pittsburgh, PA &#8211; Cattivo<br \/>\nJune 3\u00a0&#8211; Detroit, MI &#8211; El Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>New York City\u2019s\u00a0Boss Hog\u00a0have released the track Ground Control. 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