The thing about the five senses is, while some of them work really well in tandem—smell and taste, I'm looking your way—others, like hearing and sight, don't quite make a stellar team. And therein lies the fundamental problem with music journalism—reading about something that can only be experienced by listening to it. So while perusing your favorite music rag can give you a vague idea of how their staff thinks the Next Big Thing sounds, you can't hear it for yourself.

Ground Control aims to change all that, by providing instant gratification in the form of streaming music on each album review and feature. But what about those times where you just want to listen? That's where The Leak comes in. It's all the music you can hear on Ground Control without all that reading malarkey. So slap on your headphones, start clicking and find your Next Big Thing.

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