Band Name: Finger Foods
New Company: Ground Control Touring
Primary Agent: Tommy Alexander
Department: Booking
Territory: North America
- Nashville indie band Finger Foods has signed with boutique booking agency Ground Control Touring (GCT), with Tommy Alexander serving as their primary agent.
- Alexander, who joined GCT in early March 2026 after a stint at Wasserman Music (now The team), specializes in Americana, folk, and indie-leaning artists, making Finger Foods a strong fit for his growing roster.
- Finger Foods recently released their debut full-length album Detroit (January 2026), produced by Grammy-winning producer Justin Francis, best known for his work with Orville Peck, Tyler Childers, and Leon Bridges.
- The signing signals GCT’s continued expansion into the Nashville indie scene, following the agency’s recent hire of Alexander and the launch of a dedicated festivals department.
Nashville indie band Finger Foods has signed with Ground Control Touring for booking representation. Agent Tommy Alexander will handle the band’s touring.
Finger Foods formed in Nashville in the fall of 2022, quickly building local recognition through their first two EPs and high-energy live performances. The band has carved out a distinct niche, blending 90s indie rock with shoegaze and country-Western textures, a sound fans and critics have started calling “bootgaze.”
Their momentum kicked into higher gear in January 2026 when they dropped Detroit, their debut full-length album. The record was produced by Grammy-winning engineer and producer Justin Francis, who has worked on projects from Orville Peck, Tyler Childers, and Leon Bridges.
The album release show at Nashville’s The Blue Room sold out, with the crowd already singing along to tracks months after the singles dropped.
The signing puts Finger Foods in good hands. Tommy Alexander joined Ground Control Touring in early 2026 from Wasserman Music, bringing with him an Americana and folk-heavy roster of clients.
Ground Control Touring is a boutique booking agency founded in 2000 that offers exclusive North American tour booking from offices in Brooklyn, Carrboro, and Nashville.
The agency has been on a strong growth run heading into 2026. Ground Control Touring recently announced the launch of a festivals department, led by head of festivals Keith Richards and coordinator Joy Hubbard, joining a roster that already includes Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon, Bright Eyes, Kurt Vile, Belle & Sebastian, Japanese Breakfast, and Waxahatchee.
This signing echoes other recent GCT moves in the indie-alternative space: Otto Benson and Ditz.
Takeaways
Finger Foods joining Ground Control Touring confirms that GCT is actively building its Nashville footprint, and that Tommy Alexander’s arrival there wasn’t just a hire, it was a strategic move to pull in exactly this kind of emerging indie talent.
For a band only three years into their career with one full-length album, landing at a boutique agency that represents icons like Kurt Vile and Waxahatchee is a massive vote of confidence.
The timing is also telling. The Detroit album dropped in January 2026, and a booking deal followed within weeks. That’s the playbook: build buzz with a strong debut, let the live show do the talking, then secure the infrastructure. Finger Foods appears to have executed that perfectly.
With GCT’s new festivals department now active, could Finger Foods land major festival slots in their first full touring year? Do boutique agencies like GCT give rising bands a better shot than major agencies right now?
