HOLY TOLEDO, ALTERNATIVE CONTROL IS BACK! Some things are just hard to get rid of — old electronics, bed bugs, and your favorite underground local-national-international music blog. And now for our first post since December 30, 2021, we bring you THE GHOST WOLVES! This slammin’ Austin punk band has been making soundwaves for over a… Continue reading THE GHOST WOLVES on Consumer Waste, Band Life with a Kid, and More
Author: Jessie May
AltCtrl’s Top Ten of 2021 And News for 2022
I guess this year was better than last year, right? Still, keep your masks on…. I’m proud that the blog covered almost 100 bands, all while Ye Olde Editor became a mom, worked full-time, and all that jazz. This is in large part thanks to the hard work of AC’s writers, who were doing the… Continue reading AltCtrl’s Top Ten of 2021 And News for 2022
AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: THE SWAGGERLIES, “Pretty Good at Being Bad”
There comes a time in every young punk’s life that they become… An old punk. Having entered that phase of my life, I’m happy to share the new and hilarious video from fellow old punks The Swaggerlies, for the song “Pretty Good at Being Bad.” As the Seattle band puts it, “This is a song… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: THE SWAGGERLIES, “Pretty Good at Being Bad”
Curse of the Deceiver: An Interview with Phil Pendergast of KHEMMIS
When a friend heard I enjoyed the band Mammothwing, he suggested I might like this new-ish band Khemmis, a Colorado doom outfit whose recent debut album Absolution had gotten some good reviews. It’s safe to say that friend was correct; the band that drew me in with 2015’s Absolution became one of my favorites with… Continue reading Curse of the Deceiver: An Interview with Phil Pendergast of KHEMMIS
November 2021 Music News: KHEMMIS, DUNCAN EVANS/WILDERNESS HYMNAL, and More
Hello, fine readers! Here are some tidbits from across the internet that Ye Olde Editor is personally excited about this month… Okay, this one is technically from October, but my favorite folk punk family band Black TarPoon released the album Probable Caws on Halloween. Have a listen! Probable Caws by Black TarPoon Our columnist Duncan… Continue reading November 2021 Music News: KHEMMIS, DUNCAN EVANS/WILDERNESS HYMNAL, and More
Track Premiere: “Two Trog Yomp” by TOMMY STEWART’S DYERWULF
We’re surely Tommy Stewart and Black Doomba fans over at Alternative Control, so the blog is excited to premiere a second track from the upcoming Tommy Stewart’s Dyerwulf album Doomsday Deferred: “Two Trog Yomp.” This one’s a little more proggy than the first one we shared, “Shadow in the Well.” It’s worthwhile to note that… Continue reading Track Premiere: “Two Trog Yomp” by TOMMY STEWART’S DYERWULF
Album Premiere: WORLD WITHOUT END, AN UNDERGROUND TRIBUTE TO SAMHAIN
Ah, Danzig. What can you say about one of heavy music’s most recognizable voices and curious characters? Welp, Black Donut Records says that Danzig’s mid-80s band Samhain is seriously underrated — and sought out to amplify this band with the twelve-track album World Without End: An Underground Tribute to Samhain. Formed in 1983 after Danzig… Continue reading Album Premiere: WORLD WITHOUT END, AN UNDERGROUND TRIBUTE TO SAMHAIN