2013: A Year in Review

Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse -- by Steve Walter Photo.

  This year has been full of action of Alternative Control.  Here’s a rundown! Thanks to people like you, our readership continues to grow — 44,000 visits from almost 38,000 unique visitors! Although most of our content is about music, our most viewed article was about hair: “Tips and Tricks for Dyeing Your Hair Interesting… Continue reading 2013: A Year in Review

Bair Grills… 2013

"Jim, hold us back!"

  There’s no doubt that some of my greater achievements and most dismal disappointments occurred during the last 365 days. One of my fondest moments in over a decade of performing took place at Cherry Street with Last In Line, paying tribute to Dio with some of my very best friends, and in the doing… Continue reading Bair Grills… 2013

Alternative Control’s Top Ten Articles of 2013

  10. Connecticut’s Gonna Have a Cop Problem and  The Hipster King on Mazzy Star (a tie!)                           9. Sound, Blood, and Lineup: A Review of Howl’s Bloodlines 8. LSG on the CT Music Awards Best Metal Nominees 7. Official Truth, 101 Proof:… Continue reading Alternative Control’s Top Ten Articles of 2013

My Totally Biased Top Ten Albums +1 Of 2013

By Thomas Pizzola It was quite a year for heavy music, as many bands released many great albums — so many in fact, that it was impossible to cut this list just down to ten.  This list reflects nothing but my own personal tastes and what I kept going back for multiple listens throughout the… Continue reading My Totally Biased Top Ten Albums +1 Of 2013

Baldwin’s Top Choices of 2013 Part 2 – The Everything Else Releases

  Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) This is a modern progressive rock masterwork. I’m hard-pressed to find a single flaw in anything that Steven Wilson has done here. These six songs arch, ache, and soar with such melancholic, cinematic power that it almost brought me to tears a… Continue reading Baldwin’s Top Choices of 2013 Part 2 – The Everything Else Releases

Baldwin’s Top Choices of 2013 Part 1: The Metal Releases

  Well, another year is behind us. It’s been another awesome year for music. The metal genre seemed particularly fruitful, with many bands releasing seminal albums. Therefore, I feel that a separate write-up was needed this year for metal. And I mean, this IS a heavy metal focused blog! Keep in mind, this is a… Continue reading Baldwin’s Top Choices of 2013 Part 1: The Metal Releases

Jessie and Vanessa’s Best Local Metal of 2013: Bassists and Things That Happen in Stamford

By Jessica May and The Headbanging Hostess, because why write a whole column by yourself?  Some things are better with friends….  Jessie’s List Best Headbanging Hair: Bassist Gary Goudreau from End-Time Illusion. Best Bassist-Turned-Psychic: Keith Zalinger, formerly of Nethereal and Khasm and currently moonlighting as a psychic-at-large – trust us, that shit’s not made up!… Continue reading Jessie and Vanessa’s Best Local Metal of 2013: Bassists and Things That Happen in Stamford