Is it really almost the end of a decade? When this blog published its first post in September 2010, “The Year Twenty Twenty” was an abstract concept. But here we are in the closing days of 2019…. This year, Alternative Control published 156 posts featuring 170 bands. We interviewed 23 bands and enjoyed 10 Show Me… Continue reading Top Ten Articles of 2019
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Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Ways to #UnoccupyTheMall in Southern Connecticut
I’d like to write a longer column this morning — but as they say in Game of Thrones, the To-Do List is long and full of terrors (like holiday shopping). So without further ado, here are some of my new favorite places to #unoccupythemall: For Aunts, Co-Workers, and Other Real Adults in Your Life Inponito… Continue reading Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Ways to #UnoccupyTheMall in Southern Connecticut
Listening Lately: Monolord, Dialith, Howling Giant, and The Connecticut Metal Coalition
This edition of Listening Lately is brought to you by the half an hour before my laundry comes out of the drier. September has been a fruitful harvest of music coming across my path… Yesterday, Monolord released their album No Comfort via Relapse Records. I had never listened to this Swedish trio, but every stoner/doom… Continue reading Listening Lately: Monolord, Dialith, Howling Giant, and The Connecticut Metal Coalition
Track Premiere: “Sickness” by HOSEMEN
After years of seeing guitarist/singer Anthony Quinn Carpanzano — better known simply as Quinn — perform around Stamford, Connecticut in various incarnations of his musical vision, I have to say…. It’s about goddamn time. Hosemen’s upcoming album Saturday Nite Conformity elevates the band’s music from local barroom grooves to transcendent, anthemic rock n roll. Production… Continue reading Track Premiere: “Sickness” by HOSEMEN
NESDF Day One Spotlight: Brimstone Coven and Witchkiss
The more I study the New England Stoner & Doom Festival lineup, the more a weekend pass looks like the only way to go. How can you choose just one of these days?? Here are some highlights from Day One, Friday May 3rd: Brimstone Coven This hard-grooving trio is coming all the way from West… Continue reading NESDF Day One Spotlight: Brimstone Coven and Witchkiss
Talkin’ With Trug: Anthony Truglio of Liege Lord Tells All to Master, er, Alternative Control
Anthony Truglio, guitarist and founding member of Stamford metal warriors Liege Lord, sat down with Alternative Control in February to tell us what’s going on with his seemingly immortal band. The former Metal Blade outfit, which was founded in 1982 and regrouped in the 2000s, is playing at Norwalk’s Wall Street Theater on March 9th… Continue reading Talkin’ With Trug: Anthony Truglio of Liege Lord Tells All to Master, er, Alternative Control
Show Review: Howling Giant, Gorge, and More at Cherry Street Station
There are times in life when you must do That Which is Right: marrying the girl you got pregnant, keeping a lifetime supply of Dunkin Donuts napkins in your glovebox just in case, and sometimes even reviewing a concert that your own band is playing. It was not my intent to cross the streams of… Continue reading Show Review: Howling Giant, Gorge, and More at Cherry Street Station