New London, CT outfit My Druthers puts a 21st century spin on sea shanties of olde with their recent album Coming Up 3’s. It features ten classic songs plus five originals, which flow as seamlessly as waves on the great open ocean. Honestly, the only one I would have picked out as an original is… Continue reading My Druthers’ Coming Up 3’s: The Sea Shanties You Didn’t Know You Needed
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New York Punks Trouble Bound: 25 Years and Counting
Imagine a band with Social Distortion’s catchiness, Rancid-esque basslines, and a sneering anger that’s all their own. You might be listening to your new-old favorite punk outfit, Trouble Bound. Hailing from the Hudson Valley, New York, Trouble Bound’s story began in the summer of 1999. The band released several albums between 2000 and 2013, but… Continue reading New York Punks Trouble Bound: 25 Years and Counting
THE GHOST WOLVES on Consumer Waste, Band Life with a Kid, and More
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
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
Rodey’s Top 10 of 2021
With many tours postponed to 2022 or outright canceled, late 2020 and early 2021 was prime for writing and studio time for legions of bands. While stages around the world were silent, with some exceptions in the second half of this year, the albums that came from months of uncertainty in the face of a… Continue reading Rodey’s Top 10 of 2021
Nikita’s Top 10 of 2021
by Nikita Alekseyevich Khrenov Wow, what a heavy hitting year. Initially I thought I would have a difficult time coming up with 10 records because I had no idea what was slated to be released. As it turns out, I was spoiled for choice, and deciding on what albums stuck with me the most this… Continue reading Nikita’s Top 10 of 2021
Album Review: Ascension Codes by CYNIC
by Nikita Alekseyevich Khrenov 2020 was a year of great strife and tragedy, a year where we lost both Sean Reinert and Sean Malone of Cynic. The passing of two icons of progressive metal had devastated the fans and the future of the group remained a mystery. To the surprise of just about everyone, Cynic… Continue reading Album Review: Ascension Codes by CYNIC