By Jeff McCarthy The album Broken Bottles, Broken Bones is completely raw jams, with definitive tones of the presumed-dead punk rock of the early 80s. In these uninhibited short anthems, I can taste a little Bad Brains, a touch of Ramones and a slathering Sex Pistols. Fuck you Johnny London, Donald Trump sucks!! The Ratz… Continue reading Album Review: Broken Bottles, Broken Bones by The Ratz
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EP Review: The Long Dark Road (Self-Titled)
Ontario band The Long Dark Road takes a unique approach to to the adjective “blackened” on their self-titled EP, which is scheduled for release on April 8th. Teaser track “Tragedy of the Commons” starts off sounding like blackened Gaslight Anthem, then veers into heavier, angular riffs about halfway through the song — which then lead… Continue reading EP Review: The Long Dark Road (Self-Titled)
Album Review: Electric Ray and The Shockers’ California Torpedo
Proving the universality of music, Austrian band Electric Ray and The Shockers has released a slice of punky surf rock that sounds like it was hewn from San Diego’s Sunset Cliffs. California Torpedo is funky and irreverent enough to stand out in a familiar genre. Check out their video for “T.R.O.U.B.L.E.”: If the balloon-bathroom-acid-trip doesn’t sell… Continue reading Album Review: Electric Ray and The Shockers’ California Torpedo
Show Review: 5 Bands for $5, 3/5/2016
When it’s a Posidemic Ntertainment event, you can expect a well-organized, fun, metal good time and that’s exactly what we got on March 5 at Cook’s Café in Naugatuck, CT. Jesse James and his wireless microphone kept the show on schedule and enthusiasm high. Oxblood Forge of Whitman, Massachusetts started the show off right with… Continue reading Show Review: 5 Bands for $5, 3/5/2016
Album Review: Boy From the Crowd’s Where Bees Come To Die — Take Two
East London rock duo Boy From the Crowd are no strangers to Alternative Control. Reviewed by Jade Siren earlier this year, we’re giving the band a second listen now that their EP Where Bees Come to Die has officially been released. The five-track offering mixes punk, rock, and blues influences. There are two versions of “All I Need”… Continue reading Album Review: Boy From the Crowd’s Where Bees Come To Die — Take Two
Album Review: Boy From the Crowd’s Where the Bees Come to Die
A London band Boy From the Crowd has released their new EP album called Where the Bees Come to Die. This duo is a good, punk mesh of Blues and Rock and Roll. It is rather admirable when a duo creates such strong sounds. With Vinny Piana’s gravelly voice and transitioning blues to rock guitar… Continue reading Album Review: Boy From the Crowd’s Where the Bees Come to Die
Don’t Sell Yourself Short: An Interview with One-Eyed Doll, 10/4/15
by Jim Clegg Austin metal/punk duo One-Eyed Doll is in the middle of a tour supporting their new release Witches, a concept album based on the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials. Singer and guitarist Kimberly Freeman (who’s been featured as Revolver Magazine’s Hottest Chick in Hard Rock in 2011 and 2012) and drummer/producer Jason “Junior”… Continue reading Don’t Sell Yourself Short: An Interview with One-Eyed Doll, 10/4/15