Shows: 5/19-6/19… And Beyond!

Posted by on May 18, 2013 15 comments

Listings are at Alternative Control’s discretion and may not reflect set order.  We do not attempt to list all shows at all venues, but we do try to include the good metal shows.  (And sometimes other shows that look cool.)  See something we missed? Want your shows listed? Leave a comment or contact us.

Local Metal and More

5/19

  • Murder Junkies, Barb Wire Dolls (from Greece!), Empty Vessels, Damn Broads, Goat Herder, and more at the El n Gee in New London
  • Graven Image, Crossing Rubicon, Hard Candy, and Murray the Wheel at Cook’s in Naugatuck — proceeds benefit Relay for Life, show starts at 4:30. Read more »

Return of the 17-Year Cicadas!

Posted by on May 15, 2013 No comments

Cicadas mating: if you only get laid once every seventeen years, you gotta make it count! Photo by L. Elliott.

From the Peabody Museum, via The Mercurial

An extraordinary natural phenomenon is about to take place. This year the 17-year cicada will emerge from colonies in undisturbed forested regions in south-central Connecticut. Expect to see and hear these fascinating creatures starting at the end of May and throughout the month of June. Read more »

Awaiting the $600 Egg

Posted by on May 12, 2013 8 comments

The old days... Pillow Fluff, top right!

 

When I was a kid, I lived on a farm.  We had it all: horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, guinea hens, even a partridge!  My dad was the brains and brawn behind the operation; I was, for a time, the egg collector.  The chickens were my favorite animals because they were relatively “low-maint” and couldn’t trample you to death you if you got into a scuffle.  I always fantasized about having chickens as an adult, but moving to a different rental apartment each year made that impractical.

…Until now. Read more »

Surfing Hellfire Waves: A Review of Ghost’s Infestissumam

Posted by on May 10, 2013 No comments

What the hell makes Ghost so appealing? The band has gathered quite an eclectic fan base in a very short span of time, so what’s the deal? The songwriting isn’t complex, the music is easy to digest and covers a lot of familiar territory, and the Satanist theme is anything but a new concept in rock music. They’re not the first band to wear costumes, have an elaborate stage show and pledge their anonymity either. So I ask again, what’s the hype all about?

I have a theory on why Ghost has gathered so much attention. It’s because Ghost is just a really fucking fun band to experience and listen to. Read more »

JW’s Asian Extravaganza

Posted by on May 3, 2013 No comments

Milford, Connecticut is overflowing with Asian cuisine. For such a tiny town, there’s some version of a Chinese/Japanese/Thai place every half mile, to the point where it’s starting to get weird. For this piece I’m just centering on just one immediate area: the JW-carved out range between the CT Post Mall and Milford Marketplace (Whole Foods Plaza to make it clearer). Two miles, six places, all within walking distance of each other — one has to be number one and one has to be number six. In descending order…

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Dudes in Our Metal Scene: They’re Not All Rape Machines

Posted by on May 1, 2013 1 comment

Metal dudes: They're actually pretty nice!

 

A week or two ago, Metal Cyndicate released a podcast (Episode 15: AlcoholiCAST) that caused a furor in the local metal community.  On-air guest Matt “Rape Machine” Broderick ruffled feathers by listing his least favorite Connecticut bands.  Seems like the fastest way to make yourself unpopular, but someone who calls himself Rape Machine clearly isn’t concerned about that.  What really ruffled my feathers, though, was his assertion that people don’t like his nickname because metal fans have become “a bunch of fucking pussies.”  He went on to say that the “exclusivity of metal […] weeded out some of the fucking cunts, but now every bleeding vagina likes some extreme metal band…”

That’s so ridiculous that it doesn’t even justify a response…  Read more »

Going to Death

Posted by on April 26, 2013 No comments

I have to describe myself as a casual Death listener.

My first introduction to the band was through a high school boyfriend who loved them.  He would play Death songs for me on his guitar and I would say, “That’s so beautiful!”  Then he would play the CD for me… And unaccustomed to the vocal style, I would be like, “Uh….” Read more »