Category: Music

THE SCENE IS DEAD!

The crowd at Cook's for Kali Ma and Cyperna's joint CD release show, Cook's Cafe 3/29.

  It’s official…. Connecticut’s metal scene has been pronounced dead. D-E-D.  Dead.  And there are two main reasons: bad shows and chicks. These days, it’s practically impossible to find decent original bands.   Any venue that’s willing to take a chance on them is just going to have an empty bar, as Mark Cook learned this… Continue reading THE SCENE IS DEAD!

Cockflex and Haunchy Temptresses: An Interview with Nightbitch Guitarist Ryan Adams

You lucky bastards, today we bring you a fresh, new interview with Nightbitch guitarist Ryan Adams. In this installment, we discuss their new EP, their newish drummer, why you might be seeing less of them in state and how they make children’s dreams come true. (You might be surprised at this response. Or not.) Of… Continue reading Cockflex and Haunchy Temptresses: An Interview with Nightbitch Guitarist Ryan Adams

BROKEN ANATOMY – The Lazarus Regret (Exalted Woe)

This mainly one-woman funeral doom project has teased listeners before with a series of shorter releases, but Broken Anatomy finally gets the chance to unleash her tortured vision over the course of a full length.  The results are very grim and deliver on the promise of those past releases. The Lazarus Regret opens with an… Continue reading BROKEN ANATOMY – The Lazarus Regret (Exalted Woe)

Review of She Walks Without Legs’ Relentless Determination

I had the recent opportunity to check out She Walks Without Legs at Axles in North Branford (which by the way is an awesome venue that does Thursday night rock/metal shows every two weeks, go check it out!) and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed their set. Yes it’s true, not every… Continue reading Review of She Walks Without Legs’ Relentless Determination

Review of Bedroom Rehab Corporation’s Red Over Red

Photo "borrowed" from the band's Facebook page.

Historically, what’s a more metal job than being a sailor on a tall ship?  You’re surrounded by thousands of miles of water in all directions with a finite supply of rum, salt pork, and moldy bread to keep you alive.  There’s no SOS and no reinforcements.  If that ship goes down, you will drown –… Continue reading Review of Bedroom Rehab Corporation’s Red Over Red

Interview with Lady Elizabeth Dellinger of Snooty Garland

  Many of Alternative Control’s readers will know Mark Lyon as the guitarist in New Haven tech-death band Xenosis.  But did you know that he also plays in a nine-piece soul band called Snooty Garland? Mark introduced local metal fans to Snooty Garland’s bombastic frontwoman Elizabeth Dellinger in August when she took the stage with… Continue reading Interview with Lady Elizabeth Dellinger of Snooty Garland