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Shows: 5/23-6/19… 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

5/23

  • Sadplant, Pickpocket, and Big Mark T and the Double Barrels at Cherry Street Station in Wallingford
  • Michelle Riganese, Malcolm Tent, and Brute Force at Two Boots in Bridgeport Read more »

From the Constitution State to the Big Rotten Apple: A Commentary on the CT Scene Representing in the Shitty City

Posted by on June 24, 2012 1 comment

I can say I have something in common with Rob Halford and Matt Barlow, aside from all that leather and a shaved head. I have yet to be replaced by Tim “Ripper” Owens… What we share is the cherished chance to return to Metal, after an absence that left life lacking. Nothing makes you appreciate the Metal scene like leaving for a number of years. There’s such a promising and diverse wealth of artists, working together to cross promote and conquer Connecticut, there’s Alternative Control… It’s an incredibly optimistic environment for someone’s first foray into original music in five years. Read more »

The Gold-Coasters Hit the Road: Cherry Street Station and Cook’s Café

Posted by on June 24, 2012 No comments

Down here in Stamford, there are metal shows… But the audience is the band members’ twelve friends and the beers all cost six dollars.  Okay, five for a PBR.

Any Lightsbane fans in the house?

To find a really brutal metal show in Connecticut, though – the kind where there’s a hundred people and some dude is fisting a blow-up sheep – you have to head up Route 8 or north on the Merritt. My Gold Coast companions and I had the pleasure of seeing two such shows recently: “Lightsbane and Friends” at Cook’s Café in Naugatuck and the Priapism CD release party at Wallingford’s infamous Cherry Street Station.

Cook’s décor? It’s a bar. If you can find the door, you’re good. When we went there on June 16th, I was pleased to order Hooker drafts for $4 each. A glance at the menu reveals regular bar food. No goat cheese and truffle oil nachos. No manchego. (What is that??) Bar food. Read more »

You Should Know… CT Summer Metal Update

Posted by on June 19, 2012 No comments

Jucifer playing at the Heirloom, July 2011.

 

Editor’s Note: This article is completely biased and includes every conflict of interest imaginable.  U mad, bro?

I recently found an article I wrote for WCSU’s student newspaper in 2007, titled something along the lines of “Summer Metal Update” — and with everything that’s going on in the scene these days, I think it’s time for Alternative Control to have a summer metal update of our own.  So, here goes…

If you don’t live under a rock, you probably already know that the Heirloom Arts Theater was shut down over the weekend.  (See Mercurial coverage and News-Times coverage.)  Read more »

Arcane’s Last Show: The End of an Era

Posted by on January 29, 2012 1 comment

 

Arcane at Lanza's, 1/28/12

Arcane Malevolence‘s first show was December 14, 2007 at Monkey Bar with Age Old Nemesis, Lesser Being, and Year of Confession.

Monkey Bar shut its doors years ago and reopened as some dance club.  Lesser Being and Age are now defunct; I don’t know who Year of Confession is, but they’re probably defunct too.

And now Arcane Malevolence has joined them in the graveyard.

Despite several obvious conflicts of interest, I think Arcane’s last show deserves a spot in our music column.  For almost five years, Arcane has been known in the CT metal scene for seven-minute songs, the stage antics of their singer, and for never dropping off of a show.  Some people didn’t embrace their unusual style, but nobody could deny each member’s musicianship and the creative effort they collectively put into their endeavors. Read more »

Tied Up in the Bronx, er, Attic

Posted by on December 12, 2011 5 comments

 

Being so close to New York, Stamford music-lovers get to enjoy a lot of great bands from “across the border.”  Left in the Attic and Tied for Last are two of the many NY groups whose sound waves can’t be contained by the state line.

Best friends Murphy, Crissy, and Jacks formed Left in the Attic in 2008, a reincarnation of their high school band The Closers.  Since then, the Bronx trio has recorded two albums and played shows all over the tri-state area.  Their up-tempo garage rock is reminiscent of Hendrix or a grittier Joan Jett, and you can hear it for yourself at Seaside Tavern on December 30.  They’ll be playing with Arcane Malevolence, CTCR, and another great across-the-border band, No Remission. Read more »