CAUSTIC CASANOVA To Embark on US Tour

Washington, DC heavy rockers Caustic Casanova are preparing for a late summer tour that will take them across the United States.  Says the band, “We’re so excited to hit the road for our longest North American tour since 2016 (and our new guitarist Jake Kimberley’s first coast-to-coast run). We’ll be bringing you all the prog, stoner metal,… Continue reading CAUSTIC CASANOVA To Embark on US Tour

THE DRIPPERS Stream “Bottled Blues”

Action Rock is the title of The Drippers‘ debut album, set for release August 2nd, 2019 on The Sign Records. The album was recorded and mixed by Tomas Skogsberg (The Hellacopters, Gluecifer, Entombed and Backyard Babies) in the legendary Sunlight Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The eleven-track album holds that classic Swedish 90s sound, but with… Continue reading THE DRIPPERS Stream “Bottled Blues”

Eat Your Heart Out: An Interview with Miss Cherry Delight

Miss Cherry Delight is a rock performer from NYC whose music and live performances are meant to shock the audience. As a burlesque performer, she brings a sense of macabre theatrics to her latest artistic endeavor. Her new album, Eat The Evidence, just came out so we thought it was would be a good time to… Continue reading Eat Your Heart Out: An Interview with Miss Cherry Delight

Listening Lately: Six Twenty Three in the Morning with Necrosexual, Stone Machine Electric, and Digawolf

Fridays are release days and guess who just put some new tunes out??  Our Franzia-loving friend The Necrosexual.  He released his sophomore offering The Gory Hole Overture in F# on May 17th, and dare we say that it has more polished production than Grim 1?  While all the campy fun of the debut continues, the… Continue reading Listening Lately: Six Twenty Three in the Morning with Necrosexual, Stone Machine Electric, and Digawolf

NERD TALK with Marco of GRAMMA VEDETTA: Life Beyond the Fifth String

Marco, bassist of UK fuzz rock band Gramma Vedetta, shares another one of his musical interests with AltCtrl: EDM composition.  Read on for a look into another world…. My experience with synthesizers and modules started in 2010 back home where I met a great EDM music producer.  I always loved music composition as my band town… Continue reading NERD TALK with Marco of GRAMMA VEDETTA: Life Beyond the Fifth String

Album Review: FINAL NOTICE! by Lord Sonny the Unifier

If David Bowie and T-Rex had a long lost cousin who turned up in 21st century Brooklyn, it might be Lord Sonny the Unifier — at least that’s what esteemed Artwork Correspondent Jim Clegg had to say upon listening to FINAL NOTICE!  Released digitally on April 12th, the album made me imagine Tom Waits with a… Continue reading Album Review: FINAL NOTICE! by Lord Sonny the Unifier

Listening Lately: Dead By Wednesday, Hosemen, and Metal Swim 2

Lots of great things are going on in the underground music scene recently, both in AltCtrl’s home state of Connecticut and on a national level.  One of the Nutmeg State’s longest-running metal bands, Dead By Wednesday, has just released a self-titled album via Combat Records, EMP Label Group, and Mindsnap Music.  The twelve tracks shift… Continue reading Listening Lately: Dead By Wednesday, Hosemen, and Metal Swim 2