Interview with Craig Lewis, Author of Better Days – A Mental Health Recovery Workbook

I’d like to start off by saying I really respect what you’re doing – openly talking about punk rock (and, I’m going out on a limb and saying alternative culture, in general) and mental health help and recovery.  I know that I had some horrible experiences seeking help for panic attacks and other issues, and… Continue reading Interview with Craig Lewis, Author of Better Days – A Mental Health Recovery Workbook

It’s About Damn Time: Free Downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, Tracks 1-6

  Teachers have a lot of drinking to catch up on over summer vacation… But at long last, here are free downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, tracks 1-6.  Betcha never heard of Crawling Chaos… 1. 1942 by Black Table This New York/New Jersey metal band has been a favorite of Alternative Control for some… Continue reading It’s About Damn Time: Free Downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, Tracks 1-6

Okay, We’re Not Hungover Anymore: Free Downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, Tracks 7-12

  Here’s a diverse batch of tunes from Quality Control Volume 1 — download away! 7. The Human Burden by Replacire “…From the very beginning of their set, all I could see was hair. Seriously, pretty much all of the members must have had ten pounds of hair between them. Their synchronized head banging made… Continue reading Okay, We’re Not Hungover Anymore: Free Downloads of Quality Control Volume 1, Tracks 7-12

It’s Here! Free Downloads of Quality Control Volume 1: Tracks 13-17

As car CD players are become a thing of the past and boomboxes take their place in ancient history, Alternative Control has no choice but to forge into the future.  Below, please find FREE DOWNLOADS of tracks 13-17 on Quality Control Volume 1, along with information about each band.  Thank you for supporting local music! 

Album Review: Shallow Ground’s The End of Everything

If you wait long enough everything comes back in style.  For those metalheads who worship the bastard child of punk and Motörhead called thrash, this theory is a welcome revelation.  Over the past decade bands like Bonded By Blood, Warbringer, Fueled By Fire, Havok, and Merciless Death have reanimated the mosh-friendly aesthetic laid down by… Continue reading Album Review: Shallow Ground’s The End of Everything

Miya’s: No Ordinary Sushi

  If you just want some hot Gekkeikan and a tuna roll, don’t go to Miya’s Sushi.  But if you want an unreplicated sushi experience that is hyperlocal-bordering-on-hipster, this New Haven restaurant is your destination.  My husband and I stopped there for lunch this weekend, enjoying a memorable and debate-inciting meal. The first thing we noticed… Continue reading Miya’s: No Ordinary Sushi