August 13, 2020
AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “No Likes” by DANNY ACEDO
Here at Alternative Control, we hold ourselves to the highest journalistic standards, never allowing our personal projects to cross streams with blog coverage. Now without…
August 11, 2020
MOONLOW: Interview and Exclusive Track Premiere
A UK artist known as Dust is the enigmatic figure behind Moonlow, a new project that is set to bring apocalyptic noise poetry to the…
Album Review: Desolator’s Sermon of Apathy (Black Lion Records, Sept. 4th)
My first exposure to death metal, in late 1994/early 1995, came via Obituary’s World Demise and Symbolic from Death. Both albums turned me on to…
August 6, 2020
Track Premiere: “Colonial” by Ambassador
Alternative Control is excited to present a brand new track by Louisiana post punk outfit Ambassador! Frontman and bassist Gabe Vicknair says, “It’s great to…
August 5, 2020
Your Bandcamp Friday Wishlist: The August 2020 Edition
Boy howdy, was the underground music scene excited when we heard that bandcamp was extending their very popular Bandcamp Friday promotion for the rest of…
July 30, 2020
Album Review: Misery Signals’ Ultraviolet (August 7th, Self-Released)
When the opportunity to review Ultraviolet, the new offering from Misery Signals, floated across my virtual desk, it piqued my interest more than most. While…
Single Review: X-Ray Love’s “Sha La Love”
Speculation and debate about the death of rock ’n’ roll has been rife for decades now. Whenever we feel certain that it is time to…