June 19, 2020
Guerrilla Ghost Releases New Single
Remember Guerrilla Ghost?? Alternative Control premiered the Milwaukee hip-hop duo’s single “Daughters” back in 2018, off their debut album Perpetually Sad Motion Machine. Now the…
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March 5, 2020
Single Review: Phat A$tronaut’s “Rare Fruit”
New Haven’s Phat A$tronaut does it again with the single “Rare Fruit.” With twittering flutes and a variety of distinct vocal stylings, the experimental soul…
November 29, 2018
Exclusive Stream: “He Who Finishes First Is Finished First” by SKULK, THE HULKING
Alternative Control is pleased to present a genre-defying single from NYC artist Skulk, The Hulking: “He Who Finishes First is Finished First.” This klezmer-rap-on-speed track…
November 14, 2018
Exclusive Stream: “Daughters” by GUERRILLA GHOST
If the Milwaukee hip-hop duo Guerrilla Ghost placed a backpage personal ad in 1990s, it might read something like this: SWM and SBM with matching…
November 13, 2018
Album Review: Obnox’s Bang Messiah
Since forming this project in 2014, Cleveland born and bred garage rock vet Lamont “Bim” Thomas (a.k.a. Obnox) has released about seven records of genre…
November 11, 2017
Baldwin’s Choice: Aesop Rock
My knowledge of the hip hop world is somewhat limited. I’ve only gotten into the genre a couple of years ago. I thought for a…
May 3, 2016
Stoned, Sarcastic, and Slick: A Review of Aesop Rock’s The Impossible Kid
Rap music is a genre that I have little experience with, so this review might seem a little simplistic as far as in-depth hip hop…