The Dictators’ Andy Shernoff may have produced the only LP by New York’s Alter Boys, but the group’s roots seem closer to two other great erstwhile Gotham bands — Television and the Velvet Underground. The two guitarists seem promising enough, but they often seem held back by the relatively stiff rhythm section; the band sounds most comfortable on its best (and most Television-like) number, “One Eye Only,” and “Sweet Blossom Mary,” which borrows its chorus from “Anarchy in the UK.” Depressives may enjoy the more VU-oriented gloom-and-doom of numbers like “Mid-Winter Deathtrip” and “Dry-Out Center.”