Nearing the end of the year, and preparation for the /Countdown /2023 roundups is in full swing. What are your favourites this year?
This post is a roundup of (relevant to this site) new and upcoming music, a nod to upcoming events and livestreams both from this website and others, and also a catchup of what I’ve posted recently. Thanks to everyone who sends me new music and events, keeps me up to speed, and indeed simply reads these posts.
/Events, Livestreams and New Releases 17-Nov 2023
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/Releases out today or recently
/Upcoming releases
/Upcoming/Livestreams/Gigs/Club Nights/Events
/amodelofcontrol.com/next week
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Releases out today or recently
/Album of the Week
10-Nov 2023 / Riotmiloo / Blackout / Bandcamp
The second Riotmiloo album comes eight years after the first, and is once again an intriguing mix of ominous noise, punk fury and near-spoken word.
/New Albums
10-Nov 2023 / AUTARKH / Emergent / Bandcamp
The Dutch experimental metallers with a varied past return with their second album, that continues to explore unusual territories.
10-Nov 2023 / Helmet / LEFT / Purchase and Streaming Links
The alt-veterans with their latest album.
17-Nov 2023 / Mariusz Duda / AFR AI D / Bandcamp
Best described as ambience bordering on prog, Duda here is exploring where AI might take his music.
17-Nov 2023 / Night Nail / Fates Explained / Bandcamp
This darkwave band, newly signed to Metropolis, sees them working with Pete Burns to enhance their sound.
/New Singles/EPs
25-Oct 2023 / SUNN O))) / Evil Chuck/Ron G. Warrior / Bandcamp
I’d missed this before: Sunn O))) marking 25 years active with a singles club release on Sub Pop.
06-Nov 2023 / Tides From Nebula / The Haunting / Bandcamp
This Polish post-rock band – who make far more overt use of electronics than their peers – release their latest single.
10-Nov 2023 / Republica / New York / Bandcamp
The first new material from Republica in at least a decade.
13-Nov 2023 / Vagerr / Junk Horizon / Bandcamp
Suicide-influenced electro from this London artist.
14-Nov 2023 / Mandy, Indiana / Sheared (Pinking Shears Rework) / Bandcamp
An unexpected new single sees Clipping. rework one of the highlights of the recent Mandy, Indiana album with spectacular results.
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
03-Nov 2023 / Various Artists / Be One of Us: 1987 Revisited / Bandcamp
Jim Semonik’s label continues their nostalgic compilations, which are usually damned good value.
/Upcoming Albums
12-Jan 2024 / The Violent Youth / Na Igle / Bandcamp
The latest in a long line of gloomy post-punk duos to come to my attention…
26-Jan 2024 / Twin Tribes / Pendulum / Bandcamp
Lots of excitement for this album from the darkwave duo, and lead single Monolith is pretty punchy…
01-Mar 2024 / Ministry / HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES / Official Label Store
The sixteenth (!) Ministry album comes in the new year – and lead single Just Stop Oil is a belter.
15-Mar 2024 / SPECTRES / Presence / Bandcamp
It feels like ages since we last heard from SPECTRES (even if in reality it wasn’t that long ago), and their latest material sounds for all the world like it comes from Manchester in 1980.
/Upcoming EPs/Singles
01-Dec 2023 / Minor Threat / Out of Step Outtakes / Bandcamp
40 Years since the release of Out of Step, a handful of tracks that have not been heard or rarely heard before from the hardocre pioneers.
/Upcoming Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
19-Jan 2024 /
Nearly thirty years since the original release, the long out-of-print EP gets reissued and remastered at long last.
19-Jan 2024 / Various Artists / Control I’m Here: Adventures On The Industrial Dance Floor 1983-1990 / Official Label Store
Cherry Red turn their attention to eighties industrial music with an intriguing new compilation.
/Upcoming/Livestreams/Gigs/Club Nights/Events
Obviously, things change at short notice right now, and I’m updating events as they are postponed or cancelled, and also including relevant Livestreams as they are announced.
/amodelofcontrol.com continues to maintain an events calendar, but it has now moved to /amodelofcontrol.com/events – and is now a dynamic, searchable database, and you can add individual events to your own calendars. I’m currently fixing a couple of minor backend issues, so new events may not be added promptly, or be added sporadically.
If you have updates, relevant events for me, or want to tell me about something else, use the contact details above. It goes without saying that any gig or club still in the listing is subject to change at short notice, or may not happen at all.
/amodelofcontrol.com/next week
Coming up this week will be /Tuesday Ten /542.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Tuesday Ten /541 /Tick Tick Boom
Songs that go bang (or boom)
/Tuesday Ten /540 /Tracks of the Month /Oct-2023
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /539 /I Want to be Evil
Songs about “evil” or “bad”.
/Tuesday Ten /538 /Who’s Gonna Be The GOAT?
Songs about “good”, “better”, “best”.
/Tuesday Ten /537 /Tracks of the Month /Sep-2023
The best tracks of the past month.
/Memory of a Festival /039 /Cold Waves XI /Chicago
My take on my fifth Cold Waves festival in Chicago
/Tuesday Ten /536 /Letter from America
Songs about the USA, from a mostly British and Irish perspective.
/Tuesday Ten /535 /Tracks of the Month /Aug-2023
The best tracks of the past month.
/Memory of a Festival /038 /Infest 2023
A new venue, but reassuringly still Infest.
/Tuesday Ten /534 /I’m With Stupid
Songs about being stupid.
/Tuesday Ten /533 /Sports!
Over a decade since I last did so, ten more songs about sport.
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /029
The alternative livestream continues in 2023.
/Tuesday Ten /532 /Tracks of the Month /Jul-2023
The best tracks of the past month.
/DJ /Guest /105 /Work! (To Live) 5
My DJ sets from a packed Work! (To Live) in London.
/Tuesday Ten /531 /Shake It Off
Songs about shakes and shaking.
/Tuesday Ten /530 /Tracks of the Month /Jun-2023
The best tracks of the past month.
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /028
The alternative livestream continues in 2023 with an all-electro special.
/Martis Decem /DXXIX /Carmina utens latin
Songs featuring use of Latin this week.
/Tuesday Ten /528 /Tracks of the Month /May-2023
The best tracks of the past month.
Hi, I would like to add my events to your listings please – We have a Depeche Mode Party this coming Saturday (25 Nov. 2023) at The Cannick Tapps, London, and a NYE Party at The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London on Sunday 31 Dec. 2023.
[ Electric Dreams Promotions – http://www.facebook.com/groups/electricd ]