A seriously busy month – moving house does that to you – has meant I’ve got four weeks of releases and new release announcements to catch up on.
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 22-Mar 2024
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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
01-Mar 2024 / Kontravoid / Detachment / Bandcamp
The outstanding new Kontravoid release takes them in new, melodic directions, and it suits them very well.
/New Albums
24-Feb 2024 / Chaos Bleak / Agents of Chaos / Bandcamp
The Nottingham Goth-Rock band unleash their latest album.
01-Mar 2024 / Ben Frost / Scope Neglect / Bandcamp
Ben Frost’s new album is A Lot. Using metal textures to make a very heavy album indeed.
01-Mar 2024 / Black Nail Cabaret / Chrysanthemum / Bandcamp
The fascinating Hungarian electro duo continue their striking take on the genre.
01-Mar 2024 / Chiasm / Zone / Bandcamp
The first solo work from Chaism in a while.
01-Mar 2024 / Ministry / HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES / Official Label Store
It’s a new Ministry album, it’s not going to change the world.
04-Mar 2024 / Mark E Moon / Resist / Bandcamp
The only darkwave band I can think of from the Isle of Man…
08-Mar 2024 / Brittany Bindrim / Velella Velella / Bandcamp
The I:Scintilla frontperson strikes out on their own with quite wonderful results.
08-Mar 2024 / Data Void / Strategies of Dissent / Bandcamp
Don Gordon and James Mendez bring a thoroughly modern – and snarlingly aggressive – take on electro-industrial.
08-Mar 2024 / GOST / Prophecy / Bandcamp
Visceral, hellish electro-metal.
08-Mar 2024 / Grace Petrie / Build Something Better / Bandcamp
Grace Petrie returns with an album that takes in both rage, hope and positivity.
08-Mar 2024 / Kim Gordon / The Collective / Bandcamp
I can’t say I was expecting an (exceptional) industrial trap album from Kim Gordon.
08-Mar 2024 / Metamorph / HEX / Bandcamp
Interesting-sounding “Goth Pop” from this US artist.
08-Mar 2024 / Midas Fall / Cold Waves Divide Us / Official Label Store
Dramatic, measured post-rock (of sorts!) from this Scottish group.
08-Mar 2024 / The Cassandra Complex / Death & Sex / Bandcamp
Cx return by completely reworking Sex & Death.
08-Mar 2024 / Statiqbloom / Kain / Bandcamp
More punishing electronic power from Statiqbloom.
15-Mar 2024 / Alison Cotton / Engelchen / Bandcamp
A musical tribute to Ida and Louise Cook, who helped refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe.
15-Mar 2024 / BRIDES / Doom Profits / Bandcamp
Norwegian post-punk power.
15-Mar 2024 / SPECTRES / Presence / Bandcamp
The latest album from this post-punk group.
15-Mar 2024 / The Dandy Warhols / ROCKMAKER / Official Label Store
The Dandys go “rock”, but also forget the tunes in a sadly tedious album.
15-Mar 2024 / Evestus / Post Hate Teen Depression / Bandcamp
Estonian industrial-rock artist Evestus – last seen delivering the Estonian Eurovision Jury results a couple of years back! – tears back.
22-Mar 2024 / Trade Secrets / Escaping History / Bandcamp
Dramatic electronic rock.
22-Mar 2024 / VR Sex / Hard Copy / Bandcamp
The electro-punk Drab Majesty spin-off continue their own path.
/New Singles/EPs
16-Feb 2024 / Metroland / Industry / Bandcamp
Metroland begin their next conceptual round.
27-Feb 2024 / Cell Zero / Something Wrong / Bandcamp
An awesome new industrial-rock artist, more on this on the next tracks round-up
28-Feb 2024 / Isaac Howlett / House of Cards / Bandcamp
Isaac Howlett goes solo for this upbeat, excellent synthpop track.
01-Mar 2024 / [:SITD:] / Brieselang / Bandcamp
[:SITD:] are now a duo, with Thomas Lesczenski having left for personal reasons last year, but their comeback single is full of their classic, stomping power.
01-Mar 2024 / Bootblacks / When You Want / Bandcamp
Another excellent single from the upcoming Bootblacks album.
01-Mar 2024 / GGFH / RELIKS / Bandcamp
I certainly wasn’t anticipating the return of GGFH in 2024…
01-Mar 2024 / Heavy Feelings / Heavy Feelings / Bandcamp
Nadia Garofolo continues the transtlantic project.
01-Mar 2024 / Unitcode:machine / A Violent End / Bandcamp
A new set of remixes from one of the best albums of 2023.
04-Mar 2024 / Matt Hart / Black Abyss / Bandcamp
Matt Hart continues his excursions into sci-fi realms.
15-Mar 2024 / The Foreign Resort / Resound / Bandcamp
The new album can’t come soon enough – another wonderful, dreamy goth-rock track from them.
22-Mar 2024 / Einstürzende Neubauten / Ist Ist / Bandcamp
The first taste of upcoming album RAMPEN (APM: ALIEN POP MUSIC) (out 05-Apr) is an appropriately chaotic, experimental piece.
22-Mar 2024 / The Joy Thieves / The Heart of the Worm / Bandcamp
This industrial/rock collective return with a seething new EP.
22-Mar 2024 / ACTORS / In Real Life / Bandcamp
The Vancouver post-punks return with the first single from their upcoming album, and it’s a dreamy, quite subdued song.
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
01-Feb 2024 / Various Artists / Retronomicon / Bandcamp
I neglected to mention this previously: a tribute and fundraiser for Charles Levi.
/Upcoming Albums
23-Mar 2024 / Attrition / The Black Maria / Bandcamp
The long-promised Attrition album.
05-Apr 2024 / Dead Pony / IGNORE THIS / Bandcamp
This Scottish band have released some ripping singles, and the furious title seems very apt indeed.
05-Apr 2024 / Deep Tunnel Project / Deep Tunnel Project / Bandcamp
Heavy, experimental post-metal from Chicago.
05-Apr 2024 / Glass Apple Bonzai / Brother Bones / Bandcamp
Daniel Belasco goes for a change in direction, but there is no loss of his talent with giant hooks.
05-Apr 2024 / The KVB / Tremors / Bandcamp
Gloomy Manchester-based post-punk.
19-Apr 2024 / Lord Spikeheart / The Adept / Bandcamp
The frontman of Kenyan noise-terrors DUMA goes even harder on his solo project.
26-Apr 2024 / Full of Hell / Coagulated Bliss / Bandcamp
Full of Hell: the name kinda says it all.
26-Apr 2024 / Party Cannon / Injuries Are Inevitable / Bandcamp
The most fun you can have in Death Metal.
26-Apr 2024 / St Vincent / All Born Screaming / Official Artist Store
Savage guitars and electronics appear to be at the heart of the latest St. Vincent album.
17-May 2024 / Red Lokust / Hope is the Last Refuge of the Dying / Official Label Store
Jim Semonik’s band’s latest missive.
17-May 2024 / Shellac / To All Trains / Bandcamp
The first album from Shellac in a decade, and perhaps to be expected, there is no intention of putting it on streaming services…
29-May 2024 / Gesaffelstein / GAMMA / Official Artist Store
The French techno wunderkid returns from a long silence.
31-May 2024 / Metroland / Forum / Bandcamp
The next conceptual album from this Belgian electronic duo.
07-Jun 2024 / Psychic Graveyard / Wilting / Bandcamp
Fascinatingly different noise-rock.
14-Jun 2024 / John Grant / The Art of the Lie / Bandcamp
Grant channels Grace Jones in taut electronics on the new single, and if the album is anywhere near as good, it should be fascinating.
21-Jun 2024 / earthtone9 / In Resonance Nexus / Official Artist Store
A very unexpected return – I had understood et9 had hinted at stopping again – sees one of the more underappreciated British metal bands roaring back.
12-Jul 2024 / Cigarettes After Sex / X’s / Bandcamp
More after-dark, low-key songs about sex.
30-Aug 2024 / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Wild God / Official Artist Store
The Bad Seeds rumble back into life, and going on the title track, we could be in for something transcendent.
/Upcoming EPs/Singles
None this week.
/Upcoming Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
10-May 2024 / Laibach / OPUS DEI / Official Artist Store
Probably one of Laibach finest – and certainly most iconic – albums gets a lavish reissue and remaster.
/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 /550.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Tuesday Ten /549 /Tracks of the Month /Feb-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /548 /Bad Blood
Songs about enemies and rivals.
/Tuesday Ten /547 /20 Years of amodelofcontrol.com
Twenty memorable artists, songs, albums or events as I mark 20 years of this site.
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /033
The final livestream from me for now…
/Tuesday Ten /546 /Our House
Songs about houses and home.
/Tuesday Ten /545 /Tracks of the Month /Jan-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /544 /The Old Magic
Songs about the old.
/Tuesday Ten /543 /It Must Have Been New
Songs about the new.
/Click Click /010 /De Staat + CLT DRP
The outstanding Red show by De Staat last week.
/Click Click /009 /Killing Miranda
A short take on the second coming of Killing Miranda
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /032
The third instalment of the Christmas Indie Disco special.
/Countdown /2023 /Gigs
Part four of the best of the year roundup.
/Countdown /2023 /Albums
Part three of the best of the year roundup.
/Countdown /2023 /Tracks
Part two of the best of the year roundup.
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /031
The latest livestream.
/Countdown /2023 /Compilations and re-issues
Part one of the best of the year roundup.