It’s the week before Hallowe’en – and Whitby – and there’s still a steady stream of new music coming through. I’m well into the work needed to compile and write my best of the year lists – look out for /Countdown /2024 on Tuesdays in December.
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 25-Oct 2024
/Previous /278/04-Oct /277/20-Sep /276/30-Aug
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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
25-Oct 2024 / Gavin Friday / Ecce Homo / Official Artist Store
The first new album in thirteen years from Gavin Friday is his best in a long, long time.
/New Albums
27-Sep 2024 / High Parasite / Forever We Burn / Official Label Store
Aaron from My Dying Bride hooks up with some friends, and it’s a solid album of gothic metal.
04-Oct 2024 / Blood Incantation / Absolute Elsewhere / Bandcamp
Who knew death metal and 70s synth-space-prog were such great bedfellows?
04-Oct 2024 / I Ya Toyah / DRAMA / Bandcamp
The latest release from I Ya Toyah is striking, pop-tinged industrial rock.
11-Oct 2024 / Chat Pile / Cool World / Bandcamp
Chat Pile add a little more nuance to their sludgy, tech-metal.
11-Oct 2024 / Oranssi Pazuzu / Muuntautuja / Bandcamp
Not unexpectedly, the Finnish experimentalists’ new album is a wild ride.
18-Oct 2024 / Hallowed Hearts / Masquerade / Bandcamp
The NYC goth-rock duo’s second album is perhaps even better than the first.
25-Oct 2024 / GAEREA / Coma / Bandcamp
The searing Black Metallers return.
25-Oct 2024 / Normal Bias / Kingdom Come / Bandcamp
EBM meets classic Depeche Mode, to these ears (and it is great).
25-Oct 2024 / Underworld / Strawberry Hotel / Official Artist Store
The first Underworld album in some time is at least a return to their 90s pomp.
/New Singles/EPs
None this week.
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
18-Oct 2024 / Red Box / Anthology: 1980-1990 / Official Label Store
The first two albums – finally meaning Motive is available again after many, many years – and a host of rare tracks, remixes and early demos in a top-quality box-set.
25-Oct 2024 / NOIR / The Best of the Remixes / Bandcamp
An extensive collection of remixes over the decade-long tenure (so far) of Athan Maroulis’ band NOIR.
/Upcoming Albums
22-Nov 2024 / Body Count / Merciless / Bandcamp
It seems to have been “coming soon” for about three years, but Ice-T and his crew are back next month.
06-Dec 2024 / Cardinal Noire / Vitriol / Bandcamp
Now signed to Artoffact, the tracks released so far from this promise a scorching album of Finnish-via-Vancouver industrial.
31-Jan 2025 / Manic Street Preachers / Critical Thinking / Official Artist Store
The latest album from the Manics.
/Upcoming EPs/Singles
None this week.
/Upcoming Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
None this week.
/Upcoming/Livestreams/Gigs/Club Nights/Events
/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. The listing has had a revamp and redesign (and I’m re-adding events, so it’s a bit of a work in progress).
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 in the next week will be /Tuesday Ten /570.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /034
We return to our occasional livestream schedule.
/The Last Song I’ll Ever Sing /003 /Genius
Ahead of their upcoming UK tour, Pitchshifter reflect on Genius.
/Tuesday Ten /569 /A Change Would Do You Good
Songs about change.
/Tuesday Ten /568 /Get Better
Songs about better.
/The Last Song I’ll Ever Sing /002 /Another World
Beborn Beton talk about their beloved song Another World.
/Tuesday Ten /567 /Tracks of the Month /Sep-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/The Last Song I’ll Ever Sing /001 /Room 57
A new series looking at the genesis of classic “scene” songs, starting with Room 57.
/Tuesday Ten /566 /Midlife Crisis
Songs about a midlife crisis.
/Tuesday Ten /565 /Tracks of the Month /Aug-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Memory of a Festival /040 /Infest 2024
My roundup and review of every act at Infest 2024, the last (for now) in Bradford.
/Tuesday Ten /564 /To Hell With Good Intentions
Songs about bad ideas.
/Tuesday Ten /563 /Tracks of the Month /Jul-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/DJ / Guest /106 /Bruise Violet
Almost exactly a year since I last did an in-person DJ set, here’s another one (including Little Daisy Nothing’s first in-person set).
/Tuesday Ten /562 /Everything’s Not Awesome
Songs about things being terrible.