The first regular release roundup of 2025, as the normal release schedules begin to crank into gear, and after a bit of a false start and a busy January, I too am beginning to get things together on here too.
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 31-Jan 2025
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/Contents
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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
26-Jan 2025 / DIVINE SHADE / Fragments-Vol.1 / Bandcamp
The stars of Infest 2024 in my opinion release their excellent debut album at last.
/New Albums
03-Jan 2025 / NUMBER5TATION / Starwards / Bandcamp
Cosmic, industrial black metal.
10-Jan 2025 / Lambrini Girls / You’re Not From Around Here / Bandcamp
The scorching new album from this Brighton duo is angry, powerful and quite brilliant.
24-Jan 2025 / ALT BLK ERA / Rave Immortal / Official Artist Store
The young Nottingham duo release their debut album that ignores any concept of genre.
24-Jan 2025 / Kathryn Mohr / Waiting Room / Bandcamp
A fascinating, folk-meets-found-sounds release.
24-Jan 2025 / Mogwai / The Bad Fire / Bandcamp
Mogwai reach thirty years active with their new album, and it has a few surprises.
31-Jan 2025 / Tayne / LOVE / Bandcamp
This hotly tipped new band do industrial noise-pop by their own definition.
/New Singles/EPs
None this week.
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
20-Jan 2025 / Various Artists / BIG HIT RADIO / Bandcamp
An excellent complilation paying tribute to Die Warzau, and proceeds go to Advocates For Trans Equality (A4TE).
27-Jan 2025 / The Future Sound of London / A Gigantic Globular Burst Of Antistatic / Bandcamp
An FSOL rarity gets a wider release at long last.
/Upcoming Albums
05-Feb 2025 / grabyourface / Sadgirl Mixtape / Bandcamp
A radically different sound – almost gloomy, noise-hinting dreampop – heralds the striking new album from grabyourface.
05-Feb 2025 / Heartworms / Glutton For Punishment / Official Artist Store
Thrilling darkwave and much, much more, it seems.
21-Feb 2025 / Bong-Ra / Dystopic / Bandcamp
Noisy breakcore-crossover from one of the finest exponents thereof.
28-Feb 2025 / tunic / A Harmony of Loss Has Been Sung / Bandcamp
Familial trauma appears to have pushed tunic to even greater extremes.
28-Feb 2025 / Vacuous / In His Blood / Bandcamp
The new release from one of the UK’s brightest death metal prospects.
14-Mar 2025 / The Body & Intensive Care / Was I Good Enough? / Bandcamp
It’s another collaborative release from The Body. I’m here for it.
21-Mar 2025 / Benefits / Constant Noise / Bandcamp
Much-trailed new album from the North-East based, electronics-meets-issues collective.
21-Mar 2025 / Imperial Triumphant / Goldstar / Bandcamp
Art-deco modernism meets Black Metal and Jazz, and still somehow still works.
28-Mar 2025 / Korine / A Flame In The Dark / Bandcamp
The excellent synthpop duo return.
04-Apr 2025 / General Dynamics / Where Animals Play / Bandcamp
SARIN and QUAL are not fucking about – the first taste of their upcoming album is brutal.
04-Apr 2025 / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs / Death Hilarious / Bandcamp
Five albums in, and Pigsx7 are not fixing what isn’t broken.
18-Apr 2025 / Tunde Adebimpe / Thee Black Boltz / Bandcamp
The first solo album from the TV on the Radio frontman, and the first few songs sound great.
25-Apr 2025 / BRUIT ≤ / The Age Of Ephemerality / Bandcamp
The Toulouse post-rockers return with a fierce new single, and apparently some changes are afoot.
25-Apr 2025 / Employed to Serve / Fallen Star / Bandcamp
It feels like it’s been a while since the last album, but Employed to Serve have come roaring back.
/Upcoming EPs/Singles
None this week.
/Upcoming Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
21-Feb 2025 / Then Comes Silence / Boxed / Bandcamp
A release of odds and ends of Swedish goths Then Comes Silence.
28-Apr 2025 / Various Artists / Going Out Of My Head – Adventures On The Indie Dancefloor 1995-1999 / Cherry Red Store
An era I remember well, when dance music and indie rock happily rubbed shoulders on the dancefloors.
/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 soon will be /Tuesday Ten /574, resuming livestreams with /TheKindaMzkYouLike /036, and some extended musings on the end of Front 242 live last week.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Tuesday Ten /573 /Tracks of the Month /Dec-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Countdown /2024 /Gigs
Part four of the wrap of 2024.
/Countdown /2024 /Albums
Part three of the wrap of 2024.
/Countdown /2024 /Tracks
Part two of the wrap of 2024.
/Countdown /2024 /Compilations and Re-issues
Part one of the wrap of 2024.
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /035
We return to our occasional livestream schedule.
/Tuesday Ten /572 /Ooh Stick You!
Songs featuring insults.
/Tuesday Ten /571 /Tracks of the Month /Oct-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /570 /The International Language of Screaming
Songs about screaming.
/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.