Two months in, and there’s already a lot of new music to enjoy and look forward to in 2025.
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 21-Feb 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
21-Feb 2025 / Encephalon / Automaton All Along / Bandcamp
Canadian industrial cyberpunks Encephalon return with another exceptional release.
/New Albums
05-Feb 2025 / grabyourface / Sadgirl Mixtape / Bandcamp
A lifetime of emotions get unleashed on the extraordinary new album from grabyourface.
07-Feb 2025 / Heartworms / Glutton For Punishment / Official Artist Store
A bit of a buzz has been growing around Heartworms, it seems, and there is far more going on here than just darkwave.
07-Feb 2025 / Leæther Strip / Fucking Perfect / Bandcamp
07-Feb 2025 / Leæther Strip / Anal Cabaret II (Tribute to Soft Cell) / Bandcamp
Claus is back, with a new album and a tribute to one of his formative artists.
14-Feb 2025 / Manic Street Preachers / Critical Thinking / Official Artist Store
The Manics return with a thoughtful new album.
21-Feb 2025 / Bong-Ra / Dystopic / Bandcamp
Breakcore chaos from one of the masters of the sound.
21-Feb 2025 / Q Lazzarus / Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture) / Bandcamp
The late, mysterious artist has a film about her coming soon, and accompanying it is an album of mostly unheard songs. There was an excellent article about it in the Graun this week.
/New Singles/EPs
11-Feb 2025 / Factory Floor / Between You / Bandcamp
The first new single from Factory Floor in aeons is an impressive comeback.
14-Feb 2025 / Brutalist Architecture in the Sun / Everything Must Die / Bandcamp
This Kentish electronic artist released a new single this month (a new album coming soon), and a harder-edged sound is in evidence – indeed not a million miles from Factory Floor…
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
07-Feb 2025 / Front Line Assembly / Mechviruses / Bandcamp
A long-hoped for UK tour was announced this week for April (I’ll be at the Sheffield show, the day before Resistanz), and in the meantime, the various Mechvirus remixes and reworkings have been brought together on an album.
21-Feb 2025 / Then Comes Silence / Boxed / Bandcamp
An odds-and-ends compilation from these Swedish goth rockers.
/Upcoming Albums
28-Feb 2025 / The Tiger Lillies / Thank You and Good Night / Official Artist Store
The Soho veterans are back once again.
14-Mar 2025 / Derision Cult / Mercenary Notes Pt 2 / Bandcamp
The follow-up to the excellent release from last year.
21-Mar 2025 / Bloodywood / Nu Delhi / Bandcamp
“East meets west” as this Indian band offer a fascinating spin on metal.
21-Mar 2025 / YHWH Nailgun / 45 Pounds / Bandcamp
Punishing noise-rock.
04-Apr 2025 / Glare / Sunset Funeral / Bandcamp
Glorious, sun-kissed Texan shoegaze.
04-Apr 2025 / V▲LH▲LL / Skymningsdjur / Bandcamp
It’s been a while since the last album from this Swedish Witch House duo.
11-Apr 2025 / The Birthday Massacre / Pathways / Bandcamp
The goth-pop veterans return.
25-Apr 2025 / BIG|BRAVE / OST / Bandcamp
The Montreal experimental trio write a minimalist, semi-improvised soundtrack for a film that didn’t yet exist (it now has been made).
09-May 2025 / mclusky / the world is still here and so are we / Bandcamp
It’s mclusky. They are punk as fuck, have great songtitles, and the new songs sound amazing.
16-May 2025 / Pelican / Flickering Resonance / Bandcamp
The post-metal titans, back with their first album in years.
/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 soon will be /Tuesday Ten /577 and continuing livestreams with /Circling Overland /005 on Monday.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Tuesday Ten /576 /Cold As Ice
Songs about winter and the cold.
/Tuesday Ten /575 /We Are Family
Songs about intra-band relationships.
/DJ /Guest /107 /Mr Wynne’s Fifty-Tenth
Another landmark birthday for a friend, and they asked me to DJ, alongside Mortasha Kinski and DemonDaz.
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /036
We return to our occasional livestream schedule.
/Tuesday Ten /574 /Tracks of the Month /Jan-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/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