Another roundup of the best new music recently released or announced.
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 23-May 2025
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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
09-May 2025 / mclusky / the world is still here and so are we / Bandcamp
Twenty years since their last album, mclusky sound as cutting and as savage – and brilliant – as ever.
/New Albums
11-Apr 2025 / Sevendials / A Crash Course In Catastrophe / Official Artist Store
The product of quite the supergroup (Chris Connelly, Mark Gemini Thwaite and Paul Ferguson) brings the kind of thundering sound you might expect, but with surprising nuance.
18-Apr 2025 / Circuit Preacher / Heaven Can’t Heal / Bandcamp
A recommendation from a friend in the Pacific North West – thumping industrial-tinged EBM with an intriguing thread through the songs around the question of faith.
26-Apr 2025 / Glassing / From The Other Side of the Mirror / Bandcamp
A fascinating metal band who toss genres in a blender, and the result is a spiky, nasty piece of work.
02-May 2025 / Sextile / yes, please. / Bandcamp
Pumping, synth-punk fun.
09-May 2025 / Behemoth / The Shit Ov God / Bandcamp
The usual, religion-baiting title? Check. The usual, searing blackened death metal? Check. Works for me.
15-May 2025 / Bitter Ruin / Arches & Enemies / Bandcamp
The cult duo return after a long time away, and the tension and songcraft is still as impressive as it was before.
16-May 2025 / Pelican / Flickering Resonance / Bandcamp
It seems to be a month for long-awaited returns – this is the post-metal titans’ first album since 2019.
16-May 2025 / Ricardo Autobahn / Music for Bus Stations / Bandcamp
Another case of brutalist ambient, with a very different slant to this concept.
23-May 2025 / Skunk Anansie / The Painful Truth / Official Artist Store
Ten years since the last one here too, and Skunk Anansie are taking no prisoners.
23-May 2025 / Stereolab / Instant Holograms on Metal Film / Official Label Store
For their first new album since reformation, Stereolab remain the outlier that we’ve always loved them for.
23-May 2025 / The Northern Territories / A Star In Orbit Still / Bandcamp
Gloriously gloomy synthpop from this Swedish reformation.
/New Singles/EPs
01-May 2025 / HEALTH x CHELSEA WOLFE / MEAN / Bandcamp
A surprise release at the beginning of the month, maybe it’s the beginning of a new phase of collaborations?
05-May 2025 / Pupil Slicer / Heather/Black Scrawl / Bandcamp
The last Pupil Slicer album lost me a bit, but a pair of vicious new tracks has me paying attention again, that’s for sure.
09-May 2025 / Cyanotic / Atom Bomb / Bandcamp
A standalone single – although a new album is apparently due sometime this year – continues Sean Payne’s occasional takes on formative tracks from his youth. This one is a belting take on the Fluke classic.
13-May 2025 / YARD / YARD / Bandcamp
The much-tipped Irish noise-rock trio release their first EP with spectacular results.
16-May 2025 / Youth Code / Yours, With Malice / Official Label Store
The first Youth Code release in some time proves they’ve lost none of their seething fire.
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
16-May 2025 / Nadine Shah / Live In London / Official Artist Store
Shah’s stellar London show from November last year gets a full release.
23-May 2025 / KMFDM / HAU RUCK 2025 / Bandcamp
The best album by KMFDM since their nineties heyday gets revisited with new takes on some familiar songs.
23-May 2025 / Suede / Sci-Fi Lullabies (Expanded) / Official Artist Store
The greatest set of B-sides ever collected together gets an expanded release.
/Upcoming Albums
20-Jun 2025 / Mari Kattman / Year of the Katt / Bandcamp
After a number of excellent singles, Mari Kattman returns with her latest album.
07-Jul 2025 / Red Lorry Yellow Lorry / Strange Kind of Paradise / Bandcamp
The Leeds gothic-rock legends return with what appears to be one last album.
25-Jul 2025 / Black Magnet / MEGAMANTRA / Bandcamp
One of the best industrial metal bands around at the moment roar back with their third album.
08-Aug 2025 / Rotersand / Don’t Become The Thing That You Hated / Bandcamp
After a period where they appeared to be happy with shorter releases, Rotersand have announced their first new album in five years.
05-Sep 2025 / Suede / Antidepressants / Official Artist Store
They debuted the title track last summer on their tour with the Manics, and the raw punky power continues recent work.
/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 this week will be /Tuesday Ten /589, continuing the mini-series of exclamations with “Woo!”.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Tuesday Ten /588 /Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
Songs that go Na Na Na.
/Tuesday Ten /587 /Hey!
Songs that go hey!
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /036
We return to our occasional livestream schedule.
/Tuesday Ten /586 /Tracks of the Month /Apr-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /585 /Everything In It’s Right Place
Songs about being right.
/Memory Of A Festival /041 /Resistanz 2025
My first trip to Resistanz in over a decade, and it was a whole lot of fun.
/Tuesday Ten /584 /Everything We Know Is Wrong
Songs about being wrong.
/Tuesday Ten /583 /In The Name of the Father
Holy week sees a look at the relationship between artists and their religion(s).
/Tuesday Ten /582 /Get A Real Tattoo
Songs about body modification.
/Tuesday Ten /581 /Tracks of the Month /Mar-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /580 /Into the Trees
As spring bursts forth, here’s ten songs about trees.
/Talk Show Host /077 /grabyourface
The first full interview on /amodelofcontrol.com in three years to talk about the extraordinary new album from grabyourface.
/Tuesday Ten /579 /Precious Things
Songs about anniversaries and the precious stones and metals that represent them.
/Tuesday Ten /578 /Tracks of the Month /Feb-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /577 /Can I Play With Madness
Songs about things going crazy.
/DJ /Circling Overland /005
EBM Day marked with a livestream.