Playing catch-up every week, with yet more releases to keep up with!
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.
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/Events, Livestreams and New Releases 08-May 2026
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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
08-May 2026 / Draconian / In Somnolent Ruin / Bandcamp
The Swedish romantic doomsters return, with vocalist Lisa Johansson back, and they sound reborn.
/New Albums
10-Apr 2026 / Madeline Goldstein / Speaking to the Body / Bandcamp
A new artist to me, this is an album that links body music, darkwave and dreampop, and it’s frankly fabulous.
21-Apr 2026 / flint glass & ah cama-sotz / the shadow of the torturer / Bandcamp
A fascinating-looking compilation between two longstanding electronic artists.
24-Apr 2026 / 16Pad Noise Terrorist / Unmute / Bandcamp
Vicious breakcore-noise coming your way.
24-Apr 2026 / ah cama-sotz / Urban Pulse / Bandcamp
Herman Klapholz has been a busy man, with both a solo album and the collab with Flint Glass on the same day!
24-Apr 2026 / Failure / Location Lost / Bandcamp
A subdued new album from Failure that needs multiple listens to reveal the charms within.
24-Apr 2026 / OOIOO & Lightning Bolt / THE HORIZON SPIRALS/THE HORIZON VIRAL / Bandcamp
One of the most intense releases of the past few weeks: the Japanese experimentalists vs the brutal percussive force of the US duo is every bit as A Lot as might be expected.
24-Apr 2026 / Torture Gallery / Opening Wounds Of The Shocking Truth / Bandcamp
David Christian (Cervello Elettronico) and Claus Larsen (Leæther Strip)’s collaborative project that pays homage to The Klinik but is so much more.
01-May 2026 / Laibach / MUSICK / Official Label Store
Laibach go Pop in a deeply meta way that, as usual, is going to require more thought and closer attention.
01-May 2026 / Nerdy Sanchez / Nerdy Sanchez Demands To Be Taken Seriously / Bandcamp
The latest Caustic/KLACK/Null Device side-project is a fucking joy of a ride into late-90s electronics and Big Beat. (And why yes, that is mine and my wife’s voices on the outro and intro respectively…)
01-May 2026 / Tori Amos / In Times of Dragons / Official Artist Store
The latest album from Tori is sprawling (nearly eighty minutes) and quietly furious, as befits these awful times.
08-May 2026 / girli / it’s just my opinion / Official Artist Store
Almost exactly two years since Matriarchy, the alt-pop artist girli returns with a powerful new album.
/New Singles/EPs
24-Apr 2026 / Spike Hellis / By God / Bandcamp
The rampaging new single from Spike Hellis bodes well for the upcoming album in the summer.
26-Apr 2026 / Pupil Slicer & Tayne / Pupil Slicer & Tayne / Bandcamp
Metalcore vs Industrial Noise Pop? Sign me the fuck up.
01-May 2026 / IAmImperfect / Ghosts / Bandcamp
The relatively new Sheffield duo return with their latest EP, and some fascinating songcraft.
08-May 2026 / Ayria / Vicious World EP / Bandcamp
Recent singles, new songs, a Madonna cover and a punchy remix make up the new Ayria EP.
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
24-Apr 2026 / Various Artists / Forms of Hands 25 Jubilee Edition / Bandcamp
25 years of Forms of Hands, with a bumper compilation of the artists playing this year.
24-Apr 2026 / Various Artists / All You Good Good People: Britpop and Beyond 1995-1999 / Official Label Store
A trip down memory lane for the late-90s indie scene.
24-Apr 2026 / Cabaret Voltaire / But What Time Is It Really? / Official Artist Store
I was there – this tour was fucking amazing.
22-Apr 2026 / Ganser / Animal Hospital (Deluxe Edition) / Bandcamp
In time for their European and UK tour, Ganser’s latest album gets an expanded release.
22-Apr 2026 / Randolph & Mortimer / The Penultimate Truth / Bandcamp
The album of the year for 2024 on this site gets an impressive remix album, with some obvious club-bound bangers present and correct alongside some intriguing diversions.
/Upcoming Albums
29-May 2026 / Boards of Canada / Inferno / Official Label Store
The announcement of this crashed Bleep, such was the excitement…
05-Jun 2026 / A. A. Williams / Solstice / Bandcamp
The gloomy, doomy balladeer is back.
05-Jun 2026 / The Joy Thieves / Apocalypse Pending / Bandcamp
The Chicago industrial-rock collective roar back.
19-Jun 2026 / Tricky / Different When It’s Silent / Bandcamp
The first Tricky album proper in some years, and there seems to be some buzz about it.
10-Jul 2026 / MAQUINA. / BODY TRANSMISSION / Bandcamp
Loud and intense Portguese noise rock
17-Jul 2026 / Quicksand / Bring On The Psychics / Bandcamp
The post-hardcore legends return and are on fighting form.
/Upcoming EPs/Singles
None this week.
/Upcoming Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
19-Jun 2026 / Front 242 / Black Out/ Bandcamp
Compiled from their spectacular final shows in Brussels, the inevitable live album.
/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 new revamp and redesign as of September 2025.
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 /634.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Tuesday Ten /633 /Tracks of the Month /Apr-2026
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /632 /Please Mr. Postman
Songs about sending letters.
/Tuesday Ten /631 /Wibbling Rivalry
Artists that feature siblings.
/Tuesday Ten /630 /Clapping music
Songs that feature clapping.
/Tuesday Ten /629 /Tracks of the Month /Mar-2026
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /628 /Oblivion
Songs about oblivion.
/Tuesday Ten /627 /The Rock Show
Songs about the experience of live music.
/Tuesday Ten /626 /Travelling
Songs inspired by travelling by train across central Europe.
/Tuesday Ten /625 /Don’t Dream It, Be It
Songs about actors and directors
/Tuesday Ten /624 /Tracks of the Month /Feb-2026
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /623 /Hey Jealousy
Songs about jealousy and envy
/Tuesday Ten /622 /Filth: NSFW
/Tuesday Ten /622 /Filth: SFW
Worksafe and not-worksafe versions on the same subject: filthy songs.
/Tuesday Ten /621 /You Talk Too Much
Marking 25 years in my career in telecoms, ten songs about talking
/Tuesday Ten /620 /Tracks of the Month /Jan-2026
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /619 /There’s No Future In Optimism
Songs about pessimism.
/Tuesday Ten /618 /Boredom
Songs about boredom.