/Welcome to the Future /303 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 20-Mar 2025

Life has got in the way a bit lately – again – not least our anniversary holiday, so this is again a few weeks later than planned, and is also chock-full of new release announcements of note. This post is a roundup of (relevant to this site) new and upcoming music, a nod to upcoming […]

/Countdown /2025 /Gigs

The final part of /Countdown 2025 sees me looking at the best gigs of the year. Some statistics for my gig-going in 2025. Like last year, I went to 36 shows (each festival is counted by number of days – so Infest is three days, so counts for three shows), and saw 133 live sets. […]

/Countdown /Albums /2025

Onto the third week of /Countdown/2025 on amodelofcontrol.com, and this week I’m looking at the best albums of the year. As I’m sure I’ve explained before, I treat the “year” as 01-December to 30-November, to allow me a cut-off point, and to allow this to be done and dusted before Christmas so that I can […]

/Countdown /2025 /Compilations & Re-issues

Welcome to /Countdown/2025 – this year’s wrap-up of the best new music that I’ve heard across the year, and the 22nd year of me starting to do such annual roundups (which began on LiveJournal before moving to this site). I begin as usual, with the best compilations and reissues in no particular order, although it […]

/Welcome to the Future /289 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 23-May 2025

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 […]

/Countdown /2024 /Gigs

The final part of /Countdown 2024 sees me looking at the best gigs of the year. Some statistics for my gig-going in 2024. I went to 36 shows (each festival is counted by number of days – so Infest is three days, so counts for three shows), and saw 110 live sets. I saw 105 […]

/Countdown /2024 /Albums

Onto the third week of /Countdown/2024 on amodelofcontrol.com, and this week I’m looking at the best albums of the year. As I’m sure I’ve explained before, I treat the “year” as 01-December to 30-November, to allow me a cut-off point, and to allow this to be done and dusted before Christmas so that I can […]