/Welcome to the Future /244 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 28-Apr 2023
A very busy couple of weeks to catch up on. This post is a roundup of (relevant to this site) new and upcoming music, a nod to upcoming events and […]
Tag: LOCKS
/Welcome to the Future /243 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 14-Apr 2023
After a relatively quiet Easter for releases, here’s a catch-up of what has been going on. This post is a roundup of (relevant to this site) new and upcoming music, […]
/Gig /London /LOCKS: JARS Single Launch
Come to The Finsbury on 5th April to celebrate the newest single from LOCKS!
/Gig /London /Camden Rocks All-Dayer w/ LOCKS & more at Fiddler’s Elbow
Camden Rocks all-day alt-rock bonanza featuring Locks, Lilies In My Brain, CharlesCantBreathe, MoreOfThem, Benji Taylor, Tippi McGarry, Kumala, Aubrey, Vincent Christ and Baby live at Fiddler’s Elbow.
/Welcome to the Future /236 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 03-Feb 2023
Bandcamp Friday seems to get crazier by the month – I’ve had a flood of emails from pretty much every artist or label I’ve ever bought from today, it seems. […]
/Tuesday Ten /515 /Tracks of the Month /Jan-23
Back on the usual schedule, here are the best tracks of the first month of 2023.
/Gig /London /AKTION Music: LOCKS single launch & guests
LOCKS single launch with support from Evolution of Fishermen and James Daniel
/Gig /London /Rough Trade East – Rock’n’Roll Gospel with The Future Shape Of Sound! Support: LOCKS, Captain Future
Join us at Rough Trade East, London for a “Krampus Recommends” special with The Future Shape Of Sound and their Rock’n’Roll Gospel madness fronted by powerhouse soul diva Debbralee Wells. Support comes from eerie junkyard folksters LOCKS and raw, stompy, slide blues act Captain Future.
/Welcome to the Future/198/Events, Livestreams and 2022 New Releases round-up
Into 2022 and the cold, grey January, and on the first Friday of 2022, it is time for my traditional round-up of what we know about (relevant) new music coming […]
/Countdown/2010s/Tracks /60-41
Continuing the process of wrapping up the last decade before it disappears too far into the rearview mirror, this is the eighth part of the best tracks of the 2010s. […]
/Tuesday Ten/405/No Good Advice
Everywhere I’ve looked over the past month, someone has been offering advice. Be that official Government advice, a Doctor’s advice, employer advice…your friend from down the road who did a […]
/Countdown/2010s/Albums /100-81
The additional downtime at the moment has had one or two benefits for me – more of a chance to get my head down and get a few outstanding posts […]
/Tuesday Ten/381/It’s A Family Affair
You can file this week under “how have I not covered this subject before?”. Honestly, I rather thought I might have touched upon this subject before, but aside from one […]
/Tuesday Ten/353/Tracks of the Month/Dec 2018
In the past, I’ve generally not posted a “tracks of the month” post at the beginning of the year, instead of waiting until early February. This year is different, partly […]
/Countdown/2018/Gigs
This year’s statistics – I saw 51 days worth of gigs and 156 live sets. It featured 140 different bands, and I saw sixteen twice – and all that lot […]
/Countdown/2018/Albums
Onto week three of /Countdown/2018 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 […]
/Countdown/2018/Tracks
Onto week two of Countdown: 2018 on amodelofcontrol.com, and this week I’m looking at the best tracks of the year. These might be the singles, they might be album tracks, […]
Click Click: 003: LOCKS: 29-May 2018
This has been, and will continue to be, a very busy week. This was the third gig in as many days – a disappointing Ho99o9 show on Sunday night, that […]
Welcome to the Future: 039: Events, gigs and new release round-up 04-May 2018
Back after a week off for Whitby, another Friday, another round-up. As always this is a look at upcoming releases, relevant music news and upcoming events and gigs worth spending […]
Tuesday Ten: 329: Tracks of the Month (Apr 2018)
Just before Whitby, I’m trying to get a few posts in to catch-up a bit. First up, today, is this month’s Tracks, but also to follow will be Transmission: 008 […]