/Countdown /2025 /Tracks
Continuing the /amodelofcontrol.com review of 2025 – which this week is the twentieth /Tracks of the Year list on this site. Next week will be the wrap of the best albums of 2025.
Tag: Rotersand
/Welcome to the Future /293 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 08-Aug 2025
A quieter release period this time around, although a good number of autumn releases are currently being announced. Next week I’ll be at the relocated Infest in Manchester, for my 25th visit to the festival (including two online versions) – expect coverage on /amodelofcontrol after the event. In the meantime, my /Tuesday Ten series reaches […]
/Tuesday Ten /594 /Tracks of the Month /Jun-25
It’s been a funny time in music and entertainment recently, with hysteria around political pronouncements at major events by bands that we’d expect to do so (and thus providing a distraction from the horrors of Gaza in particular), as well as the anti-Trans bullshit that is still being peddled, and a general feeling that 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 […]
/Tuesday Ten /570 /The International Language of Screaming
A scream has a great many potential meanings. It could be an exclamation of triumph, of joy, of ecstasy, of pain, of fear, of shock. It is, however, usually loud and is frequently used or described in music.
/Tuesday Ten /545 /Tracks of the Month /January 2024
After a much-needed break at the beginning of the year from writing, it’s time for a bumper /Tracks of the Month that covers notable music from the past couple of months (and there’s a lot of it).
/Welcome to the Future /265 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 19-Jan 2024
Back into the swing of things now, with various new and upcoming releases now in the can for 2024. 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. […]
/Welcome to the Future /242 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 31-Mar 2023
Another hefty list of releases to cover this week. 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, […]
/Welcome to the Future /240 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 03-Mar 2023
Another Bandcamp Friday, so tons more releases and new announcements this week. I’ve also added another swathe of events to the listing, too. Links below. 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 […]
/Welcome to the Future/193/Events, Livestreams and new releases 05-Nov 2021
Now away from the working week for a bit, it has given me time to start catching up. It is, again, Bandcamp Friday today, so along with last week’s releases, there’s an awful lot to cover today. In the meantime, here’s the usual wrap of new music and suchlike this week.
/Welcome to the Future/186/Livestreams, Events and new releases 27-Aug 2021
The dawning of the August Bank Holiday should mean we’re heading north to Bradford once again, but the current state of things means that – even though we did have the chance to get some of the limited tickets – we reluctantly decided that staying home and watching Stay-In-Fest from the comfort of our own […]
/Tuesday Ten/447/Talk About The Weather
This winter in the UK has seen another time where the weather has seen fit to make an already crap time (lockdown) even worse. There’s been heavy snow, storms, lots of rain, frankly it’s been a dreadful time that really hasn’t helped with the feeling of being trapped in one’s home.
/Tuesday Ten/441/Tracks of the Month/Jan 2021
One month, then, of what is likely to be a difficult year for many of us, is out of the way. At least here in the Northern Hemisphere, the days start to get longer, it might stop raining quite so much, it even might get a bit warmer.
/Welcome to the Future/159/Livestreams and new releases 22-Jan 2021
Three weeks into January, Trump is gone from the White House, but things still feel pretty bleak here in the UK. Lockdown looks like it’s going to go on for a while yet, festivals are beginning to be cancelled for the summer (again), and so livestreams and waiting for new releases seem to be the […]
/Countdown/2020/Tracks
Continuing the amodelofcontrol.com review of 2020, which this week turns attention to the best tracks of the year. Next week will be the wrap of the best albums of 2020.
/Welcome to the Future/141/Livestreams and new release round-up/04-Sep 2020
We keep going amid the lockdown. There are new releases, and still, new music coming through, and buying music right now is the only way we can help. The events listing is still being updated, but obviously, an awful lot is being postponed, cancelled or changed right now.
/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. This has been an interesting, and memory-laden trip doing this list. I’ve dredged up a few memories, reconnected with a few songs I’d not heard […]
/Talk Show Host/061/Rotersand
In this period of enforced downtime – I last saw a gig on 05-Mar (Marika Hackman), and frankly who knows when I’m next going to get to go to one – I’m using the time to catch up on various amounts of writing for this site, and also get on with trying to make some […]
/Welcome to the Future/118/Events, gigs and new release round-up/20-Mar 2020
It feels weird posting this, but I need to keep going. There are loads of new releases, and still new music coming through, and buying music right now is the only way we can help. The events listing is still being updated, but obviously an awful lot is being postponed, cancelled or changed right now.
/Welcome to the Future/112/Events, gigs and new release round-up/24-Jan 2020
A welcome to the many new readers of this page. This is the weekly Friday post, of new music coming your way this week and soon, as well as a look at the events and gigs in the future, and finally nods to any other notable news that affects artists and music that I cover […]