/Tuesday Ten/483/My Country
Watching helplessly as the world lurches from one crisis to another, most recently the appalling, unwarranted and illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia, has not done much for the mind. […]
Tag: Therapy?
/Welcome to the Future/195/Events, Livestreams and new releases 26-Nov 2021
One final November roundup – upcoming on this site will be /Countdown/2021, starting on Tuesday, as well as a few held-over interviews from earlier in the year. In the meantime, […]
/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 […]
/Welcome to the Future/111/Events, gigs and new release round-up/17-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 […]
/Tuesday Ten/346/Tracks of the Month/Sep 2018
As we hurtle into Autumn, I’m now already considering what might be the best of 2018. Certainly, some of the releases featured this week will count toward that, but as […]
Welcome to the Future: 056: Events, gigs and new release round-up 21-September 2018
Another Friday, another round-up. As always this is a look at upcoming releases, relevant music news and upcoming events and gigs worth spending some of your time at. It is […]
/Tuesday Ten/252/Inappropriate Wedding Songs
It all started at one of the very first weddings we attended. Up in the hills west of Huddersfield, this wedding had an “alternative” soundtrack as befitted the bride and […]
/Countdown/2014 /Compilations and reissues
Finally, in December, I can start the process of seeing the back of 2014. But before it does end, here on amodelofcontrol.com it is time to run down the year […]
Tuesday Ten: 200: Tracks of the Month (March 2014)
So, seven years – almost to the week – since I started this series, the Tuesday Ten hits #200. That’s 200 lengthy posts, and 2,000 artists, songs, albums, venues (hey, […]
Tuesday Ten: 192: Reader’s perfect albums
This week, my Tuesday Ten series goes in a new direction – as I’ve not written it. A few weeks ago, I posted an innocent post on Facebook asking my […]
Into the Pit: 129: Jägermeister Music Tour 2012 – Skindred + Therapy? – Live at Brixton – 13-April 2012
I’m beginning to like this idea of sponsored gigs. After all, if nothing else, the sponsorship helps to bring down the insane costs of gigging nowadays – noted last night […]
/Tuesday Ten/099/Joy Division/New Order covers/30 years since the death of Ian Curtis
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death. The influence of his band and of course New Order that formed in the wake of his death has been enormous, […]
/Countdown/1990s/Albums /80-61
Following on from Tuesday, here's part two of my 90s albums rundown. This is fun, even if a little time consuming – and it's reminding me of songs I've not […]
/Countdown/1990s/Tracks /80-61
Continuing the long journey through the decade, part seven.
Memory of a Festival: 008: Damnation Festival 2009
This year’s variant was in the same location as last year’s very busy one, but with some much-needed changes to the way things were run. The good news, for a […]