The best compilations and reissues kick off /Countdown /2025: amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/23...

@infestfestival.bsky.social last was my 25th Infest, so on /Tuesday Ten /602 this week, I reflect on some of the most surprising performances across the last 25 years or so, as well as some of the new discoveries along the way. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

My take on @infestfestival.bsky.social as it moved to Manchester, and it was a lot of (exhausting) fun. amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22554/

My /Tuesday Ten series reaches post 600, with songs that mention specific dates. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

Five years ago this week, we headed down to Folkestone and Dungeness (for me, the first time), and the seed was planted for moving down here. /Tuesday Ten /599 is about places in Kent, and finding that there are surprisingly few songs about places in the county. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

/Tuesday Ten /592 is about songs that go "ooh!", and thirty-odd years after first hearing it in the stands, I finally learn the origins of a football chant. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

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/Tuesday Ten /589 goes "Woo!". amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

Songs that go "Na Na Na" make up /Tuesday Ten /588 - and good luck getting most of these out of your head. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

On a related note, suggestions for songs that go "La La La"?

/Tuesday Ten /587 says "Hey!" an awful lot. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

A stack of new music to cover on /Tuesday Ten /586 this month: amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

amodelofcontrol went to Resistanz Festival and had a great time. More nuanced take here: amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22066/

I can blame hearing a particular Ashbury Heights song at the weekend for realising I'd never asked about this subject before. Anyway: your suggestions, please, for songs (*NOT* albums) about or mentioning rumour, hearsay, insinuation and/or gossip.

It's Holy Week this week (and a number of other religious festivals over the month), so this week, /Tuesday Ten /583 delves into religion. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

Songs about body modification make up /Tuesday Ten /582. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

My /Tuesday Ten series reaches eighteen years old this week, with /Tuesday Ten /581 wrapping up the best tracks of the past month. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

New and upcoming releases wrapped up here: amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21... (It's been a month of really solid releases, too).

Spring is here at last, so /Tuesday Ten /580 is looking at songs about trees. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

Go and listen to the new @grabyourface.bsky.social album "Sadgirl Mixtape". Then come back here and read my new interview with them about it: amodelofcontrol.com/interviews/2...

It's a day we're celebrating (it's our anniversary today), at least, so... Your suggestions, please, for songs that are about or reference parties or partying, or just generally having a great time.

It's our 20th anniversary together, and nine years married, tomorrow. So /Tuesday Ten /579 is on an appropriate subject: anniversaries, and the metals and precious stones that represent them. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

New music releases wrapped up on /amodelofcontrol [dot] com today: amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21... Also, it's EBM Day on Monday (24/2), and I'll be livestreaming on Twitch from 20:00 GMT: amodelofcontrol.com/event/circli...

It's valentines day, and this old meme never gets old (even if I've forgotten who originally created it). Have an industrial, er, valentines playlist, too: open.spotify.com/playlist/7eI...

The lesson from /Tuesday Ten /575: don't date your bandmates. Songs about intra-band relationships this week. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

The best new music of the past month, on /Tuesday Ten /574: amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/... Also, livestreaming tonight: /TheKindaMzkYouLike /036, from 20:00 GMT. amodelofcontrol.com/event/thekin...

Stacks of new and upcoming releases to cover. Coming soon: /Tuesday Ten /574, the first livestream of 2025, and musings on the final Front 242 shows in Brussels. amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21...

New music: /Tuesday Ten /573 looks at the best recently released tracks. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

New tunes from Laibach, Kite, Ash Code, Obscure Formats, Korine, and Sleep Forever. www.idieyoudie.com/2025/01/13/t...

Gig #2 of 2025, and I'm in Camden to see the mighty Jesus Lizard - a band I've followed and loved for over thirty years, but up to tonight never seen live...

New music for 2025: what is and might* be coming your way this year, as I begin my 29th year of writing about music. *might, as in, "anticipated" and may or may not happen! amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21...

The best gigs of 2024, according to amodelofcontrol[dot]com. amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/21...

Escaping home for some winter sunshine in Lanzarote for Christmas week.

The best albums of 2024, according to me. amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/21...

A wrap of recent releases, a link to the events listing I maintain, and recent posts on amodelofcontrol[dot]com. amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21...

The best tracks of 2024, according to amodelofcontrol[dot]com. amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/20...

Beginning /Countdown /2024 on amodelofcontrol.com, here's a look at the best compilations and reissues of the year. Next Tuesday: best tracks of 2024. amodelofcontrol.com/countdown/20...

Picked up at the fantastic @pitchshifter.bsky.social show in London last night: the reworked/corrected/(mostly) originally intended version of Genius, called [nos]Genius. It adds in the correct lyrics (as always printed), and has a few other subtle differences too. (There's a few new remixes too).

Posts on my website (amodelofcontrol[dot]com) will be lacking until next week. I'm in the midst of a bunch of gigs and trying to get /Countdown /2024 finished (the wrap up of the best music of the year), not to mention a new job. So bear with me - /Countdown /2024 begins next Tuesday, 03-Dec.

For the first time, I'm going to try this here too. Please give me your suggestions for a dying art - secret tracks. Those you have to forward through minutes of silence for, or once upon a time had to rewind from the start of track one to get to...

KITE were absolutely magical - again - last night. I don't know what it is, but something about their live performance elevates their songs to another level. The only other band to have done similarly for me is mind.in.a box.

An Interesting move by @benefitstheband.bsky.social re: their upcoming tour: £12 ticket ceiling, 2200 curfew, and a commitment to posting stage times well in advance. The world has changed, and by listening to their fans they make it easier to attend. www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/benefit...

/Tuesday Ten /572 is all about insults. My wife tells me that she now has Daphne & Celeste stuck in her head: I can't think why... amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

Tonight (Tuesday 19-Nov): /TheKindaMzkYouLike /035, the latest amodelofcontrol[dot]com livestream. Alternative music old and new, 20:00 GMT on Twitch. Details: amodelofcontrol.com/event/thekin...

I don't think there's any way I can say this meme doesn't apply to me.

Not many of the cats local to us are particularly friendly, but I often see this one watching us from his fence post as I pass.

I'm likely to create a separate page for my music-based ramblings (i.e. for my website) in due course, but in the meantime, here's this week's roundup of new and upcoming releases. amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/20...

I should probably remember to post more here. Anyway, here's yesterday's /Tuesday Ten /571, which covered the best music of the past month or so. amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...

Shall we try again? Anyway, how are we all?

Another week, another social site. But then, we have to try them all.