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207 High St, Swansea SA1 1PE
Into the Pit: 153: Swans – Live at KOKO – 15-November 2012
It isn’t often that I’m left with a feeling of slight nervousness prior to a gig, but then, Swans aren’t really your average band. One of the most extreme “rock” bands to exist, perhaps – their extremity being being louder, more punishing mentally and physically than just about anyone else – were ended by Michael […]
Into the Pit: 094: Swans – Live at KOKO – 28-October 2010
My first visit to Koko in about eleven years last night saw me head there for the return to London of Swans, of which more in a moment. But as always, I feel it’s notable to mention the organisation. Doors at 1900 – fine, and they opened on time, not to mention being friendly security […]
/Welcome to the Future /285 /Events, Livestreams and New Releases 13-Mar 2025
A new tranche of releases coming your way, or that have come out in the past couple of weeks. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s get on with it. 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 […]
/Tuesday Ten /578 /Tracks of the Month /Feb-25
As is traditional, January felt like it took all year, February felt like a couple of days.
/Dead of Night with MATT HART Live
8:30pm, emerging from the frozen depths of a shattered world… A live performance from industrial sensation, Matt Hart. On stage at 9pm sharp, followed by DJ sets for the rest of the night. Don’t miss it! Join us at our premier club night where we delve into the shadows of alternative music spanning from the […]
/Dead of Night
The monthly Swansea goth/dark alternative night! At Hangar 18, 50 Plymouth Street, SA1 3QQ (Near the Quadrant bus station). Check events for more details and our setlists for what you are likely to hear.
/Welcome to the Future /282 /New releases for 2025
As is traditional as I resume a new year on /amodelofcontrol.com, I take a look at the new music likely to be coming our way this year. Some of it is confirmed, some of it is in the works, some of it is kinda expected or hoped for. Needless to say, some of this won’t […]
/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 […]
/Countdown /2024 /Tracks
Continuing the /amodelofcontrol.com review of 2024 – and the twenty-first year that I’ve done this – which this week turns attention to the best tracks of the year. Next week will be the wrap of the best albums of 2024.
/ADULT. + Spike Hellis + Sacred Skin
Tickets: link.dice.fm/c9ada2354779 Club.The.Mammoth. presents a cracking line-up at Corsica Studios on 14th February 2025… ADULT. linktr.ee/ADULTPERIOD Spike Hellis spikehellis.com Sacred Skin linktr.ee/sacred.skin ———————————————————— With over 25 years working together and a sprawling discography to show for that labor, Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus have spent their career as ADULT. obscuring any defined genre or […]
/Under Deconstruction with Deviant, DrakenWerks and Junkie Kut
On Friday 13th December, Under Deconstruction is proud to bring you an intense line up of electronic Industrial bands followed by an Under Deconstruction Industrial/EBM party, with half the ticket sales going to the Jac Lewis Foundation, supporting local mental health services. Date: Friday 13th December 2024 Time: 8pm-2am Price: £5 adv / £6 otd […]
/Tuesday Ten /567 /Tracks of the Month /Sep 2024
First of the month, /Tracks of the Month time.
/no alternative 34
More bleak disco with plenty of -goth- -post-punk- -darkwave- -coldwave- -minimal synth- -italo- And just because we can, we have two guest DJs! DJ Andy Piper Andy Piper has been dj-ing on and off for roughly 25 years. “From the first time I went to Full Tilt at the Electric Ballroom and Slimelight I knew […]
/Tuesday Ten /560 /Tracks of the Month /June 2024
It’s been a busy, and sometimes chaotic past month, hence why this month’s /Tracks of the Month post is a week later than usual.
/Tuesday Ten /547 /20 Years of amodelofcontrol.com
Yesterday, on 12-February, /amodelofcontrol.com turned twenty years old. It was probably never expected to last too long: but instead, it inspired me to push on and write more, DJ more, and make friends across the world through music.
/Tuesday Ten /546 /Our House
This past week, my wife and I achieved something that for a good period of our relationship, we feared might be out of reach entirely: we bought a house.
/Countdown /2023 /Albums
Onto the third week of /Countdown/2023 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 /2023 /Tracks
Continuing the amodelofcontrol.com review of 2023 – and the twentieth year that I’ve done this – which this week turns attention to the best tracks of the year. Next week will be the wrap of the best albums of 2023.