Into the Pit: 198: Front Line Assembly – O2 Academy Islington, N1 – 24-August 2017
Since Front Line Assembly returned to the live arena a bit over a decade ago – and indeed their first UK show in ten years when they played Infest 2006 […]
Since Front Line Assembly returned to the live arena a bit over a decade ago – and indeed their first UK show in ten years when they played Infest 2006 […]
This was an interview I’ve wanted for amodelofcontrol.com for as long as I’ve been doing interviews. I’ve followed, and listened to Bill Leeb’s work in Front Line Assembly (and to […]
It has been noted recently that there have been a dearth of “club” shows in the industrial scene, at least in the UK, of late, with pretty grim predictions for […]
Of the industrial scene’s great survivors (FLA, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, KMFDM), all four have now been active for over 25 years, and aside from 242 (who seem happy with […]
Front Line Assembly’s lengthy career has seen them take a number of turns, adapting their own sound and co-opting others as members of the band changed, with varying degrees of […]
I’ve recently been raving about Concrete Lung‘s debut EP (my 9/10 review here), so I have been keen to see them live to see how it translates in the live […]
Last night, in the main, rocked. I got to see probably my favourite band of all for a second time within a year, I got to spend some time catching […]
It’s been a tough few years being an FLA fan. Every release in, oh, the past five years has been touted as “the best one since…[insert your favourite FLA album […]
This week’s Ten has been long-planned to have this subject, but how it was going to work was the bit I didn’t really know. So, I chose to open it […]
It has been a while since I travelled this far for a gig in the UK. Let me explain: I love Front 242. And given the news that old friends […]
5 hours of industrial, synthpop and dark electro music, featuring the likes of Covenant-Faderhead-Ashbury Heights-Chrom-Rein-Front Line Assembly-VNV Nation-Cyferdyne-Sirus-Organ Donors-ESA-Assemblage 23-Aesthetic Perfection-Horskh-Grendel-Solar Fake-Elm-Moris Blak-Rotersand…
5 hours of industrial, synthpop and dark electro music, featuring the likes of Covenant-Faderhead-Ashbury Heights-Chrom-Rein-Front Line Assembly-VNV Nation-Cyferdyne-Sirus-Organ Donors-ESA-Assemblage 23-Aesthetic Perfection-Horskh-Grendel-Solar Fake-Elm-Moris Blak-Rotersand…
Another lengthy wrap-up of new music either already here, or coming your way.
Inaugural Industrial, EBM, Aggrotech & Futurepop night @ Aces & Eights, Tufnell Park.
The final part of /Countdown 2023 sees me looking at the best gigs of the year. Some statistics for my gig-going in 2023. I went to 38 shows (each festival […]
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” […]
We’re nearing the end of the year, which means I’m now considering the best of 2023, and releases for the new year are now continuing to filter through too. This […]
The final /Tracks of the Month of 2023 – or more to the point, the last before I unleash /Countdown /2023, wrapping up the best music of the year.
Cold Waves XI was my fifth trip to Chicago, and over the course of the weekend, it was suggested to me more than once that I’m becoming an honorary Chicagoan, […]
The Devil and the Universe supported by Dead Lights + Vanilla Sugar