adam w
@amodelofcontrol.bsky.social
Yes, we've likely met before.
Writes about alternative music at amodelofcontrol.com, occasional industrial/alternative DJ. Works in Telecoms, all views my own.
Writes about alternative music at amodelofcontrol.com, occasional industrial/alternative DJ. Works in Telecoms, all views my own.
@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.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@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.
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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/
amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22554/
August 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My take on @infestfestival.bsky.social as it moved to Manchester, and it was a lot of (exhausting) fun.
amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22554/
amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22554/
My /Tuesday Ten series reaches post 600, with songs that mention specific dates.
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amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
August 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My /Tuesday Ten series reaches post 600, with songs that mention specific dates.
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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.
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/Tuesday Ten /599 is about places in Kent, and finding that there are surprisingly few songs about places in the county.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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 /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.
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amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
June 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
/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.
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amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
May 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Songs that go "Na Na Na" make up /Tuesday Ten /588 - and good luck getting most of these out of your head.
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May 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Songs that go "Na Na Na" make up /Tuesday Ten /588 - and good luck getting most of these out of your head.
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amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A stack of new music to cover on /Tuesday Ten /586 this month: amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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/
More nuanced take here: amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22066/
April 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
amodelofcontrol went to Resistanz Festival and had a great time.
More nuanced take here: amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22066/
More nuanced take here: amodelofcontrol.com/reviews/22066/
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.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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.
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Songs about body modification make up /Tuesday Ten /582.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Songs about body modification make up /Tuesday Ten /582.
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My /Tuesday Ten series reaches eighteen years old this week, with /Tuesday Ten /581 wrapping up the best tracks of the past month.
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April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My /Tuesday Ten series reaches eighteen years old this week, with /Tuesday Ten /581 wrapping up the best tracks of the past month.
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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).
(It's been a month of really solid releases, too).
March 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New and upcoming releases wrapped up here: amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21...
(It's been a month of really solid releases, too).
(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.
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March 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Spring is here at last, so /Tuesday Ten /580 is looking at songs about trees.
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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...
Then come back here and read my new interview with them about it: amodelofcontrol.com/interviews/2...
March 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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...
Then come back here and read my new interview with them about it: amodelofcontrol.com/interviews/2...
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.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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.
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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...
Also, it's EBM Day on Monday (24/2), and I'll be livestreaming on Twitch from 20:00 GMT: amodelofcontrol.com/event/circli...
February 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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...
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...
Have an industrial, er, valentines playlist, too: open.spotify.com/playlist/7eI...
February 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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...
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.
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Songs about intra-band relationships this week.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The lesson from /Tuesday Ten /575: don't date your bandmates.
Songs about intra-band relationships this week.
amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
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...
Also, livestreaming tonight: /TheKindaMzkYouLike /036, from 20:00 GMT. amodelofcontrol.com/event/thekin...
February 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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...
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...
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...
January 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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...
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.
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amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
January 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New music: /Tuesday Ten /573 looks at the best recently released tracks.
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amodelofcontrol.com/tuesday-ten/...
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...
January 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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...
*might, as in, "anticipated" and may or may not happen!
amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21...
January 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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...
*might, as in, "anticipated" and may or may not happen!
amodelofcontrol.com/new-music/21...