This is an archive of playlists from our previous shows. Most of our older shows are available in podcast form.
Episode 71: 1/27/2019
We started this show with some new-ish industrial metal; then we did an EBM set themed around airplanes and helicopters, drones, flying, etc. Then we played a set of dark punk and post-punk, all from releases that came out in this decade. We played a synthpunk block, took another trek into the world of dungeon synth music, and closed with a block of ambient drones.
Episode 70: 1/20/2019
We started this one with some industrial, and an industrial and EBM set themed around hunting and being on the run. It was also the night of a total lunar eclipse, so we talked a bit about that and played a set themed around the Moon. After that was a block of minor key minimal wave, with old and brand new tracks. Then we went on a quest to explore the world of dungeon synth music, and we closed with block of ambient and experimental.
Episode 69: 1/6/2019 - 2018 Review Show, Part 2
The first episode of Half Machine Lip Moves in 2019 continued the look back at the previous year. We started with a set of dance floor-friendly EBM and synthpop from 2019, then we went into a block of aggressive EBM. That was followed by a set of death industrial and power electronics from 2018. After that was a block of dark punk/post-punk and deathrock from 2018, and another block of post-punk from 2018. In the final block we heard tracks from experimental and ambient releases from 2018.
Episode 68: 12/30/2018: 2018 Year in Review Show
The last episode of 2018 was a review—but not necessarily a best of—looking back at some of the year’s music. We played tracks from some of the year’s industrial metal and EBM releases, along with a track from a project whose work we’re anticipating in 2019. That was followed by post-punk tracks from this year’s releases and we closed with a block of tracks from some of this year’s dark ambient releases.
Episode 67: 12/23/2018: The Second First Ever Half Machine Lip Moves Holiday Special
We started this episode, the second Half Machine Lip Moves holiday show, with some Christmas-themed industrial and EBM. Then we had a set of music inspired by Krampus, the Christmas Demon. That was followed by a doom-laden Christmas Mourning set. Then we had a mostly post-punk set themed around Winter Solstice, which was followed by another Winter Solstice-themed set of black metal and noise. The show’s last block had renditions of more somber traditional Christmas music, and we closed with a raucous bit of holiday music. We hope everyone listening has a great Christmas, Festivus, Kwanzaa, or a nice Tuesday if you celebrate none of those or something else.
Episode 66: 12/16/2018
We started with a preview of new work by Susan of High-Functioning Flesh and a set of dark EBM. Then we played a block of artists that are brand new to the show. After that was a block of noise, industrialized black metal, and we closed the show with a dark ambien(t) jazz set.
Episode 65: 12/9/2018
This episode started with a tribute to the late Pete Shelley (of British punk legends The Buzzcocks) by playing some songs from his solo works, including a track from his forays into experimental synth noise. Then we moved back into industrial by premiering a brand new track by Minneapolis’s Zwaremachine and a block of “pants with spare change rattling around in the dryer industrial,” some listener requests and noisy industrial, and we closed the show with set of post-industrial and ambient—or whatever you call that kind of stuff.
Episode 64: 12/2/2018
We returned from our Thanksgiving break. We started with “the industrial wading pool” to help ease people in to the show. Then we went with a set of hard and heavy industrial metal, a block of dark and nihilistic industrial and EBM—I guess that’s what I’d call it; I don’t know how to describe this show much of the time—and a block of industrialized black metal. The midnight block was minimal wave and synthpop, and we closed with a block of shoegaze and ambient.
Episode 63: 11/18/2018
This episode started out with some new-ish industrial metal, then we went into a block of Central and Eastern European post-punk. Most of the rest of the episode leaned heavy on the heavy and noisy stuff—we had a block of “pants with spare change left in the pockets rattling around in the dryer” industrial, a block power electronics, and a block of noise before ending the show with a block of uh… a block that went from minimal wave to dark ambient.
Episode 62: 11/11/2018
This was a weird and short episode. We started with some industrial, OT talked about difficulties with our Facebook page, then we had a pandering set for our friends Amanda and Jason in South Carolina, then we continued the autumn ambient afterglow in the last hour.