Episode 170: 1/16/2022 - 2021 Review Show

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We returned from our holiday break to do a 2021 review, in which we played some of 2021’s notable tracks—though we’re not calling this a best of show. 2021 was a garbage year but it wasn’t lacking in great music. We began the show with tracks from upcoming releases we’re looking forward to hearing in 2022. Then we played a set of hot industrial and EBM tracks from 2021. That was followed with a set of darkwave and synthpop from 2021. Then we played a set of dark punk and deathrock from 2021. We played a set of post-punk tracks in the midnight block, then we closed the show with a mix of tracks from goth, noise rock, punk, and more.

  1. Introduction [0:00:00 - 0:08:40]
  2. Boy Harsher: Tower (Tower, 2021, Nude Club Records) [0:08:40 - 0:12:05]
  3. Author & Punisher: Drone Carrying Dread (Drone Carrying Dread, 2021, Relapse Records)[0:12:05 - 0:20:16]
  4. White Mansion: Cancel the Sky (Cancel the Sky, 2021, Cold Transmission Music) [0:20:16 - 0:24:15]†
  5. 3num3rat0r: Taken (Taken, 2021, Self-Released) [0:30:02 - 0:34:04]
  6. Bow Ever Down: Let it Burn (Let it Burn, 2021, Self-Released) [0:34:04 - 0:38:07]
  7. Choke Chain: Nightfall (Invoking Shadows, 2021, Phage Tapes) [0:38:07 - 0:41:53]
  8. Sturm Café: Schauspiel (Fernes Land, 2021, SCR) [0:41:53 - 0:45:04]
  9. Kanga: Home (You and I Will Never Die, 2021, Artoffact Records) [0:45:01 - 0:49:08]
  10. Zwaremachine: Zero Containment (Conquest 3000, 2021, Phage Tapes) [0:49:08 - 0:52:47]
  11. Jason Priest: When the Clown Cries (Jason Priest is Missing, 2021, Midnight Mannequin Records) [0:58:36 - 1:03:01]
  12. Riki: Marigold (Gold, 2021, Dais Records) [1:03:01 - 1:06:11]
  13. Clusters of Fornication: Hate is a Carnivore (Loss For Words, 2021, Self-Released) [1:06:11 - 1:10:42]†
  14. Male Tears: Future X (Male Tears, 2021, Pacific Plaza Records) [1:10:42 - 1:14:15]
  15. Panic Priest: AngelSteal (AngelSteal, 2021, Negative Gain Productions) [1:14:15 - 1:17:46]
  16. Leathers: Phantom Heart (Reckless, 2021, Artoffact Records) [1:17:46 - 1:21:36]
  17. Bleach Birth: All Satan Are We (Senescent Gestation, 2021, Self-Released) [1:27:19 - 1:29:05]
  18. Children With Dog Feet: Commit Crimes With Me (Curb Your Anarchy, 2021, Self-Released) [1:29:05 - 1:32:21]
  19. Esses: Before the Blight (Bloodletting For the Lonely, 2021, Ataktra Productions) [1:32:21 - 1:35:52]
  20. Adrenochrome: The Knife (The Knife, 2021, Manic Noise Records/Self-Released) [1:35:52 - 1:39:00]
  21. Rudimentary Peni: Anthem For Doomed Youth (Great War, 2021, Sealed Records/La Vida Es En Mus) [1:39:00 - 1:40:54]
  22. New Skeletal Faces: Banshee Sex Tomb (Sextinction, 2021, Self-Released) [1:40:54 - 1:45:29]
  23. Silent: Empty Spaces (Modern Hate, 2021, Three One G/31G) [1:45:29 - 1:49:40]
  24. Dover Lights: Memory Dissolves (Dover Lights, 2021, Self-Released) [1:55:59 - 1:59:39]
  25. Traitrs: Mouth Poisons (Horses in the Abattoir, 2021, Freak Wave Records) [1:59:39 - 2:02:37]
  26. Rosegarden Funeral Party: Gates of Heaven (In the Wake of Fire, 2021, Self-Released) [2:02:37 - 2:07:29]
  27. Nox Novacula: Last Will and Testament (Ascension, 2021, Bat-Cave Productions/Manic Depression) [2:07:29 - 2:12:11]
  28. Astari Nite: Pocket Full of Posies (Pocket Full of Posies, 2021, Negative Gain Productions) [2:12:11 - 2:17:05]
  29. Vision Video: In My Side (Inked in Red, 2021, Icy Cold/Self-Released) [2:17:05 - 2:20:48]
  30. Scary Black: American Gothic (American Gothic, 2021, Self-Released) [2:25:26 - 2:29:36]
  31. Nite: Would? (Would?, 2021, Self-Released) [2:29:36 - 2:32:50]
  32. Idles: When the Lights Come On (Crawler, 2021, Partisan Records) [2:32:50 - 2:35:57]
  33. Amyl & The Sniffers: Freaks to the Front (Comfort to Me, 2021, Rough Trade/ATO Records/B2B Records) [2:35:57 - 2:37:34]
  34. L.O.T.I.O.N.: War Games - Estoc Chainsaw to the Nation Remix (War Games - Estock Chainsaw to the Nation Remix, 2021, Self-Released [2:37:34 - 2:41:00]
  35. Lingua Ignota: Perpetual Flame of Centralia (Sinner Get Ready, 2021, Sargent House) [2:49:01 - 2:54:34]

† Local artist

Flyer for Club Nevermore’s ‘Matter of the Heart’ Event. In the center there is a heart with a skull inside it. The text says “Matters of the Heart. Club Nevermore Valentine’s. February 12, 2022. Goth and industrial, plus special performance by Illusionaut. $10 cover. Doors open at 8 PM. Ages 21+ only, at Area 51, located at 6511 Warden Road in Sherwood, Arkansas.

Club Nevermore’s next event, Matters of the heart is Saturday, February 12, 2022 at Area 51, located at 6511 Warden Road in Sherwood, Arkansas. This event will have DJ sets from DJ 10.29, DJ Graveyard Gloria, DJ Wilhelm, and DJ Operator OT, plus a live show by Little Rock’s Illusionaut. Doors open at 8 PM, cover is $10. Consult this Facebook event page for further info.

I (Operator OT) don’t necessarily condone taking the directions to Area 51 that Google provides—Google’s directions might get you stuck in an alley without an easy way out. This is what I advise…

For those travelling from Little Rock, take I-30 north to I-40 East, then turn onto Highway 67/167 North. Take Exit 4, Brockington Road. Get in the left lane and go north till you reach the traffic light at Brookswood Road. Turn left and go south for two blocks to Warden Road, which is a one-way road (and the access road for Highway 67/167 South). Turn right onto Warden Road and go south for about half a mile. Area 51 will be in the strip mall on the right, between a car dealership and a Waffle House. Enter Area 51 by going into Alibis Bar, which does the admissions for Area 51.

For those travelling from North Little Rock, get on JFK Boulevard and go north till you reach East Kiehl Avenue. Turn right and go east, following the signs directing drivers to Highway 67/167 South, which will turn right onto Warden Road.

Or use the embedded Google Map below to find directions.