Episode 244: 1/28/2024 - 2023 Review Special, Part 2/2

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Half Machine Lip Moves logo with ‘#244’ on it.

We began this show with a set of new tracks (i.e., ones from the year 2024). Then we continued our 2023 review with some post-punk, darkwave, industrial, EBM, goth and deathrock tracks, then we closed with a mix of dark ambient and comfy synth tracks.

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction [0:00:00 - 0:07:47 ]
  2. Night Club: Crime Scene (Night Club, 2024, Self-Released/Gato Blanco) [0:07:47 - 0:10:52 ]
  3. Lunar Paths: Halo (Halo, 2024, Self-Released) [0:10:52 - 0:14:51 ]
  4. Vazum: Blush (Blush, 2024, Self-Released) [0:14:51 - 0:19:59 ]
  5. Anja Huwe: Rabenschwarz (Rabenschwarz, 2024, Sacred Bones Records) [0:19:59 - 0:23:16 ]
  6. Faderhead: Burn All Night (Featuring Electra Black) (Burn All Night, 2024, Not a Robot Records) [0:23:16 - 0:27:43 ]
  7. Skemer: Eyelashes (Toasts and Sentiments, 2023, Avant!) [0:31:24 - 0:35:45]
  8. The True Faith: Down to the Knees (Go to Ground, 2023, Icy Cold Records/À La Carte Records/Honeyglider Records/Summer Darling Tapes) [0:35:45 - 0:40:34]
  9. The Bleak Assembly: A Night Like This (Strangers Among Strangers, 2023, Self-Released) [0:40:34 - 0:45:09]
  10. Death Index: No Cure For Madness (Civilized By a Lie, 2023, 2Mondi Collective) [0:45:09 - 0:48:12]
  11. House of Harm: Roseglass (Edit) (Playground, 2023, Avant!) [0:48:12 - 0:52:38]
  12. Temple of Angels: Waving to the Wind (Endless Pursuit, 2023, Run For Cover Records) [0:52:38 - 0:55:32]
  13. Lathe of Heaven: Ekpyrosis (Bound By Naked Skies, 2023, Sacred Bones Records) [0:55:32 - 0:58:22]
  14. Bestial Mouths: Slitskin (R.O.T.T. (inmyskin), 2023, Negative Gain Productions) [1:01:34 - 1:06:17]
  15. Sturm Café: Des Kaisers Neue Kleider (Zeitgeist, 2023, SCR) [1:06:17 - 1:10:36]
  16. Zwaremachine: A Sickness (A Sickness, 2023, Self-Released) [1:10:36 - 1:15:26]
  17. 3Teeth: Merchant of the Void (EndEx, 2023, Century Media) [1:15:26 - 1:18:47]
  18. Unitcode:Machine: Surface (Critical Fault, 2023, COP International) [1:18:47 - 1:23:33]
  19. Choke Chain: Burial (Mortality, 2023, Phage Tapes) [1:23:33 - 1:28:32]
  20. Horskh: Tension (Tension, 2023, Wire Control/Self-Released) [1:28:32 - 1:30:25]
  21. Cut 989: TPOTT (Opinions, 2023, Self-Released) [1:34:46 - 1:39:24]
  22. Randolph & Mortimer: The Incomplete Truth (The Incomplete Truth, 2023, Surface Reality Records/Mecanica) [1:39:24 - 1:43:45]
  23. Andi + Machino: Softly Softly (Parafernales, 2023, Mannequin Records) [1:43:45 - 1:49:40]
  24. Comfort Cure: Live For Regret (Not My Taste, 2023, Self-Released) [1:49:40 - 1:53:10]
  25. Confrontational: Black Glasses (Cut, 2023, NewRetroWave) [1:53:10 - 1:56:21]
  26. Nuxx Vomica: Blind (No Money, 2023, Synthicide) [1:56:21 - 1:59:17]
  27. Cyberplasm: Autogenesis (Autogenesis, 2023, Iron Lung Records) [1:59:17 - 2:04:40]
  28. Scary Black: Unlove (Unlove, 2023, Self-Released) [2:07:39 - 2:13:50]
  29. Shrouds: Languish (Grimoire, 2023, Bat-Cave Productions) [2:13:50 - 2:18:11]
  30. Pitch After Dark: Turn It Around (Turn it Around, 2023, Self-Released) [2:18:11 - 2:22:14]
  31. Twin Tribes: Cauldron of Thorns (Cauldron of Thorns, 2023, Beso De Muerte/Young & Cold Records) [2:22:14 - 2:26:37]
  32. Vazum: Angel V- (V—, 2023, Self-Released) [2:26:37 - 2:30:53]
  33. A Cloud of Ravens: The Blackest Mantra (‘Lost Hymns’, 2023, Nexilis/Self-Released) [2:30:53 - 2:34:33]
  34. God Body Disconnect: Dosed and Dreaming (The Weight of Regression, 2023, Cryo Chamber) [2:37:35 - 2:44:00]
  35. Underwater Sleep Orchestra: Mirage (Insomnolence, 2023, Cryo Chamber) [2:44:00 - 2:49:11]
  36. Hermit Knight: Raise Your Heart Towards the Heavens Child (Raise Your Heart Towards the Heavens Child, 2023, Self-Released/Realm & Ritual) [2:49:11 - 2:55:14]
  37. Tiny Mouse: Small Things (A Ragtime Dream, 2023, Self-Released/Phantom Lure) [2:55:14 - 2:59:01]
  38. Grandma’s Cottage: Teardrop Falls (Favorite Places III, 2023, Self-Released) [2:59:01 - 3:01:31]

This shows a picture of a sheet of paper in a typewriter. The text reads, “Club Nevermore. Fetish, dark sexy music, dark sexy dress. Saturday, February 10, 2024. More info at clubnevermore.com “

The February edition of Club Nevermore, Central Arkansas’s monthly goth-industrial event, is Saturday, February 10, 2024 at The Labyrinth in Little Rock. This will have DJ sets by Club Nevermore’s resident DJs; burlesque performances by Felicity Fox and Jezabelle Jax; and a pop-up shop by Temple of Love from Houston. More info can be found here. This is a private, members-only event. Info and a link to buy a membership can be found on Club Nevermore’s website.

Flyer for Dark Hearts Community Valentine’s event. The text reads, “Dark Hearts Community on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Doors at 6 PM, ages 21+. Double feature of True Romance and Natural Born Killers starts at 7 PM. DJ party with VJ Tragic Dark Dance, End: The DJ, and DJ Death Mistress starts at 10 PM.”

Dark Hearts Community is presenting a Valentine’s event on Saturday, February 10th. This will have DJ sets by VJ Tragic Dark Dance, End: The DJ, and DJ Death Mistress. More info and a link to buy tickets can be found here.

This is a flyer for Vampire Police, Skull Family, and Clusters of Fornication at Vino’s, Friday, February 9, 2024. There is a picture of a girl holding a Valentine. The text on the cap she is wearing says, “Just ghost to shows you” and there is a bat on top of her head. The text on the Valentine says, “Vampire Police, Skull Family, and Clusters of Fornication at Vino’s, 923 West Seventh Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. Friday, February 9, 2024. Doors at 7 PM. Admission is $15.”

The Vampire Police, Skull Family, and Clusters of Fornication at Vino’s on February 9th has been rescheduled to Friday, February 17th. More info can be found here.

Flyer For Dystopia’s Love in Vein event. There is a picture of a box of candies, but instead of candies there are human hearts. The text for the flyer says, “Dystopia Productions: Love in Vein. Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 10 PM. At Black Lodge, 405 N. Cleveland Ave, Memphis, Tennessee. Ages 18+, $12 admission”

Dystopia Production’s event Dystopia: Love in Vein is Saturday, February 24 at Black Lodge Video, 405 N. Cleveland Ave, in Memphis. This will have sets by DJ Evonech, DJ Graveyard Gloria, and DJ St. Faust. More info can be found here.

Flyer for Razorwire Halo and Earthcult at Dark Hearts Community in Fayetteville on Saturday, February 24, 2024. The text reads, “Gloom Collective presents Razorwire Halo and Earthcult at Dark Hearts Community, with VJ Tragic Dark Dance and DJ Death Mistress and End:The DJ. Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM at 3130 South School Avenue, Fayetteville, AR. “

Razorwire Halo and Earthcult are playing at Dark Hearts Community, with DJ sets by VJ Tragic Dark Dance, DJ Death Mistress and End:The DJ, in Fayetteville on Saturday, February 24. The show is all ages and starts at 7:00 PM. More info and a link to buy tickets can be found here.

Flyer for the Modeling + Riki Show at Smoke and Barrel, on March 4, 2024. The flyer’s text reads, “Riki. Monday, March 4, 2024 with Modeling at Smoke and Barrel, 324 West Dickson Street, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.’

Fayetteville’s Modeling is playing with Riki at Smoke & Barrel Tavern, 324 W. Dickson Street, in Fayetteville, on Monday, March 4, 2024. A link to buy tickets can be found here

This flyer has a black background, there is a box of white and black stripes with a large blue dot in the center. The text in the image reads, “White Mansion, Fossils of Ancient Robots, Modeling, and Damien Hearse. At The Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas. On Friday, March 8, 2024. Starts at 7 PM, $10 advance tickets, $13 at the door. Go to revroom.com for more info.”

White Mansion, Fossils of Ancient Robots, Modeling, and Damien Hearse are playing at Rev Room in Little Rock on Friday, March 8. More info about the show can be found here.

Flyer for Retro Moderne. The text reads, “Retro Moderne New Wave Dance Party. DJ Hollow, DJ Dreamtime, and Club Nevermore’s DJ 10.29. Benefits Kensett and Judsonia Animal Shelters. Saturday, March 23, 2024. Doors open at 6:30, starts at 7 PM. All ages, $10. At Vino’s, 923 West Seventh Street, Little Rock, Arkansas.”

The next edition of the Retro Moderne New Wave Dance Party is Saturday, March 23 at Vino’s, 923 West Seventh Street, Little Rock. This is a benefit for Kensett and Judsonia Animal Shelters. This one will sets by DJ Hollow, DJ Dreamtime, and a guest appearance by DJ 10.29. This one’s all ages, admission is $10. Doors open at 6:30, music starts at 7 PM. More info can be found here.