Episode 253: 6/16/2024

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This week’s episode was a milestone for us. Half Machine Lip Moves debuted on June 16, 2017. We celebrated our seventh anniversary by doing nothing particularly special. We started this show with some brand new darkwave and post-punk tracks. The second block was a mix of old and new industrial tracks. The third block was a set of noise rock and no wave. The fourth block was a set of industrial and experimental tracks. The fifth block was a set of summer-themed industrial and EBM. The sixth and final block was a set of experimental and ambient tracks with a summer theme.

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction
  2. NYC Basement: Call Me Back (The Iron Age, 2024, Swiss Dark Nights)
  3. Damien Hearse: Negative Mental Attitude (Negative Mental Attitude, 2024, Self-Released)†
  4. Urban Heat: Seven Safe Places (Seven Safe Spaces, 2024, Artoffact Records)
  5. Ultra: Cherry Soda (Cherry Soda, 2024, Self-Released)†
  6. C Z A R I N A: Exoskeleto (Exoskeleto, 2024, Dark Tunes Music Group)
  7. Throbbing Gristle: Convincing People (20 Jazz Funk Greats, 1979, Industrial Records/Fetish Records/Pass Records/Expanded Music/Mute/The Grey Area)
  8. Bestial Mouths: Faceless (Beastial Mouths, 2013, Clan Destine Records/Young Cubs)
  9. Unitcode:Machine: This Collapse (Themes For a Collapsing Empire, 2021, Self-Released)
  10. Thorn: Martyr (Bitter Potion, 1995, Roadrunner Records/Bhd/The All Blacks B.V.)
  11. Kill Shelter & Death Loves Veronica: Resist (The Sex Tape Sessions, 2023, Cold Transmission Music/Self-Released)
  12. Solar Fake: This Generation Ends (Don’t Push This Button!, 2024, Pointless Music)
  13. Slug: Seitenwagen (Rubber Ape, 1993, PCP Entertainment)
  14. Today is the Day: Black Dahlia (Supernova, 1993, Amphetamine Reptile Records/Toy’s Factory/SuperNova Records)
  15. Helmet: Rude (Strap it On, 1990, Amphetamine Reptile Records/Atlantic/Interscope Records)
  16. Distorted Pony: Gut Bug (Punishment Room, 1992, BOMP!/Improved Sequence Records/Total Annihilation)
  17. Rat Sphinx: Skulldruggery (Rat Sphinx, 2022, Self-Released)
  18. Couch Slut: Ode to Jimbo (You Could Do it Tonight, 2024, Brutal Panda Records)
  19. Thorofon: Perfection (Angor, 2023, Ant-Zen)
  20. Grim: Summons [召喚] [Shokan] (Discharge Mountain, 2017, Athanor/Esk*mo Records)
  21. Maurizio Bianchi & Dissecting Table: Frequency Saturation (Sound Disturbances, 2023, UPD Organization)
  22. Deutsch Nepal: Gouge Free Market (¡Comprendido!… Time Stop! And World Ending, 1997, Release Entertainment/Cold Meat Industry)
  23. Front Line Assembly: Heatwave (Reclamation, 1997, Roadrunner Records/Attic/Metal Mind Records/BMG)
  24. Chemlab: Summer of Hate (Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar, 1993, Fifth Colvmn Records/Metal Blade Records/Devotion/Invisible/Armalyte Industries/Distortion Productions)
  25. X Marks the Pedwalk: Electric Summer (The Sun, The Cold, and My Underwater Fear, 2012, Infacted Recordings/Metropolis)
  26. Signal AOUT 42: Summer ‘79 (Inspiration, 2013, Out of Line)
  27. Autumn [BE]: Night in June (Synthesize, 2011, Minimal Wave)
  28. Coaltar of the Deepers: Summer Gazer ‘92 (Rabbit EP, 2018, U-Desper Records)
  29. Pulse Emitter: Summer (Chilling in the Eye of the Storm, 2017, Expansive Music)
  30. Celer: Oasis, Part 3: Summer Night (Excerpt) (Oasis, Part 3: Summer Night, 2017, Self-Released)

† Local artist

Flyer for Retro Moderne Dance Party. The text reads, “Retro Moderne New Wave Dance Party, with DJ Dreamtime, DJ Hollow, and DJ Counteract. Saturday, June 22, 2024. 7 PM-10 PM, doors at 6 PM. $10, all-ages. This is a benefit for KABF 88.3 FM in Little Rock. At Vino’s, 923 West Seventh Street, Little Rock, AR.”

The next Retro Moderne New Wave Dance Party is Saturday, June 22, 2024. This will have sets by DJ 10.29, DJ Hollow, and DJ Dreamtime. This one’s a benefit for KABF 88.3 PM, which is one of Arkansas’s biggest community radio stations. Doors at 6 PM, event starts at 7 PM. This one’s at $10 and all ages at Vino’s, 923 West Seventh Street in Little Rock.

Flyer for Club Nevermore’s Beach Goth event on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The text says, “Club Nevermore Beach Goth. Saturday, July 13, 2024. At The Labyrinth, 619 South Spring Street, Little Rock, Arkansas at 8 PM-2 AM. Goth + industrial music beach blanket dance party, with goth twister, free freezepops, and Crab Rave! Members only event. Join us at clubnevermore.com”

The next Club Nevermore event is Saturday, July 13, 2024. Break out your swimwear and don’t forget your towel!

Club Nevermore is having a beach blanket dance party complete with barefoot dancing on the dancefloor (On your towel of course), Free freezepops, the famous Club NeverMore Goth Twister, and count on a showing of the Crab Rave and Lost Boys on the projector! Dance to 6 hours of the best Goth+Industrial tracks, beach balls provided, and get your summer selfies without baking in the Arkansas heat! Visit ClubNevermore.com to get your membership.

Flyer for Club Nevermore Presents: Eva X, Shadow Fashion, and Vampire Police. The text reads, “Club Nevermore presents: Eva X, Shadow Fashion, Vampire Police. Sunday, July 21, 2024. Doors at 8 PM. $12 in advance, $15 at door, ages 18+. At Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue, Little Rock AR. More info at stickyz.com”

Club Nevermore is bringing Eva X to Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue, Little Rock. Vampire Police and Shadow Fashion are also playing this show. This show is ages 18+ up. A Club Nevermore membership is not required for this show. More details and tickets can be found on the Stickyz website.

Flyer for Urban Heat at Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue, in Little Rock. On Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

Urban Heat is coming to Little Rock, on Tuesday, August 13. They’re playing at Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue, in Little Rock. Gvllow and Delores Galore are also playing. A link to buy tickets can be found at this page on the Stickyz website.