Episode 257: 7/14/2024

Half Machine Lip Moves logo with ‘#257’ on it.

We began this episode with a set of new darkwave, goth, and post-punk tracks, including a recently identified mysterious song. The second block featured tracks by darkwave artists that are playing in the Little Rock area soon. The third block was a mix of shoegaze and post-punk, by artists who are playing in the Little Rock area soon. The fourth and final set featured songs referencing the Moon, in honor of the fifty-fifth anniversary of the 1969 Moon Landing.

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction
  2. Astari Nite: What a Rainbow Feels Like (Resolution of Happiness, 2024, Negative Gain Productions)
  3. Animal Rojo: The Cage (The Cage, 2024, Self-Released)
  4. Pitch After Dark: Do You (Do You, 2024, Self-Released)
  5. Who’s Who: Ulterior Motives (Ulterior Motives (The Lost Album), 2024, Spooked Productions/Self-Released)
  6. Ultra: Claw Machine (Ultra Heaven, 2024, Self-Released)
  7. Eva X: Fiction (Fiction, 2024, Self-Released/Distortion Productions)
  8. Shadow Fashion: Children of the Night (Children of the Night, 2020, Self-Released)
  9. Urban Heat: Say the Words (Say the Words, 2024, Artoffact Records)
  10. Delores Galore: Not the One (Don’t Play With Me) (Not the One, 2023, Self-Released)
  11. GVLLOW: Fell in Love With a Ghost (OG Gvllow Mix) (Fell in Love With a Ghost (OG Gvllow Mix), 2020, Sumerian Records)
  12. Destryur: Lucifemme (Dimensions, 2024, Doom Division Records)
  13. Colour Design: Feel Like Going Home (Nothing Matters Now, 2022, Self-Released)
  14. Big Cloud: Dirt (Until There’s No Hope, 2024, Self-Released)
  15. Greyland: Jumpscare (Never Again) (I-35 Split Compilation, 2024, Self-Released)
  16. No Culture: Shaky Lines (Dioxazine Dream, 2023, Self-Released)
  17. Street Fever: In Your Lungs (Absolution, 2024, Self-Released)
  18. Clusters of Fornication: Catacomb Song (Consolidation Artifact, 2022, Self-Released)
  19. Gene Loves Jezebel: Bruises (Promise, 1983, Situation Two/Beggars Banquet/Geffen Records)
  20. Solid Space: Destination Moon (Space Museum, 1982, In Phaze Records/Dark Entries)
  21. Mach Fox: Hollow Moons (Hollow Moons, 2021, Self-Released)
  22. Chrome: Blood On the Moon (Blood On the Moon, 1981, Don’t Fall Off the Mountain/Dossier/Cleopatra/Lilith)
  23. Robert Hermel: Industrie Spatiale (Lunar Probe Compilation, 1967, Music De Wolfe/Musique Pour L’Image)
  24. Color Dream: Darkslide on the Moon Side B (Darkslide On the Moon, 2009, Excite Bike)

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Show Notes


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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 here on the Stickyz website.


Flyer for Colour Design, No Culture, Greyland, and Big Cloud on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at White Water Tavern, 2500 West Seventh Street in Little Rock. Doors at 7 PM, admission is $15, ages 21 and up.

Colour Design, No Culture, Greyland, and Big Cloud are playing at White Water Tavern on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. More info and tickets can be found at White Water Tavern’s website. (We can’t link directly to tickets for that show.).


Flyer Club Nevermore: Victorian Goth. Saturday, August 10, 2024 at The Labyrinth, 619 South Spring Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. Doors at 8 PM. Visit clubnevermore.com for tickets.

Here’s the flyer for Club Nevermore: Victorian Goth, which is on Saturday, August 10, 2024. (Alas, this will be the last one at The Labyrinth, which is closing its doors at the end of August.) This month’s theme is old school goth. More info about the event can be found at this Facebook event page. Visit Club Nevermore’s website to get a membership for the month.


Flyer for Urban Heat, with Delores Galore and GVLLOW at Stickyz. Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue in Little Rock. Doors at 7 PM, show starts at 8 PM. All ages admitted, tickets are $20 at the door.

Austin darkwave band Urban Heat is coming to Little Rock on Tuesday, August 13! They’re playing at Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue, in Little Rock with Delores Galore and GVLLOW. This show is all-ages. Doors open at 7 PM, show starts at 8 PM. Admission is $20. A link to buy tickets can be found at this page on the Stickyz website.


Flyer for Destryur, Clusters of Fornication, and Street Fever on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at Vino’s, 923 West Seventh Street, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Club Nevermore is bringing Destryur back to Little Rock on Wednesday, August 21st! They’re playing with Street Fever and Clusters of Fornication at Vino’s, 923 West 7th Street, Little Rock, AR. The show starts at 7 PM. Tickets are $18 at the door—we advise bringing cash, because Vino’s is usually cash-only at the door.