Episode 263: 10/6/2024

Half Machine Lip Moves logo with ‘#263’ on it.

We began this show, our first one of Spooky Season 2024, began with a mood-setting block of goth and post-punk tracks. The second block was a set of new industrial and EBM tracks. The third block was a set of mostly new goth and post-punk. The fourth set was a block of darkwave and synthpop songs, mostly from artists that are playing in Central Arkansas soon. The fifth block was a set of moody post-punk songs, then we finished the show with a set of experimental and dark ambient tracks.

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction
  2. Umberto: Temple Room (Prophecy of the Black Widow, 2010, Not Not Fun Records/Sonic Meditations/Burka For Everybody)
  3. Christian Death: The Drowning (Catastrophe Ballet, 1984, L’Invitation Au Suicide/Nexus/Contempo Records/LSR Records/Normal/Cleopatra/Candlelight Records/Season of Mist)
  4. Grave Pleasures: Doomsday Rainbows (Motherblood, 2017, Century Media/Secret Trees/Svart Records)
  5. Modern Creatures: Thick Thick Black (Thick Thick Black, 2007, Grotesque Modern)
  6. Nervosas: Night Room (Nervosas, 2015, Dirtnap Records)
  7. Circuit Preacher (Feat. Mobiius): Burn (Burn, 2022, DarkTunes/Self-Released)
  8. Unfit: Hexed (Hexed, 2024, Self-Released)
  9. GenCAB: Six Hits (Let it Be) (Third Eye Gemini, 2024, Metropolis)
  10. Pig: Fallout (Feast of Agony, 2024, Metropolis)
  11. Matte Blvck: Vows (Vows, 2024, Self-Released)
  12. Uniform: Permanent Embrace (American Standard, 2024, Sacred Bones Records)
  13. The Cure: Alone (Alone, 2024, Polydor/Fiction Records)
  14. Bellhead: Into the Deep (Good Intentions, 2024, Oppressive Sky Records/Self-Released)
  15. Lunar Paths: Cicada (Cicada, 2024, Self-Released)
  16. The Sad Hour: Dust to Gold (Dust to Gold, 2024, Self-Released)
  17. Deceits: Why Are We Afraid to Let Go? (Why Are We Afraid to Let Go?, 2024, Self-Released)
  18. Christ vs Warhol: Welcome Home (We… The Victims of History, 2014, Mass Media Records)
  19. Carrellee: Like a Ghost (Like a Ghost, 2024, Self-Released)
  20. Summore: Watch Your Back (New Pain, 2023, Self-Released)
  21. Wingtips: The Verdict (Featuring Tim Cappello) (On Trial, 2024, Self-Released)
  22. Ronnie Stone: Riding in the Rain (Ride Again, 2024, Feeltrip Records)
  23. Clusters of Fornication: Elegy (Elegy, 2023, Self-Released)
  24. Vampire Police: A Curious Friend (Night of the Demos, 2024, Self-Released)
  25. Fevr (Feat. Male Tears): Go to Sleep (Go To Sleep, 2024, Of Sun Media/Self-Released)
  26. Ritual Howls: Keep Those Stones Up Boys (Ritual Howls, 2012, Nostilevo)
  27. Day Room: Bomb Shelter (Day Room, 2021, Sister Cylinder)
  28. The Bleak Assembly: Powerful Sun (Until the World Stops Hurting, 2024, Self-Released)
  29. Winter Severity Index: While We’re Living (Winter Severity Index, 2010, Afmusic/Self-Released)
  30. The True Faith: Down to the Knees (Go to Ground, 2023, Icy Cold Records/À La Carte Records/Candlepin Records/Summer Darling Tapes/Honeyglider Records)
  31. Clock DVA: Four Hours (Thirst, 1981, Fetish Records/Expanded Music/Doublevision/Contempo Records/Cargo Records)
  32. Pumpkin Witch: A Dark October (Final Strike of the Pumpkin Witch, 2019, Self-Released/Deathbomb Arc)
  33. Schloss Tegal: Immunde Spiritus (The Soul Extinguished, 1991, Tegal Records/Self-Released)
  34. Exhumed Corpse: Deadbeat (Exhumed Corpse/Stone Jaw Split, 2020, False Vision)

Flyer for Gene Loves Jezebel, Clusters of Fornication, and Sumthing Strange, at Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas. Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7 PM. Ages 14+, admission is $20.

Gene Loves Jezebel is coming to Little Rock on Wednesday, October 16. They’re playing with Clusters of Fornication and Sumthing Strange at Stickyz, 107 River Market in Little Rock. More info and tickets can be found here.


This is a flyer for Noise Night at EJ’s: a monthly showcase of harsh noise, ambient, and experimental sound. Monday, October 21, 2024. With: Maddie Storm, Sebastian Diaz, Chemical X, and more artists TBA. Doors open at 6 PM. Suggested donation is $5. At EJ’s, 523 Center St., Little Rock, AR.

EJ’s is hosting a showcase of harsh noise, ambient, experimental, etc. on Monday, October 21, 2024. Maddie Storm, Sebastian Diaz, Chemical X, and another artist to be announced are playing. Doors open at 6 PM. More info at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2777753679069792&set=gm.971953338282224


Flyer for Club Nevermore’s Halloween Ball. There is a photo of the band Bellhead. Next to it are photos of each Vampire Police member in a box. The text on the flyer reads, “Friday, October 25, 2024. Club Nevermore Halloween Ball. Live at Vino’s with special guests Bellhead and Vampire Police; with goth-industrial dance party with Club Nevermore’s resident DJs; a costume contest for cash. Doors open at 7 PM. All ages. Admission is $15. More info at clubnevermore.com”

Friday, October 25, 2024 is Club Nevermore’s Halloween ball at Vino’s! There will be a costume contest with cash prizes; goth-industrial sets by Club Nevermore’s resident DJs; and sets by Chicago’s Bellhead and local band Vampire Police! This show’s all ages. Doors open at 7 PM. Admission is $15. This will be at Vino’s, 923 W. 7th Street, Little Rock. More info can be found on this Facebook event page.


This is a list of Carrellee’s US tour dates for Fall 2024. Thursday, November 14, 2024 is circled in red. This show will be at Vino’s, 923 West 7th Street in Little Rock.

This is a list of Summore’s US tour dates for Fall 2024. Thursday, November 14, 2024 is circled in red. Summore is playing with Carrellee at Vino’s, 923 W. 7th Street in Little Rock.

Club Nevermore is bringing Carrellee and Summore to Vino’s on Thursday, November 14, 2024. We’ll post a link to an event page when one is posted.


This is a flyer for Wingtips, with Ronnie Stone, plus Clusters of Fornication and Vampire Police at Vino’s, 923 West 7th Street in Little Rock. Thursday, November 21, 2024. This show is all ages, admission is $20, doors open at 7 PM.

Club Nevermore is bringing Wingtips, along with special guests Ronnie Stone, Clusters of Fornication, and Vampire Police to Vino’s on Thursday, November 21, 2024. More info and a link to buy tickets can be found on this Facebook event page.