Release The Bats Radio Show

06/23/2026

Summer has finally arrived! ☀️ Time to avoid the daylight. Join us this Thursday, 11am Los Angeles time, for a Flashback First Hour and Summertime Get Down! And! We’ll ride the RtB Time Machine back to 2013 and see Peeling Grey perform Rumors at Release The Bats then go back further to 2004 and check out The Cure’s self titled LP - The Cure. And more! Why not!
Bring beer and snacks!
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Below are the incredibly talented artists we featured on last week’s show. Dig em up tonight on Bandcamp and Itunes! 😎

HORROR VACUI - A SUNNY DAY

BLOOD.TWIN - NO PLACE TO HIDE

SOFT RIOT - A FLASH AND THEN ITS GONE

VELATINE - PLAYING WITH THE ORBITS

DATURA - ORPHANS

GUILTY STRANGERS - UNDERTOW

CHRIST VS. WARHOL - SPOOKY ACTION (AT A DISTANCE)

TIGER KNIVES - BITTER END

GOSSIP COLLAR - DEAD FLIES

BATBONER - BURNNG THE EFFIGIES

DOGTABLET - LIKE TEARS IN RAIN (WITH YVETTE WINKLER)

BENTON - WANNA BE LIKE YOU

Missing the shows live? That’s the worst thing ever! Listen to past shows any time, here: mixcloud.com/davebats

Cheers!

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06/16/2026

Last week’s show was great! Hope you were able to join us! 🦇Below are the incredible artists we featured during the first hour of the show. Dig em all up tonight on Bandcamp! And join us again this Thursday, June 18th, for more awesome new contemporary Gothic and Alternative and thee best in the classics!
11am Los Angeles time on Twitch 🏴‍☠️
twitch.tv/releasethebatsclub

DATURA - TRAPPED

FANGS ON FUR - ROBBER BARON

MORTAL BOY - THAT GHOSTLY KISS

VELATINE - PLAYNG WITH THE ORBITS

GLASS COFFIN CLUB - PORCELAIN WINGS

THE FODS - I DON’T HATE IT

SJOBLOM - TIME STAND STILL

GOSSIP COLLAR - DORIAN

BLOOD DANCE - NO DIGNITY

THE MOONS OF JUPITER - UNITL THE END OF TIME

LUNAR PATHS - BLOOM

BLOOD.TWIN - HEADBLOCK

Missing the shows live? That’s the worst! But, you can listen to them anytime on Mixcloud! mixcloud.com/davebats

Cheers!

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06/16/2026

06/11/2026

11am Los Angeles time 😎

06/09/2026

Last Thursday’s show was fantastic! We always have a great time talking with Patrik Mata of Kommunity FK and what a great lead in to a weekend filled with incredible music and old friends!
Speaking of incredible music, below are the artists we featured during the first hour of the show. Dig em up today on Bandcamp!
And join us again, this Thursday June 11th at 11am Los Angeles time for more new music from around the world and new music from Ex-VoTo! And, we’ll take the Bat Turntable Time Machine back to 2011 to check out Peter Murphy’s new album, plus the best in the classics provided by the historical Release The Bats DJ set lists!
Bring beer! Twitch.tv/releasethebatsclub

LUNAR PATHS - BLOOM

MELANCULIA - SUNBOAT ASCENSION

BENTON - BROKEN DOWN DREAMS

BLACK ROSE BURNING - INTO THE BLACK

STARS AND THE UNDERGROUND - ECHOLOCATION W/ HANNAH BERRY OF TALMAR

LARSOVITCH - CORPS

GLASS COFFIN CLUB - DANCE OF THE END DAYS

DOKTOR DRAKUSLAB - PRESENCE

THE DEEP EYNDE - HOODOO

OCTAVIAN WINTERS - VELVETEEN

FUNERAL PROCESS - LAST BREATH

ASTARI NITE - DEARLY BELOVED

Missing out on the live shows on Thursdays? Don’t fret! You can listen to them any time here: mixcloud.com/davebats

Cheers!

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06/06/2026

NEW LOCATION for Saturday’s show with Kommunity FK. It will now be at the Stardust in Downey, CA!

06/03/2026

We're back from Pluto! Join us this Thursday June 4th for new music from around the Gothic Globe, the best in the classics and more! Plus - we'll be speaking with Patrik Mata of Kommunity FK on the Bat Phone! Lots in store! Hope you can make it ~~~
Bring beer!
11am Los Angeles time on Twitch 🏴‍☠️
twitch.tv/releasethebatsclub

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05/23/2026

Thursday's show was great! Gave us and many more a great sense of “FOMO” over WGT but was really fun reminiscing over past WGT experiences. And it was great playing so many of our friends and colleagues bands during the first hour of our show while they’re performing live in Leipzig! Below are those bands. All of these songs and more are available on Bandcamp right now. We encourage you to dig em all up!

THE LINE UP MAY 21 2026 “””WGT BANDS”””

THE PALACE OF TEARS - COLD DEAD SKIN

ASH CODE - FEAR

FLIEHENDE STÜRME - STRAHLEN

ASTARI NITE - ALL ELSE IS A CURSE

NOX NOVACULA - DRUG (BITTER PILL)

ELEMENT - IN THE NITETIME * not playing - just added to the set for stories

OCTAVIAN WINTERS - UNDERTOW

PINK TURNS BLUE - BREAK IT

ROSEGARDEN FUNERAL PARTY - DOORWAY GHOST

ANJA HUWE XMAL DEUTCHLAND - POLARFOREST

BE***AL MOUTHS - BEING BOILED

KIM WILDE - ROCKET TO THE MOON

** WE WILL BE AWAY NEXT WEEK!!
Returning on Thursday June 4th with new music, the best in the classics, and plenty of Gothic wackiness! 11am PDT
twitch.tv/releasethebatsclub
In the meantime, visit Youtube and flash back to Release The Bats & see clips and live performances of many of the bands that infected the Bat Stage back in the day! https://www.youtube.com/
Cheers!

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05/19/2026

Last week’s show was too much fun! Hope you were able to join us. Below are the incredible bands we featured during the first hour. Visit Bandcamp tonight and get em all! 🕸️

This week’s program will be a little different - Thursday May 21st. We’ll be featuring our annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen special, featuring friends of the show that are performing this year and we’ll flash back to 2014 for The Cure Party at Noel’s Ballroom in Leipzig and see Peeling Grey perform their spectacular rendition of A Forest!
PLUS - we’re starting World Goth Day early! Join us for the officially unofficial official WGD Twitch pre-party!
The best in the classics and the coolest of the contemporary ~~~
11am Los Angeles time ⏰
Bring Pfeffe und Biere!
twitch.tv/releasethebatsclub

THE LINE UP MAY 14 2026

OCTAVIAN WINTERS - BY THE STARS

BLACK ROSE BURNING - YOU’RE RETRO HI-FI HILLARY REMIX

TANGIENTS - VOID

DOKTOR DRAKULAB - DR. KILLPATIENT

STARS AND THE UNDERGROUND - ECHOLOCATION (FEATURING HANNAH BAARY FROM TALMAR)

BATNAP! - SU***DE RATE IS HIGH ON MARS

CHRISTINE PLAYS VIOLA - YOU DON’T FOOL ME

STILL FIGURES - THE ENDLESS

EVE’S BLACK HEART - NIGHT STALKER

BLOOD DANCE - CHILD OF FEAR (SINISTER REMIX)

VELATINE - TILL DEATH WE DO ART

MOOD OF A SINNER - THOU NEVER DREAMETH (DISENCHANTMENT)

Missing the live shows? That's the worst. However you can listen to the podcast versions of past shows here:
mixcloud.com/davebats

Cheers!

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