MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/21/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/21/12
END OF THE WORLD / END OF THE YEAR / CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!

HOUR 1
NEW MEDICINE - "end of the world" // race you to the bottom
JOHNNYROOK - "chinatowne" // from remorse we learn
LEMMY & DAVE GROHL - "run, rudolph, run" // we wish you a metal Christmas
BOMBA DE LUZ - "swear you away" // what a heavy weight
WIPING OUT THOUSANDS - "feed" // this came first
GEMINI SYNDROME - "pleasure and pain" // pleasure and pain - single
SPOKEN - "through it all" // through it all - single

QUIETDRIVE - "all I want for Christmas is you" // all I want for Christmas is you - single
AUGUST BURNS RED - "frosty the snowman" // sleddin' hill
DOWN AND ABOVE - "last summer's nightmare" // anodyne
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
THE HOT ROD HEATERS - "scorelord" // vol 1 - intake
CHILDREN 18:3 - "follow the star" // follow the star - single
RED - "perfect life" // release the panic
BLOODWILLTELL - "when the time comes" // condolences (re-release)
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE - "jingle bells" // a very brutal Christmas

HOUR 2
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE - "who told you you could eat my cookies" // double brutal
AUGUST BURNS RED - "rudolph the red nosed reindeer" // sleddin' hill
AS I LAY DYING - "a greater foundation" // awakened
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - "sassafras" // with roots above and branches below
FOR TODAY - "fearless" // immortal
THE CHARIOT - "in" // one wing
INCITE - "the aftermath" // all out war
RAMMSTEIN - "gib mir deine augen" // mein herz brennt - ep

AUGUST BURNS RED - "winter wonderland" // sleddin' hill
DEFTONES - "gauze" // koi no yokan
SHADOWS FALL - "divide and conquer" // fire from the sky
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" // live at the What's Up Lounge
NUISANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence
SCREAMING MONKEY BONER - "the end...tis rising in squares" // the process of assimilation
FLIPP - "half a brain" // flipp
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "here comes the crash" // new world disaster
AUGUST BURNS RED - "we wish you a merry Christmas" // sleddin' hill

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/14/12 - ECHO EFFECT

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/14/12
GUESTS :: ECHO EFFECT

HOUR 1
RED - "perfect life" // release the panic
SPOKEN - "through it all" // through it all - single
AMANDA PALMER AND THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA - "want it back" // theatre is evil
ILIA - "Ezekial" // we were shipwrecks
YOUNG GUNS - "bones" // bones
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "wait so long" // motion city soundtrack/trampled by turtles split
3 PILL MORNING - "skin" // black tie love affair
LESSONS - "divisions" // five points - ep

CHILDREN 18:3 - "follow the star" // follow the star - single
LACUNA COIL - "end of time" // dark adrenaline
THE HOT ROD HEATERS - "texas city" // vol 1 - intake
BRING THE SUN - "MF" // like a lion - ep
TW - "masked" // destined to be real
DEMON HUNTER - "lifewar" // the world is a thorn
DOOMTREE - "fresh new trash" // no kings

HOUR 2
ECHO EFFECT - "seven" // seven - single
JACK WHITE - "freedom at 21" (live) // live at Third Man Records
DEFTONES - "poltergeist" // koi no yokan
DEAD SARA - "whispers and ashes" // dead sara
THE GOODBARS - "I'm alive" // I'm alive - single
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "passenger seat" // keep your devils around

PANTERA - "the great southern trendkill" // the great southern trendkill
INCITE - "the aftermath" // all out war
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "coercion" // unsigned and underrated comp
BUTCHER BABIES - "mr. slowdeath" // butcher babies - ep
GEMINI SYNDROME - "pleasure and pain" // pleasure and pain - single
SYLOSIS - "burn anew" // monolith
AUGUST BURNS RED - "sleigh ride" // sleddin' hill
HATEBREED - "put it to the torch" // the divinity of purpose

**SPECIAL THANKS to JACOB from ECHO EFFECT for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week!! Make sure to check out ECHO EFFECT's first show DEC 28 at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis with TEPETRICY, 7TH ASCENT and SOLUTION THIRTEEN (18+ show)**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/7/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/7/12

HOUR 1
EVERY TIME I DIE - "imitation is the sincerest form of battery" // the big dirty
STONE SOUR - "a rumor of skin" // house of gold and bones part one
OTHERWISE - "die for you" // true love never dies
NUISANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence
DOOMTREE - "no way" // no kings
BOMBA DE LUZ - "swear you away" // what a heavy weight
SUIT AND TIE GENOCIDE - "woe is you" // forthcoming disc

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - "the narrows" // XX (20th anniversary edition)
JOHNNYROOK - "computer" // from remorse we learn
NONPOINT - "I said it" // nonpoint
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "sugars of someday" // sugars of someday - single
REFLECTIONS - "advance upon me brethern" // the fantasy effect
ANBERLIN - "self starter" // vital
FLYLEAF - "call you out" // new horizons

HOUR 2
PANTERA - "mouth for war" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "a new level" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "walk" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "hostile" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "this love" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "rise" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "no good (attack the radical)" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)

PANTERA - "live in a hole" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "regular people (conceit)" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "by demons be driven" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "hollow" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "piss" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA - "cowboys from hell" // cowboys from hell (20th anniversary edition)

R.I.P. Dimebag!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/30/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/30/12

HOUR 1
DIESL - "doubt" // tortured
DIESL - "melt" // tortured
DISKORD - "dead to me" // limberdink road
DISKORD - "stamina" // crunch
HALESTORM - "freak like me" // the strange case of
IN THIS MOMENT - "adrenalize" // blood
BOBAFLEX - "low life" // hell in my heart

ROYAL BLISS - "monster" // waiting out the sun
REVILWEN - "amends" // follow the money
PRISSY CLERKS - "no sir" // bruised or be bruised
MIKE MICTLAN - "dwnsze" // snaxxx
P.O.S - "weird friends (we don't even live here)" // we don't even live here
YOUNG GUNS - "bones" // bones
NEW MEDICINE - "laid" // race you to the bottom
DOWN AND ABOVE - "anodyne" // anodyne
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around

HOUR 2
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" // live at the What's Up Lounge
QUIETDRIVE - "handsome devil's benediction" // quietdrive - ep
ECHO EFFECT - "seven" // seven - single
BRING THE SUN - "irish carbomb" // like a lion
GOJIRA - "L'enfant sauvage" // L'enfant sauvage
DEVIN TOWNSEND - "lucky animals" // epicloud
THE USED - "put me out" // vunerable
THROW THE FIGHT - "not so hollywood" // what doesn't kill us

DOWN - "misfortune teller" // down IV part I - the purple ep
HATEBREED - "put it to the torch" // the divinity of purpose
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - "temper temper" // temper temper
SEVENDUST - "splinter" // cold day memory
LACUNA COIL - "kill the light" // dark adrenaline
ANIMALS AS LEADERS - "an infinate regression" // weightless
MESHUGGAH - "marrow" // koloss


SHOWS MENTIONED DURING THIS EPISODE...

DEC 1 - DISKORD, DIESL @ Choppers in Mankato -- 21+ LAST SHOW EVER AT CHOPPERS
DEC 4 - HALESTORM, IN THIS MOMENT, EVE TO ADAM @ First Avenue in Mpls SOLD OUT
DEC 6 - BOBAFLEX, ROYAL BLISS, REVILWEN @ Busters in Mankato -- 21+
DEC 7 - CAPTAIN ELEVEN, ILL P.O.E and GHOSTWOOD PROJECT @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 21+
DEC 8 - PRISSY CLERKS (CD RELEASE), ALPHA CONSUMER, THE JIM RUIZ SET and NALLO @ 7th St Entry in Mpls -- 18+
DEC 14 - DOOMTREE BLOWOUT 8 @ First Ave in Mpls -- 21+ SOLD OUT
DEC 15 - DOOMTREE BLOWOUT 8 @ First Ave in Mpls -- 18+ SOLD OUT
DEC 15 - BEAUTIFUL CORPSE, FETUS HEIST, WARROOSTER, THE VAMPIRE CHOIR @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 21+ FREE
DEC 15 - FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING, CLOSE TO HOME, THE BROWNING, MY TICKET HOME, BURIED IN VERONA @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
DEC 16 - DOOMTREE BLOWOUT 8 @ First Ave in Mpls -- ALL AGES
DEC 16 – VEIL OF MAYA, THE ACACIA STRAIN, UPON A BURNING BODY, VOLUMES, TWITCHING TOUNGES @ Station 4 in St. Paul – ALL AGES
DEC 20 - STEEL PANTHER, YOUNG GUNS @ Mill City Nights in Mpls -- 18+ SOLD OUT
DEC 21 - NEW MEDICINE, DOWN AND ABOVE and AMERICAN SCARECROWS @ Varsity Theater in Mpls -- 18+
DEC 21 - THE STYLE BITERS, ANGRY BUKOWSKI, GOLDEN BUBBLES, THE BODY POLITIC and PROFESSOR FRESH @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 21+
DEC 27 - QUIETDRIVE @ Varsity Theater in Mpls -- ALL AGES
DEC 28 - TEPETRICY, ECHO EFFECT (CD RELEASE), 7TH ASCENT and SOLUTION THIRTEEN @ Fine Line in Mpls -- 18+
DEC 31 - REVILWEN, BRING THE SUN, THE HOT ROD HEATERS @ Midtown Tavern -- 21+

JAN 5 - JOHNNYROOK (LAST SHOW), ROMAN SHIPS and DAMN YOUR EYES @ Triple Rock in Mpls -- 18+
JAN 14 - GOJIRA, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and THE ATLAS MOTH @ Mill City Nights in Mpls
JAN 17 - THE USED, WE CAME AS ROMANS, CROWN THE EMPIRE, MINDFLOW @ First Avenue in Mpls
JAN 19 - CANDLEBOX, DORYDRIVE, ECHO EFFECT, VAUDEVILLE @ High Five Bar and Grill in Burnsville -- 18+
JAN 25 – THROW THE FIGHT @ Busters in Mankato – 21+
JAN 26 - GOAT FEST feat FACE OF OBLIVION, BEAUTIFUL CORPSE, FETUS HEIST, WHAT LIES WITHIN and SYMPATHY DENIED @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 18+
JAN 28 - DOWN with WARBEAST @ First Avenue in Mpls -- 18+

FEB 2 - UNEARTH with WHITECHAPEL, EMMURE, OBEY THE BRAVE and THE PLOT IN YOU @ Mill City Nights in Mpls -- All Ages
FEB 23 - SEVENDUST, LACUNA COIL @ Pepsi Pavilion in Cedar Rapids, IA
FEB 23 - TESTAMENT, OVERKILL and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM @ First Avenue in Mpls -- 18+
FEB 24 - MESHUGGAH, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, INTRONAUT @ Mill City Nights in Mpls -- 18+

MAR 7 - DEAD SARA with MUSE @ Target Center in Mpls -- All Ages
MAR 23 - GOAT ENT presents KATAPLEXY, FACE OF OBLIVION, ABSENCE OF GOD, CLIMACTIC, WHAT LIES WITHIN @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 18+
MAR 25 - KMFDM with LEGION WITHIN @ First Avenue in Mpls -- 18+
MAR 27 - SOILWORK, JEFF LOOMIS, BLACKGUARD, THE BROWNING, WRETCHED @ Station 4 in St. Paul

JULY 21 - WARPED TOUR 2013 in Minneapolis

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/23/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/23/12

HOUR 1
DISKORD - "within shadows" // release
DIESL - "back home" // the failsafe
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" // live at the What's Up Lounge
GOODNIGHT GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
BRING THE SUN - "MF" // like a lion - ep
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III

NEW MEDICINE - "race you to the bottom" // race you to the bottom
YOUNG GUNS - "bones" // bones
P.O.S & MIKE MICTLAN - "get down" // we don't even live here
HALESTORM - "bet u wish u had me back" // in the live room
IN THIS MOMENT - "next life" // beautiful tragedy
3 PILL MORNING - "skin" // black tie love affair
AUGUST BURNS RED - "sleigh ride" // sleddin' hill
RED - "feed the machine" // until we have faces

HOUR 2
HATEBREED - "put it to the torch" // the divinity of purpose
BUTCHER BABIES - "mr. slowdeath" // butcher babies - ep
OPETH - "slither" // heritage
UNEARTH - "giles" // III : in the eyes of fire
VEIL OF MAYA - "punisher" // eclipse
KYLESA - "scapegoat" // static tensions
TEXAS IN JULY - "bed of nails" // texas in july
LESSONS - "divisions" // five points
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "don't need it / sisyphus" // torch

TYPE O NEGATIVE - "summer breeze" // bloody kisses
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - "the narrows" // XX (20th anniversary edition)
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - "freedom" // rage against the machine
TESTAMENT - "rise up" // the dark roots of earth
GEMINI SYNDROME - "pleasure and pain" // forthcoming disc
DEFTONES - "swerve city" // koi no yokan

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/16/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/16/12

HOUR 1
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "major leagues" // making moves
NOW, NOW - "prehistoric" // threads
PINWHEEL - "playground" // unsigned and underrated vol 1
NONPOINT - "lights, camera, action" // nonpoint
THROW THE FIGHT - "lights out for summer" // what doesn't kill us
NEW MEDICINE - "sun goes down" // race you to the bottom
LOSTPROPHETS - "bring 'em down" // weapons
THE GOODBARS - "I'm alive" // forthcoming disc

SUIT AND TIE GENOCIDE - "freak show" // forthcoming disc
MINDRITE - "my survival" // unsigned and underrated vol 1
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" // live at the What's Up Lounge
ARROWS AT DAWN - "something more" // out of touch
BOBAFLEX - "doom walker" // primative epic
DIESL - "more than life" // tortured
SOUND AND FURY - "god complex" // sound and fury

HOUR 2
MACHINE HEAD - "this is the end" (live) // machine f'n head live
MACHINE HEAD - "darkness within" (live) // machine f'n head live
UNDEROATH - "sunburnt" // anthology 1999-2013
STONE SOUR - "RU486" // house of gold and bones part one
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "coercion" // unsigned and underrated vol 1
VALOR TRACKS - "flood gates" // here all along

SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "get out of the way" // the policy of unilateral hate
GEMINI SYNDROME - "pleasure and pain" // pleasure and pain - single
DEFTONES - "poltergeist" // koi no yokan
DOWN - "misfortune teller" // down IV part I - the purple ep
SYLOSIS - "born anew" // monolith
PERIPHERY - "facepalm mute" // periphery II
DEVILDRIVER - "not all who wander are lost" // the last kind words

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/09/12 - 12th Anniversary Show

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/09/12
12th Anniversary Show

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "gauze" // koi no yokan
ALIGN - "simple suggestion" // sing. rock. rhythm. beats.
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "fort dodge police" // the eagle's revenge
BOMBA DE LUZ - "swear you away" // what a heavy weight
SECONDS BEFORE - "perfect hand" // further desinations
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
FLYLEAF - "new horizons" // new horizons
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "severance" // making moves

DEFTONES - "swerve city" // koi no yokan
DESTROPHY - "still bleeding" // cry havoc
GINGERJAKE - "grey on blue" // paralysis
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "cubicle fire" // torch
GOODNIGHT GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
WIPING OUT THOUSANDS - "feed" // this came first
ENEMY X - "the ends of the earth" // the ends of the earth
ECHO EFFECT - "seven" // seven - single

HOUR 2
DEFTONES - "romantic dreams" // koi no yokan
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "real life" // just so you know - single
INDEX CASE - "roofies" // glass
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "coercion" // unsigned and underrated comp
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "here comes the crash" // new world disaster
NUISANCE - "priaprism" // kill the silence

DEFTONES - "poltergeist" // koi no yokan
ALL THAT REMAINS - "you can't fill my shadow" // a war you cannot win
BUTCHER BABIES - "axewound" // butcher babies - ep
P.O.S - "p.o.s is ruining my life" // audition
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" // live at the What's Up Lounge
MACHINE HEAD - "davidian" (live) // machine f****n' head live
BANEHINGE - "if I can" // psycles
CONVERGE - "aimless arrow" // all we love we leave behind

Get your copy of the Unsigned and Underrated compilation for free at http://www.un-comp.com/vol1/ featuring new music from Dead Horse Trauma, Nuisance, Gabriel and the Apocalpse, Mindrite, 12 Days Silent and more!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/2/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/2/12

HOUR 1
THRICE - "in exile" (live) // anthology
FLYLEAF - "bury your heart" // new horizons
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - "same love" // the heist
GOOD NIGHT, GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
WIPING OUT THOUSANDS - "feed" // this came first
THE GOODBARS - "I'm alive"

TORCH THE SPIRES - "the great snipe hunt" // bastard sons of minneapolis
DEFTONES - "tempest" // koi no yokan
DEAD SARA - "monumental holiday" // dead sara
BOBAFLEX - "low-life" // hell in my heart
DISKORD - "dead to me" // limberdink road
DIESL - "forget it" // the failsafe
STONE SOUR - "a rumor of skin" // house of gold and bones part one
IN THIS MOMENT - "burn" // blood

HOUR 2
NUISANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence
SUICIDE SILENCE - "wake up" // no time to bleed
SUICIDE SILENCE - "you only live once" // the black crown
DOWN - "misfortune teller" // down IV part one - the purple ep
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "imaginary problems" // the policy of unilateral hate
MACHINE HEAD - "the blood, the sweat, the tears" (live) // machine f'ing head live
MACHINE HEAD - "aesthetics of hate" (live) // machine f'ing head live

AFTER THE BURIAL - "berzerker" // rareform
YOUR MEMORIAL - "redirect" // redirect
REFLECTIONS - "good push" // the fantasy effect
SYSTEM DIVIDE - "the apex doctrine" // the conscious sedation
FOR TODAY - "fearless" // immortal
EVERY TIME I DIE - "the low road has no exits" // ex lives


R.I.P. Mitch Lucker

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/26/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/26/12

HOUR 1
STONE SOUR - "a rumor of skin" // house of gold and bones part one
4ONTHEFLOOR - "howl for me" // heartbeats / 4onthefloor split
BOMBA DE LUZ - "swear you away" // what a heavy weight
DIESL - "back home" // the failsafe
BRING THE SUN - "MF" // like a lion - ep
P.O.S - "weird friends (we don't even live here)" // we don't even live here
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "my favorite mistake" // I am the movie

SUIT AND TIE GENOCIDE - "woe is you" // woe is you - single
ECHO EFFECT - "seven" // seven - single
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "wild hearts" // keep your devils around
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" // live at the What's Up Lounge
THROW THE FIGHT - "not so hollywood" // what doesn't kill us
CHILDREN 18:3 - "bandits" // on the run
NEW MEDICINE - "race you to the bottom" // race you to the bottom

HOUR 2
STONE SOUR - "ru486" // house of gold and bones part one
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
MINDRITE - "steamroller" // good times bad times
INDEX CASE - "for nothing" // index case
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "disbelief" // tellus hodiernus caducus
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "pretty disaster" // new world disaster
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair

MACHINE HEAD - "locust" (live) // machine f'ing head live
MACHINE HEAD - "darkness within" (live) // machine f'ing head live
ENEMY X - "unbroken" // the ends of the earth
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - "temper temper" // temper temper - single
THE AGONIST - "panophobia" // prisoners
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "drive" // in desolation

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MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/19/12 - ANBERLIN and P.O.S

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/19/12
GUESTS :: ANBERLIN and P.O.S

HOUR 1
THE CHALICE - "push it" // we are the chalice
WIPING OUT THOUSANDS - "feed" // this came first
THE LETTER BLACK - "sick charade" // sick charade - single
4ONTHEFLOOR - "howl for me" // heartbeats / 4onthefloor split
DEFTONES - "tempest" // koi no yokan
ANBERLIN - "self starter" // vital

ANBERLIN - "desires" // vital
ANBERLIN - "little tyrants" // vital
CHILDREN 18:3 - "moment to moment" // on the run
ECHO EFFECT - "seven" // seven - single
NEW MEDICINE - "turning it into this" // race you to the bottom - deluxe single
BRING THE SUN - "irish carbomb" // like a lion - ep
PUSCIFER - "conditions of my parole" // conditions of my parole

HOUR 2
BOMBA DE LUZ - "swear you away" // what a heavy weight
P.O.S - "bumper" // we don't even live here
P.O.S feat MIKE MICTLAN - "get down" // we don't even live here
MIKE MICTLAN - "dwnsze" // snaxxx

P.O.S - "weird friends (we don't even live here)" // we don't even live here
FLYLEAF - "call you out" // new horizons
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "sugars of someday" // sugars of someday - single
STONE SOUR - "absolute zero" // house of gold and bones part one
DEVIN TOWNSEND - "lucky animals" // epicloud
FOZZY - "sandpaper" // sin and bones
DETHKLOK - "andromeda" // dethalbum III
BUTCHER BABIES - "axe wound" // butcher babies - ep

**SPECIAL THANKS to CHRISTIAN from ANBERLIN and P.O.S for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! ANBERLIN's new album VITAL is out now and P.O.S' new album WE DON'T EVEN LIVE HERE is out on Monday!!!**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/12/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/12/12

HOUR 1
THE LETTER BLACK - "sick charade" // sick charade - single
ECHO EFFECT - "seven" // seven - single
EYE EMPIRE - "I pray" // moment of impact
KYNG - "bleed well" // trampled sun
LETLIVE - "renegade 86" // fake history
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover
BRING THE SUN - "broken ribs" // cancer face - ep

MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS - "same love" // the heist
JACK WHITE - "I'm shakin'" // blunderbuss
CITY OF GHOSTS - "living pieces" // daylight
THE CHALICE - "push it" // we are the chalice
THE WEDDING - "no direction" // no direction
QUIETDRIVE - "sleazy" // up or down
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" (live at the What's Up)
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous

HOUR 2
NONPOINT - "lights, camera, action" // nonpoint
AXEWOUND - "cold" // vultures
AFTER THE BURIAL - "bread crumbs and white stones" // in dreams
REFLECTIONS - "good push" // the fantasy effect
CONVERGE - "aimless arrow" // all we love we leave behind
TORCHE - "in pieces" // harmonicraft
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE - "you know that ain't them dogs real voices" // ruining it for everybody
DEFTONES - "tempest" // koi no yokan

DETHKLOK - "crush the industry" // dethalbum III
MACHINE HEAD - "who we are" // unto the locust
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
GALLOWS - "outsider art" // gallows
TEXAS IN JULY - "C4" // texas in july
KATATONIA - "the parting" // dead end kings
WINDS OF PLAGUE - "refined in the fire" // against the world

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/05/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/05/12

HOUR 1
THE WEDDING - "no direction" // no direction
CHILDREN 18:3 - "LCM" // children 18:3
TAKING BACK SUNDAY - "cute without the "e" (cut from the team)" // tell all your friends
BROTHER ALI - "stop the press" // mourning in america, dreaming in color
GOOD NIGHT, GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
TW - "masked" // destined to be real
STAIJA - "choler" // show yourself

KYNG - "falling down" // trampled sun
EYE EMPIRE - "I pray" // moment of impact
DEFTONES - "tempest" // koi no yokan
BRING THE SUN - "Rx" // bring the sun
P.O.S - "bumper" // we don't even live here
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" (live at the What's Up Lounge)
UNDEROATH - "writing on the walls" // define the great line
ENEMY X - "unbroken" // the ends of the earth

HOUR 2
GALLOWS - "outsider art" // gallows
BUTCHER BABIES - "axe wound" // butcher babies - ep
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "salt the earth" // the unilateral policy of hate
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "like God" // new world disaster
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "disbelief" // tellus hodiernus caducus
NUISANCE - "five star general" // the five star ep
TEXAS IN JULY - "C4" // texas in july
REFLECTIONS - "advance upon me brethern" // the fantasy effect

AFTER THE BURIAL - "encased in ice" // in dreams
DETHKLOK - "andromeda" // dethalbum III
CONVERGE - "aimless arrow" // all we love we leave behind
MACHINE HEAD - "darkness within" // unto the locust
SYSTEM DIVIDE - "lethargy" // the conscious sedation
MARILYN MANSON - "hey, cruel world" // born villian
ROB ZOMBIE - "american witch" // educated horses

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 9/28/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 9/28/12

HOUR 1
KYNG - "bleed easy" // trampled sun
STONE SOUR - "gone sovereign" // house of gold and bones part one
STONE SOUR - "absolute zero" // house of gold and bones part one
MIKE MICTLAN - "dwnsze" // snaxxx
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "wait so long" // motion city soundtrack / trampled by turtles split
NOW, NOW - "dead oaks" // threads
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money

REFUSED - "new noise" // the shape of punk to come
ILL P.O.E. - "I'm ill" // vanguard
ICON FOR HIRE - "get well" // scripted
FLYLEAF - "new horizons" // new horizons
CHILDREN 18:3 - "moment to moment" // on the run
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around
YOUNG GUNS - "bones" // bones

HOUR 2
KYNG - "falling down" // trampled sun
LAMB OF GOD - "the undertow" // resolution
ANTHRAX - "revolution screams" // worship music
MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER - "killing me slow" // IV
IN THIS MOMENT - "blood" // blood
HALESTORM - "love bites (so do I)" // the strange case of...
NEW MEDICINE - "laid" // race you to the bottom

BUTCHER BABIES - "axe wound" // butcher babies - ep
MACHINE HEAD - "this is the end" // unto the locust
OH SLEEPER - "endseekers" // children of fire
NUISANCE - "five star general" // the five star ep
TORCHE - "in pieces" // harmonicraft
DEVILINSIDE - "kiss the cynic" // volume one
KILL SWITCH - "old testament" // the disaster image

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/21/12 - CRASHING DAYLIGHT

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/21/12
GUESTS :: CRASHING DAYLIGHT

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "leathers" // koi no yokan
ANBERLIN - "self starter" // vital
GOOD NIGHT, GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
DEAD SARA - "whispers and ashes" // dead sara
BROTHER ALI - "say amen" // mourning in America, dreaming in color
CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "with nothing" // with nothing - single

CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "collide" // collide - single
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "here comes the crash" // new world disaster
CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "can't let go" // the nature of feeling
H.I.M. - "strange world" // XX : two decades of love metal

HOUR 2
DOWN - "misfortune teller" // down IV part I - the purple ep
FOZZY - "sandpaper" // sin and bones
P.O.S - "FYS" // we don't even live here
MICTLAN - "game over" // doomtree
AS I LAY DYING - "a greater foundation" // awakened
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "cubicle fire" // torch
ENGEL - "frontline" // blood of saints

SYSTEM DIVIDE - "the apex doctrine" // the conscious sedation
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING - "mark my words" // outspoken
GALLOWS - "true colours" // birth is death - ep
GALLOWS - "last June" // gallows
TORCHE - "walk it off" // harmonicraft
TORCH THE SPIRES - "the great snipe hunt" // bastard sons of Minneapolis
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE - "danger in the manger" // it's all happening
BRIAN POSEHN - "the gambler" // fart and weiner jokes
3 INCHES OF BLOOD - "metal woman" // long live heavy metal
DEFTONES - "around the fur" // around the fur

**SPECIAL THANKS to EVAN, BRANDON, PATRICK and EVAN from CRASHING DAYLIGHT for stopping up to the Midwest Beatdown this week!!!**


SHOWS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE!!!

SEPT 21 - CRASHING DAYLIGHT, SEAZON OF THE FLY, SMILING POLITELY @ Busters in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 22 – SEAZON OF THE FLY, STRANGE FOREST, (TBA) @ What’s Up Lounge in Mankato – 21+
SEPT 26 - CRASHING DAYLIGHT, THE CRUICAL STEP, I CORVINUS, AEOUS @ Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis -- 21+
SEPT 28 – STATIC X, EMMURE, ILL NINO, 9 ELECTRIC, THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE, SHOGUN, DEAD HORSE TRAUMA @ Bamboo Betty’s in Circle Pines, MN – 21+
SEPT 29 - GOAT Entertainment presents FACE OF OBLIVION, BLOODGEON, PLAGUED INSANITY, WHAT LIES WITHIN @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 18+
OCT 5 - BROTHER ALI, BLANK TAPE BELOVED, HOMEBOY SANDMAN, THE REMINDERS @ First Ave -- 18+
OCT 6 - BROTHER ALI, BLANK TAPE BELOVED, HOMEBOY SANDMAN, THE REMINDERS @ First Ave – ALL AGES
OCT 6 - NUISANCE (CD release), DEAD HORSE TRAUMA, GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE, OUTSIDE THE MURDER, SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN @ Pickle Park -- 18+
OCT 7 – FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING with ABANDON ALL SHIPS, SKIP THE FOREPLAY, UPON THIS DAWNING, PALISADES @ Triple Rock in Mpls – ALL AGES
OCT 17 – IWRESTLEDABEARONCE, OCEANO, VANNA, WITHIN THE RUINS, THE PLOT IN YOU, SURROUNDED BY MONSTERS, THE DISASTER RADIUS @ Station 4 in St. Paul – ALL AGES
OCT 19 - CONVERGE, TORCHE, KVELERTAK @ Triple Rock in Mpls
OCT 26 - P.O.S (CD release) @ First Avenue in Mpls – 18+
NOV 5 - EPICA, ALESTORM, INSOMNIUM, SYSTEM DIVIDE and DESTINY POTATO @ Station 4 in St. Paul
NOV 15 - GALLOWS, BARNBURNER @ 7th St Entry in Mpls -- 18+

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/14/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/14/12

HOUR 1
P.O.S - "fuck your stuff" // we don't even live here
LETLIVE - "muther" // fake history
GOOD NIGHT, GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
SECONDS BEFORE - "where dreams go to die" // gravity well
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous
MINDRITE - "hunger and fear" // the 660 anthology
SCARLET HAZE - "blame it on you" // one bad bitch
AMANDA PALMER and the GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA - "do it with a rockstar" // theatre is evil

AMANDA PALMER and the GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA - "lost" // theatre is evil
BROTHER ALI - "stop the press" // mourning in america, dreaming in color
STATE YOUR CAUSE - "steal the stars" // steal the stars
CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "collide" // collide - single
GALLOWS - "last june" // gallows
BANNER PILOT - "alchemy" // heart beats pacific
NOFX - "seeing double at the triple rock" // wolves in wolves' clothing
CIVET - "hell hath no fury" // hell hath no fury

HOUR 2
AS I LAY DYING - "a greater foundation" // awakened
TEXAS IN JULY – “bed of nails” // texas in july
KATATONIA – “the one you are looking for is not here” // dead end kings
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - "lucky animals" // epicloud
YOUR MEMORIAL – “shipwreck” // redirect
MACHINE HEAD - "elegy" // through the ashes of empires
ALL THAT REMAINS - "down through the ages" // a war you cannot win
NUISANCE – “migrate” // migrate – single

DEAD HORSE TRAUMA – “disbelief” (feat Myke Terry) // tellus hodiernus caducus
LAMB OF GOD – “desolation” // resolution
HATEBREED – “destroy everything” // live dominance dvd
IN FLAMES – “take this life” // come clarity
MARILYN MANSON – “long hard road out of hell" // lest we forget
AFTER THE BURIAL – “aspiration” // rareform
REFLECTIONS – “ceilings” // the fantasy effect

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/07/12 - ENEMY X and YOUR MEMORIAL

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 09/07/12
GUESTS :: ENEMY X and YOUR MEMORIAL

HOUR 1
YOUNG GUNS – “bones” // bones
FLYLEAF – “new horizons” // new horizons – single
LENNON – “nothing out of me” // damaged goods
ATTENTION – “cracks in everything” // midwest movement 10th anniversary compliation
YOUR MEMORIAL – “redirect” // redirect
STONE SOUR – “absolute zero” // house of gold and bones part one
CASANATRA – “charlotte” // split the atom again
HALESTORM – “slave to the grind” // reanimate : the covers ep

BARONESS – “march to the sea” // yellow and green
KILL SWITCH – “rebuild” // what doesn’t kill us
ENEMY X – “unbroken” // the ends of the earth
DISKORD – “who am I?” // distance to nowhere

HOUR 2
ENEMY X – “the ends of the earth” // the ends of the earth
ENEMY X – “all seeing eye” // the ends of the earth
MACHINE HEAD – “be still and know” // unto the locust
KATATONIA – “the parting” // dead end kings

TEXAS IN JULY – “cry wolf” // texas in july
REVILWEN – “those who control” // follow the money
ILL P.O.E. – “the reason” // vanguard
YOUR MEMORIAL – “shipwreck” // redirect
DEAD SARA – “monumental holiday” // dead sara

**SPECIAL THANKS to JERRY, CHRIS, CHRIS and CHRIS from ENEMY X for stopping by the studio this week to promote their new album “The Ends of the Earth” which is out now on Itunes and Amazon. SPECIAL THANKS to WILLIE from YOUR MEMORIAL for calling in to promote their new album “Redirect” and their US tour kick off on Saturday (9/15) at Station 4 in St. Paul with For All I Am, ERRA, With Life in Mind, Revival, In The Line of Duty and Couriers.**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/31/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/31/12

HOUR 1
ANBERLIN - "someone anyone" // vital
DEAD SARA - "monumental holiday" // dead sara
GOOD NIGHT GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
P.O.S - "bumper" // we don't even live here
TORCHE - "letting go" // harmonicraft
CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "with nothing" // with nothing - single
3 PILL MORNING - "skin" // black tie love affair
THE LETTER BLACK - "away from me (pitch black and paranoid mix)" // hanging on by a remix

LETLIVE - "renegades 86" // fake history
MOTH COMPLEX - "stay" // moth complex
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover
CHILDREN 18:3 - "bandits" // on the run
CHASING AVALANCHE - "ringing in my ears" // without the hour
TEN DARK YEARS - "a perfekt ten" // skin deep
TAKING BACK SUNDAY - "you're so last summer" // tell all your friends
BROTHER ALI - "mourning in america" // mourning in america, dreaming in colour

HOUR 2
KATATONIA - "the parting" // dead end kings
ALL THAT REMAINS - "down through the ages" // a war you cannot win
PANTERA - "piss" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
DOWN - "witchtripper" // down IV part I - the purple ep
THE CHARIOT - "in" // one wing
FOR TODAY - "fearless" // immortal
GALLOWS - "last June" // gallows
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "imaginary problems" // the unilateral policy of hate

ENEMY X - "unbroken" // the ends of the earth
I AM WAR - "uninvite me to your facebook party" // outlast you all
OBEY THE BRAVE - "it starts today" // young blood
REFLECTIONS - "an artifact" // the fantasy effect
AFTER THE BURIAL - "encased in ice" // in dreams
YOUR MEMORIAL - "shipwreck" // redirect
WRITE THIS DOWN - "the older I get, the better I was" // lost weekend
EVERY TIME I DIE - "the marvelous slut" // new junk aesthetic


SHOWS!!!

SEPT 1 - GOOD NIGHT, GOLD DUST @ Scottie Fest in Lanesboro, MN -- ALL AGES
SEPT 8 - GOOD NIGHT, GOLD DUST @ Pride Fest at Vetter Stone Amphitheater in Mankato -- ALL AGES
SEPT 8 - GOOD NIGHT, GOLD DUST with ILL P.O.E. (CD release), DJ SHOBA, PROFESSOR FRESH, INTELLEGENT DESIGN @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 8 - REVILWEN, BRING THE SUN, WARROOSTER @ Red Sky in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 12 - 12 STONES, THE LETTER BLACK, 3 PILL MORNING @ First Avenue in Mpls
SEPT 15 - YOUR MEMORIAL, For All I Am, ERRA, With Life In Mind, Revival, In The Line Of Duty, Couriers @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
SEPT 16 - KATATONIA, DEVIN TOWNSEND, PARADISE LOST and STOLEN BABIES @ Station 4 in St. Paul
SEPT 21 - CRASHING DAYLIGHT, SEAZON OF THE FLY, SMILING POLITELY @ Busters in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 29 - GOAT Entertainment presents FACE OF OBLIVION, BLOODGEON, PLAGUED INSANITY, WHAT LIES WITHIN @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 18+
OCT 3 - AMANDA PALMER and THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA @ First Avenue -- 18+
OCT 5 - BROTHER ALI, BLANK TAPE BELOVED, HOMEBOY SANDMAN, THE REMINDERS @ First Ave -- 18+
OCT 6 - NUISANCE (CD release), DEAD HORSE TRAUMA, GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE, OUTSIDE THE MURDER, SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN @ Pickle Park -- 18+
OCT 11 - TAKING BACK SUNDAY (TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS 10th Anniversary Tour), BAYSIDE and MANSIONS @ First Avenue in Mpls -- ALL AGES
OCT 14 - AFTER THE BURIAL, THE CONTORTIONIST, REFLECTIONS @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
OCT 19 - CONVERGE, TORCHE, KVELERTAK @ Triple Rock in Mpls
OCT 20 - FALLING IN REVERSE, ENTER SHIKARI, I SEE STARS and LETLIVE @ Mill City Nights in Mpls -- ALL AGES
OCT 26 - P.O.S (CD release) @ First Avenue in Mpls
OCT 27 - GOAT Entertainment presents Halloween Metal Nights 2012 feat Novus Inceptum, GHOST HOOK, BEAUTIFUL CORPSE, SYMPATHY DENIED @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 18+
OCT 27 - WARROOSTER, BRING THE SUN, DIESL (Halloween Bash) @ Midtown Tavern in Mankato -- 21+
NOV 3 - GOAT Entertainment presents KATAPLEXY, FACE OF OBLIVION, FETUS HEIST, WHAT LIES WITHIN @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 18+
NOV 15 - GALLOWS, BARNBURNER @ 7th St Entry in Mpls -- 18+

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/24/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/24/12

HOUR 1
FLYLEAF - "new horizons" // new horizons - single
ICON FOR HIRE - "get well" // scripted
PAPER TIGER - "gold pass" // summer ep
PAPER TIGER feat DESSA - "and the camera" // made like us
AMANDA PALMER and the GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA - "lost" // theatre is evil
PRISSY CLERKS - "no sir" // no sir - single
DOWN AND ABOVE - "quiet my headache" // anodyne
TW - "live another day" // destined to be real - ep

BROTHER ALI - "mourning in america" // mourning in america, dreaming in colour
P.O.S. - "bumper" // we don't even live here
BRING THE SUN - "irish carbomb" // like a lion - ep
IS/IS - "fire" // III
STATE YOUR CAUSE - "steal the stars" // steal the stars
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous
BARONESS - "march to the sea" // yellow and green
DEFTONES - "976-evil" // diamond eyes
THROW THE FIGHT - "not so Hollywood" // what doesn't kill us

HOUR 2
PROJECT 86 - "S.O.T.S." // wait for the siren
NONPOINT - "I said it" // forthcoming album
THE LETTER BLACK - "all I want" // hanging on by a thread
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair
ANTHRAX - "got the time" // persistance of time
IN THIS MOMENT - "postmortem" // postmortem - single
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "happy happy joy joy" // smb's barnyard of musical oddities
UNEARTH - "sandblasted skin" // getcha pull : a tribute to dimebag darrell
MACHINE HEAD - "hostile" // getcha pull : a tribute to dimebag darrell

FOZZY - "sandpaper" // sin and bones
SOLACE AND STABLE - "satisfaction" // the systematic erosion of intergrity
MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE - "on the wings of integrity pt 2" // mychildren mybride
THE OVERSEER - "amend" // we search, we dig
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING - "mark my words" // outspoken
STONE SOUR - "gone soverign / absolute zero" // house of gold and bones part one
HATEBREED - "final prayer" // perserverance


SHOWS!!!

AUG 25 - BEST DAY EVER feat GOODNIGHT GOLD DUST, SISTER GIN and JASON HELDNER @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- ALL AGES
AUG 25 - BEST DAY EVER feat TURNED OUT TV, WARROOSTER, BRING THE SUN and BEAUTIFUL CORPSE @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 21+
AUG 25 - DOWN AND ABOVE, SECONDS BEFORE, BAD SLEEP WELL, HUSTLE ROSE and TW @ Fine Line in Mpls -- 18+
AUG 26 - SING OUT FOR KIDS BENEFIT SHOW feat DESSA, JEREMY MESSERSMITH, TOKI WRIGHT, CAROLINE SMITH, GABE DOUGLAS (4onthefloor), TAJ RAJ and DJ ANDER OTHER @ Hell's Kitchen in Mpls
AUG 28 – MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, BETRAYAL, LIONS LIONS, FAMOUS LAST WORDS @ The Garage
AUG 31 - MN MUSIC ON A STICK feat SEMISONIC, THE JAYHAWKS, DESSA, JEREMY MESSERSMITH @ MN State Fair -- ALL AGES
SEPT 2 - PRISSY CLERKS, THE SHIVAS, NICE PURSE @ Chamber of Secrets in Mpls -- 18+
SEPT 7 - CHEVELLE and THROW THE FIGHT @ First Ave in Mpls
SEPT 8 - REVILWEN, BRING THE SUN, WARROOSTER @ Red Sky in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 10 - ICON FOR HIRE @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
SEPT 12 - 12 STONES, THE LETTER BLACK, 3 PILL MORNING @ First Avenue in Mpls
SEPT 15 - YOUR MEMORIAL @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
SEPT 19 - EVANS BLUE, STATE YOUR CAUSE @ 7th St Entry in Mpls -- 18+
SEPT 29 - GOAT Entertainment presents FACE OF OBLIVION, BLOODGEON, PLAGUED INSANITY, WHAT LIES WITHIN @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 18+
OCT 3 - AMANDA PALMER and THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA @ First Avenue -- 18+
OCT 5 - BROTHER ALI, BLANK TAPE BELOVED, HOMEBOY SANDMAN, THE REMINDERS @ First Ave -- 18+
OCT 6 - NUISANCE (CD release) @ Pickle Park -- 18+
OCT 9 - MARILYN MANSON, ROB ZOMBIE, JDEVIL @ Verizon Wireless Civic Center in Mankato
OCT 11 - TAKING BACK SUNDAY (TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS 10th Anniversary Tour), BAYSIDE and MANSIONS @ First Avenue in Mpls -- ALL AGES
OCT 14 - AFTER THE BURIAL, THE CONTORTIONIST, REFLECTIONS @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 8/17/12

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 8/17/12

HOUR 1
P.O.S - "bumper" // we don't even live here
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "true romance" // go
OTHERWISE - "die for you" // true love never dies
TW - "live another day" // destined to be real
DOWN AND ABOVE - "last summer's nightmare" // anodyne
SECONDS BEFORE - "where dreams go to die" // gravity well
THE CLASSIC CRIME - "you and me both" // phoenix
BOBAFLEX - "low life" // hell in my heart

REVILWEN - "amends" // follow the money
ANGRY WATERS - "treason" // angry waters III
NEW MEDICINE - "the takeover" // the takeover - single
INCUBUS - "sick sad little world" // hq live (special edition)
MY LADY FOUR - "and suddendly I'm somebody" // everyone pays the gatekeeper
FOUR YEAR STRONG - "stuck in the middle" // in some way, shape or form
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover

HOUR 2
ENEMY X - "unbroken" // the ends of the earth
STONE SOUR - "gone soverign / absolute zero" // house of gold and bones part one
TESTAMENT - "rise up" // dark roots of earth
MACHINE HEAD - "imperium (live)" // exclusive
LAMB OF GOD - "now you got something to die for (live)" // walk with me in hell dvd
SLIPKNOT - "(sic)" // slipknot

DEFTONES - "around the fur" // around the fur
GOJIRA - "explosia" // L'enfant sauvage
IN THIS MOMENT - "adrenalize" // blood
EYES SET TO KILL - "all you ever knew" // broken frames
REFLECTIONS - "good push" // the fantasy effect
PERIPHERY - "facepalm mute" // periphery II : this time it's personal


CHECK OUT THESE SHOWS PROMOTED ON THE MIDWEST BEATDOWN THIS WEEK!!!

AUG 18 - BOBAFLEX, TEXAS HIPPIE COALATION, COWBOYS FROM HELL, REVILWEN, ANGRY WATERS, AMERICAN GOTHIC @ Tubby's in Cobden
AUG 18 - THE CLASSIC CRIME @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
AUG 18 - KNOTFEST feat SLIPKNOT, DEFTONES, LAMB OF GOD, MACHINE HEAD, SERJ TANKIAN, THE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN, CANNIBAL CORPSE, PRONG and GOJIRA @ Somerset Ampitheater in Somerset, WI -- ALL AGES
AUG 25 - TW (EP RELEASE) with DOWN AND ABOVE, SECONDS BEFORE, BAD SLEEP WELL and HUSTLE ROSE @ Fine Line in Mpls -- 18+
SEPT 8 - REVILWEN, BRING THE SUN, WARROOSTER @ Red Sky in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 8 - SOUND OF THE CITY feat Lost in Prague, My Lady Four, Electric Anthem, Fades Away, and an acoustic set by Alan & Dan from Four Year Strong @ Mill City Nights -- ALL AGES
NOV 18 - MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, JUKEBOX THE GHOST and NOW, NOW @ Varsity Theater -- ALL AGES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/10/12 - IN THIS MOMENT

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/10/12
GUESTS :: IN THIS MOMENT

HOUR 1
BRING THE SUN - "broken ribs" // cancer face - ep
CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "collide" // collide - single
THE CLASSIC CRIME - "you and me both" // phoenix
PIERCE THE VEIL - "king for a day" // collide with the sky
BOBAFLEX - "bury me with my guns on" // chemical valley
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the leader
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III

AMANDA PALMER and the GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA - "do it with a rockstar" // theatre is evil
IN THIS MOMENT - "blood" // blood
IN THIS MOMENT - "adrenalize" // blood
IN THIS MOMENT - "burn" // blood

HOUR 2
THE WORD ALIVE - "wishmaster" // life cycles
MASTODON - "a commotion" // feistodon
EYES SET TO KILL - "the secrets between" // white lotus
ELDERS - "riverbeds" // riverbeds 7 inch
GALLOWS - "last June" // gallows
MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE - "on the wings of integrity pt 2" // mychildren mybride
DOWN - "witchtripper" // down IV part 1 - the purple ep

DEFTONES - "rocket skates" // diamond eyes
GOJIRA - "of blood and salt"
MACHINE HEAD - "be still and know" // unto the locust
LAMB OF GOD - "the undertow" // resolution
SLIPKNOT - "before I forget (live)" // antennas to hell (special edition)
SERJ TANKIAN - "figure it out" // harakiri

**SPECIAL THANKS to IN THIS MOMENT for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week!!! IN THIS MOMENT's new album "BLOOD" is out TUESDAY (8/14)!!!**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/03/12 - STATE YOUR CAUSE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 08/03/12
GUESTS :: STATE YOUR CAUSE

HOUR 1
THE CLASSIC CRIME - "you and me both" // phoenix
VERSAEMERGE - "no consequences" // another atmosphere
3 PILL MORNING - "skin" // black tie love affair
BRING THE SUN - "broken ribs" // cancer face - ep
POLICA - "lay your cards out" // give you the ghost
TONIGHT ALIVE - "sure as hell" // what are you so scared of?
FADES AWAY - "perceptions" // perceptions

FEIST - "black tongue" // feistodon
BUSINESS MAN - "gets mine" // which way to hit city
STATE YOUR CAUSE - "steal the stars" // steal the stars
STATE YOUR CAUSE - "bring you back" // steal the stars
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover

HOUR 2
MASTODON - "a commotion" // feistodon
DOWN - "witchtripper" // down IV part 1 - the purple ep
YOUR MEMORIAL - "redirect" // redirect
VALOR TRACKS - "token of life" // demo
LAMB OF GOD - "ruin" // as the palaces burn
MACHINE HEAD - "ten ton hammer" // the more things change
DEFTONES - "you've seen the butcher" // diamond eyes

TESTAMENT - "rise up" // dark roots of earth
ROB ZOMBIE - "american witch" // educated horses
MARILYN MANSON - "you're so vain" // born villian
LETLIVE - "the sick, sick, 6.8 billion" // fake history
PERIPHERY - "facepalm mute" // periphery II
IN THIS MOMENT - "blood" // blood
IN FLAMES - "the puzzle" // sounds of a playground fading
AFTER THE BURIAL - "encased in ice" // in dreams

**SPECIAL THANKS to JAMES from STATE YOUR CAUSE for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week!!! STATE YOUR CAUSE's new album STEAL THE STARS is out now!**

CONCERTS MENTIONED DURING THIS EPISODE
AUG 10 - DUECE, PROFESSOR FRESH and BRING THE SUN @ Busters in Mankato -- 21+
AUG 11 - POLICA, SUPREME CUTS and ZOO ANIMAL @ Cabooze Outdoor Plaza -- 18+
AUG 18 - THE CLASSIC CRIME @ North Star Room in Mounds View -- ALL AGES
AUG 18 - KNOTFEST feat SLIPKNOT, DEFTONES, LAMB OF GOD, MACHINE HEAD, SERJ TANKIAN, GOJIRA, CANNIBAL CORPSE, PRONG, THE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN @ Somerset Ampetheater in Somerset, WI
AUG 25 - BEST DAY EVER feat TURNED OUT TV, WARROOSTER, BRING THE SUN, BEAUTIFUL CORPSE and more @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 8 - REVILWEN, BRING THE SUN, WARROOSTER @ Red Sky in Mankato -- 21+
SEPT 8 - SOUND OF THE CITY feat Lost in Prague, My Lady Four, Electric Anthem, Fades Away, and an acoustic set by Alan & Dan from Four Year Strong @ Mill City Nights -- ALL AGES
SEPT 15 - YOUR MEMORIAL @ Station 4 in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
OCT 9 - MARILYN MANSON, ROB ZOMBIE, JDEVIL @ Verizon Wireless Civic Center in Mankato
NOV 10 - PIERCE THE VEIL, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS, TONIGHT ALIVE and HANDS LIKE HOUSES @ The Cabooze in Mpls

July 2012 Playlists - The Used, 3 Pill Morning, Miss May I, Fireflight

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/27/12
GUESTS :: THE USED

HOUR 1
LAMB OF GOD - "straight for the sun" // resolution
LAMB OF GOD - "desolation" // resolution
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "my last serenade" // alive or just breathing
SECONDS BEFORE - "where dreams go to die" // gravity well
DOWN AND ABOVE - "anodyne" // anodyne
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "fort dodge police (live)" // the folded straw - a live recording

AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA - "want it back" // theatre is evil
BROTHER ALI - "not a day goes by" // not a day goes by - single
DESSA - "seamstress" // a badly broken code
BRING THE SUN - "broken ribs" // cancer face - ep
THE USED - "I come alive" // vunerable
THE USED - "put me out" // vunerable

HOUR 2
SLIPKNOT - "before I forget (live)" // antennas to hell (special edition)
SLIPKNOT - "psychosocial (live)" // antennas to hell (special edition)
ORWELL - "in depths, I sink" // avohfasih
ELDERS - "keyholes" // worlds apart
THE HOT ROD HEATERS - "scorelord" // vol 1 - intake
DEAD SARA - "monumental holiday" // dead sara
OTHERWISE - "die for you" // true love never dies
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING - "mark my words" // outspoken

THE AGONIST - "ideomotor" // prisoners
REFLECTIONS - "advance upon me brethern" // the fantasy effect
LESSONS - "divisions" // five points - ep
YOUR MEMORIAL - "shipwreck" // redirect
WRITE THIS DOWN - "the older I get, the better I was" // lost weekend
KILL DEVIL HILL - "strange" // kill devil hill

**SPECIAL THANKS to QUINN and JEPH from THE USED for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week!!! THE USED's new album Vunerable is out now!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 7/20/12
GUESTS :: 3 PILL MORNING

HOUR 1
BRING THE SUN -"broken ribs" // cancer face - ep
DEAD SARA - "monumental holiday" // dead sara
CHERRI BOMB - "let it go" // this is the end of control
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair
3 PILL MORNING - "skin" // black tie love affair

3 PILL MORNING - "nothing's real" // black tie love affair
MOTH COMPLEX - "stay" // moth complex
JOHNNYROOK - "computer" // from remorse we learn
DOOMTREE - "beacon" // no kings
JACK WHITE - "freedom at 21" // blunderbuss
REFUSED - "new noise" // the shape of punk to come
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover
CITY OF GHOSTS - "living pieces" // daylight

HOUR 2
YOUR MEMORIAL - "shipwreck" // redirect
WRITE THIS DOWN - "the older I get, the better I was" // lost weekend
THE OVERSEER - "amend" // we search, we dig
BARONESS - "take my bones away" // yellow and green
IN THIS MOMENT - "blood" // blood
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "here comes the crash" // new world disaster

MARILYN MANSON - "no reflection" // born villian
ROB ZOMBIE - "mars needs women" // hellbilly deluxe 2
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous
ANTHRAX - "the devil you know" // worship music
PERIPHERY - "facepalm mute" // periphery II: this time it's personal
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "imaginary problems" // the policy of unilateral hate
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "sugars of someday" // interstice - ep
THE USED - "put me out" // vunerable

**SPECIAL THANKS to JEFF from 3 PILL MORNING for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week!!! 3 PILL MORNING's new album Black Tie Love Affair is out now!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/13/12
GUESTS :: MISS MAY I

HOUR 1
AMANDA PALMER AND THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA – “want it back” // theatre is evil
BOBAFLEX – “chemical valley” // chemical valley
REVILWEN – “those who control” // follow the money
ANGRY WATERS – “ours to be had” // angry waters III
3 PILL MORNING – “rain” // black tie love affair
SEVENDUST – “inner city blues” // best of (chapter one 1997-2004)
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “true romance” // go
NOW, NOW – “dead oaks” // threads

DEAD SARA – “weatherman” // dead sara
CITY OF GHOSTS – “living pieces” // daylight
MISS MAY I – “hey mister” // at heart
MISS MAY I – “opening wounds” // at heart
SERJ TANKIAN – “figure it out” // harakiri
LAMB OF GOD – “desolation” // resolution

HOUR 2
LESSONS – “divisions” // five points – ep
YOUR MEMORIAL – “redirect” // redirect
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “pretty disaster” // new world disaster
IN THIS MOMENT – “blood” // blood
BARONESS – “march to the sea” // yellow and green
GOJIRA - "the axe" // L'enfant sauvage
OH, SLEEPER – “endseekers” // children of fire

DELAIN – “get the devil out of me” // we are the others
PERIPHERY – “facepalm mute” // periphery II: this time it’s personal
REFLECTIONS – “an artifact” // the fantasy effect
GOD FORBID – “where we come from” // equilibrium
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “my last serenade” // alive or just breathing
TRIVIUM – “black” // in waves
GALLOWS – “last June” // gallows
TORCHE - "in pieces" // harmonicraft

**SPECIAL THANKS to LEVI from MISS MAY I for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week!!!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 07/06/12
GUESTS :: FIREFLIGHT

HOUR 1
BARONESS - "march to the sea" // yellow and green
THE COMPANY WE KEEP - "right / wrong" // making moves 7" vinyl
TONIGHT ALIVE - "starlight" // what are you so scared of?
FOUR YEAR STRONG - "not to toot my own horn but beep beep" // 2012 warped tour compilation
NEW FOUND GLORY - "summer fling don't mean a thing" // radiosurgery
FIREFLIGHT - "unbreakable" // unbreakable

FIREFLIGHT - "stay close" // now
FIREFLIGHT - "for those who wait" // for those who wait
FIREFLIGHT - "now" // now
BAYSIDE - "no one understands" // shudder
POLAR BEAR CLUB - "living saints" // chasing hamburg

HOUR 2
EVERY TIME I DIE - "I suck (blood)" // ex-lives
MISS MAY I - "hey mister" // at heart
AFTER THE BURIAL - "my frailty" // in dreams
PIERCE THE VEIL - "caraphernelia" // selfish machines
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE - "button it up" // ruining it for everybody
RISE AGAINST - "re-education (through labor)" // appeal to reason
BLESSTHEFALL - "40 days" // awakening
RISE TO REMAIN - "heartless" // city of vultures

FOR TODAY - "fearless" // immortal
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "abigail" // creatures
TAKING BACK SUNDAY - "cute without the "e" (cut from the team)" // tell all your friends
THE USED - "put me out" // vulnerable
CHELSEA GRIN - "everlasting sleep" // my damnation
YOUR MEMORIAL - "redirect" // redirect
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "here comes the crash" // new world disaster

**SPECIAL THANKS to DAWN and JUSTIN from FIREFLIGHT for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week!!!***

June 2012 Playlists - States, For All Those Sleeping, Children 18:3, Write This Down, Throw the Fight, Reflections and Summertime Dropouts

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/29/12
GUESTS :: STATES and FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING

HOUR 1
FOUR YEAR STRONG - "not to toot my own horn but, beep beep" // warped tour 2012 compliation
NEW FOUND GLORY - "summer fling, don't mean a thing" // radiosurgery
QUIETDRIVE - "lie to me" // up or down
STATES - "timebomb" // room to run
STATES - "ready or not" // room to run

STATES - "as good as it gets" // room to run
SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS - "getaway" // rewind
THE LETTER BLACK - "all I want" // hanging on by a thread
CHILDREN 18:3 - "bandits" // on the run
THROW THE FIGHT - "lights out for summer" // what doesn't kill us
CHEVELLE - "the clincher" // this type of thinking (could do us in)
THE CLASSIC CRIME - "the fight" // albatross

HOUR 2
AS I LAY DYING - "cauterize" // awakened
BUILD OR BURN - "in preperation for the inevitable" // brevity is key
ELDERS - "endeavors" // worlds apart
NOFX - "seeing double at the the triple rock" // wolves in wolves' clothing
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "get out of the way" // the unilateral policy of hate
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING - "mark my words" // outspoken

FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING - "follow my voice" // outspoken
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING - "once a liar (always a fake)" // outspoken
PROJECT 86 - "fall, goliath, fall" // wait for the siren
GALLOWS - "last june" // gallows
TORCHE - "walk it off" // harmonicraft
KILL DEVIL HILL - "strange" // kill devil hill
MACHINE HEAD - "hostile" // getcha pull : a tribute to dimebag darrell

**SPECIAL THANKS to BRIAN from STATES and DAVID from FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week!!! STATES' new re-release of Room To Run is out now on Tooth and Nail Records! FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING's new album Outspoken is out now on Fearless Records!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/22/12
GUESTS :: CHILDREN 18:3

HOUR 1
FAMILY FORCE 5 - "love addict (backwoodz acoustic remix)" // III.V - ep
LAKE AVENUE - "overglow" // overglow - single
BROTHER ALI - "stop the press" // mourning in america and dreaming in color
CHILDREN 18:3 - "i tried to do the right thing" // on the run
CHILDREN 18:3 - "moment to moment" // on the run
CHILDREN 18:3 - "bandits" // on the run

CHILDREN 18:3 - "we'll never say goodbye" // on the run
WRITE THIS DOWN - "I'll make you famous" // lost weekend
STATES - "right or not" // room to run
THROW THE FIGHT - "lights out for summer" // what doesn't kill us
CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "with nothing" // with nothing - single
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair
SCARLET HAZE - "there's the door" // one bad bitch

HOUR 2
GOJIRA - "explosia" // L'enfant sauvage
YOUR MEMORIAL - "redirect" // redirect
THE DIRTY YOUTH - "fight" // red light fix
REFLECTIONS - "good push" // the fantasy effect
EVERY TIME I DIE - "ebolarama" // hot damn
AFTER THE BURIAL - "encased in ice" // in dreams
FOR TODAY - "stand defiant" // immortal

IN THIS MOMENT - "blood" // blood
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "cubicle fire" // torch
KILL SWITCH - "old testament" // the disaster image
BARONESS - "take my bones away" // yellow and green
THE OVERSEER - "amend" // we search, we dig
MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER - "killing me slow" // IV
TRIVIUM - "black" // in waves

**SPECIAL THANKS to SETH from CHILDREN 18:3 for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week!!! CHILDREN 18:3's new album On The Run is out now on Tooth and Nail Records!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/15/12
GUESTS :: THROW THE FIGHT and WRITE THIS DOWN

HOUR 1 - THROW THE FIGHT
YOUR MEMORIAL - "redirect" // redirect
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair
SCARLET HAZE - "blame it on you" // one bad bitch
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous
THROW THE FIGHT - "not so hollywood" // what doesn't kill us
THROW THE FIGHT - "you can't swim with concrete shoes" // what doesn't kill us
TORCHE - "in pieces" // harmonicraft

CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "collide" // collide - single
STATES - "right or not" // room to run
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "the coma kid" // go
BRING THE SUN - "irish carbomb" // like a lion - ep
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover
CHERRI BOMB - "let it go" // this is the end of control
EYES SET TO KILL - "the secrets between" // white lotus
TONIGHT ALIVE - "breaking and entering" // what are you so scared of?

HOUR 2 - WRITE THIS DOWN
IN THIS MOMENT - "blood" // blood
THE OVERSEER - "amend" // we search, we dig
WRITE THIS DOWN - "crash and burn" // lost weekend
WRITE THIS DOWN - "I'll make you famous" // lost weekend
WRITE THIS DOWN - "lost weekend" // lost weekend

WOLVES AT THE GATE - "step out to the water" // captors
GOJIRA - "the axe" // L'enfant sauvage
SPINESHANK - "nothing left for me" // anger denial acceptance
SHADOWS FALL - "divide and conquer" // fire from the sky
BUILD OR BURN - "you let me down" // brevity is key
MARTYR A.D. - "american hollow" // on earth as it is in hell
DEMON HUNTER - "crucifix" // true defiance

**SPECIAL THANKS to JAMES from THROW THE FIGHT and NATE from WRITE THIS DOWN for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! THROW THE FIGHT's new album What Doesn't Kill Us is out now on Bullet Tooth Records! WRITE THIS DOWN's new album Lost Weekend is out now on Tooth and Nail Records!!!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/08/12
GUESTS :: REFLECTIONS

HOUR 1
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "the coma kid" // go
DIESL - "dismiss me" // the art of cover
CRASHING DAYLIGHT - "with nothing" // with nothing - single
CHILDREN 18:3 - "stronger" // rain's a comin'
WRITE THIS DOWN - "crash and burn" // lost weekend
FIREFLIGHT - "stay close" // now
PROJECT 86 - "fall, goliath, fall" // wait for the siren

NONPOINT - "I said it" // i said it - single
BRING THE SUN - "MF" // like a lion - ep
THE BLACK BELLES - "wishing well // the black belles
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "sugars of someday" // interstice - ep
ONE WITHOUT - "systematic suffering" // numbers - ep
THE AGONIST - "you're coming with me" // prisoners
SERJ TANKIAN - "cornucopia" // harikari

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD - "the undertow" // resolution
GOJIRA - "liquid fire" // L'enfant sauvage
REFELCTIONS - "an artifact" // the fantasy effect
REFLECTIONS - "rotations" // the fantasy effect

REFLECTIONS - "good push" // the fantasy effect
REFLECTIONS - "advance upon me brethren" // the fantasy effect
AUGUST BURNS RED - "empire" // leveler
MISS MAY I - "hey mister" // at heart

**SPECIAL THANKS to REFLECTIONS for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week!!! REFLECTIONS' new album "The Fantasy Effect" is out now!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 06/01/12 GUESTS :: SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS

HOUR 1
DIESL – “dismiss me” // the art of cover
ATTENTION – “something about time” // tattered youth
TOURMALINE – “autumn” // strange distress calls
SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS – “full time cutie” // rewind
CALL ME NO ONE – “biggest fan” // last parade
FOUR YEAR STRONG – “it must really suck to be four year strong right now” // enemy of the world

SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS – “getaway” // rewind
NEW MEDICINE – “laid” // race you to the bottom
CAKE – “sick of you” // showroom of compassion
THE WHITE STRIPES – “hand grenades” // hand grenades 7 inch
RAMMSTEIN – “mein teil” // made in Germany
TORCHE – “letting go” // harmonicraft
TONIGHT ALIVE – “little lion man” // pop goes punk 4
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “wait so long” // motion city soundtrack / trampled by turtles split

HOUR 2
RAMMSTEIN – “wollt ihr das bett in flammen sehen” // herzeleid
MISS MAY I – “hey mister” // at heart
FOR TODAY – “fearless” // immortal
ONE WITHOUT – “the lies” // numbers – ep
IN THIS MOMENT – “just drive” // a star crossed wasteland
CHILDREN OF BODOM – “I’m shipping up to Boston” // holiday at lake bodom
CHILDREN OF BODOM – “Jessie’s girl” // holiday at lake bodom

BARONESS – “take my bones away” // yellow and green
3 INCHES OF BLOOD – “dark messenger” // long live heavy metal
THE AGONIST – “the escape” // prisoners / the escape – ep
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “the collapse” // new world disaster
TIMES OF GRACE – “where the spirit leads me” // the hymn of a broken man
YOUR MEMORIAL – “surface” // atonement
ANTHRAX – “earth on hell” // worship music

**SPECIAL THANKS to DAVE from SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS’ debut album “Rewind” comes out June 12.**

May 2012 Playlists – Mastodon, Opeth

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 5/25/12

HOUR 1
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair
ATTENTION - "something about time" // tattered youth
SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS - "full time cutie" // rewind
IS/IS - "fire" // III
GOSPEL GOSSIP - "sippy cup" // drifts - ep
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "nordeaster" // city of champions
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous
FLOGGING MOLLY - "tomorrow comes a day too soon" // whiskey on a sunday
P.O.S. - "let it rattle" // never better

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "timelines" // go
WRITE THIS DOWN - "crash and burn" // lost weekend
CHERRI BOMB - "let it go" // this is the end of control
THE DIRTY YOUTH - "fight" // red light fix
A. WOLF AND HER CLAWS - "all this time" // a. wolf and her claws
ATMOSPHERE - "she's enough" // the family sign
CIVET - "hell hath no fury" // hell hath no fury
JOHNNYROOK - "hot tubs (don't just walk away)" // from remorse we learn

HOUR 2
FOR TODAY – “stand defiant” // immortal
CHILDREN OF BODOM – “jessie’s girl” // holiday at lake bodom
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “sugars of someday” // interstice - ep
REFLECTIONS – “an artifact” // the fantasy effect
OH, SLEEPER – “endseekers” // children of fire
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE – “next visable delicious” // ruining it for everybody
A MOMENT WITHOUT - "I, devil" // born of fire
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING – “mark my words” // outspoken

FEAR FACTORY – “disassemble” // the industrialist
DIRGE WITHIN – “for my enemies” // there will be blood
12 DAYS SILENT – “no soul” // no soul - single
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA – “disbelief (feat Myke Terry)” // tellus hodiernus caducus
INDEX CASE – “I, insist” // augustagein
THE AGONIST – “ideomotor” // prisoners


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/16/12
GUESTS :: MASTODON

HOUR 1
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "sugars of someday" // interstice - ep
3 PILL MORNING - "loser" // take control
ATTENTION - "tattered youth" // tattered youth
THROW THE FIGHT - " not so hollywood" // what doesn't kill us
POLICA - "leading to death" // give you the ghost
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "true romance" // go
QUIETDRIVE - "lie to me" // up or down
DOOMTREE - "bangarang" // no kings

CHILDREN 18:3 - "stronger" // rain's a comin'
SUMMERTIME DROPOUTS - "full time cutie" // rewind
REVILWEN – “those who control” // follow the money
WRITE THIS DOWN – “alarm the alarm” // write this down
BRING THE SUN – “irish carbomb” // like a lion
DIESL – “forget it” // the failsafe
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “cubicle fire” // torch
ANGRY WATERS – “ours to be had" // angry waters III
TORCH THE SPIRES - "the great snipe hunt" // bastard sons of minneapolis

HOUR 2
SHADOWS FALL – “divide and conquer” // fire from the sky
AFTER THE BURIAL – “my frailty” // in dreams
YOUR MEMORIAL – “turn it all around” // seasons
REFLECTIONS – “an artifact” // the fantasy effect
MASTODON - "curl of the burl" // the hunter

MASTODON - "all the heavy lifting" // the hunter
MASTODON - "spectralight" // the hunter
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “here comes the crash” // new world disaster
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN – “get out of the way” // the unilateral policy of hate
KILL DEVIL HILL – “war machine” // kill devil hill

**SPECIAL THANKS to BRANN from MASTODON for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week!!!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 5/11/12
GUESTS :: OPETH

HOUR 1
ATTENTION - "tattered youth" // tattered youth
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "sugars of someday" // interstice - ep
BOLO - "taker" // depopulous
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "true romance" // go
FLOGGING MOLLY - "within a mile of home" (live) // whiskey on a sunday
NEW MEDICINE - "turning it into this" // race you to the bottom (deluxe single)
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around
PRISSY CLERKS - "no sir" // no sir - single

A. WOLF AND HER CLAWS - "all this time" // a. wolf and her claws
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "make me wanna die" // light me up
MARILYN MANSON - "you're so vain" // born villain
MARS ON FIRE - "for sale" // for sale - single
DIESL - "stare" // the failsafe
CHERRI BOMB - "let it go" // this is the end of control
UNDDERIDE - "paparazzi" // distorted nations

HOUR 2
SERJ TANKIAN - "figure it out" // harakiri
NUISANCE - "migrate" // migrate - single
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL - "big black" // baptism - ep
OPETH - "slither" // heritage
OPETH - "the lines in my hand" // heritage

OPETH - "the devil's orchard" // heritage
THE AGONIST - "ideomotor" // prisoner
PANTERA - "piss" // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
FEAR FACTORY - "recharger" // the industrialist
GOJIRA - "L'enfant sauvage" // L'enfant sauvage
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "imaginary problems" // the unilateral policy of hate

**SPECIAL THANKS to FREDRIK from OPETH for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week!!!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/04/12

HOUR 1
TORCHE – “in pieces” // harmonicraft
BOLO – “taker” // depopulous
ATTENTION – “almost” // stand strong – ep
BRING THE SUN – “MF” // like a lion – ep
KILL DEVIL HILL – “strange” // kill devil hill
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL – “chasing the atrophy” // new asylum
3 PILL MORNING – “villain” // take control

OTHERWISE – “die for you” // true love never dies
THE COMPANY WE KEEP – “pattern against user” // making moves digital ep
PRISSY CLERKS – “no sir” // no sir - single
THE WHITE STRIPES – “hand springs” // hand springs 7 inch
JACK WHITE – “freedom at 21” // blunderbuss
THE BLACK BELLES – “pushing up daises” // the black belles
IS/IS – “fire” // III
BROTHER ALI – “not a day goes by” // not a day goes by - single
BEASTIE BOYS – “so what’cha want” // check your head

HOUR 2
THE AGONIST – “ideomotor” // prisoners
MARILYN MANSON – “you’re so vain” // born villain
MASTODON – “spectralight” // the hunter
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “a violent reaction” // the war of art
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “like God” // new world disaster
REVILWEN – “those who control” // follow the money
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “cubicle fire” // torch

GOJIRA – “L’enfant sauvage” // L’enfant sauvage
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “let the sparks fly” // the end is where we begin
RAMMSTEIN – “sonne” // made in Germany
FEAR FACTORY – “recharger” // the industrialist
OPETH – “the lines in my hand” // heritage
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING – “mark my words” // outspoken
VEIL OF MAYA – “punisher” // eclipse
DEFTONES – “around the fur” // around the fur

April 2012 Playlists – Ilia, Quietdrive

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/27/12
GUESTS :: ILIA

HOUR 1
JACK WHITE - "I'm shakin'" // blunderbuss
JACK WHITE - "freedom at 21" // blunderbuss
NOW, NOW - "dead oaks" // threads
FIREFLIGHT - "stay close" // now
WRITE THIS DOWN - "hand grenades" // write this down
ILIA - "ezekiel" // we were shipwrecks

ILIA - "we were shipwrecks" // we were shipwrecks
HYLAND - "til death" // weights and measures
CHERRI BOMB - "let it go" // this the end of control
UNDERRIDE - "paparazzi" // distorted nation
CHILDREN 18:3 - "hey driftwood (tides)" // rain's a comin'
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH - "let the sparks fly" // the end is where we begin
A. WOLF AND HER CLAWS - "all this time" // a. wolf and her claws

HOUR 2
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING - "mark my words" // outspoken
TORCHE - "kicking" // harmonicraft
SECONDS BEFORE - "where dreams go to die" // gravity well
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "cubicle fire" // torch
THE COMPANY WE KEEP - "the company she keeps" // making moves 7 inch
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "true romance" // go
MOTH COMPLEX - "stay" // moth complex
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III

OPETH - "slither" // heritage
DIESL - "bitch hips" // the failsafe
DRAGONFORCE - "fallen world" // the power within
DIRGE WITHIN - "for my enemies" // there will be blood
AFTER THE BURIAL - "encased in ice" // in dreams
MASTODON - "the wolf is loose" // blood mountain

***SPECIAL THANKS to ILIA for taking stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week! Their new EP “We Were Shipwrecks” is out now!***


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 4/20/12
GUESTS :: QUIETDRIVE

HOUR 1
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “true romance” // go
SECONDS BEFORE – “where dreams go to die” // gravity well
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “let the sparks fly” // the end is where we begin
JACK WHITE – “sixteen saltines” // blunderbuss
QUIETDRIVE – “lie to me” // up or down

QUIETDRIVE – “sleazy” // up or down
QUIETDRIVE – “avalanche” // up or down
A WOLF AND HER CLAWS – “all this time” // a wolf and her claws
ILIA – “Ezekiel” // we were shipwrecks
THE FORECAST – “clear eyes, full heart” // everybody’s left
SCARLET HAZE – “reach down” // one bad bitch

HOUR 2
ANBERLIN – “paperthin hymn” // never take friendship personal
MASTODON – “black tounge” // the hunter
THE COMPANY WE KEEP – “pattern against user” // making moves digital ep
IS/IS – “fire” // III
MACHINE HEAD – “bite the bullet (live)” // the black procession vinyl
PANTERA – “piss” // vulgar display of power 20th anniversary edition
TORCHE – “kicking” // harmonicraft
CHERRI BOMB – “let it go” // this is the end of control

DEMON HUNTER – “wake” // true defiance
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN – “get out of the way” // the policy of unilateral hate
GABRIEL AND THE APOCAYLPSE – “here comes the crash” // new world disaster
MESHUGGAH – “do not look down” // koloss
DIRGE WITHIN – “for my enemies” // there will be blood
AT THE SKYLINES – “hush” // the secrets to life
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “wait so long” // trampled by turtles / motion city soundtrack split

**SPECIAL THANKS to WILL from QUIETDRIVE for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! QUIETDRIVE’s new album “Up or Down” comes out on Tuesday! CD RELEASE PARTY at the What’s Up Lounge in Mankato on Tuesday with Love Out Loud and Namesake – ALL AGES**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/13/12

HOUR 1
ILIA – “Ezekiel” // we were shipwrecks
CHILDREN 18:3 – “lost so long” // rain’s a comin’
THE CLASSIC CRIME – “solar powered life” // vagabonds
IS/IS – “fire” // III
BRING THE SUN – “irish carbomb” // like a lion – ep
QUIETDRIVE – “lie to me” // up or down
THE COMPANY WE KEEP – “right/wrong” // making moves
TORCH THE SPIRES – “the great snipe hunt” // bastard sons of Minneapolis
AT THE DRIVE IN – “sleepwalk capsules” // relationship of command

THURSDAY – “understanding in a car crash” // full collapse
P.O.D. – “eyez” // murdered love
NEW MEDICINE – “race you to the bottom” // race you to the bottom
DESSA – “alibi” // a badly broken code
ANGRY WATERS – “ours to be had” // angry waters III
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “depending on the weather” // keep your devils around
ICON FOR HIRE – “get well” // scripted
ALL THE WAY RIDER – “nordeaster” // city of champions

HOUR 2
PANTERA – “piss” // vulgar display of power 20th anniversary edition
DOWN – “lifer (live)” // diary of a mad band
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN – “imaginary problems” // the policy of unilateral hate
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “like God” // new world disaster
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “reach and touch” // trepanation
EVERY TIME I DIE – “the low road has no exits” // ex-lives
SUICIDE SILENCE – “you only live once” // the black crown
BANEHINGE – “edge of ruin” // edge demo

DEMON HUNTER – “crucifix” // true defiance
3 INCHES OF BLOOD – “metal woman” // long live heavy metal
GOJIRA – “vacuity” // the way of all flesh
REVILWEN – “amends” // follow the money
CHIMAIRA – “time is running out” // the age of hell
WRITE THIS DOWN – “renegade” // write this down
SHADOWS FALL – “still I rise” // retribution


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/06/12

HOUR 1
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN – “get out of the way” // the policy of unilateral hate
MARILYN MANSON – “no reflection” // born villain
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “pretty disaster” // new world disaster
PUSCIFER – “conditions of my parole” // conditions of my parole
QUIETDRIVE – “lie to me” // up or down
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - “delirium” // my dinosaur life
POLICA – “the maker” // give you the ghost

DEMON HUNTER – “wake” // true defiance
SENT BY RAVENS – “we’re all liars” // mean what you say
BRING THE SUN – “mf” // like a lion – ep
REVILWEN – “those who control” // follow the money
JACK WHITE – “sixteen saltines” // blunderbuss
THE SUIT – “all along” // all along – single
LETLIVE – “renegade 86” // fake history
DOOMTREE – “the grand experiment” // no kings

HOUR 2
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN – “imaginary problems” // the policy of unilateral hate
3 INCHES OF BLOOD – “metal woman” // long live heavy metal
MESHUGGAH – “do not look down” // koloss
REFLECTIONS – “an artifact” // the fantasy effect
YOUR MEMORIAL – “turn it all around” // seasons
THE AGONIST – “the escape” // the escape – ep
KITTIE – “empires (part 2)” // I’ve failed you

DEMON HUNTER – “someone to hate” // true defiance
DRAGONFORCE – “cry thunder” // the power within
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “loyalty” // the feeding
AFTER THE BURIAL – “pendulum” // in dreams
GOD FORBID – “where we come from” // equilibrium
MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE – “on the wings of integrity pt 2” // mychildren mybride
JASTA – “walk that path alone” // jasta

March 2012 Playlists – Moth Complex, Scarlet Haze, The Company We Keep

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/30/12

HOUR 1
THROW THE FIGHT – “not so Hollywood” // not so Hollywood - single
3 PILL MORNING – “sweet smell of taken” // the side effects of chronic ambition
JOHNNYROOK – “deadweight” // from remorse we learn
SCARLET HAZE – “blame it on you” // one bad bitch
NEW MEDICINE – “turning it into this” // race you to the bottom – deluxe single
TENACIOUS D – “rize of the fenix” // rize of the fenix
BROTHER ALI – “writer’s block” // writer’s block - single
JACK WHITE – “sixteen saltines” // blunderbuss

QUIETDRIVE – “lie to me” // up or down
DIESL – “stare” // the failsafe
NOW, NOW – “dead oaks” // threads
THE USED – “a box full of sharp objects” // the used
NEW FOUND GLORY – “something I call personality” // catalyst
TAKING BACK SUNDAY – “cute without the “e” (cut from the team)” // tell all your friends
TONIGHT ALIVE – “sure as hell” // what are you so scared of?
AFTER THE BURIAL – “my frailty” // in dreams

HOUR 2
MESHUGGAH – “swarm” // koloss
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE – “karate nipples” // ruining it for everybody
IN THIS MOMENT – “just drive” // a star crossed wasteland
MASTODON – “spectralight” // the hunter
OPETH – “slither” // heritage
A MOMENT WITHOUT – “I, devil” // born of fire
DYING EUFORIA – “this veil of tears” // this veil of tears - ep
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN – “salt the earth” // salt the earth - single

IRON MAIDEN – “the number of the beast” // en vivo
DRAGONFORCE – “fallen world” // the power within
DESTROPHY – “rise of the overman” // destrophy
DEMON HUNTER – “my destiny” // true defiance
MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE – “on the wings of integrity pt 2” // mychildren mybride
FOR TODAY – “fearless” // immortal


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/23/12

HOUR 1
NEW MEDICINE – “turning it into this” // race you to the bottom – deluxe single
JACK WHITE – “sixteen saltines” // blunderbuss
JOHNNYROOK – “down the aisle” // between love and loss
LETLIVE – “muther” // fake history
DESSA – “alibi” // castor, the twin
FIREFLIGHT – “now” // now
CHILDREN 18:3 – “lost so long” // rain’s a comin’

SENT BY RAVENS – “we’re all liars” // mean what you say
BRING THE SUN – “mf” // like a lion - ep
REVILWEN – “amends” // follow the money
ICON FOR HIRE – “get well” // scripted
THE COMPANY WE KEEP – “right/wrong” // making moves
THE SUIT – “all along” // all along - single
ALL THE WAY RIDER – “nordeaster” // city of champions
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “depending on the weather” // keep your devils around

HOUR 2
DEMON HUNTER – “my destiny” // true defiance
MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE – “on wings of integrity pt 2” // mychildren mybride
UNDEROATH – “catch myself catching myself” // (disambiguation)
HAIL ARCHER – “I’m no fashionista” // exodus - ep
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “pretty disaster” // new world disaster
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “just so you know” // the war of art

MESHUGGAH – “I am colossus” // koloss
DEVILDRIVER – “pure sincerity” // pray for villians
3 INCHES OF BLOOD – “trial of champions” // fire up the blades
GOD FORBID – “where we come from” // equilibrium
SOULFLY – “gladiator” // enslaved
A PLEA FOR PURGING – “the life” // the life and death of a plea for purging
FOR TODAY – “fearless” // immortal


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/16/12
GUESTS :: MOTH COMPLEX

HOUR 1
FOR TODAY – “fearless” // immortal
NINE LASHES - “get back” // world we view
THROW THE FIGHT – “bloodshot eyes” // bloodshot eyes - single
MOTH COMPLEX – “tied up in knots” // moth complex

MOTH COMPLEX – “stay” // moth complex
MOTH COMPLEX – “lamb” // moth complex
POLICA – “the maker” // give you the ghost
FOUR YEAR STRONG – “just drive” // in some way, shape or form
DIESL – “back home” // the failsafe
SCARLET HAZE – “blame it on you” // one bad bitch

HOUR 2
MESHUGGAH – “do not look down” // koloss
MARILYN MANSON – “no reflection” // born villian
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “downstream” // the feeding
DEVILDRIVER – “dead to rights” // beast
ORWELL – “in depths, I sink” // AVOHFASIH
MASTODON – “blasteroid” // the hunter
SPOKEN – “dagger” // dagger - single

SENSELESS BEAUTY – “bright skies” // reviving
SOULFLY – “intervention” // enslaved
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN – “salt the earth” // salt the earth - single
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE – “shut me up” // you’ll rebel to anything
ADRENALINE MOB – “come undone” // omerta
EPICA – “storm the sorrow” // requiem for the indifferent
FOR TODAY – “devastator” // immortal

**SPECIAL THANKS to AOIFE from MOTH COMPLEX for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week all the way from Dublin, Ireland!!!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 03/09/12
GUESTS :: SCARLET HAZE / THE COMPANY WE KEEP

HOUR 1
THE WHITE STRIPES – “let’s shake hands” // under great white northern lights
THROW THE FIGHT – “not so Hollywood” // not so Hollywood – single
FOR TODAY – “fearless” // immortal
SCARLET HAZE – “blame it on you” // one bad bitch

SCARLET HAZE – “there’s the door” // one bad bitch
SCARLET HAZE – “reach down” // one bad bitch
ATTENTION – “whatever gets you through the night” // everything takes forever
NEW MEDICINE – “laid” // race you to the bottom
THE COMPANY WE KEEP – ”right / wrong” // making moves 7 inch
FLOGGING MOLLY – “drunken lullabies” // live at the greek theater
DOMMIN – “my heart, your hands” // love is gone

HOUR 2
RAMMSTEIN – “mein land” // made in Germany
ARROWS AT DAWN – “something more” // out of touch
BROTHER ALI – “shine on” // the bite marked heart ep
OPETH – “the lines in my hands” // heritage
BRING THE SUN – “mf” // like a lion – ep
OLD TOWNE GHOTS – “cubicle fire” // torch
THE BLACK BELLES – “pushing up daisies” // the black belles

EVERY TIME I DIE – “the low road has no exits” // ex-lives
VEIL OF MAYA – “punisher” // eclipse
AFTER THE BURIAL – “encased in ice” // in dreams
DRAGONFORCE – “fallen world” // the power within
ANIMALS AS LEADERS – “an infinite regression” // weightless
OH, SLEEPER – “endseekers” // children of fire
A MOMENT WITHOUT – “I, devil” // born of fire
REFLECTIONS – “an artifact” // the fantasy effect

**SPECIAL THANKS to KAT from SCARLET HAZE and BRIAN from THE COMPANY WE KEEP for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! THANK YOU to the What’s Up Lounge for providing tickets to giveaway for Throw the Fight, Arrows at Dawn, Crashing Daylight and Sue City at the What’s Up Lounge next Friday (March 16), ALL AGES SHOW!**


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 3/2/12

HOUR 1 THE COMPANY WE KEEP – “right/wrong” // making moves
EVERY TIME I DIE – “I suck (blood)” // ex-lives
THROW THE FIGHT – “not so Hollywood” // not so Hollywood - single
REVILWEN – “those who control” // follow the money
DOWN AND ABOVE – “the things that you see in me” // hold your breathe for a rising tide

DOOMTREE – “beacon” // no kings
SIMS – “burn it down” // bad time zoo
THE SUIT - "all along" // all along - single

NOW, NOW – “dead oaks” // threads
BRING THE SUN – “mf” // like a lion - ep
3 PILL MORNING – “loser” // take control
JOHNNYROOK – “hot tubs (just don’t walk away)” // from remorse we learn
LETLIVE – “muther” // fake history
THE HOT ROD HEATERS - "high horse" // volume 2
THE DEAD WEATHER - "hang you from the heavens" // horehound
I AM EMPIRE - "saints and sinners" // kings

HOUR 2
EVERY TIME I DIE – “grudge music” // ex-lives
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “here comes the crash” // new world disaster
NUISANCE – “migrate” // migrate - single
INDEX CASE – “I, insist” // augustagein
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “cubicle fire” // torch
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “loyalty” // the feeding
WRECKING DAY - "for u" // for u - single
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL - "big black" // baptism - ep

REFLECTIONS – “an artifact" // the fantasy effect
TRIVIUM - "built to fall" // in waves
12 DAYS SILENT feat ERIC DAVIDSON - "no soul" // no soul - single
GALLOWS - "true colours" // true colours - single
SOULFLY - "world scum" // enslaved
WINDS OF PLAGUE - "refined in the fire" // against the world
DEADLOCK - "virus jones" // bizzaro world