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