Friday, May 31, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/24/13 - SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/24/13
GUESTS :: SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN

HOUR 1

DESSA - "call off your ghost" // parts of speech
GOODNIGHT GOLD DUST - "towards the sun" // towards the sun
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "let me in" // the mayberry riot - ep
P.O.S - "weird friends (we don't even live here)" // we don't even live here
MINDRITE - "everything" // author of addiction
MINDRITE - "hunger and fear" // the 660 anthology
AMERICAN REVIVAL - "japanese/shark" // thank ya kindly
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around

AMARANTHE - "the nexus" // the nexus
ALICE IN CHAINS - "stone" // the devil put dinosaurs here
PHILIP H ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS - "conflict" // war of the gargantuans
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL - "chasing the atrophy" // new asylum
THE GOODBARS - "I'm alive" // the goodbars
ARROWS AT DAWN - "dead in the water" // no place to hide

HOUR 2
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "prancer" // one of us is the killer
TORCH THE SPIRES - "the great snipe hunt" // bastard sons of Minneapolis
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "get out of the way" // the policy of unilateral hate

SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "t.e.t.r.i.s." // the process of assimilation
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "salt the earth" // the policy of unilateral hate
AFTER THE BURIAL - "a steady decline" // this life is all we have - ep
YOUR MEMORIAL - "turn it all around" // seasons
REFLECTIONS - "advance upon me brethren" // the fantasy effect
GEMINI SYNDROME - "basement" // the metal ep

**SPECIAL THANKS to REV JOHN from SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! SMB rips apart the What's Up Lounge in Mankato one last time on June 7 with REVILWEN, DEAD HORSE TRAUMA and BEAUTIFUL CORPSE (All Ages)!!!**


Tuesday, May 21, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/17/13 - DEAD HORSE TRAUMA and REAPING ASMODEIA

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/17/13
GUESTS :: DEAD HORSE TRAUMA and REAPING ASMODEIA

HOUR 1

DELAIN - "breathe on me" // interlude
CITY OF THE WEAK - "white fire alarm" // white fire alarm
WARROOSTER - "intergalatic performance review" // demo
TRANSPLANTS - "come around" // in a warzone
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "reckoning day" // vi-ops
SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN - "imaginary problems" // the policy of unilateral hate

DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "the murder of crows" // vi-ops
INDEX CASE - I, insist" // augustagein
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "the head of the snake" // vi-ops
MINDRITE - "steamroller" // good times/bad times
MARCATO - "rapture" // in the absence of violent motion

HOUR 2
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "when I lost my bet" // one of us is the killer
THIRA - "cognition : one" // cognition : one - single
REAPING ASMODEIA - "poison of the earth" // ep
REAPING ASMODEIA - "eternal fixator" // ep
VALOR TRACKS - "my way home" // here all along

REAPING ASMODEIA - "restrictions of the flesh" // ep
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE - "it gets worse" // how I learned to stop giving a shit and love mindless self indulgence
EYES ON FIRE - "in the end" // victimizer
IN THIS MOMENT - "adrenalize" // blood
NUISANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "start walking" // home

**SPECIAL THANKS to SETH from DEAD HORSE TRAUMA and DANIEL from REAPING ASMODEIA for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown tonight!

DEAD HORSE TRAUMA destroys the What's Up Lounge on June 8 with SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN (last show in Mankato!), REVILWEN and BEAUTIFUL CORPSE (ALL AGES!).

REAPING ASMODEIA's EP RELEASE and last show with their current vocalist Tim is at Station 4 in St. Paul on June 7 with OUR JUDGEMENT, GET THE GUN, I AM VENGENCE and DAYTRIPPER (ALL AGES!)**


INTERVIEW AUDIO COMING SOON...


Monday, May 13, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/10/13 - THIRA and GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/10/13
GUESTS :: THIRA and GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE

HOUR 1

CITY OF THE WEAK - "white fire alarm" // white fire alarm
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "one of us is the killer" // one of us is the killer
THIRA - "release" // the ascension construct - ep
THIRA - "cognition : one" // cognition : one - single
GEMINI SYNDROME - "basement" // the metal ep

THIRA - "left to kneel" // the ascension construct - ep
AFTER THE BURIAL - "a steady decline" // this life is all we have - ep
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "transference" // halo of blood
EYES ON FIRE - "in the end" // victimizer
ARROWS AT DAWN - "dead in the water" // forthcoming disc

HOUR 2
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "Ms. Lawson" // the old ones are and forever shall be
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "nothing's funny" // one of us is the killer
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "zer0 and zer0" // new world disaster
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "when the world disappears" // new world disaster

GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "the collapse" // new world disaster
REVILWEN - "woodgrain" // woodgrain - single
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "karate never here" // the short side - ep
H.I.M. - "I will be the end of you" // tears on tape
REAPING ASMODEIA - "poison of the earth" // poison of the earth - single

**SPECIAL THANKS to PIF and HALL from THIRA and MITCH, LINDY and CODY from GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE for stopping up to the Midwest Beatdown this week before their show at Buster's that night!**

THIRA interview


GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE interview



WarRooster / Old Towne Ghosts interview 05/03/13

The interview with WarRooster and Old Towne Ghosts from 05/03/13 is now up! This was probably one of the best times I've had doing the Midwest Beatdown during the 12 years of the show's existence.



Sunday, May 5, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/03/13 - WARROOSTER and OLD TOWNE GHOSTS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/03/13
GUESTS :: WARROOSTER and OLD TOWNE GHOSTS


HOUR 1
ALL THE WAY RIDER – “karate never here” // the short side - ep
LAKE AVENUE – “your wretched ways” // you can’t take it with you
CLUTCH – “unto the breach” // earth rocker
WARROOSTER – “hyperdrive” // demo

WARROSTER – “intergalactic performance review” // demo
GHOST B.C. – “I’m a marionette” // infestissumam (deluxe)
ROYAL THUNDER – “whispering world” // CVI
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “here comes the crash” // new world disaster

HOUR 2
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – “start walking” // home
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “extinction” // the old ones are and forever shall be
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “Ms. Lawson” // the old ones are and forever shall be
BABES IN TOYLAND – “bruise violet” // fontanelle
ANGRY BUKOWSKI – “alligator” // find what you love and let it kill you

OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “knight boat” // the old ones are and forever shall be
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “cubicle fire” // torch
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE – “it gets worse” // how I learned to stop giving a shit and love mindless self indulgence
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “don’t need it / sisyphus” // torch

**SPECIAL THANKS to BASSETT and BUNDE from WARROOSTER and JASON and KELLY from OLD TOWNE GHOSTS for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week! OLD TOWNE GHOSTS' new ep "The Old Ones Are and Forever Shall Be" release party Sat, May 11 @ What's Up Lounge in Mankato - 21+ show with CRASH CUDDLE and BEAUTIFUL CORPSE!!!**