Friday, November 22, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/22/13

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/22/13

Unfortunately due to some technical issues with the remote top secret location's studio ... the Midwest Beatdown did not air on 11/22. What can you do? When life gives you lemons, paint that s#!t gold!

Check out some of these sweet shows going on this week and we will return next week with the Killswitch Engage interview!

NOV 23 - ALL THE WAY RIDER, LET IT BREATHE, WARROOSTER @ Midtown Tavern in Mankato -- 21+
NOV 23 - MEGADETH, FEAR FACTORY, NONPOINT @ Myth in Maplewood
NOV 23 - PARAMORE, METRIC, HELLOGOODBYE @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul -- ALL AGES
NOV 25 - EVERY TIME I DIE, LETLIVE, CODE ORANGE KIDS @ Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, IA
NOV 27 - 3 PILL MORNING, TEPETRICY, 7th ASCENT, AVENUE ARMY @ Skyway Theater in Minneapolis
NOV 29 – NORMA JEAN, VANNA, KEN MODE, EXOTIC ANIMAL PETTING ZOO @ The Garage in Burnsville – ALL AGES
NOV 29 – POLICA, MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS @ Mill City Nights in Minneapolis – 18+
NOV 30 - HIGH ON FIRE, KVELERTAK, WINDHAND @ First Ave in Mpls -- 18+
NOV 30 – POLICA, MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS @ Mill City Nights in Minneapolis – 18+
NOV 30 - TEPETRICY, HEAVEN'S GATE, LETHAL CHEMISTRY, MOONRISE BLUE @ The Electric Lair in Austin -- ALL AGES


Monday, November 18, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/15/13 - CITY OF GHOSTS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/15/13
GUESTS :: CITY OF GHOSTS

HOUR 1

THROW THE FIGHT - "the wreckage" // in pursuit of tomorrow (2008)
NEW MEDICINE - "laid" // race you to the bottom (2010)
GINGERJAKE - "grey on blue" // paralysis (2004)
ATTENTION - "cracks in everything" // midwest movement 10th anniversary (2010)
QUIETDRIVE - "rise from the ashes" // when all that's left is you (2006)
SMAKDAB - "the perfect time" // perfect time - ep (2000)
ATMOSPHERE - "say shhh" // seven's travels (2003)

CITY OF GHOSTS - "ourselves at open sea" // the calm in the current (2013)
CITY OF GHOSTS - "the calm in the current" // the calm in the current (2013)
CITY OF GHOSTS - "bones in bloom" // the calm in the current (2013)

HOUR 2
THE LETTER BLACK - "pain killer" // rebuild (2013)
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "flicker" // flicker - single (2013)
3 PILL MORNING - "skin" // black tie love affair (2012)
DOOMTREE - "beacon" // no kings (2011)
CHILDREN 18:3 - "all my balloons" // children 18:3 (2008)
WRITE THIS DOWN - "the older I get, the better I was" // lost weekend (2012)
ALIGN - "worth 3 scene points" // some breaking news (2001)

BANEHINGE - "lemmings" // live at star central (2005)
AFTER THE BURIAL - "a wolf amongst ravens" // wolves within (2013)
STAIJA - "hemmorhage" // a new energy (2004)
DEVILINSIDE - "kiss the cynic" // volume one (2004)
35 INCH MUDDER feat ERIC DAVIDSON - "full scale war" // full scale war (2013)
INDEX CASE - "when dreams bleed" // glass (2002)
LAMB OF GOD - "11th hour" // as the palaces burn (10th anniversary edition) (2013/2003)

**SPECIAL THANKS to MIKE and CHRIS from CITY OF GHOSTS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! CITY OF GHOSTS' new album "The Calm in the Current" is out now!**


Monday, November 11, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/08/13 - 13th ANNIVERSARY SHOW

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/08/13
13TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW

HOUR 1

AFTER THE BURIAL - "a wolf amongst ravens" // wolves within (2013)
ENCROACH - "this holds true" // anamnesis/encroach split (2000)
SUNSET BLACK - "thereafter" // demo (2000)
WITH - "mind reeling" // death by relaxation (2001)
KILL SWITCH - "root of evil" // what doesn't kill us (2005)
FLIPP - "I wish I was a planet" // flipp (1997)

EMERGENT - "the fall" // emergent (2013)
EMERGENT - "dead letters" // emergent (2013)
EMERGENT - "erode" // emergent (2013)
DOWN AND ABOVE - "breakdown on interstate 80" // hold your breath for a rising tide (2008)

HOUR 2
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "flicker" // flicker - single (2013)
DROPPING DAYLIGHT - "til you feel something" // brace yourself (2006)
DIESL - "more than life" // tortured (2002)
DISKORD - "who am I?" // distance to nowhere (2007)
REFLECTIONS - "my cancer" // exi(s)t (2013)

REFLECTIONS - "lost pages" // exi(s)t (2013)
REFLECTIONS - "vein words from empty minds" // exi(s)t (2013)
MARTYR A.D. - "American hollow" // on earth as it is in hell (2004)
YOUR MEMORIAL - "endevour for purpose" // atonement (2010)
DESTROPHY - "send in the wolves" // destrophy (2009)
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "cubicle fire" // torch (2011)

**SPECIAL THANKS to GARY from EMERGENT and CHARLES from REFLECTIONS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown for the 13th Anniversary Show! EMERGENT's brand new self titled album is out now! REFLECTIONS' new album "Exi(s)t" is out now on eOne/Good Fight records!

SPECIAL THANKS to AFTER THE BURIAL and SUMERIAN RECORDS for sending over ATB's new track from their Dec 17 release "Wolves Within" and to THE MAYBERRY RIOT for sending over their hot off the presses new track "Flicker"!**



Wednesday, November 6, 2013

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/01/13

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/01/13

HOUR 1

THE MISFITS – “monster mash” // cuts from the crypt
THE SLAIN – “the vampire bat” // the vampire bat - single
STEEL PANTHER - "I want it that way" // I want it that way - single
INCUBUS - "let's go crazy" // monuments and melodies
35 INCH MUDDER - "when doves cry" // when doves cry - single
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "wait so long" // motion city soundtrack/trampled by turtles split
PARAMORE - "stuck on you" // the summer tic - ep
PUSCIFER - "bohemian rhapsody" // donkey punch the night

REDOVERLUNAR - "where's eric? (take on me)" // fighting fire with gasoline
3 PILL MORNING - "let's live for today" // the side effects of chronic ambition
TONIGHT ALIVE - "little lion man" // punk goes pop
QUIETDRIVE - "Africa" // your record/our spin
SPOKEN - "time after time" // last chance to breathe
THROW THE FIGHT - "I just died in your arms" // what doesn't kill us
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - "you're so vague" // rated R (deluxe edition)

HOUR 2
GHOST - "if you have ghosts" // if you have ghost
AFTER ALL - "how soon is now" // live with a vengeance
IN THIS MOMENT - "postmortem" // postmortem - single
HUNTRESS - "running wild" // starbound beast
TYPE O NEGATIVE - "black no. 1 (little miss scare-all)" // bloody kisses
MACHINE HEAD - "imperium" (live) // exclusive

MACHINE HEAD - "bite the bullet" (live) // the black procession
MACHINE HEAD - "elegy" // through the ashes of empires
MACHINE HEAD - "seasons wither" // through the ashes of empires
MACHINE HEAD - "all falls down" // through the ashes of empires
MACHINE HEAD - "descend the shades of night" // through the ashes of empires
MACHINE HEAD - "hostile" // getcha pull: a tribute to dimebag darrell


**Celebrating Halloween with covers and also the 10th Anniversary of Machine Head's phenomenal record Through the Ashes of Empires!!!**