Sunday, November 29, 2015

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/27/15

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/27/15
HOUR 1

FOO FIGHTERS - "saint cecilia" // saint cecilia
BULLY - "too tough" // feels like
LACEY STURM - "impossible" // impossible - single
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "cheshire" // yesteryear
QUIETDRIVE - "sleazy" // up or down
AVERAGE MAMMALS - "the senses" // life under the influence
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "hits the spot" // trade mark
P.O.S - "let it rattle" // never better

ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd
SELF-EVIDENT - "hotel santabear...invisible bear" // angular
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
STONE SOUR - "love gun" // meanwhile in burbank
ROMANTIC REBEL - "disappear" // romantic rebel
AEOUS - "us against the world" // the light you've always had
PINWHEEL - "bend" // pinwheel

HOUR 2
KYLESA - "inward debate" // exhausting fire
AFTER THE BURIAL - "lost in the static" // lost in the static - single
REFLECTIONS - "actias luna" // the color clear
TEXAS IN JULY - "c4" // texas in july
REAPING ASMODEIA - "indwelling" // indwelling - single
BY THE THOUSANDS - "theopany" // by the thousands
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money

ENEMY X - "refuse to fall" // refuse to fall - single
AUGUST BURNS RED - "identity" // found in far away places
EVERY TIME I DIE - "if there is room to move, things move" // from parts unknown
KING DIAMOND - "abigail" // abigail
ANTISTAR - "the pluto encounter" // the pluto encounter - single
PALE HORSE PROPHECY - "wet house" // pale horse prophecy
DEMON HUNTER - "lifewar" // the world is a thorn


MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/20/15 - RON FUNCHES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/20/15
GUESTS :: RON FUNCHES

HOUR 1

ATTENTION – “stand strong” // stand strong
KAT PERKINS – “drive” // drive
LA MADNESS – “how bad” // how bad – single
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS – “galvanized” // demo
COLD KINGDOM – “surrender” // the moon and the fool
ARROWS AT DAWN – “let live” // pieces
ATMOSPHERE feat deM atlaS – “finer things” // finer things – single

PROF – “bar breaker” // liability
RON FUNCHES – “Oregon / eclectic tastes” // the funches of us
KOO KOO KANGA ROO – “who farted” // gross
PSYCHOSTICK – “so. heavy.” // IV: revenge of the vengeance
STEEL PANTHER – “the burden of being wonderful” // all you can eat
SPOKEN – “falling apart” // breathe again

HOUR 2
STITCHED UP HEART – “finally free” // finally free – single
BLAMESHIFT – “tell me it’s alright” // tell me it’s alright – single
BARONESS – “shock me” // purple
NEW YEARS DAY – “save myself from me” // maleviolence
CITY OF THE WEAK – “the blame game” // disclosure
3 PILL MORNING – “bottom of the barrel” // bottom of the barrel – single
SIN CITY ESCAPE – “still here” // sin city escape

KATATONIA – “forsaker” // night is the new day
REAPING ASMODIEA – “indwelling” // indwelling – single
AFTER THE BURIAL – “lost in the static” // lost in the static – single
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS – “knight boat” // the old ones are and forever shall be
CONVEYER – “haven” // when given time to grow
BLUE FELIX – “hate inside” // hate inside – single
TREASONS – “wolves are circling” // demo
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – “seek advice elsewhere” // home

**SPECIAL THANKS to RON FUNCHES for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! Ron's new comedy album "The Funches of Us" is out now via Comedy Dynamics. Catch Ron on Undateable live Friday nights at 7pm CST on NBC!




MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/13/15 - 15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW (part 2)

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/13/15
15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW (part 2)

HOUR 1

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “just so you know” // the art of war
BLAMESHIFT – “tell me it’s alright” // tell me it’s alright – single
FLIPP – “I wish I was a planet” // flipp
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “devil on my shoulder” // yesteryear
GOING TO THE SUN – “new year” // going to the sun
LACEY STURM – “impossible” // life screams
DEFTONES – “976-evil” // diamond eyes

WRITE THIS DOWN – “cliffs and cars” // foundations
ANGRY WATERS – “invasive species” // hold the high ground
BRING THE SUN – “MF” // cancer face
DISKORD – “dead to me” // limberdink road
HOUSTON – “cover” // overhead
BULLY – “too tough” // feels like

HOUR 2
CASANATRA – “I do not care” // death ride
AFTER THE BURIAL – “lost in the static” // lost in the static – single
ALIGN – “worth 3 scene points” // some breaking news
ANTISTAR – “the pluto encounter” // the pluto encounter - single
KILL SWITCH – “old testament” // the disaster image
REAPING ASMODEIA – “poison of the earth” // poison of the earth

REFLECTIONS – “actias luna” // the color clear
DISEMBODIED – “anvil chandelier” // diablerie
MARTYR AD – “American hollow” // on earth as it is in hell
DEVILINSIDE – “vodka lung / kiss the cynic” // volume one
QUAZAR – “Santa Barbara” // places
DEVIL YOU KNOW – “how the end shall be” // they bleed red
MOTORHEAD – “ace of spades” // ace of spades



MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/6/15 - 15TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW wsg ARROWS AT DAWN

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 11/6/15
15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
GUESTS :: ARROWS AT DAWN


HOUR 1
DISEMBODIED – “anvil chandelier” // diablerie
SMAKDAB – “razor” // smakdab
INDEX CASE – “every breath” // Midwest Movement: live and unplugged
ARROWS AT DAWN – “on the run” // pieces
KICK – “sick religion” // away from the world
ARROWS AT DAWN – “who you are” // pieces

SUE GENERIS – “C#” // sue generis
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS – “galvanized” // demo
ARROWS AT DAWN – “let live” // pieces
BUSS – “radar” // low noise/high density
BIFFY CLYRO – “Saturday superhouse” // puzzle

HOUR 2
ARROWS AT DAWN – “never let it die” // pieces
FOUR LETTER LIE – “nothing but a ghost” // what a terrible thing to say
MANIC EUPHORIA – “(over)” // simple solutions
SOILWORK – “the ride majestic” // the ride majestic

DEAD SARA – “L.A. city slum” // pleasure to meet you
WOLF ALICE – “fluffy” // my love is cool
CLUTCH – “noble savage” // psychic warfare
MY ZERO – “can’t lose control” // forthcoming disc
K – “frontline” // prelude
MERCY’S OWN – “this kiss goodnight” // self inflicted

**SPECIAL THANKS to TIM, MATT and PAT from ARROWS AT DAWN for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week! ARROWS AT DAWN's new album "Pieces" is out now!


Sunday, November 1, 2015

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/30/15 - FALL PLEDGE DRIVE with ANGRY WATERS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/30/15
2015 KMSU FALL PLEDGE DRIVE
GUESTS :: ANGRY WATERS

HOUR 1

MISFITS - "monster mash" // cuts from the crypt
ATMOSPHERE - "finer things" feat deM atlas // finer things - single
ANGRY WATERS - "recluse" // hold the high ground
PALE HORSE PROPHECY - "wet house" // pale horse prophecy

BLAMESHIFT - "tell me it's alright" // tell me it's alright - single
PUSCIFER - "the arsonist" // money shot
STITCHED UP HEART - "finally free" // finally free - single
BABES IN TOYLAND - "he's my thing" // painkillers
THE JOY FORMIDABLE - "cradle" // the big roar

HOUR 2
AVERAGE MAMMALS - "the senses" // life under the influence
SPOKEN - "falling apart" // breathe again
AVADO - "house of fools" // viscera
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // the mayberry riot - ep
FIFTH HOUR - "out of fear" // out of fear - single
CITY OF THE WEAK - "white fire alarm" // white fire alarm

DOWN AND ABOVE - "dirge" // vena cava
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // hate inside - single
CROSSFAITH - "ghost in the machine" feat Caleb Shamo // xeno
ANTHRAX - "evil twin" // evil twin - single
TYPE O NEGATIVE - "black no 1 (little miss scare all)" // bloody kisses

**SPECIAL THANKS to WICK from ANGRY WATERS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown tonight! ANGRY WATERS' new EP "Hold the High Ground" is out now along with PALE HORSE PROPHECY and the new BEN JACOBSON album!

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MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/23/15 - BUTCHER BABIES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 10/23/15
GUESTS :: BUTCHER BABIES

HOUR 1

SKINDRED - "hit the ground" // volume
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "TKO" // panic stations
EMERGENT - "erode" // emergent
COLD KINGDOM - "crash poet" // the moon and the fool
FIFTH HOUR - "not the enemy" // not the enemy - single
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // vixen - single
DIVIDING EDEN - "hey ya (losing gravity)" // here comes the water

GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "hits the spot" // trade mark
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // the mayberry riot - ep
DEEPHAVEN - "sundowner" // sundowner - single
3 PILL MORNING - "bottom of the barrel" // bottom of the barrel - single
SCARLET HAZE - "give me a reason" // out of the dark
SKYWIND - "drug store" // sleeping giants
TECHNICIAN - "crimson chord" // crimson
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderburg workshop

HOUR 2
SEVENDUST - "chop" // kill the flaw
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // demo
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // forthcoming disc
BUTCHER BABIES - "igniter" // take it like a man
BUTCHER BABIES - "the cleansing" // take it like a man
BUTCHER BABIES - "axewound" // goliath

BUTCHER BABIES - "dead man walking" // take it like a man
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "beauty under glass" // beauty under glass - single
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "psycho" // kill the precedence
YOUR MEMORIAL - "endeavor for purpose" // atonement
REAPING ASMODIEA - "indwelling" (2015) // indwelling - single
STRAIGHT LINE STITCH - "dark matter" // transparency

**SPECIAL THANKS to HEIDI and CARLA from BUTCHER BABIES for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown this week! BUTCHER BABIES' new album "Take It Like a Man" is out now on Century Media Records!