MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/27/22
GUESTS :: THE ISSUE and VIA
HOUR 1
STAND ATLANTIC – “van gogh” // f.e.a.r.
DOWN AND ABOVE – “last summer's nightmare" // anodyne
THE FAILSAFE – “burn it to the ground” // burn it to the ground - single
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “Diane” // drawing little pictures
NONPOINT – “get better" // ruthless ep
WEEKEND PICNIC – “savages" // weekend picnic
GFM – “honest abe" // framing my perception
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "as sure as the sun will rise" // live at the palladium
THE ISSUE – “what you need” // what you need - single
THE ISSUE – “fallin’ (hate me)” // fallin' - single
THE SIERRA DAY – “closed out” // shanaska
THE ISSUE – “you” // you - single
HOUR 2
COHEED AND CAMBRIA - "comatose" // vaxis II: a window to the waking mind
DEFTONES – “radiant city" // ohms
GOJIRA – “into the storm" // fortitude
VIA - "the reincarnate" // the day of purification part 1
VIA - "appetite" // after you drown
SUPERLUNG - "time is of the essence" // demo
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
MOON TOOTH - "deathwish blues" // phototroph
MOTOR SISTER - "lion's den" // get off
RAMMSTEIN - "giftig" // zeit
ARCH ENEMY - "sunset over the empire" // decievers
JINJER - "ape" // micro
**SPECIAL THANKS to CLAY from THE ISSUE and JASON, ERIC and COLLIN from VIA for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! VIA's new album and THE ISSUE's new EP will both be out later this year!
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Saturday, May 21, 2022
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/20/22 - PLAGUE OF STARS
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/20/22
GUESTS :: PLAGUE OF STARS
HOUR 1
THE ISSUE - "what you need" // what you need - single
VIA – “closets" // sanitize this
SUPERLUNG – “time is of the essence" // demo
THE SIERRA DAY – “fight" // unbalance
MOON TOOTH – “back burner" // phototroph
NONPOINT – “ruthless" // ruthless ep
WEEKEND PICNIC feat ELISSA-MARIE OGAARD – “remember october" // time and tide
PAPA ROACH - "kill the noise" // ego trip
BRING ME THE HORIZON - "heavy metal" // amo
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
PLAGUE OF STARS – “a divisive essence" // deadalus
PLAGUE OF STARS – “glass gaze" // deadalus
HOUR 2
CYMOTHOA – “bass ventura fret detective" // sometimes dead is better
PLAGUE OF STARS – "I wrote a letter to time" // deadalus
ARCH ENEMY - "sunset over the empire" // decievers
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE feat BRYAN GARRIS - "slaughterhouse" // scoring the end of the world
CAVE IN – “blood spiller" // heavy pendulum
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
DEFTONES – “ohms" // ohms
GOJIRA – “born for one thing" // fortitude
IMONOLITH – “the lesson” // progressions
RED HANDED DENIAL – “cloud 9” // I’d rather be asleep
ARCHITECTS – “when we were young” // when we were young - single
JINJER – “perennial" // macro
**SPECIAL THANKS to MELISSA from PLAGUE OF STARS for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! PLAGUE OF STARS plays TONIGHT (5/21) at the What's Up Lounge in Mankato with CYMOTHOA and SLEDGE! (21+ show) Their latest album "Deadalus" is out now!
GUESTS :: PLAGUE OF STARS
HOUR 1
THE ISSUE - "what you need" // what you need - single
VIA – “closets" // sanitize this
SUPERLUNG – “time is of the essence" // demo
THE SIERRA DAY – “fight" // unbalance
MOON TOOTH – “back burner" // phototroph
NONPOINT – “ruthless" // ruthless ep
WEEKEND PICNIC feat ELISSA-MARIE OGAARD – “remember october" // time and tide
PAPA ROACH - "kill the noise" // ego trip
BRING ME THE HORIZON - "heavy metal" // amo
KNOCKED LOOSE feat KEITH BUCKLEY - "forget your name" // a different shade of blue
PLAGUE OF STARS – “a divisive essence" // deadalus
PLAGUE OF STARS – “glass gaze" // deadalus
HOUR 2
CYMOTHOA – “bass ventura fret detective" // sometimes dead is better
PLAGUE OF STARS – "I wrote a letter to time" // deadalus
ARCH ENEMY - "sunset over the empire" // decievers
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE feat BRYAN GARRIS - "slaughterhouse" // scoring the end of the world
CAVE IN – “blood spiller" // heavy pendulum
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
DEFTONES – “ohms" // ohms
GOJIRA – “born for one thing" // fortitude
IMONOLITH – “the lesson” // progressions
RED HANDED DENIAL – “cloud 9” // I’d rather be asleep
ARCHITECTS – “when we were young” // when we were young - single
JINJER – “perennial" // macro
**SPECIAL THANKS to MELISSA from PLAGUE OF STARS for zooming in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! PLAGUE OF STARS plays TONIGHT (5/21) at the What's Up Lounge in Mankato with CYMOTHOA and SLEDGE! (21+ show) Their latest album "Deadalus" is out now!
Friday, May 20, 2022
JOYOUS WOLF and DOROTHY deliver at the Varsity
CONCERT REVIEW :: DOROTHY, JOYOUS WOLF
Varsity Theater in Minneapolis
May 2, 2022
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick
It’s been a minute since Dorothy and/or Joyous Wolf has been back to MN and it’s been awhile since I’ve been to the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. All 3 were overdue.
JOYOUS WOLF played a rowdy 40 min set that saw vocalist Nick Reese all over the stage barely standing still long enough to take the pictures you see included here. Matched with an incredibly tight rhythm section of Greg Braccio on bass and Robert Sodaro on drums creating a massive sound for guitarist Blake Allard to riff all over. This band has seriously spent time perfecting their music to come across loud and proud live. You could tell they were traveling with their own sound guy who had everything dialed in perfect to make the band sound the best they could be.
Opening with “Quiet Heart” from their Place in Time record, the band was firing on all cylinders and never let up until the 40 min set was over. They came with a mission to make new fans and they definitely accomplished that. Reese’s outgoing personality on stage doing cartwheels including parting the crowd down the middle to jump down and do one from the floor made for a show you couldn’t take your eyes off of. Add in that you want to watch Braccio, Sodaro and Allard playing just as intensely and you’ve got yourself a hard act to follow.
Half the set seemed to be made up of songs from a forthcoming record including a very memorable “Get Myself Right” that should prove to be a stunner on record as it was live. I definitely was bummed that they didn’t have a CD or any vinyl at the merch booth, I’m guessing they would’ve sold big after that set. Keep an eye on this band - they are one big song away from becoming huge!
DOROTHY came out with a new band that was equally as talented as JOYOUS WOLF that came out making “Down to the Bottom” a little more heavier to make the song’s catchiness making it a great show opener. DOROTHY was in fine vocal form with the tracks like “Gun In My Hand” and “Raise Hell” from Rockisdead and did incredible versions of the new songs “Rest in Peace” and “Beautiful Life”.
The band had plenty of time to shine, making the songs in the set larger than their recorded counterparts. The show went by super quick with DOROTHY performing 11 songs from her 3 albums. My only minor gripe was that DOROTHY ended the show with “Flawless” and “Freedom” from 28 Days in the Valley and ended the show on an awkward note. The show just ended after those two songs with no encore. No “Raise Hell”, no “Whiskey Fever”, no “After Midnight” or no “Kiss It” all which would have been excellent show closers, let alone set additions.
In the end, it was fantastic to see DOROTHY live again with such a great band behind her to let her really deliver some powerhouse performances during the set. I’m betting that this was just an appetizer for the main event coming soon. Check out DOROTHY’s new record “Gifts from the Holy Ghost” as it is a fantastic listen. Dorothy could definitely come back and just play the new record and I’d walk out a happy fan!
SEE MORE OF BRETT'S PHOTOS OF DOROTHY and JOYOUS WOLF HERE!
Varsity Theater in Minneapolis
May 2, 2022
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick
It’s been a minute since Dorothy and/or Joyous Wolf has been back to MN and it’s been awhile since I’ve been to the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. All 3 were overdue.
JOYOUS WOLF played a rowdy 40 min set that saw vocalist Nick Reese all over the stage barely standing still long enough to take the pictures you see included here. Matched with an incredibly tight rhythm section of Greg Braccio on bass and Robert Sodaro on drums creating a massive sound for guitarist Blake Allard to riff all over. This band has seriously spent time perfecting their music to come across loud and proud live. You could tell they were traveling with their own sound guy who had everything dialed in perfect to make the band sound the best they could be.
Opening with “Quiet Heart” from their Place in Time record, the band was firing on all cylinders and never let up until the 40 min set was over. They came with a mission to make new fans and they definitely accomplished that. Reese’s outgoing personality on stage doing cartwheels including parting the crowd down the middle to jump down and do one from the floor made for a show you couldn’t take your eyes off of. Add in that you want to watch Braccio, Sodaro and Allard playing just as intensely and you’ve got yourself a hard act to follow.
Half the set seemed to be made up of songs from a forthcoming record including a very memorable “Get Myself Right” that should prove to be a stunner on record as it was live. I definitely was bummed that they didn’t have a CD or any vinyl at the merch booth, I’m guessing they would’ve sold big after that set. Keep an eye on this band - they are one big song away from becoming huge!
DOROTHY came out with a new band that was equally as talented as JOYOUS WOLF that came out making “Down to the Bottom” a little more heavier to make the song’s catchiness making it a great show opener. DOROTHY was in fine vocal form with the tracks like “Gun In My Hand” and “Raise Hell” from Rockisdead and did incredible versions of the new songs “Rest in Peace” and “Beautiful Life”.
The band had plenty of time to shine, making the songs in the set larger than their recorded counterparts. The show went by super quick with DOROTHY performing 11 songs from her 3 albums. My only minor gripe was that DOROTHY ended the show with “Flawless” and “Freedom” from 28 Days in the Valley and ended the show on an awkward note. The show just ended after those two songs with no encore. No “Raise Hell”, no “Whiskey Fever”, no “After Midnight” or no “Kiss It” all which would have been excellent show closers, let alone set additions.
In the end, it was fantastic to see DOROTHY live again with such a great band behind her to let her really deliver some powerhouse performances during the set. I’m betting that this was just an appetizer for the main event coming soon. Check out DOROTHY’s new record “Gifts from the Holy Ghost” as it is a fantastic listen. Dorothy could definitely come back and just play the new record and I’d walk out a happy fan!
SEE MORE OF BRETT'S PHOTOS OF DOROTHY and JOYOUS WOLF HERE!
Saturday, May 14, 2022
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/13/22
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/13/22
HOUR 1
COLD KINDGOM - "agony" // agony - single
MOON TOOTH – “deathwish blues" // phototroph
POPPY - "lessen the damage" // flux
JANE'S ADDICTION - "stop" // ritual de lo habitual
SMASHING PUMPKINS - "quiet" // siamese dream
FLIPP – “you can make it happen" // too dumb to quit
SAUL - "the toll" // rise as equals
THE WARNING - "money" // money - single
MOTHICA - "casuality" // casuality - single
EAON – “lesson no 1" // lesson no 1
VERSION 5 – “take you there" // version 5
LOATHE – “new faces in the dark" // I let it in and it took everything
AVOID - "heat" // the burner ep
WIDOW7 – “blood money” // blood money – single
HALESTORM – “my redemption" // back from the dead
THROW THE FIGHT – “snake mountain” // snake mountain - single
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space
HOUR 2
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - "what a horrible night to have a curse" // nocturnal
CAGE FIGHT feat TREVOR STRNAD - "eating me alive" // cage fight
ONI feat RANDY BLYTHE & IGGY POP - "secrets" // loathing light
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
DREAMS ASIDE - "reflections" // reflections - single
IMONOLITH feat JENS KIDMAN - "the reign" // progressions
RAMMSTEIN – “giftig" // zeit
OPETH – “width of a circle” // in cauda venenum (extended edition)
MOTOR SISTER – “can't get high enough” // get off
TESTAMENT – “the healers" // titans of creation
REAPING ASMODEIA – “false awakening” // darkened infinity
INFECTED RAIN – “fighter” // ecdysis
JINJER – “pisces" (live session) // pisces live session - single
HOUR 1
COLD KINDGOM - "agony" // agony - single
MOON TOOTH – “deathwish blues" // phototroph
POPPY - "lessen the damage" // flux
JANE'S ADDICTION - "stop" // ritual de lo habitual
SMASHING PUMPKINS - "quiet" // siamese dream
FLIPP – “you can make it happen" // too dumb to quit
SAUL - "the toll" // rise as equals
THE WARNING - "money" // money - single
MOTHICA - "casuality" // casuality - single
EAON – “lesson no 1" // lesson no 1
VERSION 5 – “take you there" // version 5
LOATHE – “new faces in the dark" // I let it in and it took everything
AVOID - "heat" // the burner ep
WIDOW7 – “blood money” // blood money – single
HALESTORM – “my redemption" // back from the dead
THROW THE FIGHT – “snake mountain” // snake mountain - single
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space
HOUR 2
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - "what a horrible night to have a curse" // nocturnal
CAGE FIGHT feat TREVOR STRNAD - "eating me alive" // cage fight
ONI feat RANDY BLYTHE & IGGY POP - "secrets" // loathing light
EX-REGIME - "sink or swim" // the path I walk
DREAMS ASIDE - "reflections" // reflections - single
IMONOLITH feat JENS KIDMAN - "the reign" // progressions
RAMMSTEIN – “giftig" // zeit
OPETH – “width of a circle” // in cauda venenum (extended edition)
MOTOR SISTER – “can't get high enough” // get off
TESTAMENT – “the healers" // titans of creation
REAPING ASMODEIA – “false awakening” // darkened infinity
INFECTED RAIN – “fighter” // ecdysis
JINJER – “pisces" (live session) // pisces live session - single
Friday, May 6, 2022
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/06/22
MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/06/22
HOUR 1
ALIGN – “the quest for townies" // blue book value
REDOVERLUNAR – “3stars" // demo
CASANATRA – “I do not care" // death ride
EXACTLYNO – “where we belong" // red line city
DISKORD - "dead to me" // limberdink road
DIESL - "forget it" // the failsafe
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
STAND ATLANTIC – “switchblade" // f.e.a.r.
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around
DOWN AND ABOVE - "anodyne" // anodyne
HALESTORM – “bombshell" // back from the dead
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll
TURNSTILE - "blackout" // glow on
THE MYSTERINES – “hung up” // reeling
LILITH CZAR – “feed my chaos" // created from filth and dust
WAGE WAR – “high horse" // manic
HOUR 2
MOTOR SISTER – “lion's den" // get off
FLIPP – “you can make it happen" // too dumb to quit
3 PILL MORNING - "all before" // all before - single
FOZZY – “sane" // boombox
WIDOW7 - "blood money" // blood money - single
GOJIRA - "into the storm" // fortitude
DEFTONES - "radiant city" // ohms
SOULFLY - "superstition" // totem
EVERY TIME I DIE - "post boredom" // radical
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
MACHINE HEAD - "choke on the ashes of your hate" // of kingdom and crown
RED FANG - "arrows" // arrows
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS - "on the inside" // within each lies the other
INFECTED RAIN feat HEIDI SHEPARD – “the realm of chaos" // ecdysis
JINJER – “sit stay roll over (live)" // alive in Melbourne 2020
HOUR 1
ALIGN – “the quest for townies" // blue book value
REDOVERLUNAR – “3stars" // demo
CASANATRA – “I do not care" // death ride
EXACTLYNO – “where we belong" // red line city
DISKORD - "dead to me" // limberdink road
DIESL - "forget it" // the failsafe
BRING THE SUN - "truth" // ghost
STAND ATLANTIC – “switchblade" // f.e.a.r.
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "depending on the weather" // keep your devils around
DOWN AND ABOVE - "anodyne" // anodyne
HALESTORM – “bombshell" // back from the dead
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "death by rock and roll" // death by rock and roll
TURNSTILE - "blackout" // glow on
THE MYSTERINES – “hung up” // reeling
LILITH CZAR – “feed my chaos" // created from filth and dust
WAGE WAR – “high horse" // manic
HOUR 2
MOTOR SISTER – “lion's den" // get off
FLIPP – “you can make it happen" // too dumb to quit
3 PILL MORNING - "all before" // all before - single
FOZZY – “sane" // boombox
WIDOW7 - "blood money" // blood money - single
GOJIRA - "into the storm" // fortitude
DEFTONES - "radiant city" // ohms
SOULFLY - "superstition" // totem
EVERY TIME I DIE - "post boredom" // radical
AFTER THE BURIAL - "the great repeat" // evergreen
MACHINE HEAD - "choke on the ashes of your hate" // of kingdom and crown
RED FANG - "arrows" // arrows
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS - "on the inside" // within each lies the other
INFECTED RAIN feat HEIDI SHEPARD – “the realm of chaos" // ecdysis
JINJER – “sit stay roll over (live)" // alive in Melbourne 2020
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