MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/13/15 - COLD KINGDOM

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/13/15
GUESTS :: COLD KINGDOM

HOUR 1
THE ODDFATHERS - "another tear goes dry" // part II
DEAD SARA - "mona lisa" // pleasure to meet you
HARAKIRI - "c'est la vie" // harakiri
KICK - "away from the world" // away from the world
AND WE DANCED - "the ring" // back to the middle
ROMANTIC REBEL - "believe" // romantic rebel
AEOUS - "us against the world"

COLD KINGDOM - "let it burn" // the moon and the fool
COLD KINGDOM - "resolution" // the moon and the fool
3 PILL MORNING - "rain" // black tie love affair
COLD KINGDOM - "crash poet" // the moon and the fool
FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WORLD - "live again" // reveal

HOUR 2
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
KATATONIA - "the one you are looking for" // dead end kings
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "like God" // new world disaster
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "start walking" // home
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
BY THE THOUSANDS - "theopany" // by the thousands - ep
AFTER THE BURIAL - "parise" // wolves within

36 CRAZYFISTS - "sorrow sings" // time and trauma
36 CRAZYFISTS - "time and trauma" // time and trauma
COAL CHAMBER - "blisters" // giving the devil his due
FAITH NO MORE - "last cup of sorrow" // album of the year
BABES IN TOYLAND - "bruise violet" // fontanelle
EMERGENT - "erode" // emergent
CONVERGE - "trespasses" // all we love we leave behind

**SPECIAL THANKS to JASON, AARON and PAT from COLD KINGDOM for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! COLD KINGDOM releases their debut album on FEB 20 at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis with 3 PILL MORNING, AEOUS (also releasing their debut album) and SLEEP SIGNALS!**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/06/15 - CHRIS JERICHO / FOZZY

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 02/06/15
GUESTS :: CHRIS JERICHO / FOZZY

HOUR 1
SPOKEN - "breathe again" // breathe again - single
ARSON RIVER - "chemicals" // any given day
MARILYN MANSON - "deep six" // the pale emperor
FIFTH HOUR - "wait" // the line between love and hate
KICK - "electric love" // away from the world
HARAKIRI - "lorelei" // harakiri
ANGRY WATERS - "dead flowers" // the tequila incidents

FLYLEAF - "thread" // between the stars
3 YEARS HOLLOW - "for life" // the cracks
RED - "darkest part" // of beauty and rage
FOZZY - "sandpaper" // sin and bones
FOZZY - "do you want to start a war?" // do you want to start a war?
FOZZY - "lights go out" // do you want to start a war?

HOUR 2
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "reincarnate" // reincarnate
MACHINE HEAD - "ghosts will haunt my bones" // bloodstone and diamonds
MACHINE HEAD - "beneath the silt" // bloodstone and diamonds
ENEMY X - "sacrificial burning" // the ends of the earth
BRING THE SUN - "irish carbomb" // bring the sun - ep
10 YEARS - "miscellanea" // from birth to burial
HELLYEAH - "say when" // blood for blood

36 CRAZYFISTS - "also am I" // time and trauma
ALL THAT REMAINS - "no knock" // the order of things
REAPING ASMODEIA - "indwelling" // poison of the earth
THE AGONIST - "gates of horn and ivory" // eye of providence
NOPATHY - "steps" // nopathy
WALLS OF JERICHO - "a trigger full of promises" // with devils amongst us all
EVERY TIME I DIE - "floater" // hot damn
ENCROACH - "this holds true” // encroach / anamnesis split

**SPECIAL THANKS to CHRIS JERICHO from FOZZY for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! FOZZY’s new album “Do You Want to Start a War?” is out now via Century Media Records!**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/30/15 - ZIMMY / REVILWEN

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/30/15
GUESTS :: ZIMMY / REVILWEN
REMEMBERING THE WHAT'S UP LOUNGE

HOUR 1
ALIGN - "bell curve" // some breaking news
BOBAFLEX - "bobaflex warriors" // primitive epic
SPOKEN - "september" // last chance to breathe
DISKORD - "carbomb" // release
BROTHER ALI - "lookin at me sideways" // the undisputed truth

PIERRE - "skateboardian" // western medicine
REVILWEN - "one more yesterday" // the script
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "knight boat" // the old ones are and forever shall be
REMO DRIVE - "instinct" // demo
DOWN AND ABOVE - "digging in the dirt" // vena cava
DROPPING DAYLIGHT - "apologies" // brace yourself
GINGERJAKE - "grey on blue" // paralysis

HOUR 2
AVADO - "death express" // viscera
DEAD SARA - "mona lisa" // pleasure to meet you
ARROWS AT DAWN - "something more" // out of touch
PRVIS - "smoke" // white noise
PROF - "farout" // farout - single
COLD KINGDOM - "let it burn" // let it burn - single
NOTHING MORE - "first punch" // nothing more

WOVENWAR - "profane" // wovenwar
PERIPHERY - "rainbow gravity" // juggernaut: alpha
SECTION HATE - "an act of full redemption" // prelude to a ten volume suicide note
KILL SWITCH - "rebuild" // what doesn't kill us
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - "dirty" // the feeding
INDEX CASE - "silent side of you" // index case

**SPECIAL THANKS to ZIMMY from REVILWEN for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about the What’s Up Lounge closing and upcoming REVILWEN shows!! Lots of great memories at the What's Up Lounge, sad to see it go.

CATCH REVILWEN LIVE JAN 31 at BENDERZ in North Mankato with PIERRE, OLD TOWNE GHOSTS, REMO DRIVE and INFULENDUM for an ALL AGES SHOW and FEB 20 at BENDERZ in North Mankato for a 21+ show with BRING THE SUN, ANGRY WATERS and WARROOSTER!**


OTHER SHOWS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK! GO OUT AND SUPPORT A SHOW AT A LOCAL VENUE!

SAT (JAN 31) – TURPINTINE WINE @ Wine Cafe in Mankato – 21+
MON (FEB 2) – PERIPHERY, NOTHING MORE, WOVENWAR, THANK YOU SCIENTIST @ Varsity Theater in Mpls – 16+
WED (FEB 4) – SLEEPING WITH SIRENS, PIERCE THE VEIL, PVRIS, MALLORY KNOX @ Myth in Maplewood – ALL AGES
NEXT FRI (FEB 6) – AUGUST BURNS RED, MISS MAY I, NORTHLANE, ERRA @ Mill City Nights in Mpls – 15+
NEXT FRI (FEB 6) – MARILYN MANSON @ Mystic Lake in Prior Lake – 18+ SOLD OUT
NEXT FRI (FEB 6) – PROF, ST. PAUL SLIM @ Wicked Moose in Rochester – 21+
FEB 20 – 3 PILL MORNING, COLD KINGDOM (EP RELEASE), AEOUS (CD RELEASE), SLEEP SIGNALS @ Fine Line in Mpls – 18+
FEB 27 – POST HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA feat BNLX, BUILDINGS, OLD TOWNE GHOSTS @ Mankato Event Center in Mankato – 21+
APR 25 – SKYWIND, WHITHER THE TIDE, EMERGENT @ Busters in Mankato – 21+

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/23/15 - GOODNIGHT RITUAL

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/23/15
GUESTS :: GOODNIGHT RITUAL

HOUR 1
DOOMTREE - "off in the deep" // all hands
GOING TO THE SUN - "new year" // going to the sun
SKYWIND - "drug store" // sleeping giant
WHITHER THE TIDE - "look where we are" // the lunar phase vol 1
EMERGENT - "the fall" // emergent
CRASH CUDDLE - "owning the bull" // crash cuddle - ep
CASANATRA - "I do not care" // death ride

GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "hits the spot" // trade mark
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "low grade suede" // trade mark
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "shine me on" // trade mark
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "testing the air" // trade mark

HOUR 2
3 YEARS HOLLOW - "for life" // the cracks
ISLANDER - "counteract" // violence and destruction
RED - "feed the machine" // until we have faces
10 YEARS - "miscellanea" // from birth to burial
OTHERWISE - "darker side of the moon" // peace at all costs
NOPATHY - "steps" // nopathy - ep
CLUTCH - "unto the breach" // earth rocker
MASTODON - "the motherload" // once more round the sun

CROBOT - "nowhere to hide" // something supernatural
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // river wizard - ep
PANGAEA - "the balance" // forthcoming disc
PERIPHERY - "22 faces" // juggernaut: alpha
ENEMY X - "sacrificial burning" // the ends of the earth
AFTER THE BURIAL - "anti-pattern" // wolves within
ANGRY BUKOWSKI - "kitchen party" // live at the What's Up Lounge

**SPECIAL THANKS to GOODNIGHT RITUAL for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! GOODNIGHT RITUAL's new EP "Trade Mark" is available for pay what you want here! Catch GOODNIGHT RITUAL with TIGER BLUE, ALL THE WAY RIDER and BLACK GARDEN at The Hexagon in Minneapolis on Jan 30, it's a FREE 21+ show!!**

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/16/15 - KICK

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/16/15
GUESTS :: KICK

HOUR 1
LIKE A STORM - "wish you hell" // awaken the fire
ROMANTIC REBEL - "believe" // romantic rebel
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "feel like rain" // commit this to memory
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - "everything is alright" // commit this to memory
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "cheshire" // yesteryear
DIVIDING EDEN - "hey ya (losing gravity)" // here comes the water
CITY OF THE WEAK - "white fire alarm" // white fire alarm

KICK - "electric love" // away from the world
KICK - "away from the world" // away from the world
HARAKIRI - "c'est la vie" // harakiri
KICK - "sick religion" // away from the world
THE MODERN ERA - "where was I (when I needed me)" // where was I - ep
SCARLET HAZE - "blame it on you" // one bad bitch

HOUR 2
HALESTORM - "apocalyptic" // into the wild life
DOOMTREE - "final boss" // all hands
MARILYN MANSON - "deep six" // the pale emperor
WOVENWAR - "moving up" // wovenwar
PERIPHERY - "22 faces" // juggernaut: alpha
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "don't need it / sisyphus" // torch
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
NONPOINT - "never ending hole" // the return

36 CRAZYFISTS - "also am I" // time and trauma
THE AGONIST - "gates of horn and ivory" // eye of providence
MACHINE HEAD - "ghosts will haunt my bones" // bloodstone and diamonds
THE END - "throwing stones" // elementary
UPON A BURNING BODY - "texas blood money" // red, white, green
REAPING ASMODEIA - "poison of the earth" // poison of the earth
DISEMBODIED - "anvil chandelier" // diablerie

SPECIAL THANKS to KICK for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! Their EP "Away from the World" is available at a pay what you want price here! Check KICK out on FEB 19 at Kathy's Pub in Rochester with HARAKIRI!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/09/15

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/09/15
RANDOM PULL!

HOUR 1
DEFTONES - "passenger" // white pony
THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - "kinder words" // question the answers
JOHNNYROOK - "down the aisle" // between love and loss
ICON FOR HIRE - "get well" // scripted
SICK OF SARAH - "not listening" // sick of sarah
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd

GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "hits the spot" // trade mark
FOUR FISTS - "mmmmmhmmmmm" // four fists 7"
EVERY TIME I DIE - "ebolorama" // hot damn
ALL THAT REMAINS - "this probably won't end well" // the order of things
BIFFY CLYRO - "modern magic formula" (live) // opposites - live from glasgow
SKINDRED - "doom riff" // union black
MINDRITE - "hunger and fear" // the xenocide

HOUR 2
CROBOT - "nowhere to hide" // something supernatural
BRING THE SUN - "irish carbomb" // cancer face
ANGRY WATERS - "bad moon rising" // the tequila incidents
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money
WARROOSTER - "hyperdrive" // demo
TORCHE - "walk it off" // harmonicraft
TORCH THE SPIRES - "the great snipe hunt" // bastard sons of minneapolis
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "start walking" // home
A VERSE UNSUNG - "the takeover" // sleeping tigers
HATEBREED - "to the threshold" // supremacy

KYNG - "burn the serum" // burn the serum
DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "psycho" // kill the precedence
CWN ANNWN - "stay forever" // metamorphosis
3 INCHES OF BLOOD - "trial of champions" // fire up the blades
RANCID - "ruby soho" // and out come the wolves
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "takillya" // kings of damnation
CONVERGE - "trespasses" // all we love we leave behind
PERIPHERY - "22 faces" // juggernaut: alpha
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE - "revenge" // if

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/02/15 - MOST ANTICIPATED 2015 RELEASES

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/02/15
MOST ANTICIPATED 2015 RELEASES

HOUR 1
THE ODDFATHERS – “another tear goes dry” // double live
COLD KINGDOM – “let it burn” // let it burn – single
DEAD SARA – “monumental holiday” // dead sara
RED – “death of me” // innocence and instinct
BRING THE SUN – “MF” // bring the sun
3 PILL MORNING – “I want that for you” // black tie love affair
BOMBA DE LUZ – “swear you away” // what a heavy weight
THRICE – “in exile” // beggars

CHILDREN 18:3 – “cover your eyes” // rain’s a comin’
BOBAFLEX – “I’m glad you’re dead” // charlatan’s web
ECHO EFFECT – “seven” // the beauty in disaster
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “time turned fragile” // commit this to memory
DOOMTREE – “gray duck” // all hands
ARROWS AT DAWN – “dead in the water” // no place to hide
THE DEAD WEATHER – “buzzkill(er)” // buzzkill(er) – single
WRITE THIS DOWN – “renegades” // write this down

HOUR 2
MARILYN MANSON – “deep six” // the pale emperor
PERIPHERY – “22 faces” // juggernaut: alpha
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE – “here comes the crash” // new world disaster
EMERGENT – “erode” // emergent
THIRA – “fathoms” // fathoms – single
36 CRAZYFISTS – “also am I” // time and trauma

AUGUST BURNS RED – “empire” // leveler
PALE HORSE PROPHECY – “behind the curse” // behind the curse – single
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “sugars of someday” // shoot
TORCHE – “minons” // restarter
WARROOSTER – “lot lizard” // lot lizard – single
BUTCHER BABIES – “the deathsurround” // goliath
LAMB OF GOD – “ghost walking” // resolution

OTHER RELEASES WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AND HOPING THAT COME OUT IN 2015 BUT WE RAN OUT OF TIME
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ANTHRAX, HATEBREED, REFLECTIONS, GOJIRA, FLOGGING MOLLY, REVILWEN, THE MAYBERRY RIOT
…and hopefully a ton of surprises!