MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/29/15 - ERIC FAIRCHILD

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/29/15
GUESTS :: ERIC FAIRCHILD

HOUR 1
BOBAFLEX - "forgiven" // anything that moves
ROMANTIC REBEL - "disappear" // romantic rebel
THE ODDFATHERS - "8 track stereo" // part I
SECRETLY DROWNING - "big 2" // last recordings
ERIC FAIRCHILD feat KAT PERKINS - "hearts on fire" // now and forever
KAT PERKINS - "paris (ooh la la)" // fearless - ep

ERIC FAIRCHILD - "wrong side" // now and forever
ATTENTION - "whatever gets you through the night" // everything takes forever
ERIC FAIRCHILD - "river" // now and forever
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // debut sampler
ALL THE WAY RIDER - "I always" // floyd

HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED - "identity" // found in far away places
REVILWEN - "one more yesterday" // the script
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // river wizard
CRASH CUDDLE - "owning the bull" // crash cuddle - ep
AEOUS - "us against the world" // the same light you've always had
BY THE THOUSANDS - "theopany" // by the thousands - ep

ARCH ENEMY - "as the pages burn" // war eternal
AFTER THE BURIAL - "parise" // wolves within
REAPING ASMODEIA - "indwelling" // poison of the earth
IMMORALIS - "burden" // burden - single
EPICA - "victims of contingency" // the quantum enigma
ELUVEITIE - "inception" // origins
THE AGONIST - "gates of horn and ivory" // eye of providence

**SPECIAL THANKS to ERIC FAIRCHILD for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! Eric's new EP "Now and Forever" is available as a pay-what-you-want download here!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/22/15 - AVATAR

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/22/15
GUESTS :: AVATAR

HOUR 1
FAITH NO MORE - "separation anxiety" // sol invictus
ROMANTIC REBEL - "believe" // romantic rebel
DIVIDING EDEN - "hey ya (losing gravity)" // here comes the water
PATHOS ETHOS - "actions fight harder than words" // demo
THE ODDFATHERS - "another tear goes dry" // part II
LA MADNESS - "how bad" // love for losers - ep
OTHERWISE - "darker side of the moon" // peace at all costs

ATMOSPHERE - "sunshine" // sad clown bad summer 9
BROTHER ALI - "lookin' at me sideways" // the undisputed truth
DESSA - "fighting fish" // parts of speech
ERIC FAIRCHILD feat KAT PERKINS - "hearts on fire" // now and forever
KAT PERKINS - "fearless" // fearless - ep
CHILDREN 18:3 - "don't stop moving" // come in
REVILWEN - "those who control" // follow the money

HOUR 2
LAMB OF GOD - "still echoes" // VII: sturm und drang
STRAIGHT LINE STITCH - "dark matter" // transparency
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // vixen - single
AVATAR - "death of sound" // hail the apocalypse

AVATAR - "vultures fly" // hail the apocalypse
AVATAR - "get in line" // hail the apocalypse
NUISANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence
PSYCHOSTICK - "dogs like socks" // IV: revenge of the vengeance

**SPECIAL THANKS to JOHANNES from AVATAR for stopping by the Midwest Beatdown this week! AVATAR’s latest album “Hail the Apocalypse” is out now!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/15/15 - VAUDEVILLE, COLD KINGDOM, HALESTORM, ANTHRAX

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/15/15
GUESTS :: VAUDEVILLE, COLD KINGDOM, HALESTORM, ANTHRAX

HOUR 1
ANBERLIN - "the feel good drag" (live) // never take friendship personal: live in New York City
THE USUAL THINGS - "staring down the morning" // home sweet alone
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "still here" // sin city escape
VAUDEVILLE - "where darkness lies" // masquerade part 1 - ep
VIA - "closets" // sanitize this

VAUDEVILLE - "witness to distance" // masquerade part 2 - ep
SKYWIND - "drug store" // sleeping giants
VAUDEVILLE - "how does it feel" // masquerade part 2 - ep
FIFTH HOUR - "not the enemy" // not the enemy - single
OTHERWISE - "coming for the throne" // peace at all costs
AMARANTHE - "digital world" // massive addictive
AND WE DANCED - "the ring" // back to the middle

HOUR 2
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // vixen - single
MARMOZETS - "vibetech" // the weird and wonderful marmozets
COLD KINGDOM - "let it burn" // the moon and the fool
COLD KINGDOM - "surrender" // the moon and the fool
HALESTORM - "mayhem" // into the wild life
HALESTORM - "apocalyptic" // into the wild life

ANTHRAX - "earth on hell" // worship music
ANTHRAX - "soror irruminator" // catch the throne II mixtape
ENEMY X - "sacrificial burning" // the ends of the earth
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // river wizard
COAL CHAMBER - "another nail in the coffin" // rivals

**SPECIAL THANKS to TIM from VAUDEVILLE for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown tonight! VAUDEVILLE’s new EP, Masquerade part 2 comes out Saturday (May 16) at The Cabooze in Minneapolis with SKYWIND, VIA and PICARD (18+ show)!

SPECIAL THANKS to COLD KINGDOM, LZZY and JOE from HALESTORM and JOEY and FRANK from ANTHRAX for sitting down with the Midwest Beatdown at NORTHERN INVASION! COLD KINGDOM’s “The Moon and The Fool”, HALESTORM’s “Into the Wild Life” and ANTHRAX’s “Worship Music” are all out now! New album from ANTHRAX later this year!

Hit the jump to see our pictures from the first ever Northern Invasion!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/08/15 - NORTHERN INVASION PREVIEW

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/08/15
NORTHERN INVASION PREVIEW

HOUR 1
COLD KINGDOM - "the light" // the moon and the fool
CROBOT - "fly on the wall" // something supernatural
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH - "let the sparks fly" // the end is where we begin
SLEEPWAVE - "rock and roll is dead and so am I" // broken compass
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "let me in" // let me in - single
SELF-EVIDENT - "house" // the traveler
YOUNG GUNS - "bones" // bones

THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "follow me down" // going to hell
HALESTORM - "apocalyptic" // into the wild life
DIVIDING EDEN - "hey ya (losing gravity)" // here comes the water
PATHOS ETHOS - "actions fight harder than words" // demo
ROMANTIC REBEL - "believe" // romantic rebel
10 YEARS - "miscellanea" // from birth to burial
NONPOINT - "misery" // the return
REFUSED - "elektra" // freedom

HOUR 2
AVATAR - "death of sound" // hail the apocalypse
FOUR YEAR STRONG - "we all float down here" // four year strong
NOPATHY - "steps" // nopathy
AFTER THE BURIAL - "anti-pattern" // wolves within
IN THIS MOMENT - "sick like me" // black widow
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE feat MARIA BRINK - "contemptress" // reincarnate
ANTHRAX - "fight em til you can't" // worship music

DEAD HORSE TRAUMA - "psycho" // kill the precedence
THIRA - "cognition: one" // vein I: varying states of decay
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE - "here comes the crash" // new world disaster
VOLBEAT - "still counting" // beyond hell/above heaven
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH - "under and over it" // american capitalist
SLIPKNOT - "custer" // .5: the gray chapter

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/01/15 - VIA

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/01/15
GUESTS :: VIA

HOUR 1
REFUSED - "elektra" // freedom
ARROWS AT DAWN - "dead in the water" // no place to hide
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // debut sampler
NEW MEDICINE - "one too many" // breaking the model
ANGRY WATERS - "dead flowers" // the tequila incidents
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // death pigeon - ep

VIA - "closets" // sanitize this
VAUDEVILLE - "where darkness lies" // masquerade part 1 - ep
VIA - "shroomates" // sanitize this
SIN CITY ESCAPE - "still here" // sin city escape - ep
VIA - "red room" // sanitize this
LA MADNESS - "how bad" // love for losers

HOUR 2
ARSON RIVER - "chemicals" // any given day
AEOUS - "casualty" // the light you've always had
REVILWEN - "one more yesterday" // the script
FIFTH HOUR - "not the enemy" // not the enemy - single
AMARANTHE - "massive addictive" // massive addictive
HALESTORM - "mayhem" // into the wild life
IN THIS MOMENT - "next life" // beautiful tragedy

ANTHRAX - "soror irrumator" // catch the throne II mixtape
AVATAR - "death of sound" // hail the apocalypse
BLACK FLOOD DIESEL - "last tomorrow" // new asylum
ENEMY X - "sacrificial burning" // the ends of the earth
BY THE THOUSANDS - "theophany" // by the thousands - ep
REAPING ASMODEIA - "poison of the earth" // poison of the earth

**SPECIAL THANKS to VIA for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! VIA’s new album “Sanitize This” is out now!

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to all the RADIO HEROES who donated money to the KMSU Spring Pledge Drive!!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/24/15 - EMERGENT

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/24/15
GUESTS :: EMERGENT

HOUR 1
LA MADNESS - "how bad" // love for losers
DIESL - "forget it" // the failsafe
WARROOSTER - "save the date" // bilderberg workshop
JOHNNYROOK - "hot tubs (don't just walk away)" // from remorse we learn
CHILDREN 18:3 - "afterall..." // come in
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - "seek advice elsewhere" // home

EMERGENT - "erode" // emergent
WHITHER THE TIDE - "say hello to this chemical" // the new chemical
EMERGENT - "let it fade" // emergent
SKYWIND - "hero's welcome" // sleeping giants

HOUR 2
EMERGENT - "out of the grey" // emergent
COLD KINGDOM - "let it burn" // the moon and the fool
DOOMTREE - "gray duck" // all hands
SICK OF SARAH - "not listening" // sick of sarah
BIFFY CLYRO - "modern magic formula" // opposites: live from Glasgow

OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "das arbeitslied" // torch
CRASH CUDDLE - "owning the bull" // crash cuddle - ep
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE (feat MARIA BRINK) - "contemptress" // reincarnate
VOLBEAT (feat KING DIAMOND) - "room 24" // outlaw gentlemen and shady ladies
SLIPKNOT - "custer" // .5: the gray chapter
EVERY TIME I DIE - "tourtettes" // salem 7 inch
EVERY TIME I DIE - "a strange loop" // salem 7 inch

**SPECIAL THANKS to MATT from EMERGENT for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! EMERGENT's excellent self titled album is out now, do yourself a favor and buy it immediately!

You can still donate to KMSU's spring pledge drive by calling 507-389-5678 or you can pledge online at http://www.kmsu.org! We need to hit our goal of $40,000 by May 1 so we can acquire a new transmitter! The pledge drive also helps keep KMSU commercial free by volunteers who play music they are passionate about!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/17/15 - WHITHER THE TIDE

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/17/15
GUESTS :: WHITHER THE TIDE

HOUR 1
COLD KINGDOM - "the light" // the moon and the fool
AMERICAN SCARECROWS - "cheshire" // yesteryear
HALESTORM - "gonna get mine" // into the wild life
CROBOT - "nowhere to hide" // something supernatural
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "since you're gone" // light me up
ARROWS AT DAWN - "you'll never win" // no place to hide

WHITHER THE TIDE - "look where we are" // the lunar phase vol 1
EMERGENT - "out of the grey" // emergent
WHITHER THE TIDE - "lovers in the night" // the lunar phase vol 1
SKYWIND - "drug store" // sleeping giants
WHITHER THE TIDE - "the matador" // the lunar phase vol 1

HOUR 2
AUGUST BURNS RED - "the wake" // found in far away places
STONE SOUR - "creeping death" // meanwhile in burbank
THE WHITE STRIPES - "the denial twist" // get behind me satan
EVERY TIME I DIE - "decaying with the boys" // from parts unknown
FOUR YEAR STRONG - "we all float down here" // four year strong
THE ODDFATHERS - "another tear goes dry" // part II
NUISANCE - "priapism" // kill the silence

GALLOWS - "mystic death" // desolation sounds
OLD TOWNE GHOSTS - "sisyphus / don't need it" // torch
REVILWEN - "just breathe" // the script
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "loyalty" // catch the throne II mixtape
LETLIVE - "the sick, sick, 6.8 billion" // fake history
COAL CHAMBER - "I.O.U. nothing" // rivals
STONE SOUR - "we die young" // meanwhile in burbank
TORCHE - "blasted" // restarter

**SPECIAL THANKS to MATT from WHITHER THE TIDE for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! WHITHER THE TIDE's new album "The Lunar Phase Vol 1" is out now! Catch WHITHER THE TIDE with SKYWIND and EMERGENT at Buster's in Mankato on April 25!