MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/18/15

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/18/15

HOUR 1
AMERICAN SCARECROWS – “snoopy’s Christmas” // snoopy’s Christmas – single
10. VIA – “closets” // sanitize this
9. REFLECTIONS – “actias luna” // the color clear
8. CHILDREN 18:3 – “watch over me” // come in
7. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “TKO” // panic stations
6. KAT PERKINS – “drive” // drive
KAT PERKINS – “chestnuts roasting” // a Kat Perkins Christmas
5. THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “closed out” // shanaska

4. ARROWS AT DAWN – “let live” // pieces
3. ANGRY WATERS – “invasive species” // hold the high ground
2. LATE NIGHT FIGHTS – “galvanized” // jousthouse
1. COLD KINGDOM – “the light” // the moon and the fool
1. COLD KINGDOM – “surrender” // the moon and the fool
AEOUS – “monster” // the light you’ve always had
QUIETDRIVE – “all I want for Christmas is you” // all I want for Christmas is you - single

HOUR 2
10. SOILWORK – “the ride majestic” // the ride majestic
10. SEVENDUST – “chop” // kill the flaw
10. AUGUST BURNS RED – “identity” // found in far away places
10. 36 CRAZYFISTS – “also am I” // time and trauma
9. BRING ME THE HORIZON – “happy song” // that’s the spirit
8. FAITH NO MORE – “superhero” // sol invictus
7. BULLY – “too tough” // feels like

6. THE DEAD WEATHER – “I feel love (every million miles) // dodge and burn
5. DEAD SARA – “L.A. city slum” // pleasure to meet you
4. WOLF ALICE – “your love’s” // my love is cool
3. HALESTORM – “mayhem” // into the wild life
2. LAMB OF GOD – “still echoes” // VII: strum und drang
1. CLUTCH – “x-ray visions” // psychic warfare


THE FULL LIST

NATIONAL
1. CLUTCH – “psychic warfare” (Weathermaker)
2. LAMB OF GOD – “VII: strum und drang” (Epic)
3. HALESTORM – “into the wild life” (Atlantic)
4. WOLF ALICE – “my love is cool” (RCA)
5. DEAD SARA – “pleasure to meet you” (Pocket Kid)
6. THE DEAD WEATHER – “dodge and burn” (Third Man)
7. BULLY – “feels like” (Columbia)
8. FAITH NO MORE – “sol invictus” (Reclamation/Ipecac)
9. BRING ME THE HORIZON – “that’s the spirit” (Columbia)
10. 36 CRAZYFISTS – “time and trauma” (Spinefarm)
10. AUGUST BURNS RED – “found in far away places” (Fearless)
10. SEVENDUST – “kill the flaw” (7Bros)
10. SOILWORK – “the ride majestic” (Nuclear Blast)
14. SPOKEN – “breathe again” (Artery)
15. BOBAFLEX – “anything that moves” (BFX)
16. BUTCHER BABIES – “take it like a man” (Century Media)
17. PERIPHERY – “juggernaut: alpha” & “juggernaut: omega” (Sumerian)
18. ROYAL THUNDER – “crooked doors” (Relapse)
19. REFUSED – “freedom” (Epitaph)
20. PARKWAY DRIVE – “ire” (Epitaph)
20. TORCHE – “restarter” (Relapse)
22. COAL CHAMBER – “rivals” (Napalm)
23. TRIVIUM – “silence in the snow” (Roadrunner)
24. MARILYN MANSON – “the pale emperor” (Cooking Vinyl)
25. BARONESS – “purple” (Abraxan Hymns) … probably would have been higher if it didn’t come out the day I finalized this list

LOCAL
1. COLD KINGDOM – “the moon and the fool”
2. LATE NIGHT FIGHTS – “jousthouse”
3. ANGRY WATERS – “hold the high ground”
4. ARROWS AT DAWN – “pieces”
5. THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “shanaska”
6. KAT PERKINS – “drive”
7. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK – “panic stations” (Epitaph)
8. CHILDREN 18:3 – “come in” (Tooth and Nail)
9. REFLECTIONS – “the color clear” (eOne/Good Fight)
10. VIA – “sanitize this”

HONORABLE MENTIONS
AEOUS – “the light you’ve always had”
SELF-EVIDENT – “the traveler”
CONVEYER – “when given time to grow” (Victory)
BY THE THOUSANDS – “connect”
IMMORALIS – “connected visions”

NORTHERN INVASION 2016 LINEUP ANNOUNCED!

NORTHERN INVASION 2016 LINEUP HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!!



A HUGE CONGRATS to our friends in CITY OF THE WEAK for getting on this bill! It will be a huge opportunity for them.

It will be great to see Midwest Beatdown alumns ROB ZOMBIE, KORN, BRING ME THE HORIZON, LAMB OF GOD, SEVENDUST, HELLYEAH, TRIVIUM, BUTCHER BABIES and AVATAR all in the same festival!

Tickets go on sale December 15 at 10am! http://www.NorthernInvasion.com

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/11/15 - SPOKEN

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/11/15
GUESTS :: SPOKEN

HOUR 1
LEMMY & DAVE GROHL – “run Rudolph run” // we wish you a metal Christmas
ARROWS AT DAWN – “let live” // pieces
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS – “galvanized” // jousthouse
THE MAYBERRY RIOT – “pull me in” // shanaska
BRING THE SUN – “MF” // cancer face
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “strength of the mind” // strength of the mind – single

BARONESS – “morningside” // purple
SPOKEN – “the answer” // spoken
SPOKEN – “beyond the stars” // breathe again
SPOKEN – “falling apart” // breathe again

HOUR 2
SPOKEN – “surrender” // breathe again
THRICE – “in exile” // beggars
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS – “still remains” // purple
PANTERA – “piss” // vulgar display of power (20th anniversary edition)
PANTERA – “uplift” // reinventing the steel
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – “downstream” // can’t stop the machine

THE COMPANY WE KEEP – “pattern against user” // making moves ep
NORMA JEAN – “the anthem of the angry brides” // meridional
TREASONS – “wolves are circling” // demo
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – “start walking” // home
BABES IN TOYLAND – “he’s my thing” // painkillers
WALLS OF JERICHO – “a trigger full of promises” // with devils amongst us all
THROWDOWN – “avow” // intolerance
HOUSTON – “cover” // overhead
ISLANDER – “cold speak” // violence and destruction

**SPECIAL THANKS to MATT from SPOKEN for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! SPOKEN's new album "Breathe Again" is out now via Artery Recordings!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/04/15 - KAT PERKINS and LATE NIGHT FIGHTS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 12/04/15
GUESTS :: KAT PERKINS / LATE NIGHT FIGHTS

HOUR 1
STONE SOUR feat LZZY HALE - "gimme shelter" // straight outta burbank
BROTHER ALI - "take me home" // the undisputed truth
ATMOSPHERE feat deM atlaS - "finer things" // finer things - single
KAT PERKINS - "drive" // kat perkins
KAT PERKINS - "O holy night" // a kat perkins Christmas

KAT PERKINS - "chestnuts roasting" // a kat perkins Christmas
KAT PERKINS - "a different kind of Christmas" // a kat perkins Christmas
BRING THE SUN - "vestige" // death pigeon
ARSON RIVER - "chemicals" // any given day
BLAMESHIFT - "tell me it's alright" // tell me it's alright - single
CLUTCH - "sucker for the witch" // psychic warfare

HOUR 2
STONE SOUR - "too fast for love" // straight outta burbank
REVILWEN - "one more yesterday" // the script
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse
ARROWS AT DAWN - "let live" // pieces
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "owe to owed" // jousthouse

COLD KINGDOM - "let it burn" // the moon and the fool
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "nothing to lose" // jousthouse
HALESTORM - "mayhem" // into the wild life
STITCHED UP HEART - "finally free" // finally free - single
EVERY TIME I DIE - "floater" // hot damn
AUGUST BURNS RED - "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer" // sleddin' hill
AUGUST BURNS RED - "winter wonderland" // sleddin' hill

**SPECIAL THANKS to KAT PERKINS and RYAN from LATE NIGHT FIGHTS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! KAT PERKINS' new Christmas EP, A Kat Perkins Christmas is out now as well as LATE NIGHT FIGHTS' debut album Jousthouse!

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