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AMON AMARTH

EVERY TIME I DIE

GOJIRA

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/19/17 - TRIBUTE to CHRIS CORNELL

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/19/17
TRIBUTE to CHRIS CORNELL

HOUR 1
CHRIS CORNELL - "score piece #4" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
TEMPLE OF THE DOG - "say hello 2 Heaven" // temple of the dog
CHRIS CORNELL - "seasons" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
MOTHER LOVE BONE - "chloe dancer / crown of thorns" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
SOUNDGARDEN - "outshined" // badmotorfinger

SOUNDGARDEN - "fell on black days" // superunknown
PEARL JAM - "breath" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
PAUL WESTERBERG - "lost in emily's woods" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
PAUL WESTERBERG - "waiting for somebody" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
SOUNDGARDEN - "rhinosaur" // down on the upside
AUDIOSLAVE - "cochise" // audioslave
TEMPLE OF THE DOG - "pushin' forward back" // temple of the dog

HOUR 2
SOUNDGARDEN - "birth ritual (live)" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
ALICE IN CHAINS - "would? (live)" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
SOUNDGARDEN - "burden in my hand" // down on the upside
TEMPLE OF THE DOG - "hunger strike" // temple of the dog
CHRIS CORNELL - "spoon man" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack
SOUNDGARDEN - "my wave" // superunknown
PEARL JAM - "state of love and trust" // singles deluxe edition soundtrack

AUDIOSLAVE - "show me how to live" // audioslave
SOUNDGARDEN - "the day I tried to live" // superunknown
SOUNDGARDEN - "Jesus Christ pose" // badmotorfinger
SOUNDGARDEN - "rusty cage" // badmotorfinger
SOUNDGARDEN - "blow up the outside world" // down on the upside

R.I.P. CHRIS CORNELL. Thank you for all the music you've left us.

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/12/17 - NORTHERN INVASION PRE-SHOW

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/12/17
NORTHERN INVASION PRE-SHOW

HOUR 1
THE PUSH - "gravity" // gravity - single
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "prison" // renal 911
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "who you are" // who you are - single
SLEEP SIGNALS - "I'll save you" // I'll save you - single
DINOSAUR PILE UP - "friend of mine" // 11 11
WAGE WAR - "alive" // blueprints
DOROTHY - "down to the bottom" // down to the bottom - single
THE STORY SO FAR - "heavy gloom" // the story so far

EVERY TIME I DIE - "just as real but not as brightly lit" // low teens
THE PRETTY RECKLESS - "oh my God" // who you selling for?
SUM 41 - "fat lip" // all killer no filler
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "when I lost my bet" // one of us is the killer
BUSH - "little things" // sixteen stone
PIERCE THE VEIL - "texas is forever" // misadventures
IN FLAMES - "through my eyes" // battles

HOUR 2
SOUNDGARDEN - "rusty cage" // badmotorfinger
COLD KINGDOM - "let it burn" // the moon and the fool
THE CHARM THE FURY - "down on the ropes" // the sick, dumb & happy
RADKEY - "dark black makeup" // delicious rock noise
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "loud" // graveyard shift
NOTHING MORE - "first punch" // nothing more
FRANK CARTER AND THE RATTLESNAKES - "trouble" // blossom
ALTER BRIDGE - "addicted to pain" // fortress

OPETH - "slither" // heritage
FOZZY - "Judas" // judas - single
PAPA ROACH - "help" // crooked teeth
AMON AMARTH - "raise your horns" // jomsviking
GOJIRA - "vacuity" // the way of all flesh
THE OFFSPRING - "come out and play" // smash
RANCID - "ghost of a chance" // trouble maker
AVATAR - "for the swarm" // feathers and flesh

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/05/17 - LATE NIGHT FIGHTS

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 05/05/17
GUESTS :: LATE NIGHT FIGHTS

HOUR 1
BROTHER ALI - "can't take that away" // all the beauty in this whole life
FLOGGING MOLLY - "within a mile of home" // within a mile of home
RANCID - "fall back down" // indestructible
AVERAGE MAMMALS - "steal me swiftly" // petrichor
STITCHED UP HEART - "catch me when I fall" // never alone
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "closed out" // shanaska
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "galvanized" // jousthouse

LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "fuel the disease" // renal 911
THE PUSH - "controller" // controller - single
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "prison" // renal 911
MY ZERO - "can't lose control" // can't lose control - single

HOUR 2
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE - "loud" // graveyard shift
THE CHARM THE FURY - "no end in sight" // the sick, dumb and happy
DOROTHY - "down to the bottom" // down to the bottom - single
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
ANTISTAR - "vixen" // antistar
BURIED BY HOPE - "dissolution" // demo
NONPOINT - "alive and kicking" // to the pain

LIFE OF AGONY - "a place where there's no pain" // a place where there's no pain
THE GOODBARS - "exonerated" // more than nothing
BLUE FELIX - "hate inside" // hate inside - single
BY THE THOUSANDS - "theopany" // by the thousands - ep
ROYAL'Z - "na na princess" // an end to anchor
REAPING ASMODEIA - "ritual of ignorance" // impuritize
LET IT BREATHE - "second hit" // river wizard
GOD AWFUL BASTARDS - "time for change" // demotivational speaker

**SPECIAL THANKS to RYAN from LATE NIGHT FIGHTS for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk about their new EP "Renal 911" coming out May 12 at the James Ballentine Uptown VFW in Minneapolis with The Push, Meridian Incident and Savage Moods (21+ show) and May 13 at the What's Up Lounge in Mankato with The Mayberry Riot and Meridian Incident (21+ show)!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/28/17 - DON JAMIESON

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/28/17
GUESTS :: DON JAMIESON

HOUR 1
STONE SOUR - "song #3" // hydrograd
SLEEP SIGNALS - "I'll save you" // I'll save you - single
EAT YOUR HEART OUT - "patience" // carried away
BROTHER ALI - "own light (what hearts are for)" // all the beauty in this whole life
FLIPP - "my generation" // flipp 20th anniversary platinum edition
NEW FOUND GLORY - "happy being miserable" // makes me sick
ANGRY WATERS - "ours to be had" // angry waters III

ROYAL BLISS - "monster" // waiting out the storm
BRING THE SUN - "death pigeon" // ghost
ROYAL BLOOD - "lights out" // how did we get so dark?
COLD KINGDOM - "the break" // cold kingdom
CITY OF THE WEAK - "ungrateful" // ungrateful - single
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "who you are" // who you are - single
FLIPP - "just let it be" // flipp 20th anniversary platinum edition

HOUR 2
STONE SOUR - "fabuless" // hydrograd
THE PUSH - "controller" // controller - single
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "fuel the disease" // renal 911
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - "offer your light" // transcendence
ALL THAT REMAINS - "the thunder rolls" // madness
KYLESA - "scapegoat" // static tensions

DON JAMIESON - "rocking women, viking metal, big four" // communication breakdown
AMON AMARTH - "raise your horns" // jomsviking
BODY COUNT - "raining blood/postmortem" // bloodlust
TESTAMENT - "stronghold" // brotherhood of the snake
LETLIVE - "the sick, sick, 6.8 billion" // fake history
LETLIVE - "renegades '86" // fake history

**SPECIAL THANKS to DON JAMIESON for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week! DON's new comedy album "Communication Breakdown" is out now via Metal Blade Records!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/21/17 - SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE - ALL VINYL SHOW!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST  ::  04/21/17
KMSU SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE - ALL VINYL SHOW!

HOUR 1
PEARL JAM - "spin the black circle" // vitalogy
ALICE IN CHAINS - "it ain't like that" (live) // live facelift
ATMOSPHERE - "sunshine" // sad clown bad summer
THE ODDFATHERS - "another tear goes dry" // double live 45
DOROTHY - "after midnight" // rockisdead
DEFTONES - "knife prty" // white pony

PRINCE - "let's go crazy" // purple rain
JACK WHITE - "sixteen saltines" (live) // live at third man records
FOO FIGHTERS - "the pretender" // echoes, silence, patience, grace
ALICE IN CHAINS - "would?" // dirt
ROYAL THUNDER - "anchor" // wick
VOLBEAT - "seal the deal" // seal the deal and let's boogie

HOUR 2
POLICA - "berlin" // united crushers
AMARANTHE - "maximize" // maximalism
CLUTCH - "behold the colossus" // psychic warfare
DOOMTREE - "beacon" // no kings
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "define love" // define love 7 inch
THE DEAD WEATHER - "I feel love (every million miles)" (live) // live at disgraceland

KYNG - "burn the serum" // burn the serum
STONE SOUR - "we die young" // straight outta burbank
SLIPKNOT - "all hope is gone" // all hope is gone
GOJIRA - "stranded" // magma
MASTODON - "precious stones" // emperor of sand
AFTER THE BURIAL - "collapse" // dig deep

**SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THE RADIO HEROES OUT THERE WHO MADE THE KMSU SPRING PLEDGE DRIVE A HUGE SUCCESS! BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU, WE CRUSHED OUR GOAL! THANK YOU ALL!

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 04/14/17 - FLIPP

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST  ::  04/14/17 
GUESTS  ::  FLIPP

HOUR 1
THE MAYBERRY RIOT - "who you are" // who you are - single
DESSA – “fighting fish" // parts of speech
KATATONIA – “the parting”  //  dead end kings 
GOODNIGHT RITUAL - "say you will"  //  fu kung
FLIPP – “I wish I was a planet”  //  flipp 20th anniversary reissue

FLIPP – “half a brain”  //  flipp 20th anniversary reissue
FLIPP – “just let it be”  //  flipp 20th anniversary reissue
EMERGENT – “home" // home - single
3 PILL MORNING – “the hunted" // never look back
VIA – “closets" // sanitize this 
ROYAL BLOOD - "where are you now?" // vinyl - soundtrack

HOUR 2
ROYAL BLOOD - "lights out" // how did we get so dark?
SAUL - "the toll" // the toll - single
INDEX CASE - "silver" // ocean
LATE NIGHT FIGHTS - "fuel the disease" // renal 911
THROW THE FIGHT - "drown with me" // transmissions
BAD COP/BAD COP - "get rad" // get rad - single
ME FIRST AND THE GIMMIE GIMMIES - "the times they are a-changin'" // rake it in : the greatestest hits
LETLIVE - "elephant" // if I'm the devil...
MARMOZETS - "vibetech" // the weird and wonderful marmozets

  IN FLAMES - "take this life" // come clarity
WAGE WAR - "alive" // blueprints
THE CHARM THE FURY - "blood and salt" // the sick, dumb and happy
TESTAMENT - "stranglehold" // brotherhood of the snake
ENEMY X - "sacrifical burning" // the ends of the earth
NUSIANCE - "ashes of empires" // 10 or 10,000
JASTA - "until we bleed again" // the lost chapters

**SPECIAL THANKS to BRYNN ARENS from FLIPP for calling in to the Midwest Beatdown this week to talk all about the new re-release of the classic self titled Flipp album! Pick up a copy for yourself here!