MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/17/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/17/25

HOUR 1
THROW THE FIGHT - "obey" // strangeworld
BEULAH RUE – “hospital bed" // aftermath
DOROTHY – “down to the bottom" // down to the bottom - single
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES – “rabbit hole” // rabbit hole - single
ANXIETY SOCIETY – “you want it” // you want it - single
MYLES KENNEDY – “show me a sign" // the art of letting go
TREMONTI – “one more time” // the end will show us how
FLESHWATER – “linda claire" // we're not here to be loved

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – “nightlife" // home
RAD OWL – “growl" // rage gracefully
EXACTLYNO – “red line city" // red line city
CRASH CUDDLE – “owning the bull" // klaxan
XAETO – “amalgam" // amalgam - single
LOST ISLAND SOCIETY – “living the meme" // living the meme - single
NONPOINT - "alive and kicking" // to the pain
COAL CHAMBER - "loco" // coal chamber

HOUR 2
ARCHITECTS – “blackhole" // the sky, the earth and all between
COHEED AND CAMBRIA – “someone who can" // vaxis III: the father of make believe
TAKING BACK SUNDAY – “quit trying" // 152
MASTODON – “fallen torches" // medium rarities
PERIPHERY – “facepalm mute" // periphery II
EVERNOIR – “spiral" // spiral - single
GHOST – “square hammer" // popestar

DEADLANDS – “villain" // villain - single
GORE. – “pray" // a bud that never blooms
LOATHE – “aggressive evolution" // I let it in and it took everything
KERRY KING – “idle hands” // from hell I rise
BLEEDING THROUGH – “dead but so alive” // nine
MACHINE HEAD feat IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL, UNEARTH – “these scars won’t define us” // these scars won't define us - single
PLAGUE OF STARS – “Gods of old” // extinction
TURNSTILE - "big smile" // time and space

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/10/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/10/25
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2025 part 1

HOUR 1
ANXIETY SOCIETY - "you want it" // you want it - single (Live debut next Sat at Rendevous in Annandale)
BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES - "sleepless nights" // sleepless nights - single (Live next Sat at Rendevous in Annandale)
BUELAH RUE - "hospital bed" // aftermath (Live next Sat at the Hook and Ladder Theater in Mpls)
MYLES KENNEDY - "say what you will" // the art of letting go (Live next Sat at the Varsity Theater in Mpls)
MADAM DRIVER - "through the trees" // negative ghostrider (Live Jan 25 at The Blue Moon in Kasota)
ANGRY WATERS - "the heist" // the ghosts we chase (Live Jan 25 at The Blue Moon in Kasota)
MOLS - "not impressed" // not impressed - single (Live Jan 25 at The Blue Moon in Kasota)
TOO LATE BUT STILL - "live more tilapia" // rewrite the story (Live Feb 15 at Zhora Darling in Mpls)

SLDG - "1000 yard stare" // predicaments (Live Saturday night at Kato Ballroom in Mankato)
BETTER BROKEN - "queensbury" // tundra (Live Saturday night at Kato Ballroom in Mankato)
STICK TO YOUR GUNS - "severed forever" // keep planting flowers (out today)
TREMONTI - "I'll take my chances" // the end will show us how (out today)
CAVE IN - "jupiter" // jupiter (25th anniversary edition) (out today)
AUGUST BURNS RED - "your little suburbia is in ruins" (2025) // thrill seeker (20th anniversary edition) (Jan 24)
ALL THAT REMAINS - "divine" // antifragile (Jan 31)
PLAGUE OF STARS - "Gods of old" // extinction (Jan 31) (CD release party Feb 22 at Zhora Darling in Mpls)

HOUR 2
JINJER - "kafka" // duel (Feb 7)
PLUSH - "hope it hurts" // find the beautiful (Live USA 24 out Feb 7)
LACUNA COIL - "gravity" // sleepless empire (Feb 14)
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - "forever aligned" // this consequence (Feb 21)
SILVERSTEIN - "skin and bones" // antibloom (Feb 21)
ARCHITECTS - "whiplash" // the sky, the earth and all between (Feb 28)
SPIRITBOX - "soft spine" // tsunami sea (March 7)

COHEED AND CAMBRIA - "searching for tomorrow" // vaxis III: the father of make believe (March 14)
ARCH ENEMY - "blood dynasty" // blood dynasty (March 28)
GOJIRA - "vacuity" // the way of all flesh
DEFTONES - "swerve city" // koi no yokan
FEAR FACTORY - "disruptor" // aggression continuum
AFTER THE BURIAL - "anti-pattern" // wolves within
REAPING ASMODEIA - "shattered leviathan" // shattered leviathan - single

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/03/25

MIDWEST BEATDOWN PLAYLIST :: 01/03/25
BEST ALBUMS OF 2024

HOUR 1
GOJIRA, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne - "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" // Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) - single
STATIC-X - "zombie" // project regeneration vol 2
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "buried in code" // phantoma
KITTIE - "eyes wide open" // fire
THE BLACK CROWES – “wanting and waiting" // happiness bastards
INTERLOPER - "a forgotten loss" // a forgotten loss

HOT WATER MUSIC – “remnants" (feat Turnstile) // vows
JERRY CANTRELL - "vilified" // I want blood
KUBLAI KHAN TX – “low tech" // exhibition of prowess
MAKE THEM SUFFER – “epitaph" // make them suffer
AMIRA ELFEKY - "save yourself" // skin to skin
GORE. - "babylon" // a bud that never blooms

HOUR 2
NOTHING MORE - "freefall" // carnal
RAD OWL – “always eyes" // rage gracefully
KNOCKED LOOSE - "suffocate" (feat Poppy) // you won't go before you're supposed to
KNOCKED LOOSE – “the calm that keeps you awake" // you won’t go before you’re supposed to
JUDAS PRIEST - "the serpent and the king" // invisible shield
KITTIE – “I still wear this crown" // fire

KERRY KING - "idle hands" // from hell I rise
BETTER LOVERS – “love as an act of rebellion" // highly irresponsible
BETTER LOVERS - "lie between the lines" // highly irresponsible
THE WARNING – “automatic sun" // keep me fed
THE WARNING - "apologize" // keep me fed

ZIS' TOP 10 of 2024

1. BETTER LOVERS - "highly irresponsible"
2. KERRY KING - "from hell I rise"
3. JUDAS PRIEST - "invisible shield"
4. KNOCKED LOOSE - "you won't go before you're supposed to"
5. NOTHING MORE - "carnal"
6. MARILYN MANSON - "one assination under God"
7. JERRY CANTRELL - "I want blood"
8. INTERLOPER - "a forgotten loss"
9. KITTIE - "fire"
10. STATIC-X - "project regeneration vol 2"


NICK's TOP 10 of 2024

1. THE WARNING - "keep me fed"
2. BETTER LOVERS - "highly irresponsible"
3. KITTIE - "fire"
4. KNOCKED LOOSE - "you won't go before you're supposed to"
5. RAD OWL - "rage gracefully"
6. MAKE THEM SUFFER - "make them suffer"
7. KUBLAI KHAN TX - "exhibiton of prowess"
8. HOT WATER MUSIC - "vows"
9. THE BLACK CROWES - "happiness bastards"
10. UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "phantoma"