The Midwest Beat is a band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Formed in 2005, the band is noted for their concise and uptempo songs, saturated in vocal harmonies. The Midwest Beat, who play Americana music inspired by

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and folk rock, have toured Europe three times and released a handful of full-length albums, singles and EPs.

Band members

Current line-up

*Matt Joyce - guitar, vocals *Kyle Denton - guitar, vocals *Christopher Capelle - drums *Tim Schweiger - bass, vocals

Engineer

*Kyle "Motor" Urban

Discography

Albums

*''At the Gates'' CD, 2009, Duck on Monkey Records *''At the Gates'' LP, 2010, Dusty Medical Records *''Gone Not Lost'' LP, 2011, Dusty Medical Records *''Gone Not Lost'' LP, 2011, Wild Honey Records *''Singles'' LP, 2012, Wild Honey Records *''Gone Not Lost'' CD, 2013, Waterslide Records *''Free of Being'' CD, 2014, Waterslide Records *''Free of Being'' LP, 2014, Dusty Medical Records/Wild Honey Records *''Incantations'' LP, 2020, Dusty Medical Records

EPs

*''Happy Holidays from The Midwest Beat'' CD, 2006, self-released split with The Vertebreakers *''The Midwest Beat'' EP, CD, 2007, self-released *''Live on WMSE'' EP, CD, 2011, self-released European tour CD

Cassettes

*''Belladonna'' split with The Cave Weddings, cassette, 2009 *''Sister Mary Katherine'' split with Eric & the Happy Thoughts, cassette, 2010 *''The Midwest Beat'' EP, cassette, 2011, Hosehead Records *''Unreleased and Live: 2005-2011'', cassette, 2012, Kind Turkey Records *''Free of Being'', cassette, 2015, Secret People Records *''Incantations'', cassette, 2019, No Coast Recordings

7 Inch Records

*''The Midwest Beat'' EP, 2x7", 2008, Dusty Medical Records *''Bring the Water'' 7", 2009, Tax Return Records *''Back to Mono'' 7", 2011, Eradicator Records *''Blue Tippecanoe'' 7", 2012, Sound Asleep Records *''Apology Accepted'' 7", 2012, Certified PR Records *''Carol Anne'' 7", 2015, Wild Honey Records

Compilations

* ''Local Love Fest'' CD, 2011, includes a cover of The Hussy's "Sexi Ladi" * ''Un Mondo di Canzonette - OndaDrops Vol.8'', 2013, includes a cover of Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" * ''DMR 10th Anniversary Festival'' compilation CD, Dusty Medical Records (DMR-46), 2015, includes "Girl Gone West" * ''Hooliganism Vol. 3'' compilation cassette, Berserk Records (CS323), 2016, includes "High Life" * ''The Benefit of Things to Come'' compilation digital, Wild Honey Records, 2020, includes "Henhouse Blues"

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References

Milwaukee Record's 25 Best Milwaukee Albums of 2014Milwaukee Record's 15 Best Milwaukee Music Videos of 2014AV Club review of "Gone Not Lost" LPJune 2008 Isthmus interview2012 Kind Turkey EP cassette review2011 Kind Turkey "Back to Mono" 7" reviewItalian tour info"At the Gates" LP reviewBAM Magazine (Italy)

Discogs.com site

External links

Dusty Medical Records official band websiteBandcamp siteOnline StoreOtis Tours websiteWild Honey Records websiteFacebook siteDiscogs band site
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