Local Loft Episode 191

The Chicagoland and Illinois local metal, punk, alt rock, progressive ,and power pop scene is at hand. You can confess your favorites to family and friends, or keep it to yourself. It's your salvation form the stressful, difficult life situations of the big bad world. A huge, good deal of original music is administered with every Local Loft episode.

Chicago metal guitarist Shaun Glass once spent time in Soil, getting notice by nationwide radio listeners. But he wanted to rock on with a darker, less radio friendly sound by forming Dirge Within in 2009. After seven years, they split, but reunited shortly in 2017. Shaun then put together Repentance, a semi spiritual, mostly dark and aggressive metal act. They have just released the first single of upcoming follow up to their very successful debut, God For A Day. Getting help from Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu. Shaun talks to me about how Corey's cameo appearance toughens up the sound of Repentance even more , and of more new music they'll reveal at the Forever Death Fest, in December at Beat Kitchen.

Not willing to brave the scary, violent threatening conditions at Riot Fest, Liar's Club has a Lollapalooza alternative (well not completely) Several punk, alt rock and punk bands from around Chicago and Western and Northern burbs will be rocking live, including Crystal Lake Grunge Revival band ,Lever.

Punk pop, tween wave, and top 40 hip hop dance pop come together in the unique music of Ottawa's Fickles Lot. They slam danced into The Kat 105.5 studios, ten years ago this month. A rock back to their only unplugged appearance had video cameras of the band capture the moments for later You Tube viral viewings.

Along with these, the furious aggression of your fist raised in the air, as you groove to original Chicago and Illinois music, keeps the Summer 2021 heat blazing with the sounds of:

Repentance-God For A Day

Repentance-Reborn

Dirge Within-Memories (2017 version)

Boneshaker-Pitch Black Love

Fool's Brew-Echoes

Lever-Story Untold

Racing The Sun-Eternal Summer

Fickles Lot (interview/acoustic performance in The Kat 10.5 studio-9/24/11)

Fickles Lot-S.P.S.U.F.F.T.L.C.I.H.W.A.P.

Fickles Lot-Ready, Fire, Aim (acoustic in The Kat 105.5 studio)

Fickles Lot-Silver Scream