Local Loft Episode 199

A digital domain with an analog twist. The best and newest original Chicagoland and Illinois metal, punk, alternative progressive and power pop bands and solo acts will dominate in state of the art digital sound, with a few high rez analog recordings done up by a forgotten studio wiz.

Racing the Sun acquired the cut and paste editing and analog recording production and engineering of Steve Albini for their sixth and recent EP, Epidemic Of Love. It didnt' exactly feel like the mid 1990s grunge and college alt -rock heyday all over again. Albini recorded Nirvana's 1993 album, In Utero, the return of Led  Zeppelin legends Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and all girl Chicago grunge rockers Veruca Salt's 94 breakthrough American Thighs. In January, he captured the 70s bluesy, jam band  rock of Racing The Sun at his Electrical Audio Studio in Wrigleyville. Singer Bill Carlson joins me to fill us in on how this  surprise production came together.

Halloween never ended for some, while others are already looking forward to the Christmas shopping rush. The masters of comedic death metal, Macabre, return and scare up a good time on both ends with their Holiday of Horror, the week before Xmas at Reggies. On this year after COVID restrictions made the annual event go on holiday last year. A scoop on that.

Fierce and intimate. Deanna Whalen proved women  could provide the effective mixture of beauty and punch as Maid of Mettle. She graced the surroundings of The Kat 105.5 studios ten year ago this week with a powerful and precocious set of vocal pipes. We rock back to that moment.

In addition to these, you're stringing up the mistletoe and moshing around the Xmas tree  a month way too early as you prance like a reindeer to:

Racing The Sun-Neal Peart's Mustache

Racing The Sun- Set You Free

Veruca Salt-Shimmer Like A Girl

Aweful- No Avail

The Usuals-No Disguise ( featuring Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun)

Spamicidal Jelly-I'm In Love With The Dead

Macabre-The Murder Mack

Jim Peterik and World Stage (featuring Kimi Hayes)-Walk Like Royalty

Kimi Hayes-Beautiful As You

Maid Of Mettle (Deanna Whalen in The Kat 105.5 studios-11/10/11)

Maid Of Mettle-The River (acoustic performance in The Kat studio)

Maid Of Mettle-In The Garden

Maid Of Mettle-Sleepless