Local Loft Episode 219

Overpowering Power Pop, Medieval Metal. The Chicago area and Illinois original music scene can certainly be powerful and plentiful. We present another almost 90 minutes of captivating music that's offers a wide open window of opportunities and locations to experience it live.

Crusadist does am extreme headbanging gallop in from the tough Northwest side of Chi-Town. This four piece progressive metal band will carve out an extensive battlefield at Cobra Lounge in the shadow of United Center this Saturday night with their graphic rock and religion connection. Singer Shaun Albro joins me to talk about their blood pumping, adrenaline injected gig, and how their forthcoming second album isn't the same bloody sci fi Excalibur-ish formula.

The future of Chicago Power Pop is very shiny and, jangly and dominant, as the annual festival devoted specifically to the genre. International Pop Overthrow, returns after a COVID restricted vacation in 2021. Frankfort's Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club will Harmonize and jangle their six string axes a  plenty, as they close out one of the seven nights at Montrose Saloon on the North Side April 22nd-30th.

Metal Mellencamp? Northwest Indiana's Gerhart had the unique mixture of Iron Maiden power chords and roots country acoustic folk rock. They moseyed into The Kat 105.5 studios ten years ago this week. We'll rock back to that.

In addition to these, you'll be bitch slapping the icy spring madness out of old man winter as you fire up the grooves of:

Crusadist-For Blood and Conquest

Crusadist-The Hammer At Dawn

Repentance-All The Misery

Battle Royale WCHC-Breathe You In

Lollygagger-White Line Fever

Wrath-Mutants

Hellgrind-Dark Times (Godless Reign Of Terror)

The Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club-Hold You Up

Material Issue-International Pop Overthrow

Gerhart (interview in The Kat 105.5 Studio-3/31/12)

Gerhart-Bringing You Down

Gerhart-Living Through Perception

Gerhart-The Outsider