Local Loft Episode 231

Feel the heat! Not of another Summer's start, but of the hot rocking of original Chicago area & Illinois metal, punk, alternative, progressive and power pop. Listen closely, and you'll hear its sizzle.

Packing the metal heat is Plainfield's  Endgame.  It's been seven years since they last delivered their debut EP, The Skies They Fall, & two since they let loose with the intense single Hold It Back. They have just completed their second long awaited EP, with a new darker and more deeper, low throated screaming, angry vocal by powerful lead singer Dean Leo. Guitarist Tom Theres joins me to talk about the upcoming new release.

The sudden death of Nick Huffman, who owned the premier local Chicagoland hard rock venue of the Southlands, Looney Bin in Bradley, hit so many he welcomed to play there, hard. A two day tribute show will happen there this weekend. Kankakee punk pop band Full Of Moxie, and diverse Joliet punk turned alt rockers Prison City Brigade are among the acts that will come together to remember Nick and his impact on the fledging local rock scene. I have all the details.

 Cinematic hard rock of the slasher film variety doesn't get any more potent than The hallow. Singer Bobby McLean joins me to talk about their bloody and blade shiny inspirations of horror film's greatest killers. Aeraco brought their own seismic metal thunder to override Mother Nature's on an intensely stormy pre summer night at Reggie's five years ago this week. We rock back to the day I introduced them to Local Loft audiences.

Along with all this, you're pogoing to a skies no limit ceiling of rafter headbanging by pumping up the  volume to:

Endgame-The Palace Is Burning (Live from The Forge in Joliet-5/18)

Endgame-Hold It Back

As It Festers-Anger

The Unswept- Cheugy Choo Choo

Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club-Fifty Foot Woman

Full Of Moxie-To You

Prison City Brigade-Truth Hurts

The Neverafter-The Neverafter/Distress Call

Phosphene-Michael

The Hallow-Between You, Me and The Holy Ghost

The Hallow-Smith's Grove

Aeraco-True North

Aeraco (interview from Reggie's Music Joint 6/17/17)

Aeraco-Baptized By Fier

Aeraco-This Life