Local Loft Episode 327

"I've been first and last...look at how the time goes past." (Old Man-Neil Young 1972)

At my first time to the Beer Can'd Festival, Blue Island Beer Company, it's the very first time I witness AWEFUL, an intense power rock trio who can be classified as many different genres, but only fits as modern garage rock. No further classification is needed for this electrifying trio of Traci Trouble (Lead vocal & bass) Lucy Dekay (Guitar & Vocals) and Izzy Price (drums), as there will be no more onstage opportunities to even guestimate what genre they are. Thier final show is at this very Beer Can'd Festival. I talk in person with all three for the very first (and unfortunately, last time).

Space Age Zeros, flies across the Joliet stratosphere (Channahon, south of Joliet to be exact) to make their first excursion to Beer Can'd Festival, with a developing case of Jetlag (one of their new, yet to be released singles as a follow up to their futuristic debut EP, Blast Off). I talk with all five members, including singer Nathan McDougall, bassist Jason Baygood, guitarists Steve Custer, and Brian Czarnik, and drummer Tom Spielman.

The Outfit senses something, a presence the melodic Chicago hard Rock band has not felt since? In the second track from their full-length album, Go. Their rock force is strong with Illinois Entertainer critics. Joliet hardcore metal band, Orinoco is forced to immediately switch venues for a homecoming gig after Brauerhouse dries up...permanently!

Used to be a time when you could not only check out record albums at your local public library, but check out bands , live in the usually quiet confines of the library. Kankakee thrash metal band Iniquity Of Symmetry rocked hard enough to blow hardcover books off shelves. 13 Years ago this week, they didn't keep quiet about their first gig at Rock the Stacks in the Kankakee Public Library. I welcomed them to the Kat 105.5 studios to preview it. We rock back to it.

There'll be a AWEFUL lot of face melting and bone crushing moshing (don't crush skulls, and the brain surrounding yours) while you crank up the never quiet original Chicagoland metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop soundtrack of:

AWEFUL-Open Heart

AWEFUL-Whores (excerpt from their last show 5/4/24 at Beer Can'd Festival-Blue Island Beer Company)

AWEFUL-New Moon

Space Age Zeros-Jet Lag (live at Beer Can'd Festival-5/4/24 Blue Island Beer Company)

Space Age Zeros-Ali With An Eye

Enuff Z'Nuff-Steal The Light

The Outfit-Arrival Of Jane

Orinoco-Resolution Execution

Fool's Brew-Echoes

Iniquity Of Symmetry (interview in The Kat 105.5 studio-5/13/11)

Iniquity Of Symmetry-Darkest Times

Iniquity Of Symmetry-Tribulations Of Cain

Iniquity Of Symmetry-Pointless Flight