Local Loft Episode 330

The power of rock compels you!

Whether it's rebellious punk, brain splitting metal, or intelligent alternative rock, you're possessed by the groove, the thought-provoking lyrics. It's an important part of your life. Yet, nowadays you can't groove to what you want on the very medium that introduced you to it, radio. There it's only background music, a soundtrack for cashflow of business clients. Here, on Local Loft, the music is a soundtrack for life flow. So breathe it in. The original Chicago area punk, metal, alternative rock and power pop.

Band names can be misleading. The Reganomics is not a total 80s retro throwback to the time that a former actor who was buddies with a bumbling chimpanzee named Bonzo became the 40th U.S. President. This 4-man Chicago has a modern day cliche ridden approach to writing a catchy punk song. They join me to not live in the past, as they open for Brainbleed during their record release show, Saturday at Livewire Lounge.

Kankakee's Carrying Torches has something important to say in their new single and the new music video clip that goes with it. You might want to put down your infernal I -device for this and keep your eyes on the life's road ahead.

Kryssie Ridolphi makes an incomparable metal and punk singer and made the crossover from one genre to the other seamlessly. We rock back to the second time she left the headbanging past of Deadmanswake behind for Evil Engine. They rocked a Memorial Day Weekend crowd at Reggies, five years ago this week. We rock back to it.

We cast out another Chicagoland original rock soundtrack of:

The Reganomics-The Four Cliches

The Reganomics-Dear Jaymes

Daywalker-Indy

John David Daily-I Can't Live Without You

Redneck Remedy-When It Rains It Pours

Carrying Torches-All For Nothing

Shaper-Task Paralysis

Leigh Evin & The Lowdown-Wrong

Deadmanswake-Far Be It From Me

Evil Engine (interview from Reggie's Music Joint-6/1/19 Local Loft Episode 103)

Evil Engine-Upstanding Citizen

Evil Engine-Egression