Local Loft Episode 379

Just as rockin the fifth, fifty fifth, or five gazillion fifty fifth time you hear it.

As another Cinco De Mayo hangover kicks in, you'll be satisfying your craving for more crunchy, delectable original Chicagoland Metal, Punk, Alternative Rock and Power Pop music nourishment. Here's the three hundreth  seventy ninth main course.

Taran De Pablos has put together an almost twenty year rich music history. Starting out in the melodic Metal band Skinwalker, than on to the mostly blues rock covers act Hellbound Sons, the progressive Metal band Fierce Atmospheres, and now the raw, ragged bluesy rock five-piece band The Midnight Calls. Their mix of Led Zeppelin-ish power hard rock and Rolling Stones blues swagger is totally fresh, with Taran's raspy, high pitched fiery energy vocal setting the stage. The Chicago quintet rocked a Saturday Night packed crowd at Tony D's in Elmwood Park, co-headlining with the melodic hard rock band BlockChain Coalition, whose distinctive voice Tony Engel has a nearly three-decade history of his own, from the power rock band Veilside, to collaborating with master guitar shredder David Shankle in GraveReign. I talk with Taran and Midnight Calls bassist Sean Barnes.

They'd rather warn you of a Trumped up way of life than one that involves harvesting crops. Despite their name, Tractor Boy had a big soapbox to jump on, as they plow their way into Punk Rock Tacos 65, Friday Night at Cemitas Poblanas in Villa Park, then motor on to the first annual Goat Fest, Saturday at Goat Village in Norridge.

A Troublesome situation was a very good thing, as Traci Trouble played one last time with Aweful, a grunge rock trio who said goodbye one year ago this week at Beer Can'd Festival, Blue Island Beer Company , five minutes from downtown and the Lyric Theater. We rock back to it.

Taco ground beef ain't the only served piping hot. The sizzling original Chicagoland simmers across the cyberwaves. On the LL 379 menu:

The Midnight Calls-Lover Of Mine (Live from Tony D's in Elmwood Park-5/3/25)

The Midnight Calls-Whaddya

Skinwalker-For The Kill

Tractor Boy-Purge

MYLPH-Bio Jesus

Witchhammer-Hand Of God

Shitizen-Nada

Claw Toe-Vampire

AWEFUL (interview from Blue Island Beer Company.-Blue Island-5/4/24 Local Loft Episode 327)

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