Local Loft

Local loft Episode 49

Award winning thrash,screamo,progressive and melodic Metal from all over the Illinois map,including the greater Chicagoland area. I wouldn't start polishing a Grammy for these prominent local bands,but what you'll hear is a winning combination that will be deemed first prize when you start movin & groovin along.
 
Tony Raygor,guitarist & founder of Joliet thrash band Deadman's Hand, has won awards for his awesome shredding. But there's much more to the band than just his soloing. Singer Dutch Devries provides a powerful hard hitting singing style. They just released their first full length CD,Decade Decayed. I talk to them before they rocked a packed crowd at Bada Brew in Crest Hill into a frenzy.
 
Along with them...your rock adrenaline & stamina are pushed past the limit with:
 
Deadman's Hand-Deep
Deadman's Hand-Call Me A Saint
November's Doom-Plague Bird
Faith In The Fallen-Make Way
Oblivion Worship-Serpent Summoning
TanZen-Blade
Emperors And Elephants-Hint Of Red
Depremacy-Rise Of The Usurper
Immortal Reaping-Let Heaven Burn
Blackwater-Animal Mother
Veilside- Barrell Of The Gun

Local Loft Episode 48

DeadMan's Hand comes alive...again in Crest Hill,as Speaking With Ghosts doesn't totally throuw a Dead man's sleepover party...during the annoual Snuz Fest... at Wire in Berwyn. More awake inducing than a heavy dose of caffine. it's the newest,rawest & rockinest original music from all corners & boundaries of Illinois.. including the greater Chicagoland area.
 
They stayrd alive & active in the local scene last year as a contender to play Vans Warped Tour in tinley Park & as a headlining act at House of Blues. Speaking With Ghosts returns with The Boy Who Lived,th follow up to to their 2014 debut EP, Searching For Direction. I talk to singer Ryan Wilmot, & 3 other members about the new music from Wire.
 
Along with them, you will be rocked out of your skeleton by:
Speaking With Ghosts-The Departure
Speaking With Ghosts-The Boy Who Lived
Rebuild & Rebound-Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe
DeepSpacePilots-Nebulizer
13-Monsters-The Bessemer Process
Wicked Soul-Remember Me
False Hope Fades-Striven
Straightjacket-Obscene
The Mights-The Only Ones
DeadMan's Hand-Season of the Wolf

Local Loft Episode 47

A new year means new music & a few surprise lineup changes. One of the biggest local rock acts, Phosphene comes roaring back with a new lineup. Jeni Imparato, who rocked the band ttrough a stellar year in 2015, with their breakthrough second self-titled a;bum. She & the band took much of 2016 off, but are back to rock with a vengeance. I get the scoop from Jeni herself on the new Phosphene, as she keeps her incerdible voice active with a new cover band,Chix,Pix,and Stix from Sullivan's Pub in Sithwest Suburban Midlothian.
 
Metalcore rockers Consume The Divide morph back into A Silent Truth...well sort of, Fund out how one band assumed the role oof another.
 
 
AAlong with these blasts from the not so distant past...you will be expolded into the present of locl music greatness with
Phosphene-Break The Silence (Live 1/14/14 in 1055 The Kay Studio Kankakee)
Phosphene-Damaged
A Silent Truth=Carry Me Away
Consume the Divide-The Hunt
Kingery-The Yeild
Atlanta Is Burning-Atlanta Is Burning
Chymoanin-Ain't Going Back
Short Timers-Damnation USA
The Streets-This Yhing of Ours
Sentenced on Sunday-Bloody But Embowed
Persistance of Memory (featuring Jeni Imparato)- Fade Away

Local Loft Episode 46

And so, I'm offering this simple listening & leraning tool. Who says music can't be educational.  Learn about what makes a singer scream, & about how a music career is a real job just like a 9 to 5 office gig. My gift to you the whole year round. Let it rock every section of your body & soul.
 
Known By Numbers from Aurora is not your typical Metalcore band. I talked to them during the onsluaght of merry metal mayhem going on at Wire in Berwyn's 20 Bands of Christmas.
Northwest Indiana's Seldom Told comes back with a punchy vengeance on thier brand new single & video " I Want You" Discover how the lyrics don't totally cover the hard hitting issue of domestic violence. A slight Year in Review 2016 follows,including a veteran band who was proud to have a surprise triumphant return.
In addition, you'll be sonically slapped in the subconcious by
 
Known By Numbers-Aphex
Known By Numbers-Cracks
Seldom Told-I Want You
Phosphene-Scream
The Unlawful-All We Are
When Night Falls-Broken Pieces
Jana Vox-Mother Earth
4Without-Kill Him First
Catapult The Propaganda-F-Bomb
Proudest Angel-Ganto Dolar

Local Loft Episode 45

No matter how far away you roam,there's no place like the state of Illinois in giving the gift of music for the holidays. I come bearing new,original local tuneage that can't wait till xmas to rock every crevice of your being.  It's music rich in melody,harmony & groove. And sometimes music that originates in foreign lands before calling Chicago its home.
 
The power rock & metal band Road's End is very Active Rock radio friendly,& doesn't speak in toungues, despite the fact that several members came from Poland. Bassist Novy,& drummer Tomasz come from the land of the polka. You'll most likely be slam dancing to their new single, The Descent. I talk to all 5 members before they made their debut srage gig at Wire in Berwyn where massive dunpings of snow outside couldn't keep the fans away.
Along with Road's End you'll be sonically sleigh ridin with:
Road's End-The Descent
Road's End-S-21
Convoy-Drug I Need
Sons of Ra-Antifragile
Drugs Delany-China Shop
Khaos Ordinanace-Lov-ot-o-my
Evil Engine-Ugly Public
Macabre-The Black Knight
Westwood-Black River
Cliff Johnson & Mimi Betinis-Christmas Everyday
 

Local Loft Episode 44

The musical forcast calls for a heavy accumulation of heavy intense,melodic & catchy metal melodies. Let the loud,high energy backbeat &  grooves plow through your ear hairs & brain tissue. 
 
We open with the intensly meoldic sounds of Sky Machine, A few players were once part of Delightful Downfall,Including Drummer Steve Eldridge & Guitarist Jordan Popp. They launched into a killer set of tunes that sent the audience at Wire in Berwyn into a moshing frenzy, I talk to all 5 members backstage after they opened for a reunited Actionblast.
 
Aurora based Jimi Falls will be as good as alive in opening for Local H on New Year's Eve in Mundelein,while prominent female singer Jeni Imparato (Phosphene) goes undercover,before her own band's triumphant return in February.
 
Your whole being gets rocked over by:
Sky Machine-Liar
Sky Machine-Disgrace
ActionBlast-Messiah
Autumn Rove-All But Dead
Orion Nine-Battlecry For A Milkdud
Road's End-The Descent
Genotype-Cyberfi
The Color Morale-Walls
Known By Numbers-Aphex
The Eruptors-The Lovely Days are Over
Jimi Falls-Crawl
Persistence of Memory (featuring Jeni Imparato)-Alone

Local Loft Episode 43

We gather together... to be musically blessed by a vast,always expanding Chicago & Illinois music scene.  From Old School Thrash...to modern Metalcore. the boundaries are endless.Like musical Pilgrims bearing gifts... Bands & artists stuff your ear canals & cranium full of original music treats.
 
Testimoy kicks it off with a not totally flashback to the old school heyday of Thrash Metal pioneers Death,Metallica & Salyer. I talked with the Northwest Indiana band before they rocked at Reggies Rock Club,opening for Flotsam & Jetsam
 
Then the attention shifts to The Forms They Take. This 4 piece Chicago Metalcore band keeps it modern,espcially the screaming vocal delivery of Luco Columbo. I talked to them after blowing the roof of Underground Lounge,in the shadow of Wrigley Field.
 
Your brain & nervous system gets basted with the sounds of
Testimony-Spectral Thoughts
Testimony-Thriller's Prey
Evil Engine-Ugly Public
Proudest Angel-We Had Fun
Sky Machine-Rome Is Burning
The Forms They Take-Legion
The Forms They Take- Inoculation Route
Phoenix Curse-Thirsty
LowCountry-Nowhere Fast
Delightful Downfall-Alone ( Live in Kat 1055 studio-3/15/12)

Local Loft Episode 42

"You radicals sure start young",especially rocking radicals. Those whose music can change the world,especially the world of Old School Thrash Metal. End of Anarchy is trying to reinvent the sound of early Metallica,Megadeth & others who revolutionized Metal in the early to late 80s. The band from New Lenox,fronted by Tommy Denniger sounds way older than their ages (all 17) would indicate. Age matters not,not here anyway. as Tommy & the band resurrect the Legendary sound that inspired many to come after it. I talk to all 4 members of EOA,after they rocked a packed crowd,opening for National act Blue Felix at Star Bar in Chicago Ridge.
 
Along with End of Anaarchy,you'll get severely headbanged by:
End of Anarchy-The Ripper
End of Anarchy-Onslaught
Grays Divide-The Absolution Of Time
Punch Cabbie-World Unknown
Veil Of Maya-Mikasa
TanZen-7 on 7
Daylight Dawns-Left For Dead
The Action Blast-Find Resolution
Designing The Flaw-Soulless
Legions Of Raum-Welcome To The Dot
Stab,Twist,Pull (featuring Holly Smith of Hot Dang)-Won Love
Vaudeviliens-Magician
 
 
 

Local Loft Episode 41

Thoroghly inspected & sorted out for complete original local music quality,you'll be treated to the most scarifying,morbid,spooky & totally rockin soundtrack from the Chicagoland area & all points in between the state of Illinois. 
Only fitting we rock the Hallow in Halloween, Satan's Hallow is a melodically morbid 4 piece Metal act from Chicago. Their biggest musical inspiratation wasn't Satanic worship, but a devilishly good 80s home video game. I talk to singer Mandy Martillo,guitarist Von Jugal & drummer Glock 43 (Ryan),before they unleashed their metal fire at Reggies Rock Club.
Along with the treat of Satan's Hallow's music, you'll get the sweet ear candy of:
Satan's Hallow-The Horror
Satan's Hallow-Satan's Hallow
Beast Warrior-Sky Furnace
Beyond Deth-Beyond Deth
Depremacy-Left To Die
Darkness Inside-993
Fool's Brew-Burner
Sound of Fire-Lied To
Vent To Atmosphere-Facelift
Will Of Man-Walk In The Park
Sinister Fate-Sympathy From The Devil
Deadman's Hand-Murder 101

Local Loft Episode 40

Metal, in all it's screaming,grumting ear shattering,brain busting variety,is best heard in long intense doses. Plenty of it is on display on the new local loft.Tanzen,from Chicago's West side justdoesn't play it with a lot of attention to the unclean vocal. The band has just relesed their second EP, Hex. I talk to singer Teddy Tanzen, & bassist Demo, right after they played Reggie's Rock Club. It's a coming,& going out Halloween Costume party in Lombard for 13 Monsters. No clowning around here. In fact,NO clowning whatsoever.
You'll be treated,& the bands will have more than a few tricks up their sleeves,by;
TanZen-Game Of Death
TanZen-Wolves On A Fence
One Steel Wound-Bury Me
Contra-Altar
Sleeze-Never Sleep Again
Sinister Fate-The Monster Within
Take The Reigns-Ready Or Not
13-Monsters-Perfectly Imperfect
The Horrids-Burning Bodies
Wrecked-Waiting To Die
Deadman's Hand-Dark Angel
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