Local Loft Episode 386

2025-06-24

Hot enough for Ya!!! Fire up your device of choice and get in the groove to more original hot rockin' from the Chicagoland's metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop scene. As another Summer brings many days of excessive sunshine, heat and humidity, it also brings more opportunities to fulfill your hunger for ground beef and live rock. Punk Rock Tacos opens its 2025 outdoor concert extravaganza on Saturday, July 5th. Don't blow out your solid hearing and sensitive ear lobes with too many loud explosions...

Hot enough for Ya!!!

Fire up your device of choice and get in the groove to more original hot rockin' from the Chicagoland's metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop scene.

As another Summer brings many days of excessive sunshine, heat and humidity, it also brings more opportunities to fulfill your hunger for ground beef and live rock. Punk Rock Tacos opens its 2025 outdoor concert extravaganza on Saturday, July 5th. Don't blow out your solid hearing and sensitive ear lobes with too many loud explosions from legal 4th of July fireworks shows (or illegal backyard firework explosions). A sonic blast of live rock features Tyre Fyre. The four-man Chicago sludge rock band has frightening tales of a teen drugstore assistant plotting the murder of her parents, and the inebriated tale of the joy of drinking during job hours. Drummer Chris Walker and bassist John Dolce join me with the behind the music story of Patty Columbo and Day Drinking.

Kankakee's biggest alternative rock band, Carrying Torches fires up another awesome stage show at the biggest Summer festival in the K3 River Valley, while not keeping a closed unraveling of a new single the day they play Merchant Street Music Fest next month.

Rockford has a diverse music scene which is far more than Cheap Trick. On My Six are not just local favorites in the biggest city of the Illinois/Wisconsin state line region. After opening for All That remains, the melodic hard rock band from the Forest City tore it up at Wire in Berwyn, six years ago this week. We rock back to it.

Sizzling through the deepest reaches of cyberspace, this ear watering, set of choice original Chicagoland music cuts. Served up rockin' hot on LL 386 are:

Tyre Fyre-Patty Columbo

Tyre Fyre-Day Drinking

Donkey Punch-Joyful Fear

Disinfect-The Hits Keep Comin'

Eske-Pobresito

M & R Rush-Keep On Rocking (2025 remixed version)

Ides Of March-Keep Rocking

Leigh Evin & The Lowdown-Lost It

Redneck Remedy-Face Of Madness (live at The Looney Bin, Bradley 4/18/25 Local Loft Episode 377)

Slap Bunt-Pasta Thieves

Carrying Torches-Good In Blue

On My Six (interview from Wire in Berwyn Local Loft Episode 105 6/25/19)