Local Loft Episode 405

2025-11-04

NO A.I., but plenty of M.I. (Music intelligence) A lot of intelligent lyrics will test your I.Q., and won't spy on you, or copy your voice, on this four hundredth fifth edition of the most extensive journey around the Chicagoland area's original metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop scene. One close scrutiny of the lyrics to any Scarsin song, but especially Defrosting My Victim, and you'll be wanting to enroll in pre-med courses to become a heart specialist. A trip to the ER was not the inspiration for...

NO A.I., but plenty of M.I. (Music intelligence)

A lot of intelligent lyrics will test your I.Q., and won't spy on you, or copy your voice, on this four hundredth fifth edition of the most extensive journey around the Chicagoland area's original metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop scene.

One close scrutiny of the lyrics to any Scarsin song, but especially Defrosting My Victim, and you'll be wanting to enroll in pre-med courses to become a heart specialist. A trip to the ER was not the inspiration for lyrics which name check capillaries and mention a cardiac arrest. The four-man thrash metal band from the Chicago/Gary, Indiana border line will have hearts moshing and bodies slam dancing when they rock J.J. Kelley's in Lansing, Saturday, November 15th. I talk with new bassist Aaron Felipe Skatch Alvarez.

All Outta Gum formed directly after the Joliet hard rock and funk trio, Catapult the Propaganda. Ex CTP bat r 15th

Not just a punk band, a delicious beef confection. Evil Engine returns to take a big bite out of an hyperactive Chicagoland original punk scene. They play The Hub in Harvard, Saturday, November 15th. Ten years ago this week, they revved up a manic moshing crowd for the first time at the former Brauerhouse in Lombard. we rock back to when I introduced the 4 piece Punk act fronted by sarcastic Ed Debevic's waitress by day and prominent female singer anytime of day or night, Kryssie Ridolphi.

Sink your ears into this original Chicagoland music soundtrack. It will make your dental work pogo:

Scarsin-Defrosting My Victim

Scarsin-Failure of Being

All Outta Gum-Sincerely Yours

Vow Of Resonance-Excerpts from their first show at The Dunken Donut, Joliet-9/4/25

Catapult The Propaganda-Hollowed

The Time Beings-Nowhere To Dream

Indign-Autumn Storm

Dimitri The Unfavorable-The Hamburglar

Four Horsemyn-Bang Bang

Evil Engine (interview from Brauerhouse in Lombard-11/11/15 Local Loft Episode 13)

Evil Engine-Father (demo)