We will be dropping a podcast in two weeks to feature a special interview with Subscribers Choice Poll winner. This episode is also going to be our March Madness wildcard showcase. We’re looking for...

Erik Oldman is the founder of Rock in Chicago and guitarist for instrumental progressive fusion trio, Sons of Ra. 1) Without Waves - Lunar This release is was a long time in the making, by arguably...

Jacek Leja is the producer and host of the Doc Metal Show featuring the Real Munson. He also is a reviewer and meme lord for BloodRock Media.  (Republished from BloodRock Media) 1. Without Waves –...

Ian Tomele fronts Chicago punk band Voice of Addiction and runs Wrecking Ball Production. Local: Davey Dynamite - Holy Shit 88 Fingers Louie - Thank You For Being a Friend Boxsledder - Future...

Holy hell, was 2016 pretty lame, right? Between the awful time that some of us probably had some pretty killer tunes came out. Anyway, here are the ones that I enjoyed the most- some local, most from...

Varaha - Varaha EP - https://varaha.bandcamp.com Air Raid - Mass Suicide Flashmob - https://airraid.bandcamp.com/track/mass-suicide-flashmob DTP - Transcendence Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience...

I was asked once again to list my favorite local and non-local releases of 2016.In no particular order here ya go: LOCAL: Sass Dragons - “True Adventure” Boilerman -

Whores - Gold  Haken - Affinity Snow Burial - Victory in Ruin Opeth - Sorceress Faces of the Bog - Ego Death Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder Dissona - Paleopneumatic Hung on Horns - Slaves Khemmis -...

By Nick Cvijovic Local ska dudes, Beat the Smart Kids (BtSK), really pull off a fun-as- hell and totally danceable album with Broke Again. Having played with these guys before, as well as seeing them...