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The Rock in Chicago Show features interviews with musicians, artists, and industry people in Chicago's music scene who are helping move the community forward as we navigate through getting out of the pandemic.
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Nov 13, 2022
Episode 39: Trey Elder
Trey Elder has worn many hats since arriving in Chicago, ranging from sound engineer at the infamous Double Door, Head of Sales & Consulting at Intelligentsia Coffee, American whiskey connoisseur and educator, and Operations Manager of Jerry’s restaurants While at Jerry’s, Elder booked an eclectic array of music 7 nights a week for several years, organized many craft beer and spirits focused dinners and events, as well as oversaw all PR and marketing.
In 2019, Elder launched Quiet Pterodactyl, a non-profit that creates experiences, enjoyment, education, and entry into arts and music. In his “spare time”, Elder has created music in various original projects, as well as booked/promoted local and national touring acts at venues all over Chicago.
Elder is a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, and currently serves on planning committees with the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce on Chicago’s north side.
In this episode we dive into Trey's history with involvement with various facets into Chicago's music community along with the history of Quiet Pterodactyl and his work during the pandemic to help both artists and venues.
Featured Tracks:
Miirrors: Sinistry
Moritat: Weapons
Neptune's Core: Turning Red
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Nov 11, 2022
Episode 38: Al Rose
Al Rose is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter and musician with a unique and powerful vision which has helped drive his work as originally co-leader of Buffalo Trout, to his years spent as a solo performer and also leading his current band, featuring a roster of top-shelf musicians, The Transcendos. Al's latest release and eighth album, Again the Beginner is a set of 13 good and true songs which features some of his best work musically combined with some of the most nervy and scathing set of lyrics he’s yet composed. It’s a heartening and bracing experience; one man’s attempt to come to terms with modern times and that broken feeling many folks today feel in the pit of their stomach. The stakes couldn’t be higher: this is your life; our time is running short, and every personal crisis seems tied to an accumulating sense of public dread. After all, a lot has happened since Rose dropped his last album in 2016, a resurgence of authoritarian encroachment, COVID-19, and unstinting attacks on democracy at home and abroad.
Featured Tracks:
Don't Know Why
Shooting Straight
Sign on the Doorpost
Said & Done
Dignity & Grace
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Oct 31, 2022
Episode 37: Mark Lofgren
Like most musicians operating under the new normal, Mark Lofgren (The Luck of Eden Hall, The Thin Cherries) has been spending time in his home studio crafting intimate recordings. Black Moon Book II, an album of exquisite bedroom pop that touches on relationships, memory, isolation and, most explicitly, the healing power of hope and love, is the follow -up to his Black Moon Book released in 2020 and his 2014 solo debut, The Past Perfect.
In this episode Erik and Mark have a pretty wide-ranging conversation around pets, family, studio work, coping with the pandemic, work-life balance in the tech/creative space while diving into the creative process behind making of Black Moon Book II.
Featured Tracks:
Waxing Crescent
We Don't Leave The Yard
Waning Crescent
More at markalanlofgren.bandcamp.com
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Oct 10, 2022
Episode 36: Jason, Martin, and Jake from Idol Throne
Idol Throne is a Power-thrash metal quintet from Northwest Indiana with strong progressive tendencies.
[FFO: Crescent Shield, Destiny's End, Jag Panzer, Helstar, Fates Warning]
In this episode Erik Oldman chats with guitarists Jason Schultz, Martin Bowman and vocalist Jake Quintanilla about the band's formation and the process for creating their full-length release "The Sibylline Age" (Stormspell Records)
Featured Tracks:
Unholy Warrior
Raven's Blade
White Wolf
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Oct 3, 2022
Episode 35: Unto the Earth
Unto the Earth is a four piece metal band out of Chicago, straddling the lines between stoner, desert, doom, and sludge, with shoegaze and heavy psych influences. Formed in 2019, they have embarked on a musical odyssey that combines driving drums, melodic basslines, layered guitars, and evocative lyrics, while paying tribute to the influences of their youth.
Erik Oldman chats with bassist and vocalist Simeon and guitarists Yosh and Jed about the collective creative process around their debuit full-length "The Dawning", how the band came together and what they have coming up for this year as part of the release plan.
Featured Tracks:
It's a Good Day To Die
Awake the Elders
Demons of Demolition
Strange Riders
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Oct 2, 2022
Episode 34: Colin Peterik
Colin Peterik is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Chicago, IL. His songwriting style, drawing from pop, psychedelic rock, hip-hop and soul influences, is eclectic. Expertly produced and featuring powerful vocals, his music is infused with infectious hooks, strong melodies and poignant lyrics.
In this episode Erik Oldman chats with Colin about creative process and background of his latest release "Everything and Nothing"; The Jam Lab, his full-service production facility; what it's like growing up as the son of Jim Peterik, founding member of Ides of March and Survivor, and what he's up to for the Fall of 2022.
Featured Tracks:
Smile
Everything and Nothing
Michiana
My Secrets
Cocaine Nights
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Oct 1, 2022
Episode 33: Chris DeQuick
In this episode Erik Oldman chats with producer, engineer and Chicago punk scene veteran Chris DeQuick about what he's been up to since the on set of the pandemic, his background and experiences in recording music and highlighting some of the work he's helped record.
Featured Tracks:
Old Identities - The Damn Tracks
Evil Men - Torch The Hive
Sundowning - The Damn Tracks
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Aug 5, 2022
Episode 32: Dust Biters
Dust Biters are a four-piece dirty rock outfit from Chicago that you only wear on nights that call for cheap beer and whiskey chasers. Dust Biters is the music they play on the fast rides with height limits at the county fair - taboo and macabre subject matter trojan-horsed with D beats and guitar leads. The band formed in 2019 months before the pandemic hit and have used the last two years to write, record, play shows, and begin cultivating a community of like-minded musicians and visual artists. Last year we released a single and an EP and will be releasing our debut full-length record on August 12, engineered and produced by Alex Lackner - guitarist of Lazarus A.D. (Metal Blade) and producer and engineer of Repentance’s latest release, “Volume I-Reborn”.
Parallel with the album release, They have a collaboration beer with Metal Monkey Brewing and a burger with Kuma's Corner in the works.
In this episode, the band sits down with Erik Oldman to talk about what it is like being a Covid band, navigating the music industry landscape, how we network and cultivate collaborative relationships while learning to balance life, work, and art.
Featured Tracks:
Pray For Me
Progeny
Lushed Up
Dear Evil
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Aug 2, 2022
Episode 31: Ian and Taylor from Polarizer
Chicago-based quintet Polarizer creates "loud, spacey, and epic rock" combining heavy walls of sound with echo-laden, introspective passages and progressive-rock sensibilities.
In November 2021 they self-released "Love from the Underground" as sort of a culmination of a decades worth of work and a document of material with their latest lineup.
In this episode, Erik chats with vocalist and lyricist Taylor Brennan and guitarist Ian Palmer about the creation of the album, the lineup changes, getting through the pandemic and the changes that becoming a parent brings to a musician.
Featured tracks:
Metronome
Le Drame De Os
Eventually you get caught
One for One
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Jul 14, 2022
Episode 30: Mark Vickery | Cosmic Bull
Cosmic Bull is a brand new project from vocalist, songwriter and scene veteran Mark Vickery,
Vickery's deep vocal stylings were featured while he served as guest vocalist for Chicago acid jazz pioneers Liquid Soul before fronting a loose collective who would become the acid jazz/trip hop juggernaut Sumo, who took over Liquid Souls residency at Elbo Room during their heyday and then went on to gig around the area for many years before calling it quits in the mid-2000s.
Mark started writing new music of a different sort during the lockdown of 2020, releasing it under the name of Cosmic Bull. For his latest release he collaborated with former Sumo colleague and notable saxophonist Paul von Mertens, also of Poi Dog Pondering fame, along with scene vet drummer Kevin O'Donnell and Scott Tallarida at his Trigger Chicago studio.
Cosmic Bull's 27x2 EP was released last March.
In this episode Erik and Mark discuss what Mark has been up to since coming out of his hiatus with Cosmic Bull and the creative process behind getting the EP together, along with the changes in the music industry over the last 20 years.
Featured Tracks:
Joe Namath Moment
Unless You Know People
The Sweet Art of Holding On
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Jun 30, 2022
Episode 29: Lost Pyramids
My guest for this episode is the jam band Lost Pyramids. The band's sound is inspired by the music of Phish and the Grateful Dead with a hint of jazz fusion.
We talk about the formation of the band, their creative processes, the language of improvisation, plans for their upcoming release and the summer.
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May 30, 2022
Episode 28: Derek and Brian from Lower Automation
Derek Allen and Brian Sutton from Chicago-based math-punk trio Lower Automation are my guests for this episode.
Lower Automation creates a hyper-anxious blend of math rock, noise rock and hardcore
Back in August 2020, the band sequestered themselves in a secluded cabin in Western Michigan to record their first full-length release. With guitarist and vocalist Derek handling engineering duties the frenzied sessions lasted until the very last second of our rental agreement. The band's result is a 21-minute collection of tunes.
In this episode we dive into a bit of the backstory and making of the album and learn about what the band has in store for their summer plans.
Featured Tracks
Six Degrees from Phrenology
Father's Shirt is a Dress on Me
Combover
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May 20, 2022
Episode 27: Elijah Cirricione from Dismalimerence
The guest for Episode 27 is Elijah Cirricione, the main man, guitarist, and vocalist for the band Dismalimerence.
The band started off as a side project for Elijah in 2011 and throughout the last 11 years it slowly evolved from a studio project into a full band and his main gig.
Their sound is best described as atmospheric black metal band with a lot of progressive leaning.
In this episode Erik and Elijah dig into the band's back story and how it has evolved from beginnings to the release of their first full-length "Tome 1" in 2020 to the four-way split "Recurrence" they released with fellow black metallers
from around globe Nurez, Olim, & The Wolf Garden.
Featured Tracks
Sequestered Hearts
Vernal Musings
My Only Love
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May 12, 2022
EPISODE 26: OK Cool
In this episode, Erik chats with Bridget and Haley from the experimental indie duo OK Cool about their latest music, creative processes, the value of playing live again, in a post-pandemic reality and also their label, Take a Hike Records.
Featured Songs
Time and a Half
Five-Finger Exploding Heart Technique
Self-Sow
Hypervigilant
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May 4, 2022
EPISODE 25: Adele Nicholas from Axons
In Episode 25 Erik chats with Adele Nicholas, a Chicago-based civil-rights attorney and activist. Adele's practice focuses on fighting systemic abuses in the criminal justice system and accountability in the workplace in regards to worker's rights.
Adele is also the front person for the indie rock trio Axons, who just released the full-length album "I Object to Everything".
The album provides a lens into Adele's advocacy work through her songwriting while giving light to a more empathetic perspective on what prisoners deal with in the criminal justice system.
The song cycle for the album documents one of the city’s most notorious jailbreaks in recent memory. Back in December 2012, Joseph Banks and Kenneth Conley, two prisoners awaiting sentencing for bank robbery, escaped out of a five-inch wide window at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in down town Chicago using a rope fashioned from bedsheets and dental floss.
Adele talks about the story behind the album, her songw…
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Apr 11, 2022
Episode 24: Birdy V. from Sweetie
Erik chats with Birdy V, vocalist and guitarist of Chicago-based duo, Sweetie,
Sweetie has been lighting up stages around the city and burbs since 2019. Their sound is a sonic cocktail of punk and garage rock, balanced with a drop of blues, Their sound draws comparisons to The Distillers, Misfits, and the Cramps.
In the episode Erik and Birdy chat about what's in a name, producing the video for their track "Devil Girl", finding a different and rewarding path as musicians and performers working with Chicago's drag performance community, and dealing with the challenges women in the music industry are still facing in 2022.
Featured tracks:
Danny Boy
Devil Girl
Catholic Boy
Mamma
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Mar 18, 2022
Episode 23: Dave Marsalek
Erik chats with Dave Marsalek of SPIZM about their latest full-length release "B4UDie", how he has been coping with the effects of the pandemic, his background, and also the upcoming plans for SPIZM.
Dave Marsalek has been a part of the Chicago music scene for two decades. Originally from Baltimore, Dave moved here to immerse himself into Chicago's free jazz, post rock and experimental music scenes. Dave formed the drum and bass duo SPIZM in 2003 with upright bassist Pablo Pascoll hand has toured nationally. He also hosted regular live drum n bass/IDM, Jazztronica, and Junglebop sessions at The Muse Cafe in the late 2000s and founded his IZM Records imprint as a way to catalog the recorded output of a myriad of projects that intersect at jazz, rock, electronic experimental music.
Featured Tracks:
Flight of Light
Slither
Twin Speaks
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Feb 21, 2022
Episode 22: Johnny Wator
Featuring Johnny Wator, guitarist and vocalist for the Evictions - A chicago-based high energy garage rock n roll trio with fuzzed-out riffs and punk-rock scream-a-long choruses.
The Evictions have been rocking out stages since 2015, sharing bills with Cheetah Chrome and the Sonics. The track we just heard was Cut Me Up from their self-titled EP.
Johnny is a veteran guitarist with experiences recording and touring nationally over the last two decades.
in 2012 Johnny started his effects pedal business, Daredevil Pedals - Unable to find a pedal that created the tone he was looking for, he sought out and ripped apart pedals learning how they worked, his search quickly turned into an obsession.
Ten years later Daredevil Pedals is going strong as a one-man operation, with an sold word of mouth and online reputation from musicians around the globe and an astonishing brand presence and catalog with distribution across major musical instrument retailer sites and brick and mortar stores ali…
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Feb 13, 2022
Episode 21: Dan Stewart
Erik chats with Dan Stewart from Damager about the origins of the band along with his work as a filmmaker and the state of the local indie scene in Chicago.
Featured Tracks from Damager:
I Am Made of Solid Gold
Liquor Song
Tired Bad
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Feb 6, 2022
Episode 20: Dan Asio
In this episode, Erik chats with Dan Asio, an independent singer-songwriter from the suburbs of Chicago and the cohost of the local music podcast The Underbelly Hours. The conversations focus around Dan's latest EP "Still Jaded", the suburban brewery circuit, last week's Spotify debacle with Neil Young and Joe Rogan, and the importance of artists taking time to develop their sounds and the process of curation from a peer review and community perspective.
Feature tracks "Still Jaded" Dan's latest EP:
Hardly Know Ya
Jaded
Don't Know Anything
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Jan 23, 2022
Episode 19: Uncouth
Erik chats with Riki and Karl from Uncouth about how they have been holding up over the pandemic, their new material, the tribulations of dealing in an age of the focus on video-oriented social media experiences and what it really means to truly be a music fan with eclectic and divergent tastes.
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Dec 26, 2021
Episode 18: Robert Mayfield of Spooky Boo
In this episode Erik chats with Robert Mayfield of the progressive rock group Spooky Boo on their latest release, dealing with the effects of COVID, the importance of rap and metal in music education, and the finer points of jazz and classical guitar. They also geek poetic on The Mars Volta.
Featured tracks by Spooky Boo:
Familiar
Waiting Room
The Incident
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Dec 18, 2021
Episode 17: Mental Health Special Episode with Bryan Joseph Kuhn
A discussion around the various intersections of mental health and music with singer/songwriter and mental health advocate Bryan Joseph Kuhn
Tracks:
Working On Myself - Bryan Joseph Kuhn
Right The Ship - Bryan Joseph Kuhn
Marionette - Bryan Joseph Kuhn
Moodswings - Beneath the Stares
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Nov 30, 2021
Episode 16: Joe Rauen
In this episode, Erik chats with multi-instrumentalist Joe Rauen, who also is an instrument maker with a penchant for visual art.
They talk through Joe’s passion and process for creating unique instruments along with his transformative experiences at Berklee College of Music in Boston and his current journey studying Indian music with Saraswathi Ranganathan. A few selections from his upcoming album featuring some of his instruments are featured during the episode.
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Nov 15, 2021
Episode 15: Alexi Front
In this episode, Erik chats with Alexi Front, founder of Scorched Tundra, a heavy music festival that takes place annually here in Chicago and Gothenburg Sweden since 2011.
Alexi has a long history in the music industry, working as a music journalist, in PR, and most notably founding the independent label Pivotal Rockordings Record Label in 2004. The label specializes in sharing and syndication of a variety of death metal music from Sweden.
Alexi is also a fellow podcaster and produces Heavy Hops, a weekly interview format podcast focusing on innovators, creators and insiders in the music and beverage industry related to heavy music and beer. Alexi is also a life-long resident of Chicago.
We discuss a number of different things related to the art and craft of podcasting, the undertakings and values for curating an international music festival along with different ways of looking at experiencing new music post-pandemic in different contexts.
The music featured in this episode is "Clear…
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Nov 8, 2021
Episode 14: Evan Lacksmer
Erik chats with bassist, composer, and visual artist Evan Lacksmer about his artistic sensibilities, creative processes as a musician, Evan's background, history in the Chicago music scene, and how he developed his unique style of playing. During the episode Evan previews three brand new tracks from his latest project.
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Oct 11, 2021
Episode 13: Black Sites
Erik chats with Mark and Ryan from Black Sites about their newest release "Untrue". Much of the conversation focuses on the work and processes behind writing, recording, and producing the album during the pandemic along with future plans for the band.
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Oct 3, 2021
Episode 12: Matt Derda
Erik chats with Matt from Matt Derda and the High Watts about their new releases, getting back into playing after the pandemic, using social media challenges and rewards with building a fan base. Erik and Matt also compare notes on the craft of storytelling and art of improvisation as a performer. The latest single "Moonshine" is also featured in the episode.
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Sep 28, 2021
Episode 11: Katia Jackson
In this episode Erik chats with photographer Katia Jackson, a Chicago-based photographer who helps document our local scene. Katia also spent the better part of the pandemic in 2020 taking her lens to the street documenting the civil unrest. We also talk about Katia's experiences at the recent Riotfest, working with other photographers in the area and reflections on a rapidly changing post-pandemic world.
Music by Tamari T & Thee Elektra Company, The Kreutzer Sonata, and Rosaries.
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Sep 20, 2021
Episode 10: Nora Marks
Preview of select tracks from Nora Marks release "Opt Out". Erik chats with Michael, Matt, and Robbie about the band's creative process, evolution and upcoming plans.
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Sep 13, 2021
Episode 9: Taran de Pablos from Fierce Atmospheres
Premiere and Preview of tracks from the upcoming release "Speed of Dreams" by Fierce Atmospheres. Chatting with vocalist Taran de Pablos about the creative process behind writing and recording the album and working with famed producer Andy LaRoque
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Aug 29, 2021
Episode 8: Mik Dempsey
The theme for this episode was a conversation around metal and beer. Chatting with Mik Dempsey around his experiences with getting into music, performance and what ultimately led him to brewing.
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Aug 29, 2021
Episode 7: Tom Maslowski
This episode is a discussion with Tom Maslowski; musician, teacher and promoter from Chicago's south suburbs. We talk about common threads with our work within the scene along with some of our shared connections, Tom's projects, along with life as a music teacher during the pandemic and supporting our local scenes. Featuring music by Colonel Chloroform, John Condron and the Old Gang Orchestra along with End Transmission
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Aug 20, 2021
Episode 6 - Danielle Sines
Interview with Danielle Sines from Impulsive Hearts and featured tracks from "Cry All The Time". Discussions on returning to live performance, how a band changes over the course of the pandemic, working with youth in a mentorship role, and giving back to a music community.
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Aug 19, 2021
Episode 5 - David Thomas and Eric Clements - Lorna Donley and the Veil
This episode is a bittersweet and tragic tale of lost and found, closure and discovery revolving around a pair musicians from the Chicago Music Scene. In the 1980's vocalist and bassist Lorna Donley and guitarist David Thomas, previously of the art-punk quartet DA!, formed the Veil. We talk with David on what happened with the Veil, Eric's experience in finding the Veil's music decades later, and working with David to put out the music after Lorna's tragic death in 2013.
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Jul 19, 2021
Episode 4: Bret Figura
Our guest for this episode is composer and drummer Bret Figura.
Bret currently drums in the surf/rockabilly instrumental group, The Real Gone, and with Dan Dougherty. During the pandemic Bret started composing his own music. He's just released his third compilation Shut In Sounds III: The Righteousness of Spring. We chat with Bret about putting this amazing compilation with 16 different vocalists together.
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Jun 28, 2021
Episode 3: A Conversation with Mel Flowers and Sarah Neczwid
A conversation between Mel Flowers, one of our main curators and bassist for The Secret Lives and Tides Cult; and Sarah Neczwid, audio engineer, drummer, and host of Hello, I am Human podcast.
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Jun 6, 2021
Episode 2 - Maura Walsh
Our guest for this episode is visual artist Maura Walsh. In pre-pandemic time Maura was also an avid concert goer, racking up 53 concerts in 2019 and has been a strong supporter of our local music scene, attending shows at various venues around the city since her high school days.
As a visual artist, Maura works in a variety of media from installation, video, and fiber, to painting and drawing. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago in 2011.
In 2019 she created Our Tiny Guide to Chicago's Best Music Culture Spots. It was an immediate hit within our local community. When the pandemic hit in 2020 she focused her endeavors on helping out the venues in Chicago by expanding upon the guide theme and creating illustrations of the various venue storefronts around the city. By selling prints, , she raised $37,000 for local music venues battling the financial hardships from the pandemic. She's currently working with nonprofit fundraising initiative Support Chic…
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May 14, 2021
Episode 01 - Pamela Maurer
Our guest for this episode is Pamela Maurer. Pamela is a musician, multimedia artist and designer who writes and performs with her group Baby Money and The Down Payments. Pamela spent the last year working on and releasing "HLDAY MAGIK" a visual album produced remotely with a team of people spread out across the country. We talk through the process of creating HLDAY MAGIK, holding up personally and as a creative person during the pandemic and what the new landscape as a musician, artist, and performer looks like as we move forward into a new time.
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May 12, 2021
Episode 0 - May 12, 2021
Erik talks about what he's been up to and what the plan is with the podcast.
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May 12, 2021
Trailer
Trailer for the new Rock In Chicago Show podcast
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Jun 28, 2016
Rock For Pets Episode Featuring Polarizer and Moon
Special acoustic performance by Polarizer, interview with Moon, co-curated by Midwest Music Support and Wrecking Ball Production
TRACK LISTING
Polarizer
Live: Rivals, Delicate Believer
Preview: How To Make a Man, Every Morning a Storm
Live: Thins the Blood
Wrecked: Enemy, Remember Me
Moon: Always Summer, Bright Blue Sky, Wishlist
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Hellshock: Desensitized
Pipe: Play That Johnny Cash Song
Veritae: What Lies Beneath
Atlanta is Burning: Broadway
One Time Hero: One Chord
Fatal Havoc: Flower
Beat the Smart Kids: You Haven't Lived Until You Died
Voice of Addiction: U're All Crazy
Ez Kebage: Love Songs
Bottle Kids: Serenity Now
Seasonal Mens Wear: A Salad or a Savior
The Land Before Tim: Chumps and Bums
Assassination Squad: Sixty Days
We've Got Ours: Fifteen Years
Bombflower: Liquid Swords
UglyBones: No One Talks
The Kreutzer Sonata: Northside Lights
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Polarizer
Live: All The Lights Go Out At Once
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Mar 2, 2016
March Madness 2016 Featuring Caster
Our March Madness Podcast featuring an interview with Jason Jaros of Caster
Featuring music from:
Andy Metz
Assassination Squad
Back Alley Riot
Beat the Smart Kids
Beyond De-th
Bottle Kids
Bubbles Erotica
Butchered
Caster
Dana Lawrence
Run and Punch
Ditchwater
John San Juan
Johnny Automatic
Kalico Skies
Killing gods
Land Before Tim
Makeshift Tragedy
Menacerno
Of Wolves
On My Six
Pavlov3
Polarizer
Predator
Spinning Red
The Automatones
The Bribes
This Obsession
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Feb 11, 2016
Brown Bear Records/Seasonal Mens Wear/Wrecking Ball Production Feature
Erik Oldman interviews Jake and Connor from Seasonal Mens Wear/Brown Bear Records.
Curated by Jake, Connor, and Ian from Wrecking Ball Production
Featuring music from
Seasonal Mens Wear
Chris Bomba
Demetri The Unfavorable
Electric Needle Room
Fossil Fuel
Friskie Morris & Friends (featuring Chris DeQuick)
Gypsy Charms
IM Cunj
Richardson Richardson
Seasonal Men's Wear
The Hannah Barbarians
The Dirty Heels
80 Proof Preacher
Claw Toe
The Kobanes
Mandatory Abortions
Modern Day Rippers
She Likes Todd
Shift
The Usuals
TV SLIME
Welfare Beer League
Voice of Addiction
Ribbonhead
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Jan 6, 2016
Staff Picks for Local Releases of 2015
Rock in Chicago staff picks for local releases of 2015
Hosted by Doc Metal
Read the lists for the staff picks here
http://www.rockinchicago.org/tagged/top-15-of-2015
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Dec 30, 2015
End of Year 2015 Subscriber's Choice Episode
The top 25 bands our listeners, subscribers and readers selected:
Track listing
Belmont Cross - Another Day
Return to Flesh - Blood Surreal
Greywall - Wait
Beyond De-th - Blood Beneath the Snow
Downfall of Society - Nice to Meet You
13 Monsters - Falling
Brouhaha - Disestablishmentarianism
Punch Cabbie - World Unknown
No Shelter - Reign Down
False Hope Fades - Coward
New Day Rising - Blindside
South Arsenal - La Bestia
Limited Wisdom - Wolf Smack
Fair Winds & Following Seas - Like Sleeping Machines
Sinister Fate - (S & M) Anthem
Septembers Rest - Survive
Dark Entropy - Crucifixation
Hot Dang - Stay Golden Pony Boy
4Without - Out of Control
Contra - Altar
Killing gods - Bondage
Endgame - Haunted
Cruel Melody - Joyride
Three Days From Dying - Feed My Darkness
Caster - Ride All Night
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Dec 9, 2015
Heavy Holidays Showcase 2015
Morgan and Luco from the Metal Experience are guest cohosts
Interviews with TanZen and No Conviction
Tanzen -
The Cut
I Will Never Forgive You
Wolves on a Fence
No Conviction -
Louisiana Holiday
Impale -
Wong Ate Me
Human Ribs for Dinner
Stay Off My Lawn
Warforged -
Two Demons
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Dec 3, 2015
Featuring Pale Horseman and Scientist
NSFW
Erik Oldman and DOC Metal interview members of Pale Horseman and Scientist
Track Listing ::
Pale Horseman -
Clear the Throne
Pinneal Awakening
DeepSpacePilots -
Call To No One
Scientist -
Singularity
The Lighthouse
Making Ghosts -
Died in his suit
That's just the fever talking
Without Waves -
The Entheogen
Narcotic -
Soul Harvest
Epitasis -
Decimation of Gaia
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Nov 19, 2015
Wreckingball Punksgiving Leftovers Showcase
FRI 11/27 3rd annual Chicago Punksgiving *Vote Quimby! (no enemy!) *Turbo Vamps! *Bottle Kids *The kreutzer Sonata @ Liar's Club www.facebook.com/events/484723188373124
*Turbo Vamps!
Black Out
D.R.O.O.G.
*Bottle Kids
Serenity Now
Walk Away
Off Guard
Worse Case Ontario
*The Kreutzer Sonata
P.W.M. (punks with morals)
All Coming Down
Bruises
Until Time Overlaps
SAT 11/28 3rd annual Punksgiving *Johnny Automatic *Bumsy & the Moochers *Bombflower *The Desolates @ The Mutiny www.facebook.com/events/481884971972755
*The Desolates
And Now She Hates Me 2:34
Let's Hope That Hell Has Alcohol 2:16
Like You 2:58
Never Fall in Love Again 2:32
Black Wednesday 11/25 Elgin IL *The Usuals *Voice Of Addiction *80 Proof Preacher *Stolen Airplane @ Dutch Inn West brought to you by www.facebook.com/events/997030020355509
*The Usuals
Knew
No Disguise
Re-construction
*80 Proof Preacher
Circling the Drain
Oprah's Playlist
*Stolen Airplane
Stranded
Halfway
(what's this) Chaos Up Ahead?
CHICAGO FRI…
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Nov 10, 2015
Punksgiving 2015 Pt 1 - Bumsy and The Moochers
Bumsy and The Moochers
Interview and Acoustic Performance ::
Shasta Night
Sucks To Be You
Over The Dashboard
Epilogue For The Undergrad
Punksgiving Bands ::
Johnny Automatic -
All Your Fault
Mosachist
Not About You
Get Me Away
Bombflower -
Look Around
Liquid Swords
Science Class
Boots
Vote Quimby! -
Your Sister's A Brat
Sorry You Love Me
Coming Clean
Without A Heart
Wrecking Ball Showcase ::
Back Alley Riot -
Tornado
Crazy Lucy
Poor Man
Rad Payoff -
New Bong Turks
Evil Empire -
Cross The Line
Kill Me Please
Boilerman -
We're The Worst
The Factory
Doing Great
Canadian Rifle -
Sexually Fucked
You are my Junk
Two Houses -
Kanye West Doesn't Care About Chicago
Disappointer
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Nov 5, 2015
Galeforce Productions Playlist Showcase for Fall 2015
Galeforce Productions Playlist Artists:
Convoy
Munger
Thee Rebel Angels
Downfall of Society
Sixty Three
Killing Gods
PUNK ROCK DOUBLE DIP BLOCK:
Bumsy and the Moochers
Butchered
Land Before Tim
Rock in Chicago Reviews Spotlight:
Smoke #7
Pavlov
Punch Cabbie
Erik Oldman's pick of the week
Andy Metz
Heavy Holidays Featured Artists:
Warforged
Impale
No Conviction
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Oct 27, 2015
Wrecking Ball Showcase with Butchered
Interview with Butchered
Track listing:
Butchered - It Doesnt Matter Anymore
Butchered - Cut Me Off
Butchered - I Can't Be Friends With You (Tom Park)
WASTE - Brick by Brick
WASTE - Broke
Overclocked - George Bush 2.0
Overclocked - Don't Trust the Radio
Side Action - Ate Your Face
Side Action - Space Booze
Evil Engine - Father
Prison City Brigade - We Are The Brigade
Limited Wisdom - Wolf Smack
C-Sides Cheap Wine
Death and Memphis - Always Nothing
Turnspit - Midsentence
Jolly Korea - From Breathless Back to Life
Lumberjerks - Garage Hopping
Brouhaha - Disestablishmententarianism
Kicking Brickley - Walking Crooked
Lights Over Bridgeport - True North
Still Alive - Pay Attention
The Bollweevils - Honesty Isn't So Simple
The Land Before Tim - Abducted
Ribbonhead - Longpig
80 Proof Preacher - Lazlo Holyfield
Back Alley Riot - Blue Collar Army
The Mizzerables - As I Am
Born on Jeffreys - Wanted it All
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Oct 13, 2015
5 Way Chili Metal Episode with DOC Metal and Rob Svoboda
Cohosted by Doc Metal
Curated by Erik Oldman and Rob Svoboda
Track Listing
Snow Burial - Buried in Ash
Snow Burial - Hellscape
Drug Honkey - Ghost in the Fire
Lost Dog - If I See Her
Pale Horseman - Fork in The Road
Starless - Sandinista
Starless - Denial (Is Your Fault)
Marinoan - Death Hilarious
Marinoan - Sun of Stone
Beak - Souls in Streams
Beak - Light Outside
Pavlov - Elastic Surface Patterns
The Paver - Darkness
Hemi - Nevermore
Spillage - Land of Opportunity
Marinoan - Old World War
Of Wolves - Seal the Deal
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Sep 22, 2015
Songs for Shelter 2015
Cohosted by Melissa DeGott
Interviews with Faces of the Bog and Pat Catalano
Track Listing:
Faces of the Bog - Drifter
Faces of the Bog - Moon
Psycho Sister - PunchBox
Jan King and Medicine Ball - Stung
White Knight Satellite - Satyr Sphinx
Psycho Sister - Sorrow
Jan King and Medicine Ball - Busted All The Time
The Shifties - What Could Be So Wrong
Mordatorium - The Abomination
Armored Assault - Call The Beast
Scars of Armageddon - Our Dying Day
Catalano - One More Time
Michael Riser - Urban Jungle
Veilside - Hypocrisy
Catalano - Gone to Sleep
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Sep 9, 2015
Hardcore Special Episode
Rock in Chicago Show Hardcore Episode with guest cohost Stephen DeFalco from TurboVamps and the Friskie Morris and Friends Podcast, and Adam from The Kreutzer Sonata
Track Listing
The Kreutzer Sonata - Nightshift Kids, Addition By Subtraction, Cringeworthy
La Armada - Vincho Leonelista
Alejandro and the Alcoholics - Terrorist
Eske - No me grites
Uglybones - No one talks
Mute Print - With It
Warrior Tribes - Flats
Other Masquerades - You can never drown when you were born to be hanged
Slow form of Suicide - Already Dead
Young & Dead - Swallow It
Short Fuse - Preach
The Ox King - Knowing
Thieves - Torn
Angry Gods - The Mass
Arkham - Youngblood
Den - Stardust
Flagass - Go for it
Distract Future - Fresh Air
Future Cops - We Never Change
Krang - Arms Race Within Mine
Haka - The Pits
Georgia O'Queef - Brain Break
Headless Honchos - Over the top
Louder Than Words - Death of a Salesman
Manipulation - Crisis
Mexican Werewolf - Witching Hour
Manipulation - Painkiller
The Kreutzer Sonata - Rea…
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Aug 25, 2015
Metal Experience and Doc Metal Showcase
Morgan and Luco from the Metal Experience and Doc Metal are our guest cohosts and curators for this episode. Also featuring brand new tracks from impale
WIL - Ascended
EVERYTHING MUST DIE - SANDUSKY
Young and Dead - False Minds of the Righteous
Armored Assault - Sewing Circle Pit
Without Waves - The Entheogen
Ideamen - Dead Utopia
Miles from Exile - Crowd Pleaser
Beyond De-th - Beyond De-th
Impale - Human Ribs for Dinner
Impale - Worms Against Many
HEMI - Nevermore
Mechina - Conqueror
Hot Dang - Death's Intention
Genotype - Nether Reflex
WIL - Revelator Variations
A Vicious Cycle - Buckwild 666
Alethia - Lykaion Falls
Altered Perceptions - Void
Pale Horsemen - Evidence of a Severe Stoning
Deadmans Hand - Murder 101
Chicago Style Weenies - Cancerous Appendage
A Kingdom In Peril - Living Massacre
One Steel Wound - Bury Me
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Aug 10, 2015
Summer 2015 Burbs Showcase
Track Listing
Bumsy and The Moochers - Welcome to the Burbs
Psycho Sister - Carnage
Psycho Sister - Drama
River Gypsies - Nowhere to Go
The Shakes and Rumbles - Turn To Dust
Spillage - The Road
Spillage - The Darkness
Spillage - Devil Woman
Ideamen - Momenta
Faith In Vain - Drink You
In the Aisles - Someone like You
Greywall - Babies
Greywall - Bullfight
Greywall - Wait
Deadman's Hand - Season of the Wolf
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Jun 29, 2015
June 2015 Metal Showcase
Interview with Katie from Genotype
Tracks from Design Intent:
Amalthea
Trine
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Midwest Music Support Block:
Genotype - Energon
So Called Saints - Trigger
So Called Saints - No Escape
Atlanta is Burning - A Wicked Thing To Say
Atlanta is Burning - Alive in Memories
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Rock in Chicago Sneak Preview Track:
Immortal Bird - Sycophant
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Interview with Mark from Trials
Tracks from This Ruined World:
Truth Defiled
Dont Believe the Word
Digging My Own Grave
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Interview with Cody and Rick from God Dementia
Tracks from Consuming the Delusional:
Dominance
Pests
Savage Saints
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May 12, 2015
Subscribers Choice 2015
Blackmarket Democracy Fragile
Black4 Rob Roy
Dead Town Revival Under the Gun
Faith In The Fallen Diabolical
Death and Memphis Hey You
My My My Bleeding from Tigers on the Dance Floor
Johnny Automatic She Said
Seasonal Men's Wear Theme Song for a Quarter-Life Crisis
Punch Cabbie Repress
ladies of leisure UDS2: Liquid Maze
Bottle Kids Don't Throw Bottles... Ever
Scars Of Armageddon Our Dying Day
Hero Monster Zero Stepping on Me
Butchered NINETOFIVE
Chaometry Zyeteeth
Turbovamps Blackout
Psycho Sister Skeleton
Wrecked Enemy
Another Black Hour Perfect Machine
Bill Ura Dik Chinese Takeout
Dead on TV Creeper
The Jetbirds Give em hell johnny
The Ridgelands Daggers Down Anti Hero
False Hope Fades Wake Up
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