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The WMBR Rock/Pop/Punk Concert Report

Sunday, Jun. 15
• Hellbound - Middle East Upstairs
• Pons, Maeflex, and Pinklids - O'Briens
• Angry-las, and In Shreds - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Nobro, Bad Waitress, and Gen & the Degenerates - The Rockwell
• Killer Kin - Middle East Corner [9PM, free]
• The Vallee, Harmony's Cuddle Party, and more - Cantab
• Charmer, Hell Beach, and On Regret - Warehouse XI
• Simple Minds, Soft Cell, and Modern English - Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
• Converge, Montclair, and Wire Lines - Alchemy, Providence, RI [sold out]
• Mistress, Savage Mystic, and The Virgos - Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA
• The Vallee, Harmony's Cuddle Party, and more - Cantab
Monday, Jun. 16
• Lower Automation, Snake Drink, Shal, and Parachute Club - O'Briens
• Not Milk, Husbands, Declaw, and Office Hours - Silhouette Lounge
Tuesday, Jun. 17
• Village Revival, Spackle, Night Riot Radio, and The Iron League - O'Briens
• Keep for Cheap, Another Michael, and Tiberius - Cantab
• Plague Dad, and Soloonar - The Jungle [6PM]
• Clamb, and Holiday Music - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
Wednesday, Jun. 18
• Yungmopheus - O'Briens
• Salem Wolves, The Endorphins, and The Roland Highlife - Silhouette Lounge
• Diva Bleach, 5Ever, and Lake Drive - Warehouse XI
• Horse the Band, Melted Bodies, and Palefade - Arts at the Armory [sold out]
• Juniper - The Rockwell
Thursday, Jun. 19
• Savage Master, NITE, and Abaroth - Middle East Upstairs
• Sue, Fat Randy, God Horse Boxer, and Bad at Drawing - O'Briens
• This Will Destroy You, and Jesse Beaman - Sonia
• Rev. Horton Heat, and Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Cha's - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
• Blue Hyenas, Fifth Business, Blindspot, and Liam Slavin - The Jungle [8PM]
• Less Than Jake - House of Blues
• Linda Smith, and Wendy Lucas - The Rockwell
• Little Low, Megan from Work, and The Dreaded Laramie - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
Friday, Jun. 20
• The Supervillains, and Jwadi - Middle East Upstairs
• Nixil, Prayer Position, Troll Milk, and Stryga - O'Briens
• Goya, Bronco, and Swamphead - Midway Cafe [9:30]
• Tom Baker, Tom Devaney, and Eddy Dyer - Jeanie Johnston, JP
• All Under Heaven, High, and The Dream Today - The Rockwell
• No Detour, Feather Weather, Village Idiots, and Stryk 9 - The Jungle [8PM]
• Wild Pink, and Greg Mendez - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Permanent Blue, Crow's Foot, Dared 2 Live, and Done - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
• Knock Over City, and Baabes - Koto, Lowell
• Final Resting Place, Fatal Realm, and more - Sons of Italy, Hingham [6PM]
• Hollywood Graveyard, and Gretchen & the Banshees - Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA
Saturday, Jun. 21
• Weekend Nachos, Dropdead, Wound Man, and American Ethos - Middle East Downstairs
• The McGunks - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Savak, Lupo Cita, The Whimbrels, and Andy Cohen - O'Briens
• The Rumjacks, Crazy & the Brains, and Mickey Rickshaw - Sonia
• American Ocelot, and Linnea Herzog - Village Social Club, Brookline
• Hames - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Death Threat, Product of Waste, The Next Level, and Through and Through - Alchemy, Providence, RI
• Hallelujah The Hills, Bongwish, and Choo Choo LaRouge - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• New Constellations - Warehouse XI
• One Fall, 40 Reps, and The Downhauls - Moon Base One, Salem, MA [1PM]
• MK Naomi, Good June, Hyber, and Tatooine Punk Scene - Moon Base One, Salem, MA [6PM]
• Straw Dogs, Rovkin, The Humanoids, and Ruffian Dicks - Koto Lowell
• Daughter of the Vine, The Freqs, and Adam McGrath - Factory Ballroom, Ipswich [7PM]
Sunday, Jun. 22
• Softcult, and She's Green - Middle East Upstairs
• If Not When, Spaceship, Indoor Friends, and See You at Rogers - O'Briens
• Unnatural Axe, and more - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Hate Incarnate, A Big Hat, Krixus, and The Living Space - Zuzu [9PM, free]
• Enuff z'Nuff - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Monday, Jun. 23
• Toner, Gollylagging, and Declaw - O'Briens
• The Girl, Battle Mode, The Roscoes, and Militia Rashad - Silhouette Lounge
• Awakebutstillinbed, and For Your Health - Warehouse XI
Tuesday, Jun. 24
• The Sewing Club - O'Briens
• Juicebox, Mass Romantic, Aleksandra Picariella, and Zoe Butler - Midway Cafe
• Colleen Green, and Rozwell Kid - The Rockwell
Wednesday, Jun. 25
• Peretsky, Vildava, and Wulfer - O'Briens
• Fracture Type, Rival Society, Empty Halls, and Vivra Vera - Silhouette Lounge
• Baby Metal, Black Veil Brides, and Bollywood - MGM Music Hall
• Deerhoof, and Asher White - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
Thursday, Jun. 26
• Murphy's Law, The Take, and Duck & Cover - Middle East Upstairs
• U.S. Girls - The Rockwell
• Bottom Brackt, Clipboards, Old Soul, and Trash Rabbit - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Friday, Jun. 27
• The Gruesomes, Muck & the Mires, and The Chelsea Curve - Middle East Upstairs
• Johnny & the Foodmasters, Jersey Calling, Futon Lasagna, and Double Star - O'Briens
• Murder by Death, and Laura Jane Grace - Paradise [sold out]
• Salty Greyhound, Gollylagging, and Ohio State Fair - Warehouse XI
• Dead Wait, Toluca Lake, Dan Flashes, and Inplainsight - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
• A Wilhelm Scream - The Met, Pawtucket, RI
Saturday, Jun. 28
• The FU's, Stay Out, Rockin Band Punk Band, Scotty Saint, and Color Killer - Middle East Upstairs
• Moral Law, Palehorse, Etheral Tomb, and more - Middle East Downstairs all ages [5PM]
• Neighborhood Sh*t, The Neon Hookers, Gumskab, Give Up Hope, and The Blind - O'Briens
• In Lieu of Flowers, Rabbits for Sale, Yonks, and Proper Degorham - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Blue Manic, Thick Fuzz, The Under, and Obliterati - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Friendship, and 2nd Grade - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Virouette, Layzi, Dwelley, and Spirit Ghost - The Rockwell
• Geskle, and The Back Alley - Warehouse XI
• Tree, Incendiary Device, Scumbari, Mollusk, and Miracle Blood - Brighton Music Hall all ages [7PM]
• Godspeed You Black Emporer - Roadrunner
• The Insmouth Look, Scuzzy Yeti, and Z28 - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
• Mother Iron Horse, The Outlordes, and Viqueen - Widowmaker Brewery, Braintree, MA 21+ [8PM]
• Dead End Deluxe, Rival Society, Exploder, and Far Too Late - Elks Lodge, Attleboro [6PM]
• Born Cursed, Kusozu, Iron Gag, The Promised End, and Peace Breaker - Barewolf Brewing, Amesbury [7:30]
Sunday, Jun. 29
• Florry, and Clifford - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Preoccupations, and Goon - Middle East Upstairs
• Two Point Oh, and The Dream Today - O'Briens
• Worm, Cry Havoc, Rags to Stitches, Screwcart, and Hardwired - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Brighton Music Hall
• Scumbari, The Frenzy Tongs, The Stress Balls, and Angry Red Planet - Cantab
• Florry, and Clifford - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA all ages [7PM]
• Black Beach, King in Yellow, and Parachute Club - Moon Base One, Salem, MA [1PM]
Monday, Jun. 30
• 70th bday party for Barence Whitfield - Regent Theater, Arlington, MA [7:30]
• Rougarou, Eight Food Manchild, Cannibal Ramblers, and Ten Foot Polecats - O'Briens
• Botch Job, Krona, See You at Rogers, and In Use - Midway Cafe
• Headfirst, Adlo, and Salem June - Silhouette Lounge
• Bunnuel, Murderous Againw/ Lydia Lunch, Today is the Day, and more - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Tuesday, Jul. 1
• Julie Doiron, and Caged Animals - Middle East Upstairs
• Pledge Pins, and Whyte Lipstick - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Orchestre Tout Puissaint Marc Duchamp, and Dakou Dakou - Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket all ages [8PM]
Wednesday, Jul. 2
• Dean Soloman & the Wise Men, The Hip Replacements, and Vintage Hipsters - Midway Cafe
• Bob Log III - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Thursday, Jul. 3
• Orthodox, Mugshot, Omerta, and Fromjoy - Middle East Upstairs
• Sly Fang, Johnny Maraca & the Marockers, Pangs, and Komodo Rojo - O'Briens
Friday, Jul. 4
• Who Killed Spikey Jacket, Moose Knuckle, City Kings, and Helldog - O'Briens
Saturday, Jul. 5
• Electrocutioner, Bed of Razors, Phantom Rider, and Death Strider - Middle East Upstairs
• Unseemlier, Cigarette Camp, Good June, and KCUF - O'Briens
• Terminal Stereo, Propolis, Dog Town, and Neal Brennan - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• FM Collective, Borboleta, Jacob Caudell, and Dogtail Corners - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Eighteen Visions, and Beyond Repair - Sonia
• Windier, Night Moth, Clearwater Swimmers, and Ribbon - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• John Galm, Shiver, and more - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
• Minibeast, The Hammer Party, and more - Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI
Sunday, Jul. 6
• Latch, The Promised End, Sue, and Vice Grip - Middle East Corner [8PM, free]
• F the 4th w/ Push Back, Trophy Hunt, Unhinged, and more - O'Briens
• Martin/Morrell/Fredette, and The Weisstronauts - Midway Cafe
• Greg Norton and Buddies (40 Years of Hüsker Dü) - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [6PM]
Monday, Jul. 7
• OMD - House of Blues
• Can't Lose, and Start Today - Central Square Elks Lodge
Tuesday, Jul. 8
• Max Fry - Sonia
• Lifeguard, and Parking - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Wednesday, Jul. 9
• Strung Out, Death by Stereo, and Oh the Humanity - Middle East Downstairs
• Bong Wizard, Mollusk, and Hobo Wizard - O'Briens
Thursday, Jul. 10
• Archers, Rivals, Of Virtue, and Dead Eyes - Brighton Music Hall
Friday, Jul. 11
• Surprise Chef, and Kendra Morris - Brighton Music Hall
• Neptune, Landowner, and Germ House - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• The Freqs, Lev, and The Rupert Selection - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA
• Casket Rats, Sinners, Officer X, and Phantom Rider - Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA
Saturday, Jul. 12
• Immortal Suffering, Accursed, Malignancy, and Branch Davidian - Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI
• Makeout Palace; Morgan Cole Brown; Helicopter Leaves; and Fire, Escape! - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Tuesday, Jul. 15
• Bear Ghost, and Spaceman Bob - Brighton Music Hall
Wednesday, Jul. 16
• Tripping Daisy, and Jumprope - Brighton Music Hall
• Dinosaur Jr, Snail Mail, and Easy Action - Roadrunner
• Totally Tubular festival w/, Right Said Fred, Haircut 100, The Motels, and more - MGM Music Hall
Thursday, Jul. 17
• Diggy Graves, and Resentvul - Brighton Music Hall
• War Machine, Plant Fight, and Little Miss Echo - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Friday, Jul. 18
• Michael McColgan & the Bomb Squad, Violent Way, The Welch Boys, and Klaxon - Middle East Downstairs
Friday, Jul. 18 - Saturday, Jul. 19
• The Pixies - MGM
Saturday, Jul. 19
• Michael McColgan & the Bomb Squad, Badterms, and Nick & the Adversaries - Middle East Downstairs
• Bad Moves, and Theo Grizol - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Sunday, Jul. 20
• MS Paint, Lip Critic, and Pat and the Pissers - Middle East Upstairs
• Mansionair - Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, Jul. 22
• Souls of Mischief - Brighton Music Hall
Wednesday, Jul. 23
• Chevy Metal - Brighton Music Hall
• Light Asylum, Heavy Halo, and Pleasure Coffin - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Thursday, Jul. 24
• Symposium, and John Myrtle - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Youth of Today, Magnitude, Speedway, and more - The Met, Pawtucket, RI [7PM]
• Mourning Night - Sonia
Friday, Jul. 25
• We Came as Romans, and Currents - Palladium, Worcester, MA
Saturday, Jul. 26
• The Okmoniks - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Hot Water Muisc, and Rodeo Boys - Palladium, Worcester, MA [7:30PM]
Sunday, Jul. 27
• Chevy Metl - Brighton Music Hall
Wednesday, Jul. 30
• TV on the Radio - Roadrunner [7PM]
Thursday, Jul. 31
• New Bomb Turks, The Drowns, Gossip Collar, and Static Friction - Sonia
• Show Me the Body, No Guard, and NYC Shootout - Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA
Saturday, Aug. 2
• Dwarves, Burn Kit, and Scumbari - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
Saturday, Aug. 9
• Cocked n Loaded, White Dynomite, and Brownboot - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
Saturday, Sep. 6 - Sunday, Sep. 7
• Dropkick Murphys, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Waterboys - The Stage at Suffolk Downs [2PM]
Saturday, Sep. 13
Thursday, Sep. 25
• Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols w/ Frank Carter, and The Molotovs - The Stage at Suffolk Downs [5:30]
Please Note:
  • Addresses of many Boston area clubs can be found here.
  • Local bands are only listed the week of the show.
  • Additions, changes and corrections for rock/pop/punk shows only can be made by writing to: rock-listings email address
  • To submit announcement about upcoming roots/americana/blues/cajun/zydeco shows, please use the address: roots-listings email address
  • To submit announcement about upcoming Jazz shows, please use the address: jazz-listings email address
  • To submit announcement about upcoming World Music shows, please use the address: world-listings email address
  • To submit announcement about Any Other music shows, please use the address: other-listings email address
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