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The WMBR Rock/Pop/Punk Concert Report

Friday, Feb. 21
• Earthside, and SOM - Middle East Upstairs
• TJ Welch & the Wasted, and ADHD - Midway Cafe 21+ [9:30]
• Geneva, Eli Yacinthe, and Ishan - Sonia
• The Hails, Never Ending Fall, and The Thing with Feathers - Brighton Music Hall
• Chris Lee Rodriguez, Puppy Problems, and Canteen Killa - O'Briens
• Ryan Kaiserman, Glutty, Lunch Ladies, and The Plus Ones - The Jungle [8PM]
• The Far Out, Hill House, and Peach Party - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Counterparts, Pain of Truth, Malevolence, and Foreign Hands - House of Blues
• Midrift, and Her New Knife - The Rockwell
• Marc Ribot Quartet - Arts at the Armory [7PM]
• Tysk Tysk Task, Gut Health, SCOBY, and Fat Randy - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
Saturday, Feb. 22
• Far Above the Ground, The New Frustrations, and The Associates - New World Tavern, Plymouth, MA
• Collapsed Skull, Kidnapped, Intensive Care Unit, Zero Survive, and Roach - Middle East Upstairs
• Balaclava, Spirit Ghost, and Pink Lids - O'Briens
• Honeydew U Love Me, Muzzle, The Trips, and Harriwinkle - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Huck 2, The Stigmatics, and Thigh Scrapers - The Jungle [4PM]
• KCUF, Megan from Work, and MK Naomi - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Wavy McGrady, and Ruby Leftstep - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Can't Lose, The Next Level, and more - Canadian American Club, Watertown [6PM]
• Worshipper 10 year anniv, Roadsaw, and Summoner - Widowmaker Brewery, Braintree, MA
• The Hammer Party, Prayer Position, and Qualms - AS220, Providence, RI
Sunday, Feb. 23
• Archon Theory, Wallower, Godspeed Good Luck, and Tripwire - Middle East Upstairs
• Unseemilier, Strangers Tomorrow, Castling, and Beers Brosnan - O'Briens
• Cat Crash, Tiffy, Harmony's Cuddle Party, and Olas de Suryas - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Battlemode, and Noting Like Robots - The Jungle [9PM]
• Swallos the Sun, Harakiri for the Sky, Ghost Bath, and Snakes of Russia - Brighton Music Hall
• Collapsed Skull, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, and more - AS220, Providence, RI [7PM]
Monday, Feb. 24
• Declaw, Juicer, Something Sneaky, and Superdown - O'Briens
• Spill the Light, Bluhoney, Claudia Hoyser, and Nick Meaden - Midway Cafe
Tuesday, Feb. 25
• Fossil, Static Friction, The Emotional Rollercoasters, and Spirit Hotel - O'Briens
• The Sound of Story, Dome Room, No Koudai, and Matt & Jim - Midway Cafe
• So Over It, Tears of a Grieving Heart, Arachnodactyl, and Rhizaria - The Jungle [8PM]
• Howard Jones, and ABC - Boch Center/Wang Theatre
Wednesday, Feb. 26
• All Bloom, and Anika Wells - Middle East Upstairs
• Celsius, Adlo, and Girl Wizard - O'Briens
• Mollusk, Type 66, and Witches Tears - Silhouette Lounge
• M.O.T.O, Paint Fumes, and Puke Pisstols - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA
Thursday, Feb. 27
• Willow Park, When Without, The Blends, and Key Found - Middle East Upstairs
• Comeback Kid, Defeater, and Orthodox - Middle East Downstairs all ages [6PM]
• Pan Arcadia, The Juice is Okay, and Hallway - O'Briens
• Frost Frest - The Jungle [8PM]
• Jake Hunsinger, Shane Fitzgerald, and Troy Caruana - Notch Brighton @ The Charles River Speedway
• Leisure Hour, Deay Maryanne, Nicoteens, and Perennial - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Friday, Feb. 28
• Catch Your Breath, Archers, The Funeral Portrait, and If Not for Me - Middle East Downstairs all ages [5:30]
• Zola Simone, and Axel and Lolo - Middle East Upstairs
• Pretty Out, Cape Crush, Weatherman, and Borderlines - O'Briens
• Stephen Day, and Abby Cone - Sonia
• Make Them Suffer, Like Moths to Flames, Aviana, and Windwaker - Paradise
• Los Lobos - Cabot Theater, Beverly, MA
• Celia Smokin Butts, Condition Baker, and Little Hag - The Jungle [8PM]
• The Bevis Frond - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre all ages [7PM]
• Not Bad Pretty Good, Just Jill, and more - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
• Abstain, Risk, and more - AS220, Providence, RI
Saturday, Mar. 1
• The Takes - Middle East Upstairs all ages [8PM]
• Skinny Lister, and Jared Heart - Middle East Downstairs
• Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Dwelley, Clifford, and Little Miss Echo - O'Briens
• The Relegated, Trusty Sidekick, Kermit's Finger, and Charmed & Strange - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Elisa Smith, Cassidy Deadwater, Old Tom & the Lookouts, and Magen Tracy - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Copilot, and Steve Rondo - The Rockwell
• Late Night Idle, Weigh Boat, and Detour - The Jungle [8PM]
• David Shaw - Brighton Music Hall
• Jacklights, Campsite, and Burning Paris - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Co-pilot, and Steve Rondo - The Rockwell
• Dead Gowns - Lilypad [7:30]
• Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve - Cabot Theater, Beverly, MA
Sunday, Mar. 2
• Noxunus, and Mamo - Middle East Upstairs
• Martin/Morell/Fredette, Girl with a Hawk, and Wayward Vine - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Regals, The Roscoes, and Highwater Haulers - O'Briens
• Daydream, and Nicole Dobberpuhl - The Jungle [6PM]
Monday, Mar. 3
• Daydream Twins, The Dream Today, and Petal Dance - O'Briens
• Indoor Friends, Daniels Street, and Tyler Chase - Silhouette Lounge
Tuesday, Mar. 4
• Jules Wade, The Anika Sky Orbit, and Leyva - Middle East Upstairs
• Guardin, and KennedyXOXOXO - Middle East Downstairs
• Tetsuians, Lesser Birds, Osmia, and Ian St. George - O'Briens 21+ [8PM]
• Post Sex Nachos - Arts at the Armory
Wednesday, Mar. 5
• Dan Spencer, and Jim Healey - Middle East Upstairs
• Kestrels - O'Briens
• Michael Messina, Troy Caruana, and Conor Ryan Hennessy - Silhouette Lounge
• Hummus Vaccum, 5Ever, Cinema Stare, and Dear Maryanne - The Rockwell
Thursday, Mar. 6
• The Avengers, and Lupo Citta - Middle East Upstairs
• Confiere, The Mass of the Oracle, and Prayer Position - O'Briens
• Only the Poets - Sonia
• Brad Marino, Gene Champagne, and Tom Baker's Double Down - Square Root
• Warmduscher - The Rockwell
Friday, Mar. 7
• Parallel, Identical Palms, Errth, and Cherubhead - O'Briens
• Sons Lunaris, and Unruly Few - Midway Cafe
• Luigi's Fishtank, and Why Try? - The Jungle [8PM]
• Grocer, Editrix, and Spacecamp - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Talk Radio, and Tommy Economy - Warehouse XI
• JVK, Stop that Man, and Diane Young - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
Saturday, Mar. 8
• Pathogenic, Leylines, Clifford, and Rose Lane - Middle East Upstairs
• Category 7, Exhorder, Dead by Wednesday, and Hand of the Tribe - Middle East Downstairs
• Komodos, Accomplice, and Wulfer - O'Briens
• Pledge Pins, Whyte Lipstick, Andy California, and Stress Balls - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Coroner, Deceased, and Swarm of Eyes - Sonia
• Deadliners, and Universal Union - The Jungle [8PM]
• Yes Nanny, Eric Salt & the Electric City, and The Grownup Noise - Sally O'Brien's
Sunday, Mar. 9
• Flat Wounds, Smog Moss, Breakfast Beers, and Boarzoy - Middle East Upstairs
• Modern Color, Milly, and Garage Sale - Sonia
• Cavalera, Necrot, and Dead Heat - Paradise
• Tree, Drained, Outlourdes, and Far Too Late - Alchemy, Providence, RI [3PM]
Monday, Mar. 10
• Man-Eaters, Rejekts, Red Herrings, and Phantom Riders - O'Briens
• On Regret, and Local Kid - The Jungle [8PM]
• Kim Deal - The Wilbur
• The Surfragettes, and The Black Widows - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Tuesday, Mar. 11
• New Bounce Collective, and Antransax - Middle East Upstairs
• Captain Easychord, Butterscott, Larry Newman, and Leon Rich - The Jungle [6PM]
• Kraftwerk - Boch Center/Wang Theatre
Wednesday, Mar. 12
• Lily Hiatt - Middle East Upstairs
• Bestial Mouths, and Gossip Collar - O'Briens
• Fully Celebrated Orchestra - Midway Cafe
• Answerman, Bad Idea USA, Phantom Ocean, and Robotic Hawks - Silhouette Lounge
• Groomlurker, Tears from a Grieving Heart, and Sepsistic - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Thursday, Mar. 13
• Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys, The Haymakers, and American Ocelot - Middle East Upstairs [6:30]
• Movements, Citizen, Scowl, and Downward - MGM Music Hall
• Tommy Liu Quintet, and Tamatillo - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Friday, Mar. 14
• A Deer A Horse, Bedtime Magic, The Endorphins, and Vacuist - O'Briens
• Weathers - Sonia
• Permanent Blue, The New Noise, and Return Address - Moon Base One, Salem, MA
• Angel - Vault Music Hall, New Bedford, MA
Saturday, Mar. 15
• Hovvdy, and Video Age - Middle East Downstairs
• Bar Dust, and Makewar - O'Briens
• Chandler Travis Philharmonic - Midway Cafe [4PM]
• Oh The Humanity, One Fall, Little Low, and Sky Tigers - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
Sunday, Mar. 16
• Ampevene, Pretty Rotten, Kind King, and Mutineer - Middle East Upstairs
• Lean Tee, Still Life, Sounds, and Chainlacing - O'Briens
• Holdfast, and Fred Mascherino - Warehouse XI all ages [7PM]
• Brant Bjork, The Sonce, and Pinto Graham - Alchemy, Providence, RI
• The Callouts, Oh the Humanity, Structure Sounds, and Follow Thru - AS220, Providence, RI [3PM]
Monday, Mar. 17
• The Recovering Catholics, The Only Humans, and Time & Place - Silhouette Lounge
Tuesday, Mar. 18
• Mercury Burns First, The Forest Forgets, The Big Sun, and Adam McGrath - Middle East Upstairs
• Avmusee, Bill Rich, Alyssa Borrelli, and Punky D - Midway Cafe
• Heart to Gold, Enumclaw, and Oolong - Warehouse XI
• Your Neighbors, and Dreamfone - The Rockwell
• Patterson Hood, Exploding Trees, and Airplane Screams - Arts at the Armory
Wednesday, Mar. 19
• Belphegor, Arkona, Hate, and Vale of Pnath - Middle East Downstairs 18+ [5:30]
• Sailor Down, Scrivener, Thin Lear, and Niagara Moon - O'Briens
• Quicksand - Paradise
• Weatherday, and Hornet Disaster - Arts at the Armory
Thursday, Mar. 20
• Gost, and Dead Ringer - Middle East Upstairs
• My Missing Half, IATT, and Haishen - O'Briens
• Wheatus, and Punchline - Sonia
• Helmet, Sloomosa, and War on Women - Paradise
• Derv Gordon of The Equals, So What, and Children of The Flaming Wheel - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Mac Seal, Carly Cosgrove, and Buff Chick - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
Friday, Mar. 21
• Westbound Train, The Pomps, and Stop the Presses - Middle East Upstairs
• Boys Go to Jupiter, and Paper Lady - Sonia
• Crush Depth, Threat Level Burgandy, and Sound Advice - The Jungle [8PM]
• Monobloc - The Rockwell
• The Lagoons - Warehouse XI
• Colin of Arabia, Palehorse, La Armada, and more - Central Square Elks Lodge [7PM]
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI
• Whitechapel, Brand of Sacrifice, 200 Stab Wounds, and Alluvial - Palladium, Worcester, MA [5:30PM]
Saturday, Mar. 22
• Cloud Nine, Island of Alaska, Music Farm, and Gold Star Blvd - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Fugue State, Johnnie & the Foodmasters, Intac, and Deuceclub - O'Briens
• Delain, Xandria, and Edge of Pardise - Middle East Downstairs
• Sara Colb, Louder than Milk, and Erin Harpe - Midway Cafe [8:30]
• Rival Society - The Jungle [8PM]
• Brunt of It, The Agents, and Nick & The Adversaries - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Rival Society - The Jungle [8PM]
• Actor/Observer, Old Soul, and Girih - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Deprogrammer Cult, Born Cursed, American Ethos, and The Promised End - Moon Base One, Salem, MA all ages [6PM]
Sunday, Mar. 23
• Scarecrow Hill, Fathom Farewell, and more - Middle East Upstairs
• Taxidermists - O'Briens
• The McGunks, Freezing Process, The Manglers, and Blasphematics - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Half Past Two, Omnigone, and Hell Beach - Warehouse XI
• Battlemode - The Jungle [8PM]
• Maruja - The Rockwell
• The Messaround at its new location - Square Root [4-6PM]
• Seclusion, Gossip Collar, ICU, and Battery March - German American Club, Pawtucket [6PM]
• Shutdown, Ambitions, and more - Alchemy, Providence, RI [2PM]
• Mayhem, Mortis, Imperial Triumphant, and New Skeletal Faces - Palladium, Worcester, MA [5:30PM]
Tuesday, Mar. 25
• Bitter Pill, Mid American Elevator, and Alaina Ray - Middle East Upstairs
Wednesday, Mar. 26
• Flight Attendant, and Nick Prato - Middle East Upstairs
• Fluorescents, Frnd Crcl, and 5ever - O'Briens
• Habibi - Arts at the Armory
• Baths, and Fashion Club - The Rockwell
Thursday, Mar. 27
• Ultra Sunn, Lipsmear, and Ex-Hyena - Middle East Upstairs
• Horsegirl, and Free Range - Arts at the Armory
• Cave In, and Glacier - Myrtle, Prov.
Friday, Mar. 28
• Dead Kennedys, HR, and The Raging Nathans - Paradise
• The Roscoes, Spuce, The Sleds, and Dead Flowers - The Jungle [8PM]
Saturday, Mar. 29
• Questmaster, Fief, and Steaming Woodlands - Middle East Upstairs
• So Perfect, Superdown, Perfectly Lethal, and Unseemlier - O'Briens
• Satan, Demon Chrome, and The Watcher - Sonia
• Guilloteenagers, Hambone Skinny, and Screwcart - Square Root
• The Marvels, The Downhauls, and Bad Terms - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Crystal Casino Band, and The One More Time - Lilypad
• Bird Language, Looking Glass War, and Airport - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
Sunday, Mar. 30
• Undergang, Torture Rack, and Wormwood - Middle East Upstairs
• Famous Mammals, The Spatulas, and P.V. - O'Briens
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Cabot Theater, Beverly, MA [7PM]
Monday, Mar. 31
• Yurn, Luke Curran, Heloise Goncalves, and Ian Campbell - Midway Cafe
Tuesday, Apr. 1
• Senses, and Negative 25 - Sonia
Tuesday, Apr. 8 - Thursday, Apr. 10
• Big D & the Kids Table - O'Briens
Friday, Apr. 11
• Wormrot, No/Mas, and Bandit - Sonia [6:30]
• Mogwai, Brainiac, and Ye Gods - Paradise
Saturday, Apr. 12
• Franz Ferdinand - Orpheum
• Conservative Military Image, Street Power, Attrition Rate, and Neolithic - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Tuesday, Apr. 15
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and St. Vincent - Agannis Theater
Thursday, Apr. 17
• Mercury Rev, and Riley Walker - Brighton Music Hall
• Dead Boys, and Richard Lloyd (of Televsion) - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Friday, Apr. 18
• Bright Eyes, and Cursive - House of Blues
Saturday, Apr. 19
• Spiritbox, Loathe, Gel, and Dying Wish - MGM Music Hall
• The Fixx, and Jill Sobule - Cabot Theater, Beverly, MA [9PM]
• Ty Segall - Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI
Sunday, Apr. 20
• Gang of Four - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre [sold out]
Wednesday, Apr. 23
• The Linda Lindas, and Pinkshift - Paradise
Thursday, Apr. 24
• Swervedriver - Brighton Music Hall
• Christian Death - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Saturday, Apr. 26
• Machinehead, Lacuna Coil, In Flames, and Unearth - House of Blues
Wednesday, Apr. 30
• High Vis, and Militarie Gun - Middle East Downstairs
Friday, May. 2
• Bob Mould Band, and J Robbins - Paradise
Monday, May. 5
• Bad Nerves, and Spiritual Cramp - Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, May. 6
• Electric Six - Arts at the Armory
Wednesday, May. 7
• L.A. Witch, and Daiistar - Sonia 18+
Thursday, May. 8
• The Melvins, and Napalm Death - Paradise
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
Friday, May. 9
• Devo - MGM Music Hall
Sunday, May. 11
• The Queers - Middle East Upstairs
• Baroness - Sinclair
• Kraftwerk - Boch Center/Wang Theatre
Tuesday, May. 13
• Teen Mortgage - Sonia
Wednesday, May. 14
• Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult, and Die Krupps - Roadrunner
Friday, May. 16
• The FU's, Arctic Horror, Deprogrammer Cult, and The Angry La's - Koto, Salem, MA
Saturday, May. 17
• Samiam, Iron Chic, and Toys That Kill - Brighton Music Hall
Thursday, May. 22
• Smoking Popes, and Off With Their Heads - Arts at the Armory
Saturday, May. 24
• The Wedding Present - Sinclair
• Obituary, Nails, Terror, Spiritworld, and Pest Control - Palladium, Worcester, MA
Friday, May. 30
• Bloc Party - MGM Music Hall
Please Note:
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  • 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
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  • 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
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