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The WMBR Rock/Pop/Punk Concert Report

Friday, Oct. 11
• Blitzkid, The Cryptkeeper 5, and Darker Days - Middle East Upstairs
• Live Band Karaoke - O'Briens
• Indoor Friends, Half Dizzy, and Bad Idea USA - Midway Cafe [9:30]
• Friday Pilots Club, Capital Soiree, and Family Dinner - Brighton Music Hall
• Yard Act, and Omni - Sinclair
• Kishi Bashi, and Sweet Loretta - Royale
• Dayseeker, Alpha Wolf, Catch Your Breath, and Kingdom of Giants - Roadrunner
• The Moss, and Hey Nothing - Paradise
• Palaye Royale, I See Stars, Weather, and Diamante - Big Night Live
• Eldridge Rodriguez, Bird Language, Bad at Drawing, and Pleasure Island - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Linnea's Garden, Battlemode, Frogs, and Mighty Tortugal - The Jungle [8PM]
• Time & Place, Tigerman Woah, and Christians & Lions - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA [8PM]
• Sepultura, Agnostic Front, and Obiturary - Palladium, Worcester, MA
Saturday, Oct. 12
• KenMode, Hide, Sulaco, and Sexless Marriage - Middle East Upstairs
• Face First, Vespid, Fishface, and Vulture Raid - O'Briens
• Fidlar, and Sugar Pit - House of Blues
• The Velveteers - Warehouse XI
• Tiberius, Waklee, Main Era, and Dowsing Rod - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Demonhunter, War of Ages, Opponent, and Devil's Feedback - Palladium, Worcester, MA [6:30PM]
• "Escape from Salem" w/, The Freqs, Tysk Tysk Task, Black Helicopter, and Vivid Bloom - Gerry 5 Fireman's Hall, Marblehead [7PM]
Sunday, Oct. 13
• Fontaines DC, and Been Stellar - Roadrunner
• Slenderbodies, and Olivia Reed - Brighton Music Hall
• Dogtown, ManickPanick!, and The Angel - The Jungle [5PM]
• Richard Thompson - The Wilbur
• Bane, Terror, Stick to Your Guns, and more - The Met, Pawtucket, RI all ages [6PM]
• Zip Tie Handcuffs, and Black Helicopter - Scurvy Dog, Prov [2PM]
Monday, Oct. 14
• Erkling, Spiral Continuum, and Gloomlurker - O'Briens
• Tigers Jaw, Oso Oso, and Snoozer - Royale
• Alfie Templeman, and Your Neighbors - Brighton Music Hall
• DJ Meowmoder, Emily Horton, and Blue Owl - The Jungle [9PM]
• Megan From Work, Cape Crush, and Alenka - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• The Hypos, Sloppy Heads, and Daughter of the Vine - The Rockwell
• Fake Fruit - Warehouse XI
• Mark Sultan/BBQ - Askew, Providence, RI
Tuesday, Oct. 15
• Kiefer Trio - Middle East Upstairs
• Makeout Palace, Bitch Seat, and Lou Mace - Notch Brighton @ The Charles River Speedway
• Pod Blotz, Craow, and Biproduct - O'Briens
• Joywave, and Hunny - Paradise
• Porches, and Sweet 93 - Sinclair
• All Feels, Tiffy, and Dead Gowns - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [8Pm]
• Who.I.Am and Thraxx, The Melted Chaptix, and Public Faces - The Jungle [6PM]
Wednesday, Oct. 16
• Dale Hollow - Middle East Upstairs
• The Ex Bats, Jarsch, Merry Merry, and G Gordon Gritty - O'Briens
• Illuminati Hotties, and Daffo - Sinclair
• Thrust Club, Glass House, Reklama, and Dead Pixels - Silhouette Lounge
• A Constant Knowledge of Death, Consumer, A Monolithic Dome, and Crippling Alcoholism - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Wednesday, Oct. 16 - Thursday, Oct. 17
• Nick Lowe, and Los Straitjackets - Brighton Music Hall
Thursday, Oct. 17
• State Faults, Massa Nera, New Forms, and Closeline - O'Briens
• BabyJake, and Will Swinton - Sonia
Friday, Oct. 18
• Aversed, Vacant Eyes, and My Missing Half - Middle East Upstairs
• Scrivener as Bright Eyes, Tattoine Punk Scene as Cursive, and more - O'Briens
• Enter Shikari, Yours Truly, and You Me at Six - Paradise
• Temples - Sinclair
• All She Wrote, and Hound and Handler - Notch Brighton @ The Charles River Speedway
• Drive-by Truckers - House of Blues
• Dog Park Dissidents, Evan Greer, and Bullpup - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Escape Durgin, Pointless Culture, Too Fat to Fly, and The Roscoes - The Jungle
• Acid Mothers Temple, and Spirit Mother - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Friday, Oct. 18 - Saturday, Oct. 19
• Boston Fuzztival w/, Bongwish, Lupo Citta, Paper Lady, and & many more - Center for the Arts at the Armory
Saturday, Oct. 19
• Oh He Dead - Middle East Upstairs
• Sunami, Ingrown, Torena, and Scarab - Middle East Downstairs
• Tremours, Ceremony East Coast, Astral Bitch, and Main Era - O'Briens
• Stop Calling Me Frank, The Piranha Brothers, State of the Union, and more - Midway Cafe
• Rival Schools, Webbed Wing, and Hollow Suns - Sinclair
• Inhaler, and Benches - Roadrunner
• Glacier, Black Pyramid, Circus Trees, and Tears from A Grieving Heart - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• The Dead Flowers, Man Must Explore, Gimmick, and Pointless Culture - The Jungle [8PM]
• The The - Orpheum
• State Faults, Massa Nera, and more - Alchemy, Providence, RI
• Todd Rundgren - Lynn Auditorium, Lynn, MA
• Dropdead, Ground, and more - Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA
Saturday, Oct. 19 - Sunday, Oct. 20
• Beans On Toast, and Jeshua Marshall - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages
Sunday, Oct. 20
• The Obsessed, and Restless Spirit - Middle East Upstairs
• Czarface, and Ocelot - Middle East Downstairs
• Julie, and Her New Knife - Paradise
• Natusimeow, Statue Band, and Moyu Hua - The Jungle [5PM]
• Flash, No Chain, and Whyte Lipstick - Cambridge Elks Lodge [6PM]
Monday, Oct. 21
• Boris, and Starcrawler - Paradise 18+ [8PM]
• Gel, MSPAINT, and Destiny Blood - Sinclair
• Stressballs, Dave Strong, and Subfobias - The Jungle [6PM]
Tuesday, Oct. 22
• Protest the Hero, and Kaonashi - Sinclair
Wednesday, Oct. 23
• Slift, and Meatbodies - Brighton Music Hall
• Beach Weather - Sinclair
• Osees, and Godcaster - Royale
• Massive Attack - Roadrunner
Thursday, Oct. 24
• Rise Against, LS Dunes, and Spiritual Cramp - Roadrunner
• Stupidity, Cocktail Slippers, and The Wynotts - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Friday, Oct. 25
• Moving Targets, The Long Wait, and Spiller - Middle East Upstairs
• Stupidity, and Cocktail Slippers - The Burren [6PM]
• Drug Church, Modern Color, and Soul Blind - Royale
• The Koiis, The Sleds, Float Stanley, and Mourning Run - The Jungle [8PM]
• Trace Mountains, and Long Beard - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [8PM]
• Cave In, Wormwood, and Worshipper - Widowmaker Brewery, Braintree, MA
Saturday, Oct. 26
• Driveways - Brighton Music Hall
• Kitchen Dwellers, and Sicard Hollow - Paradise
Sunday, Oct. 27
• Foxing - Sinclair
• Surfer Girl, and Coyote Island - Brighton Music Hall
Monday, Oct. 28
• Hinds, and The Happy Return - Brighton Music Hall
• Music Farm, and Cherry Crisis - The Jungle [6PM]
• Lorna Shore, Whitechapel, Kublai Khan, and Sanguisugabogg - MGM Music Hall [6:30PM]
Tuesday, Oct. 29
• The Pharcyde - Sinclair
• Robyn Hitchcock, and Imogen Clark - City Winery [7:30PM]
Wednesday, Oct. 30
• The Go Team, and Le Securite - Sinclair
• Gang of Four, and Mini-Mekons - The Cut, Gloucester, MA [7PM]
Thursday, Oct. 31
• JP Cooper - Sinclair
• King Diamond, Night Demon, and Myrkur - Roadrunner [7PM]
Friday, Nov. 1
• Cirith Ungol, and Sanhedrin - Sonia
Saturday, Nov. 2
• Black Dahlia Murder, Dying Fetus, Spite, Angelmaker, and Vomit Forth - Palladium, Worcester, MA [5:30PM]
Wednesday, Nov. 6
• Iron Maiden, and The Hu - DCU Center
Friday, Nov. 15
• W.A.S.P., and Armored Saint - Orpheum
Thursday, Nov. 21
• Exodus, Havok, Candy, and Dead Heat - Palladium, Worcester, MA [6PM]
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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