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The WMBR Rock/Pop/Punk Concert Report

Wednesday, Apr. 1
• Cheer, Awnthay, Petaldance, and Jersey Slide - Middle East Upstairs
• Die Krupps, and Ghostbells - Middle East Downstairs
• CPS, Purple Lung, Earthlore, and Spanghew - O'Briens
• Ryley Tate Wilson, and Rowan Grace - Midway Cafe
• Papercage, Regal Seagull, and Jordan Wolfe - Silhouette Lounge
• The Fiduciaries - Sonia
Thursday, Apr. 2
• Indikator B, Uniformed Service, Phantom Rider, and Knelt - O'Briens
• Nothing, Full Body 2, and more - Sinclair
• Nick Lutsko - Sonia
• Still Sedated, Cherry Crisis, The Leftovers, and Remo W - The Jungle
Friday, Apr. 3
• Finders Keepers, Lenny's Funk Club, and The Anika Sky Orbit - Middle East Upstairs
• Vicegrip, Cooked, Latch, Passion Play, and Burn Channel - O'Briens
• Wild Party, and Capital Soiree - Sonia
• Computer Kill, Prom, and Fortuna 500 - Cantab
• Skaleton Crew, Divorce Cake, Slappy Pappy, and Sheer Bliss - The Jungle [8PM]
• Spirit Ghost, and Ravi Shavi - Warehouse XI
Saturday, Apr. 4
• Whenzdaze, Muzzle, Florence, and La Manik - Middle East Upstairs
• Louder Joy, Dan Flashes, Dead in the Water, Dead Wait, and Good June - O'Briens
• Abbott Road, Nicole Dobberpuhl, Eddy Dyer, and Martel - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Renegade Cartel, The Cherry Fog, At the Hands of Man, and Heavy America - Midway Cafe [8:30]
• Dirty Three - Sinclair [sold out]
• Black Label Society, Zakk Sabbath, and Dark Chapel - MGM Music Hall
• Sonic Bomb, Hand of the Tribe, Inverter, and Trust Fund Rejects - Cantab
• Viruette, Modern Ego, and Golem - Lilypad
• The Magic City, Beft, The Lunch Ladies, and A Pleasure To Have in Class - The Jungle
• Bim Skala Bim, New Limits, and Pink Slip - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
• The Black Souls, Thee Somatics, and The Starlings - Underbones
Sunday, Apr. 5
• Club 9 Ball, Dred Buffalo, and Vanna Pacella - Middle East Upstairs
• Subjects, Wanted, ICU, and Demented FX - O'Briens
• Pledge Pins, Hambone Skinny, and Cryin' Caleb - The Jungle [5PM]
• Martin/Morell/Fredette - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Divorce - The Rockwell
Monday, Apr. 6
• Human Mascot, Merry Brigade, Slo Anne, and Ice Lemonade & the Apple Snaps - O'Briens
• Anemoia, Condition Baker, Secondhand Clams, and Not a Dog - Silhouette Lounge
• Angel Du$t, Outta Pocket, Jivebomb, and Recollection - Sinclair
Tuesday, Apr. 7
• Matt Pryor, J Russell, and Small Uncle - Middle East Upstairs
• Dede Booth, Too Fat to Fly, and Ayla Sinclair - O'Briens
• Cowboy Killers, Darien Castro, and Rooftop Park - The Jungle [6PM]
• Bugslam, Saliba, Modern Ego, and Superpink - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA
Wednesday, Apr. 8
• Couch Dog, and The Ghouls - Middle East Upstairs
• AFK, Film & Gender, Symposia, and KO Queen - O'Briens
• Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Le Prestige, and Frank McConville - Midway Cafe
• Clifford, Or Best Offer, Theadoore, and Fortuna 500 - Silhouette Lounge
• Prewn, and Lane - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA
• The Wedding Present, and Mark Robinson sings Unrest - Sinclair
Thursday, Apr. 9
• Spirit Hotel, Coffin Salesman, and Hemlock for Socrates - Middle East Upstairs
• Farseek, Blame It on Whitman, Dogcat, and Peach Creek - O'Briens
• Steinza, Elias Hix, and Wormy - Sonia
• Varials, Unity TX, Heavy Hitter, and Boltcutter - Brighton Music Hall
• Stuck - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Poison the Well, Converge, Spy, and Balmora - Palladium, Worcester, MA [6PM]
Thursday, Apr. 9 - Friday, Apr. 10
• Circle Jerks, Gorilla Biscuits, and Murphy's Law - Paradise
Friday, Apr. 10
• Flatwaves, Still Life Sounds, Slow Quit, and Tunneling - O'Briens
• Banquets, Errth, Massive Nightmares, and Pretty Out - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA [8PM]
• Circle Drive, and FRND CRCL - The 4th Wall, Arlington, MA
• Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, and The Koiis - The Jungle [8PM]
• Takaat, Major Stars, and KO Queen - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Kishi Bashi, and Bayonne - Royale
• Spinworld, Sullest, and Bigtime - Salem Old Town Hall [6PM]
Saturday, Apr. 11
• Blood for Blood, Skinhead, COA, and Neolithic - Middle East Downstairs [sold out]
• Baabes, Astral Bitch, Jewel Thief, and Weatherless - O'Briens [2PM]
• Hot Load, Pink Mist, Burning Wind, and Phantom Rider - O'Briens [8PM]
• Alejandro Meola, Sam Sample, and South Pleasant Revival - The Jungle [4PM]
• Cherry Picking, Hot Lunch, Patrick Mongeau & The Janky Teeth, and Riah - The Jungle [8PM]
• The Cranktones, and The Fathoms - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• TJ Welch & the Wasted - Midway Cafe [8:30]
• Dark Spring Fest w/, Faux Fear, Rosegarden Funeral Party, and more - Sonia
• The Spackles, Jay Allen & the Arch Criminals, and The Mesos - Square Root
• Sidewalk Driver, Silver Screams, The Wynotts, and Duck and Cover - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Hedge, Megan From Work, Little Low, and Oh The Humanity - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity, and JD Pinkus - Palladium, Worcester, MA [6:30PM]
Sunday, Apr. 12
• We Are Space Horses, The Freqs, Strawberry Coffin, and At the Hands of Man - O'Briens [2PM]
• Nox Novacula - O'Briens
• The Old Haunts, Tom Springer Band, and …Go!!! - The Jungle [5PM]
• Tiger Would, The Michael Character, Voracious Heart, and Dogtail Corners - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Happy Landing, and Morrissey Blvd - Brighton Music Hall
• Bush, Mammoth, and James and the Cold Gun - MGM Music Hall
• Poison Ruin, Peace Talk, Uniformed Service, and Wanted - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Blood for Blood, Death Before Dishonor, Skinhead, and Risk - Big Night Live [sold out]
• Holy F*ck, and Gus Engelhorn - The Rockwell
• Innerlove, Mallcops, Sophie's Body, and Bicycle Inn - Warehouse XI
• The Cynz, Little Billy Lost, and Stop Calling Me Frank - Worthen Attic, Lowell [4PM]
Monday, Apr. 13
• Birds on Thursday, Stuck on Static, and Topside - O'Briens
• Why Try, Capo Regime, Merry Brigade, and Four - Silhouette Lounge
• Fotocrime, Chainlacing, and Gossip Collar - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
Tuesday, Apr. 14
• Fantastic Cat, and Jilette Johnson - Middle East Upstairs
• Mile 57, Hot Slander, Toy Monsoon, and Ronald Raygun - O'Briens
• Camping in Alaska, Dead Butterflies, Sue, and Awnthay - Sonia
• The Red Pears, Together Pangea, and The High Curbs - Brighton Music Hall
• Chameleons, The Veldt, and Lovina Falls - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
• Ashes to Amber, Nature TV, and Similar Kind - The Rockwell
Wednesday, Apr. 15
• South Pleasant Revival, Ice Lemonade & the Apple Snaps, and Caramia & the Breakdown - Middle East Upstairs
• Mel Bryan & the Mercy Makers, Nate Perry & Ragged Company, and Gracie Grace & All the Good Boys - O'Briens
• Petrol, Ronzio, and Space Shot - Midway Cafe
• First President of Japan, Bedtimemagic, Linnea's Garden, and Diane Young - Silhouette Lounge
• Barns Courtney, and Belle and Chain - Sonia
• Getdown Services, and Problems - Brighton Music Hall
• Black Viiolet - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Helloween, and Beast in Black - House of Blues
Thursday, Apr. 16
• Lisa Curtis, and Grenon - Middle East Upstairs
• Crablord, No More Youth, Lacquerhead, and Gozerian - O'Briens
• Ritt Momney - Sonia
• Sleeveens - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Clarioin, Forest, Bed, and Slow Quit - Warehouse XI
• Reverend Horton Heat, Black Joe Lewis, and Piñata Protest - Off The Rails
Friday, Apr. 17
• Clock Out, Bad Move, Humiliate, and more - Middle East Upstairs
• KCUF, Leisure Boys, Even Defeat, and Time & Place - O'Briens
• 76th Street, and Tornsey - Sonia
• Health, and Carpenter Brut - House of Blues
• Slamdinistas, and Sado Domestics - Square Root
• Spookey Rueben, BabyBaby_Explores, and Deity of Scab - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Pintail, Shiver, Hyber, and Round Window - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA [7PM]
• Shiver, Pintail, and Hyber - Salem Old Town Hall [6:30]
Saturday, Apr. 18
• Jugg, Hell Dog, Burn Channel, and Hard 2 Kill - O'Briens
• Dirt Road Souls, Three at Home, Elisa SMith, and Erin Bonnie - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• The Regular Casanovas, The Daylilies, Devil Love, and Tad Overbaugh & the Late Arrivals - Midway Cafe [8:30]
• Man V Ghost, Warn The Duke, Stapler, and Old Horse - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Tigerbomb, Cold Epectations, and Hotel Saturn - Underbones
Sunday, Apr. 19
• Cave Dweller, Scissorhash, and more - Middle East Upstairs [1PM]
• The Promised End, Unseemlier, Tides, and Keep Ons - O'Briens
• Ryley Tate Wilson, Rowan Grace, Maeve Zamuner, and Jules Kessler - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Dead Meadow, The Love Kills Theory, and Cory Shane - Sonia
• Heavenly, Swansea Sound, and Jeanines - Sinclair
• Dark Tranquility, Soen, and Persefone - Paradise
• Home Invasion, Jailbird, and more - AS220, Providence, RI
Monday, Apr. 20
• Cousin Simple, and Class President - O'Briens
• The Antlers, and Toth - Brighton Music Hall
• Broncho, and A Decade of Double Vanity - Sinclair
Tuesday, Apr. 21
• Rec Hall, bye, Chef, and Slapdash Punchline - Middle East Upstairs
• Love Scar, and Thank You - O'Briens
• Pintail, Good June, Lucia & the Juiceboxes, and Dawn as a Lark - Midway Cafe
• Sosocamo, and Thirteen Degrees - Sonia
• Fcukers, and RIP Magic - Paradise
• Horse Vision, and Heaven Slight - The Rockwell
• Hotline TNT, How Much Art, Can't Lose, and more - First Parish Church, JP [7PM]
Wednesday, Apr. 22
• Bill, Crow Follow, and I Want a Cat - O'Briens
• Secaydia, Makeout Palace, Boltzmann, and Subcutaneous Noise - Silhouette Lounge
• Trauma Ray, Glixen, and Her New Knife - Sinclair
• Luna Luna - The Rockwell
Thursday, Apr. 23
• Oceanic, and Borderline - Middle East Upstairs all ages
• Ragana, and Eudaemon - Middle East Downstairs
• The Convenience, Perfectly Lethal, and The Collect Pond - O'Briens
• Weedeater, Conan, and Teleketic Yeti - Sonia
Friday, Apr. 24
• The Problem with Kids Today, Sooflay, Harmony's Cuddle Party, and The Infinite West - O'Briens
• Master Boot Record, and Arottenbit - Sonia
• Arm's Length, The Callous Dauboys, Harrison Gordon, and Super Sometimes - Paradise
Saturday, Apr. 25
• Against All Authority, Direct Hit, and Hell Beach - Middle East Downstairs
• Eight Foot Manchild, King Bastard, The Outlourdes, and Blue Manic - O'Briens
• Torch Red, The Instamatics, Glowbox, and The Grimly Pleased - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Super Bonanza, Rick Berlin, and more - Midway Cafe [8:30]
• Count Zero - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Cock Sparrer, Haywire, Lower Class Brats, and Yellow Stiches - Roadrunner
• The Moss, and Hotel Fiction - Paradise
Sunday, Apr. 26
• Faetooth, Latter, and Bosses - Middle East Downstairs
• Awnthay, Lovewell, Two Point Oh, and Charm Person - O'Briens
• Bloodshot Bill, and The Carnivals - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Archive, and JoyCut - Sonia
• Vana, Cloudyfield, and Redhook - Sinclair
• Lambrini Girls, Big Special, and Big Girl - Paradise
• Lamb of God, Kublai Khan TX, Fit for an Autopsy, and Sanguisugabogg - MGM Music Hall
• Screening of "Life on the Other Planert", and Nervous Eaters - The Cut, Gloucester, MA [4PM]
Monday, Apr. 27
• Fish and the Folk Five, Woodfern, Shotgun Waltz, and Pat Fant - Midway Cafe
• Fishbone - Sinclair
• The Afghan Wigs, and Mercury Rev - Royale [6:30]
Tuesday, Apr. 28
• Essenger, and Echos - Middle East Upstairs
• Newcastle Anchorman, A Nuclear Design, and Past Life Crisis - Midway Cafe
• Red Rum Club, and Ollie Gullick - Brighton Music Hall
Wednesday, Apr. 29
• Babes in Canyon, Ryan John Clary, and Camp Bedford - Middle East Upstairs
• Gatecreeper, Eternal, and Dying Remains - Middle East Downstairs all ages [6:30]
• Hrushka, Vanguard, and Roman Gray - O'Briens
• Sam Shackelton - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Dance with the Dead, Magic Sword, and Megan McDuffee - Paradise
• Drugdealer - Brighton Music Hall
• Deathklok, and Amon Amarth - MGM Music Hall
• Gatecreeper, Eternal, Dying Remains, and Severed Boy - Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA
Thursday, Apr. 30
• Ultra Sunn, InAeona, Asphodel Ivory, and Hexx Head - Sonia
• Thursday, and Chris Conley - Paradise
• The Hold Stread - Sinclair
• The Marked Men, and Colleen Green - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
Friday, May. 1
• Final Gasp, Blood Vulture, and more - Middle East Upstairs
• Live Band Karaoke - O'Briens
• FEM&M, Milky Possum, and Charloux - Sonia
• White Reaper, and Drug Church - Paradise
• Behomoth, Deicide, Rotting Christ, and Immolation - Palladium, Worcester, MA
Saturday, May. 2
• Lightheaded, Intac, and Ohio State Fair - O'Briens
• The Manglers, Larseny, and Box of Records - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• The Macrotones, Jinxland, and Ruby Grove - Midway Cafe [8:30]
Sunday, May. 3
• EMM, Calyope, and Coleslaw - Middle East Upstairs
• Martin/Morell/Fredette - Midway Cafe [3PM]
Tuesday, May. 5
• ESA, Pixel Grinder, and Asphodel Ivory - Middle East Upstairs
• Secret Chiefs 3 - Middle East Downstairs
• The Casualties, and The Drowns - Sonia
Wednesday, May. 6
• Little Image, and Smilley - Middle East Upstairs
• Daydream, and Felicity's Hubris - Midway Cafe
• Home Front, and Bootlicker - Sonia
Friday, May. 8
• Shakedown Citi - Middle East Upstairs
Saturday, May. 9
• Wound Man, Search Warrent, Life Abuse, Intensive Care Unit, and Battery March - Middle East Upstairs
• Irish Goodbyes, Truckers Atlas, Church & Puppets, and Ghostlander - Midway Cafe [8:30]
• Whyte Lipstick, Puke Pistols, and The Lithophones - Square Root
• Remember Sports, and Charly Bliss - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
• The Long Wait, Worm, Catching Hell, and more - Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA
• Strife, Fools Game, Wreckage, and more - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Saturday, May. 9 - Sunday, May. 10
• The Flatliners, A Wilhelm Scream, and Signals Midwest - Middle East Downstairs
Sunday, May. 10
• The Lazarus Band, Weepin & A Wailin', Sam Offutt Band, and Jack Monteleone - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
Wednesday, May. 13
• Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, and American Sharks - Sonia
Thursday, May. 14
• TRAITRS, and Pilgrims - Middle East Upstairs
• Emerson Woolf & the Wishbones - Sonia
• Cold Steel, Kreator, and Carcass - Palladium, Worcester, MA [6:30PM]
Friday, May. 15
• The Brokes - Sonia
Saturday, May. 16
• The Dogmatics, and The Gypsy Moths - Boston Harbor Distillery
Sunday, May. 17
• Antichrist Siege Machine, Wrathprayer, Ancient Torment, and Corrosives - Middle East Upstairs
Tuesday, May. 19
• Tunneling, School, Merry Brigade, and Tovarisch - Middle East Upstairs
Wednesday, May. 20
• Grant Knoche - Middle East Upstairs
• Terror, Pain of Truth, End It, and Start Today - Royale
Thursday, May. 21
• Kerosene Heights, Dear Maryanne, Ogbert the Nerd, and Blame It on Whitman - Middle East Upstairs
• The Black Queen - Sonia
Friday, May. 22
• King Tuff, and Mod Lang - Middle East Upstairs
Sunday, May. 24
• Oranssi Pazuzu, and Wayfarer - Sonia
Thursday, May. 28
• Electro Politics, The Rins, and Briar Circle - Middle East Upstairs
Saturday, May. 30
• Catching Hell, One Fall, Execution Style, and Magic Thinking Ape - Middle East Upstairs
• Catch 22, and Nick and the Adversaries - Middle East Downstairs
• Acid Bath, Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, and more - Roadrunner
Sunday, May. 31
• Wrought Iron Hex, Spectacle, Osis, and Bastard Leg - Middle East Upstairs
• Witch Club Satan, and Penelope Trappes - Sonia
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