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The WMBR Rock/Pop/Punk Concert Report

Saturday, Jul. 27
• Honkeyball, White Dynomite, Welch Boys, and Hammered Saint - Middle East Downstairs
• Hippocrisis, Crablord, 4F, and Bricks of Boston - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• The Parkwoods, The Zip Ups, Tell, and Big Bad Bobby & the Shoehorns - Midway Cafe 21+ [8PM]
• Blood Sweat & Beers w/, Cortez, Miracle Blood, and more - O'Briens [4PM]
• Redd Kross - Brighton Music Hall
• Tinariwen, and Basic - Royale
• Connor Storms & His Bouquet, Captain Vampire, Wyn & The White Light, and Justin Arena - The Jungle [8PM]
• The Dogmatics, The Grommets, and The Carnivals - New World Tavern, Plymouth
Saturday, Jul. 27 - Sunday, Jul. 28
• Flea market with, Ratlord, Jonee Earthquake Band, and more - Hotel Vernon, Worcester [1-7PM]
Sunday, Jul. 28
• 100 Demons, Buried Dreams, and more - Middle East Downstairs
• Blood Sweat & Beers - O'Briens [1PM]
• The Wynots, The Spackles, Tsunami of Sound, and Black and Gray - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Peter Noone/Herman's Hermits - City Winery
• Linnea's Garden, The Worst, and Mattias - State Park
• Matt Burns memorial w/, Kenne Highland's Airforce, Classic Ruins, and more - The Burren [7PM]
• Bruno Bruni, and Kira Daglio & The Fine Band - The Jungle
Monday, Jul. 29
• Deerest Friends, Portion Seller, and Puppy Problems - O'Briens
• Unruly Few, Foxy Grandpa, and Ancient Echoes - Silhouette Lounge
• Blind Girls, Heavenly Blue, and New Forms - Coco's Clubhouse
• This Is Payal, Kenny Crotty, and Lard Bob - The Jungle [6PM]
• Maserarti, Unwed Sailor, and Burning Paris - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+
Tuesday, Jul. 30
• FM Snow, Why Try?, and Blue Manic - Middle East Upstairs
• Nutt, Phagocyte, Helldog, and Gagu - O'Briens
• Cosmic Cat, The Plus Ones, and Funk Safari - Midway Cafe
• Surma, Ben Burke, and Timbear - The Jungle [6PM]
Wednesday, Jul. 31
• Cabin Fever, Heart Park, and The Bird Brains - Middle East Upstairs
• Rawstrum, Horsehands, Homemade Costume, and Big Howard - O'Briens
• Mall Rats, Survivors of the Kraken, Altered Lemon, and Waking Habit - Midway Cafe
• We Became Whales, Rainhouse, and Girly and the Pops - Silhouette Lounge
• Slo-Anne, Human Mascot, and Hey I'm Outside - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA
Thursday, Aug. 1
• Lee Ross, Derek Smith & the Cosic Vultures, and Twig - Middle East Upstairs
• Fuera de Sektor, I.C.U., and Uniformed Service - O'Briens
• Black Flag (First 4 Years) - Sonia all ages [6:30PM]
• The Mountain Goats, and Field Medic - House of Blues
• Five Feet, Crush Depth, 25 Pearl, and Tenderhoof - The Jungle [8PM]
• No Man, Love Letter, Corrode, and Teardrops - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Enforced, Face First, and Held Captive - Widowmaker Brewery, Braintree [8PM]
Friday, Aug. 2
• Andrew Pierson, and Big Honey - Middle East Upstairs
• Exciter, Midnight, Wraith, and Hellwitch - Middle East Downstairs
• KFC Murder Chicks, Feardotcom, Lil Kevo 303, and Adam Kadmon - O'Briens
• Wax Harpoon - Midway Cafe [9:30]
• Negative Approach, Dropdead, No Time, and Mugger - Sonia [7PM]
• The Downhauls, Duck & Cover, C.E. Skidmore, and Gossip Collar - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Metallica, Pantera, and Mammoth - Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
• Demon Chrome, Worshipper, Teazer 2000, and Earthward - The Parlor, Prov
Saturday, Aug. 3
• Derek Zenetti, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, and Drew Thomson - Middle East Upstairs
• Pynkie, Little Miss Echo, and Brandt - O'Briens
• Charmed and Strange, The Instamatics, The McCritters, and The Pleasing Terrors - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Knock Over City, Memory Lane, Blame Shifters, and Vacuist - Midway Cafe 21+ [8PM]
• Cheap Cassettes, Chelsea Curve, and Shang Hi Los - Square Root
• Cheap Trick - MGM Music Hall
• Abbie Barrett, Stars Like Ours, and Sapling - Warehouse XI
• Blood Lightning, The Humanoids, Black Helicopter, and & more w/ food trucks & art - Notch Brighton @ The Charles River Speedway [Mariofest, noon]
• Martin/Morrell/Fredette - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Dry Fraser, Future Party, Operators, and Zowy - The Jungle [8PM]
Sunday, Aug. 4
• The Freqs, Pinklids, and Billy - Middle East Upstairs
• Thank You, I'm Sorry; and Good June - O'Briens
• King 810 - Sonia
• The Struts, and Barns Courtney - House of Blues
• Halogens, Something Missing, Impossible Dog, and Dog Hotel - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Fran McConville, Cassie Coleman, and Brian Bonz - The Jungle [5PM]
• Metallica, Death Punch, and Ice Nine Kills - Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
• Giuda, Midnight Creeps, Hammer & the Nails, and Typhoid Mary - Alchemy, Providence, RI all ages
Monday, Aug. 5
• Die Spitz, and La Nails - O'Briens
• Ryan Edward Band, Matthew Cunningham, and Kayla Blackburn - The Jungle [6PM]
Tuesday, Aug. 6
• Johnny Kosmo, Owsley's Owls, and Bong Wish - O'Briens
• Who Am I, Fantastic Trees, and Trash Robot - The Jungle
Wednesday, Aug. 7
• Bellows, Terror Pigeon, and Pink Navel - O'Briens
• Jonah Kagan - Sonia
• Together Pangea, and Lilly - Brighton Music Hall
Thursday, Aug. 8
• Live Band Karaoke - O'Briens
• Princess Goes - Sonia
• Mariami, and Lainey Dionne - The Jungle [7PM]
Friday, Aug. 9
• Matt Charette & the Truer Sound, Highwater Haulers, Taillight Rebellion, and Jimmy Clifford - O'Briens
• Devils Twins, Anti-Queens, and Oh The Humanity! - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Annabel, and Perinneal - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Midge Ure - City Winery [7:30PM]
• Midlife Crisis, The Brave Noise, and Man v Ghost - The C-Note, Hull, MA
Saturday, Aug. 10
• The Chameleons - Sinclair
• The Midnight Callers, Freeloader, and Rattle Bones - The Burren [6PM]
Sunday, Aug. 11
• Brunt of It, PWRUP, Sgt Scag, and Threat Level Burgundy - Midway Cafe [3PM]
• Baabes, White Dynomite, Gossip Collar, and more - Scurvy Dog, Prov [2PM]
Wednesday, Aug. 14
• Taking Back Sunday, and Citizen - MGM Music Hall
• Syndrome 81, X-2000, and Total Nada - Sammy's Patio, Revere
Thursday, Aug. 15
• John Powhida, Shang Hi Los, and The I Want You - The Burren [6PM]
Friday, Aug. 16
• Me In Capris, Sailor Down, John Galm, and Cape Crush - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Big Daddy Kane - City Winery
Saturday, Aug. 17
• Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, Lupo Citta, and Red Herrings - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• The Queers, Unnatural Axe, and Stop Calling Me Frank - Rock Cruise, Rowes Wharf
Sunday, Aug. 18
• Gaslight Anthem, Joyce Manor, and Pinkshift - MGM Music Hall [6PM]
• Boston Punk Trivia, plus LoboHombre, Already Dead, and The Grubs - Center for the Arts at the Armory [3PM]
Monday, Aug. 19
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - The Stage at Suffolk Downs
Thursday, Aug. 22
• Gumskab, Hate Still Burns, Sowing, and Burn Kit - Middle East Upstairs
Thursday, Aug. 22 - Saturday, Aug. 24
• Somerglom festival - Center for the Arts at the Armory
Friday, Aug. 23
• Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore - City Winery
Saturday, Aug. 24
• Axefear, Cancer Spreading, Lifeless Dark, and Funerary Spell - Central Square Elks Lodge [7PM]
Sunday, Aug. 25
• Neighborhood Sh*t, Latch, and more - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Mindforce, Regulate, and more - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Tuesday, Aug. 27
• Eyehategod, Exhorder, and Hans Condor - Middle East Downstairs
Saturday, Aug. 31 - Sunday, Sep. 1
• NOFX, Circle Jerks, Dropkick Murphy's, Sick of It All, and Bouncing Souls - Campanelli Stadium (Brockton) all ages [12 Noon]
Tuesday, Sep. 3
• Peter Hook & The Light - Paradise [7PM]
Friday, Sep. 6
• Neil Hamburger - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [8PM (sold out) 10 PM]
• Rixe, Public Trust, The Massacred, The Rejekts, and The Pump - Sammy's Patio, Revere 18+ [7PM]
Saturday, Sep. 7
• UDO - Vault Music Hall, New Bedford, MA
Sunday, Sep. 8
• Paul Weller - House of Blues
Tuesday, Sep. 10
• Buzzcocks - Big Night Live
Wednesday, Sep. 11
• Megadeth - The Pavilion
Thursday, Sep. 12
• Cromags - Vault Music Hall, New Bedford, MA
Thursday, Sep. 12 - Friday, Sep. 13
• The Lemonheads - Paradise
Friday, Sep. 13
• Squeeze, and Boy George - Boch Center/Wang Theatre
• Hoodoo Gurus - Royale [6PM]
• Jane's Addiction, and Love & Rockets - The Pavilion
• Dozer, and Gozu - Windowmaker Brewery, Braintree
Sunday, Sep. 15
• KK's Priest - The Wilbur
Monday, Sep. 16
• John Cooper Clarke - City Winery [7:30PM]
Wednesday, Sep. 18
• PJ Harvey - MGM Music Hall all ages [6:30PM]
Thursday, Sep. 19
• Pansy Division, Fatal Flaw, and Gene Dante & The Future Starlets - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
Saturday, Sep. 21
• Roger Bryan & The Orphans, Leisure Boys, and Massive Nightmares - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA [8PM]
Sunday, Sep. 22
• Sisters of Mercy, and Blaqk Audio - MGM Music Hall all ages [7PM]
Tuesday, Sep. 24
• Southern Culture On The Skids, and The Woggles - City Winery [7:30PM]
• Idles - Roadrunner [8PM]
Wednesday, Sep. 25
• Deerhoof, and Ekko Astral - Center for the Arts at the Armory [8PM]
• The Hives, and Bad Nerves - Roadrunner [8PM]
Thursday, Sep. 26
• Slapshot, Ignite, Death by Stereo, and School Drugs - Middle East Downstairs
Friday, Sep. 27
• Hatebreed, Carcass, Harm's Way, and Crypta - House of Blues
Friday, Sep. 27 - Saturday, Sep. 28
• Queens of The Stone Age, and The Kills - MGM Music Hall all ages [7PM]
Saturday, Sep. 28
• Eddie Japan, Lovina Falls, and Roxy & The Crisis - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
Sunday, Sep. 29
• Supersuckers - Sammy's Patio, Revere [7PM]
Wednesday, Oct. 2
• Jesus and Mary Chain, and Psychedelic Furs - Orpheum
Thursday, Oct. 3
• Lemon Twigs - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre [8PM]
Thursday, Oct. 10
• Bevis Frond - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre [8PM]
Monday, Oct. 21
• Boris - Paradise [8PM]
Friday, Oct. 25
• Drug Church - Royale
Tuesday, Oct. 29
• Robyn Hitchcock, and Imogen Clark - City Winery [7:30PM]
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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