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The WMBR Rock/Pop/Punk Concert Report

Thursday, Jan. 8
• Galeer, Weatherless, and Jr Varsity Chess Team - O'Briens
• Ezra Furman - The Rockwell
Thursday, Jan. 8 - Friday, Jan. 9
• Los Lonely Boys - City Winery
Friday, Jan. 9
• Kayo Dot, and Eight Foot Manchild - Middle East Upstairs
• Clock Out, Cooked, Lattch, Billy, and In Contempt - O'Briens
• Griffin Benton, Makeout Place, and more - Sonia
• 6 or 7, Connor Storms, Around My Apt, and The Koiis - The Jungle [8PM]
• Everything Yes - Warehouse XI
• Black Hellicopter, Spiller, and Daughter of The Vine - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Elktooth, Of Royal Thunder, and more - Moon Base One, Salem, MA [6PM]
Saturday, Jan. 10
• Six Going on Seven, and Get High - Middle East Upstairs
• Sweetie, Never Better Baby, and Tatooine Punk Scene - O'Briens 18+ [2PM, free]
• Live band karaoke - O'Briens [8PM]
• Quadroped, Super Bonanza, Rick Berlin, and Secret Rhythm Project - Midway Cafe [8:30]
• Not a Dog, Riffindots, Wet Pizza, and Double Star - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• The Young Americans - The Burren [7PM]
• Ghostlander, and Truckers Atlas - The Jungle [8PM]
• Strange Pains, Sinnet, and Good June - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• The Smithereens, and Marshall Crenshaw - City Winery
• Burp, The Prozacs, and TJ Welch & the Wasted - Moon Base One, Salem, MA [7PM]
• The Octave Museum, and 27 - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA
• Detroit Angels, Headband, and Melvern Taylor - Medford Brewing Co. [7PM]
Sunday, Jan. 11
• Condition Baker, Never Gonna Make It, Josh McElvie, and Weigh Boat - O'Briens
• Truancy, Mercury on Mars, and Classic Ruins - Midway Cafe
Monday, Jan. 12
• Osis, Revenge Bodies, and The Woods - O'Briens
• Gozerian, Boilwermaker, and Targus Targus - Silhouette Lounge
Tuesday, Jan. 13
• Ian Allen, Izzy Savides, and Reggie Mak - O'Briens
• Gary Air, Shelly Shu, and Richard Crow - The Jungle [6PM]
• Modern Nature, and Brigid Dawson & the Mothers Network - The Rockwell
Wednesday, Jan. 14
• Problems, Yeah Everything, and Aznjujube - O'Briens
• Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Pop Into the Chemist, and Desert Bats - Midway Cafe
• Man v. Ghost, The Collect ond, The Roland High Live, and Scrivener - Silhouette Lounge
• Bishop Allen, and Mates of State - Sinclair
Thursday, Jan. 15
• Graveyard of the Atlantic, Superdown, Elsewhere, and Jawza - Middle East Upstairs
• Sammy Kay, Lenny Lashley, Matt Charette, and Little Low - O'Briens
• Isabelle Gitlin, Kungiz, Mars Fresco, and Single Yike - The Jungle
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - MFA [7PM]
Friday, Jan. 16
• Baabes, Bedtime Magic, Nevertheless AM, and Bad at Drawing - Middle East Upstairs [8PM]
• Villain of the War, Mallcops, and Diane Young - O'Briens
• Viraya, and Magnetismo Rock - Midway Cafe
• Faux Menco, and Field Day - Square Root
• Tarbox Ramblers - The Burren
• Bus Crush, Doss, and Megan from Work - Lilypad
• Bex Birch - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Alien Drag, and Muck & the Mires - Cabot Theater, Beverly, MA
Saturday, Jan. 17
• No More Youth, The Greying, Mortar, Alchemy, and Crime of Passion - O'Briens
• Silver Screams, Static Friction, Screw Cart, and Fear is a Mind Killer - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• The Park Hill Romance, Late Night Idle, The Sleds, and Blindspot - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• State Champs, Cartel, Real Friends, and Broadside - House of Blues
• Big Time Kill, Proles, and Endation - Koto, Salem, MA
• Invocation of Nehek, Humiliate, and more - Canadian American Club, Watertown
Sunday, Jan. 18
• I Promised the World, and Rosasharin - Middle East Upstairs
• 12 Rods, Cole Fanning, and Angelbite - O'Briens
• Galaxy Cake, The Haymakers, The Spackles, and Bob Cenci's Orange Guitar - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Glare, All Under Heavey, and Holder - Sinclair
Monday, Jan. 19
• Humna Humna, Headfirst, Boltzman, and Hot Slander - O'Briens
• Shame, and Ribbon Skirt - Brighton Music Hall
• Ohio State Fair, Angel Bite, and Warmachine - Silhouette Lounge
• The Damage, Ingensive Care Unit, Uniformed Service, Rabid Few, and Feeble Minds - American Legion Post 442, Camb [7:30]
Tuesday, Jan. 20
• Brian Aubert, Che Arthur, and Chrisopher Crooner - Middle East Upstairs
• Vendetta Rose, Cozy Throne, Stunt, and Toy Monsoon - O'Briens
• Straight Burban, Mystery Band, and Mostly Andrews - Midway Cafe
Wednesday, Jan. 21
• Mark Battles, Some Guy Named Lee, Dolla Bill, and Jaydense - Middle East Upstairs
• Astral Bitch, The Collect Pond, Sailor Down, and Joel Ronson - O'Briens
• Permanent Blue, Will Tell Aim, Good & You?, and Baby Bowler - Silhouette Lounge
Thursday, Jan. 22
• Izzy Pingrey, Ari Sage, and Holes in Socks - Middle East Upstairs
• Lower Case Roses, Sun God, Really Great, and Ezra Cohen - O'Briens
• Stephen Kellogg, and Gutter Sinatra - Sinclair
• Sharp Pins, and Eli Winter & Invisible Rays - Arts at the Armory
• JS Ondara - Warehouse XI
• If It Rains, How Much Art, Computer Kill, and more - Central Square Elks Lodge [7PM]
Friday, Jan. 23
• Coyote Island, and Miranda Rae - Middle East Upstairs
• Marianne Toilet, The Manglers, and The Emotional Rollercoasters - O'Briens
• DD Island, Winkler, and Tyler and The Names - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
Friday, Jan. 23 - Saturday, Jan. 24
• Hooligan Holiday w/, Stars and Stripes, Fuerza Bruta, and more - Middle East Downstairs
Saturday, Jan. 24
• Things Left Unsaid, Louzy, Good June, and Sorry Safari - O'Briens
• Stop Calling Me Frank, Unnatural Axe, and Last Stand - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• The Makeshift Kings, Hot Lunch, Minisplit, and Cherry Picking - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Sapling, John Hovorka Band, and Crow Follow - Square Root
• B.L.O.W.W., Pink Slip, and One Fall - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Soulless, Power of Fear, Risk, and more - Canadian American Club, Watertown [5PM]
Sunday, Jan. 25
• Dog Dilemma; Car Girlfriend; Roaches, All the Way Up; and The New Noise - O'Briens [8PM]
• We are Space Horses, Mother Fungus, Strawberry Coffin, and Lesotho - O'Briens [2PM]
• Entifan, Douglas Appleman, The Local Talent, and Merry Mery - Midway Cafe [3PM]
Monday, Jan. 26
• Flyway, Botch Job, Village Revival, and Broken Daisies - O'Briens
• Blame It on Whitman, Cape Crush, Care For, and MK Naomi - Silhouette Lounge
Tuesday, Jan. 27
• Mary Poppers, Routine Happiness, Angelina Cara, and Newcastle Anchorman - O'Briens
Wednesday, Jan. 28
• Gene Loves Jezebel - Middle East Upstairs
• Wild Pink, Dead Gowns, and Otis Shanty - Warehouse XI
• Empty Parking Lot, LQM, Robo Pumpkin, and Brownie Points - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
Thursday, Jan. 29
• Puke Pistols, and Lithophones - The Model, Allston
• Lez Zeppelin - City Winery
• Cam Ackland & the Black Souls, Dave Harrison, and Evan Shore - Village Social Club, Brookline
• Handsome Dick Manitoba - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Friday, Jan. 30
• Duunes, and Fo Daniels - Middle East Upstairs
• Fox Stevenson - Middle East Downstairs
• Ghosts of Jupiter, and The Rupert Selection - O'Briens
Saturday, Jan. 31
• Congress, and Benny G - Middle East Downstairs
• Snowbeasts, Spirit Hotel, and Neponset Monastery - O'Briens 18+ [1PM]
• The Missing Peace, Cheem, and Slow Degrade - O'Briens 21+ [8PM]
• West of Vine, Saltclouds, Toadpatrol, and Stella Moss - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Crimps, Whyte Lipstick, Freak Phone, and Andy California - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Michael Nau, and Magic Tuber String Band - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• Death Before Dishonor, Shattered Realm, and Bayway Street Power - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Saturday, Jan. 31 - Sunday, Feb. 1
• Something in the Way Fest w/ Explosions in the Sky, Angel Du$t, Sunny Day Real Este, and more - Roadrunner
Sunday, Feb. 1
• Raidecorp, Tyre, Wallflower, and Exosphere - Middle East Upstairs
• Martin/Morell/Fredette, Hummingbird Syndicate, and Nature Machine - Midway Cafe [3PM]
Monday, Feb. 2
• Weatherless, Rain House, Literally Nobody, and School - Silhouette Lounge
Tuesday, Feb. 3
• Loser, Keep Your Distance, Sevalynn, and This City Hates You - Middle East Upstairs
• Sprints - Sinclair
Thursday, Feb. 5
• Safekeep, Glaciers Collapse, Vertical Accleration, and Demiurge - Middle East Upstairs
Friday, Feb. 6
• Vapors of Morphine - City Winery
• Opeth - Orpheum
Saturday, Feb. 7
• Fleuke, Added Color, Fur Coat Judy, and Jules Wade - Middle East Upstairs
• Muck & the Mires, White Dynomite, Sonic Bomb, The Humanoids, and We Own Land - Sonia
Sunday, Feb. 15
• Black Heart Procession - Sonia
Thursday, Feb. 19
• Langshorne Slim - Sinclair
Saturday, Mar. 7
• The Spits, and Snooper - Middle East Downstairs
Friday, Mar. 20
• Len Price 3, Chelsea Curve, Muck & The Mires, and Pop - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
Saturday, Mar. 28
• Lyres, and Dogmatics - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
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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