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The WMBR Rock/Pop/Punk Concert Report

Monday, Nov. 4
• Good Judgement, Bomb Pack, and Fly Eater - O'Briens
• Duff McKagen, and Lee Ving's Range War - Paradise
• Ruby Grove, The Plus Ones, and The Lights Out - Silhouette Lounge
• Juicebox, Shelly Shu, and David Batten - The Jungle [6PM]
• Cold War Kids, and Husbands - Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI
Tuesday, Nov. 5
• New Dad - Middle East Upstairs
• Lords of Misrule, Requiem, Izzy Savides, and Glacier Collapse - O'Briens
• Round Trip, Hallowed Smoke, Will DePiano, and Thom Griffin - Midway Cafe
• GWAR, Dark Funeral, and Squid Pisser - Paradise
• Ringpop, 5Ever, Sunday Morning, and Nicoteens - Warehouse XI ["Anti Doom Scrolling" show]
Wednesday, Nov. 6
• Eric Raven, Dethhwish, and Trophy Husband - O'Briens
• Clamb, Porterfield, Shibui, and The Slackademics - Midway Cafe
• Float Stanley, Blue Hyenas, and Jean Paul Jean Paul - Silhouette Lounge
• Cursive, and Gladie - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
• Diet Lemon, Fai Laci, and Lost Film - The Rockwell
• Collaps, Neighborhood Sh*t, Badterms, and Impulse Control - Central Square Elks Lodge all ages [7PM]
• Iron Maiden, and The Hu - DCU Center
Thursday, Nov. 7
• Lockstep, God is War, and Dullcare - Middle East Upstairs
• Dexter & the Moonrocks, Red Leather, and Primrose - Middle East Downstairs
• Rebuilder, Future Teens, and Shy Husky - O'Briens
• Why Try?, Paper Cage, Jade Rosette, and Ryan Kaiserman - The Jungle [8PM]
• Gamblers, Grapejuice, and Class President - The Rockwell
• Hodera - Warehouse XI
Friday, Nov. 8
• Rebuilder, Fatal Flaw, and Man v Ghost - O'Briens
• Count Zero, Lovina Falls, and Singer Mali - Sonia
• Slant, No Model, Wanted, and The Massacred - Cantab
• Spackle, The Plus Ones, Vertigo Club, and Ryan Kaiserman - The Jungle [8PM]
• Pregame Rituals, Hyber, and Megan From Work - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Spread Eagle - Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI
Saturday, Nov. 9
• The Pist, Grip Bite, Neighborhood Sh*t, and Trollmilk - Middle East Upstairs all ages [1PM]
• TRAITRS, Dead Leaf Echo, and Gretch Shea & the Middle Eight - Middle East Upstairs 18+ [8PM]
• Mustard Plug, Catch 22, and The Iron Roses - Middle East Downstairs
• Rebuilder, Love Letter, and No Chain - O'Briens
• Black Clouds, Hixx, Freeloader, and The Strangemen - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Sleepyhead, Lucid Lip, Lower Falls, and Warrens - Midway Cafe 21+ [8:30]
• Ryan Montebleu Band, and MJT - Brighton Music Hall
• Playing With Fire, Hot Take, Funk Safari, and Big Ol Dirty Bucket - The Jungle
• The Slaps, Noah Pope, and Shane T - Warehouse XI
• Escape from the Zoo - The Rockwell
• SEA, Before The Eyewall, Sea of Bones, and Sundrifter - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA [7PM]
• The Wynotts, The Hot Franks, The Carnivals, and The Shaggahs - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Deer Tick, and Other Brother Darryl - Abbot Hall, Marblehead
• Greg Hawkes & Eddie Japan - The Cut, Gloucester, MA
Sunday, Nov. 10
• Torture, Dysentery, Blood Tithe, and Faceless Enemy - Middle East Upstairs [noon]
• Cytotoxin, Cognitive, and more - Middle East Upstairs [6:30]
• Anarchy in MA, Mass Bluesbreakers, and Metal over Boston - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Dead Wait, Cherubhead, Might Tortuga, and Weatherless - O'Briens
• Curt Travis, and Geoff Rickly - Sonia
• Slow Pulp, and Free Range - Paradise
• Feather Weather, Time Miser, and Jamie Sidwell - The Jungle [5PM]
• Slater, and Funerol - The Rockwell
• Pamela Des Barres of "I'm With the Band" - City Winery [noon]
Monday, Nov. 11
• The Stress Balls, Mollusk, and Neponset Monastery - O'Briens
• Eleni Paris, Caleb Tansye, and Chris Finn - Silhouette Lounge
Tuesday, Nov. 12
• PIG, and Curse Mackey - Middle East Upstairs
• Amigo the Devil, TK & the Holy Know-Nothings, and Rattlesnake Milk - Paradise
• Michigander, and Cece Coakley - Brighton Music Hall
Wednesday, Nov. 13
• Six Organs of Admittance, and Tashi Dorji - Middle East Upstairs
• Miss Christine, Never Better Baby, and A Day Without Love - O'Briens
• Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Mixed G, and Fenno St. Jazz - Midway Cafe
• Modern Faces, Perfectly Lethal, Whyte Lipstick, and Luddites - Silhouette Lounge
• Apes of the State, Myles Bullen, and Rent Strike - Brighton Music Hall
• Marshall Crenshaw - City Winery
• Trauma Ray, and Joyer - Crystal Ballroom @Somerville Theatre
Thursday, Nov. 14
• Echosmith, and Lisa Heller - Middle East Upstairs
• Willy ZYX, Fed Ash, Rong, and Valediction - O'Briens
• Destroy Boys, SASAMI, and Chokecherry - Paradise
• The Coronas, and Niall Connolly - Brighton Music Hall
• Linnea's Garden, The Ghouls, Cat Wolf, and Good Karma - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Svdden Death - Big Night Live
• Norma Jean, Mouth for War, and Rabid - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Friday, Nov. 15
• Petra, Dinos, and Galeer - O'Briens
• Bearings, Broadside, Unwell, and Stateside - Paradise
• Good Karma, Space Casino, Roland Highlife, and Cheese Pile - The Jungle [8PM]
• Muck & the Mires, and The Shanghi Lo's - Sally O'Brien's
• Daughter of the Vine, Bongwish, and Spectre Folk - Lilypad
• Hallelujah The Hills, Upper Wilds, and Sidebody - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Bad Idea USA, Hasty, Delicious Monsters, and Cigarette Camp - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• W.A.S.P., and Armored Saint - Orpheum
• The Rumours, The Downhauls, and Yes Nanny - Koto, Salem, MA
• Brett Michaels - Lynn Auditorium, Lynn, MA
• Judge, Shark Attack, and more - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Saturday, Nov. 16
• Dead Meat, and Leah Ross - Middle East Upstairs
• Girl Power, Adult Learners, KO Queen, Feeling Figures, and Johnny & the Foodmasters - O'Briens
• Ghost Guard, Hambone Skinny, Weatherman, and Mercy Dogs - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Actors, Pilgrims of Yearning, and Llynks - Sonia
• Tokyo Police Club, and Born Ruffians - Paradise
• Kal Marks, Paper Lady, and Black Beach - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• Beach Vacation, Fai Laci, and Lost Film - Warehouse XI
• Lady Lamb, and Humbird - Askew, Providence, RI
• Docents, Pew Pew, Misuser, and Weird Machine - O'Briens
Sunday, Nov. 17
• In Lieu of Flowers, Owl Haus, Red Heron, and Samantha DeLuca - Midway Cafe all ages [3PM]
• Senses Fail, and Saves the Day - House of Blues
• Sleep Destroyer, Set The Nation, White Bear Principle, and Lions and Lavender - The Jungle [8PM]
Monday, Nov. 18
• Grandstand Jockeys, The Juice is Okay, and Graveyard of the Atlantic - Silhouette Lounge
• Mary Esther Carter, Marcie Hernandez, and Bayleaf - The Jungle [6PM]
Tuesday, Nov. 19
• Modest Mouse, and The Black Heart Procession - MGM Music Hall
• thisispayal, Roofto Park, Kenny Crotty, and Lard Bob - The Jungle [6PM]
Wednesday, Nov. 20
• Michael Bravata, Benjamin Burke, People of Earth, and Mangers - Silhouette Lounge
• Wild Pink, John Francis Flynn, and Spirit Ghost - The Rockwell
• Kidnapped, Sinister Feeling, and more - AS220, Providence, RI [7PM]
Thursday, Nov. 21
• Edy Modica - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
• The Spill Canvas - City Winery
• Exodus, Havok, Candy, and Dead Heat - Palladium, Worcester, MA [6PM]
• Dopethrone, Temple of the Fuzz, Witch, and Mollusk - Alchemy, Providence, RI
Friday, Nov. 22
• Wreckno - Middle East Downstairs
• The Smithereens w/ Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms - City Winery
Friday, Nov. 22 - Saturday, Nov. 23
• Lettes to Cleo, and The Heretix - Paradise
Saturday, Nov. 23
• Steel Panther - House of Blues
• Cortez, Worshipper, and Curse The Son - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18 [7PM]
• Gold Rush, Three True Outcomes, The Northern Line, and Magic City - The Jungle [8PM]
• Sun June, and Dan Wriggins - The Rockwell
• Diablogato, The Long Wait, and Speed Teeth - Faces Brewing, Malden, MA all ages [8PM]
• Liberate, Ennui, Impulse Control, and more - Canadian American Club, Watertown all ages [6PM]
• Vapors of Morphine - The Cut, Gloucester, MA
Sunday, Nov. 24
• Dogma - Sonia
• Delta Sleep, Teen Suicide, and Carpool Tunnel - Paradise
• Contemporary Sound Group, Reid Duran, and Lost Out West - The Jungle [5PM]
• The Pineapple Thief, and Randy McStine - Somerville Theatre
Monday, Nov. 25
• Tyler and the Names, Lupo Citta, and The Spatulas - Silhouette Lounge
• Real Friends, Can't Swim, Carly Cosgrove, and Slow Joy - Paradise
• Zeal & Ardor, Gaerea, and Zetra - Brighton Music Hall
• Elatium, and Juicebox - The Jungle [6PM]
Wednesday, Nov. 27
• Cape Crush, Massive Nightmares, and New Favorites - Silhouette Lounge
• Blood Incantation, and Midwife - Brighton Music Hall
• The Story So Far, Superheaven, and Koyo - MGM Music Hall
Friday, Nov. 29
• Glove Balks, Professor Caffeine, Sue, and Awnthay - The Jungle [8PM]
Saturday, Nov. 30
• The Mallet Brothers Band, and The WhiskeyTreaty Roadshow - Brighton Music Hall
• Thy Will Be Done, Beyond the Embrace, Death Ray Vision, and more - Vault Music Hall, New Bedford, MA [4PM]
Friday, Dec. 6
• Beat w/ Adrian Belew, Steve Vai performing King Crimson - Lynn Auditorium, Lynn, MA
Thursday, Dec. 12
• Christian Death - Deep Cuts, Medford, MA 18+ [7PM]
Saturday, Dec. 21
• The Del Fuegos - City Winery
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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