Playlist + March 6, 2020
New music from Wildcat Slim, Stenographer, Ruby Rose Fox, Caspian, The Motivated Sequence, Red Red Rockit, Party Bois | @bostonemissions
Rock & Roll Rumble | April 9 – May 1, 2020 | ONCE Ballroom, Somerville, Mass | http://rockandrollrumble.com
I have been talking about the Rumble for months. It gets real this Wednesday when I introduce the 24 band that make up the Class of 2020.
SONGS OF THE WEEK
1] Townies – Granite State
2] Time Wolf – Marionette
3] 21 Grams More – Wine from Water
-Sat March 7 at Maggy’s in Quincy
4] War On Alexandria – Give Me Company
5] The Endorphins – Your Mind Is Broken
PLAYLIST
Pity Pattern – Nowhere
-Thurs , March 12 with Mallcops, Valleyheart, Zachary Boudrot at ONCE Somerville
oldsoul – Like No Surprise
Wildcat Slim – Two Ships
The Motivated Sequence – Hang It On Me
Ruby Rose Fox – Stalker
Stenographer – Perfect Love
Gene Dante and the Future Starlets – Girl On A Unicycle
-Fri, March 13 at Shaskeen in Manchester, NH with Cursed On Earth, Mister Vertigo, Sgt Kurt
free Boston Emissions show
Party Bois – (Eyes Like) Bridget Bardot
Eldridge Rodriguez – Psychic Darts from Slightest of Treason
-Sat, March 14 with Minibeast, Blood Built Empire, Sweeping Promises at Great Scott, Allston
The Downhauls – Convenient Friend
-Sat, March 7 with The Gala, Muck and the Mires, Dangereens at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Red Red Rockit – No Soul To Sell
-Sat, March 14 for Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Rock ‘n’ Roll Benefit Show with Sidewalk Driver and Watts at Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Caspian – Division Blues from On Circles
Two shows Fri 4/3 & Sat 4/4 at The Sinclair in Cambridge
LOCAL LISTINGS
(thanks to Merchie Barbara Walsh!)
Sat 3/7 The Figgs at the Burren Backroom, Somerville 4pm and 7pm
Sat 3/7 The Gala, Muck and the Mires, Dangereens, The Downhauls at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Sun 3/8 Kenne Highland Clan, MadPainter, The Fools Agenda, Spaces For Two at the Jungle, Somerville
Sun 3/8 LRCB (Ladies Rock Camp Boston) 2020 MARCH Showcase at ONCE Ballroom, Somerville
Thurs 3/12 Mallcops, Valleyheart, Zachary Boudrot, Pity Pattern at ONCE Somerville
Fri 3/13 blindspot at Ralph’s Diner, Worcester
Fri 3/13 Set Fire, Black Helicopter, Ringtail at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Fri 3/13 Charles Delta + The Soon To Haves at Sally O’Briens, Somerville
Fri 3/13 Cursed On Earth, Gene Dante + The Future Starlets, Mister Vertigo, Sgt Kurt at the Shaskeen Pub, New Hampshire
Fri 3/13 WhistleStop Rock Festival Salem, Night 1 featuring The Knock Ups, Cold Expectations, The Chelsea Curve, Magen Tracy and the Missed Connections at Koto, Salem
Sat 3/14 Eldridge Rodriguez, Minibeast at Great Scott, Allston
Sat 3/14 Sara Borges & The Broken Single with Abbie Barrett at The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint, Medford
Sat 3/14 Off Axis, Buster, El Terco, Handsome at the Jungle, Somerville
Sat 3/14 Greg Hawkes with Eddie Japan performing the Music of The Cars at The Met, Rhode Island
Sat 3/14 WhistleStop Rock Festival Salem Night 2 featuring Kid Gulliver, Heather Rose In Clover, Justine’s Black Threads and The Dents at Koto, Salem
Sat 3/14 2020 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Rock ‘n’ Roll Benefit Show, with Sidewalk Driver and Red Red Rockit At the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Sat 3/14 This Bliss, Coo & Howl, Graneros at Sally O’Briens, Somerville
Mon 3/16 Tri Heart, Threat Level Burgundy, the Skirts, the Cat Attic at Charlie’s Kitchen, Cambridge
Wed 3/18 Sorry Ma!, Vanishing Point, The Stigmatics at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Thurs 3/19 blindspot at Sally O’Briens, Somerville
Fri 3/20 Love Love at Union Tavern, Somerville
Fri 3/20 Lonely Leesa Lost Cowboys, Wandering Ones, Baluchitherium at the Square Root, Roslindale
Fri 3/20 Stormstress, Genie Santiago, Lockette, Jazzmyn RED at the Jungle, Somerville
Sat 3/21 The Dambuilders, Sleepyhead, Hilken Mancini & Winston Braman (Fuzzy) at Once Lounge, Somerville
Sat 3/21 Francine, Airport, Deathhand at the Lizard Lounge, Cambridge
Sat 3/21 The Knock Ups, Motel Black, Pigeon Man, The Runouts at the Square Root, Roslindale
Sat 3/21 POST PUNK II: Chuck Ferreira, Duncan W Johnson, Anthony Kaczynski at Sally O’Briens, Somerville
Thurs 3/26 Magen Tracy & The Missed Connections at Toad, Cambridge
Fri 3/27 Little Caesar, Diablogato, The Gala, Little Billy Lost, Pink at Koto, Salem
Fri 3/27 Modern Day Idols CD Release with Special Guests: Hi-End at the Burren Backroom, Somerville
Fri 3/27 Liz Borden Album Release Show at the Jungle, Somerville
Sat 3/28 Whistlestop Rock Festival featuring Tiger Bomb, Heather Rose In Clover, The Knock Ups, The Chelsea Curve, Kid Gulliver, Justine and the Unclean at Sun Tiki Studios, Portland, Maine
Sat 3/28 Color Channel w/ Casio Brass, The Rupert Selection, James Burke at the Jungle, Somerville
Sat 3/28 The Downhauls, Motel Black, The Von Traps at Sally O’Briens, Somerville
Sat 3/28 An Evening with Bill Janovitz & Friends at the Burren Backroom, Somerville
Sat 3/28 Tysk Tysk Task Album Release with Oroboro, Eye Witness, Happy Little Clouds and Linnea’s Garden at Club Bohemia, Cambridge
Sat 3/28 Slim Jim and the Mad Cows and 61 Ghosts at the Square Root, Roslindale
Sat 3/28 The Burning Lights, Only On Weekends (PA), BIOW, Breaking Up at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Sat 3/28 Pink Boots Release Day featuring Lockette and Thrust Club at Castle Island Brewing Company, Norwood
Sat 3/28 OldJack’s Last Saturdays with Cujo and Corner Sou at the Lizard Lounge, Cambridge
Sat 3/28 The Zulus at Paradise Rock Club, Boston
Sun 3/29 Jonatha Brooke at the Center for the Arts in Natick
Mon 3/30 Metal Monday featuring Distressor, Survive The Sun, Sōma, Apollon at the Jungle, Somerville
Mon 3/30 Sunday Face, Galla, Plunki at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain
Tues 3/31 Katie Dobbins, Jessye DeSilva, Emily Grogan, Alec Morrissey at the Burren Backroom, Somerville 7pm
Rock & Roll Rumble 2020 at ONCE Ballroom, Somerville
Thurs, April 9
Fri, April 10
Sat, April 11
Thurs, April 16
Fri, April 17
Sat, April 18
Fri, April 24
Sat, April 25
Fri, May 1
Fri 4/24: blindspot at The Worthen Attic, Lowell
Fri 5/29: Boston Calling with a bunch of rock dudes plus Cliff Notes, The Sheila Divine at Harvard Athletics, Boston
Fri 5/29: Carissa Johnson at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston
Mon 6/1: blindspot at Charlie’s Kitchen, Cambridge
Sat 6/6: blindspot at Opus Underground, Salem