Playlist + March 6, 2020

 

 

 

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

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