Updates

Additions:

6/27: Benefit for Cambridge Elks: Shoot to Kill, Product of Waste, Pledge, Good God, Reality Check, Waste of Breath; Bender's Bar, Worcester; doors 5/show 6
6/29: FRUIT SALAD, POSITIVE NOISE, ATTENTION SPAN, EUNICH SHIT SHOW; Abbey Lounge, Somerville; 3:00pm
7/6: The Gits Movie screening; AS220, 9pm
7/11: Lower Class Brats, Wednesday Night Heroes, Mouth Sewn Shut, REFUSE RESIST; Club Lido (Revere,MA); 5:00pm; All Ages
7/12: Disaster Strikes, The JoPo's! (CD Release), War of Words, Suzuki Smith; Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge,MA); 1:00pm; $10; All Ages
7/19: My Revenge last show; The Hub, Bristol, VT; doors 5:30, show 6
8/5: Leftover Crack, Eddie & The Louvers, & more tba. ; Club Hell (Providence,RI); 7:00pm; $10.00
8/7: Leftover Crack, Mouth Sewn Shut, Refuse Resist, Superpower; Club Lido (Revere,MA); 6:00pm; $10 - All Ages
8/15: ABSOLUTION(reunion), MAXIMUM PENALTY, THE WRONG SIDE, ATLAS SHRUGGED, OVERSTAND; Knitting Factory, NY; 7pm, $15; All Ages
8/24: 25 Ta Life, Thunderhog, Bulldog Courage, The Bonus Army, Death Race; Midway Cafe (JP,MA); 3:00pm; $10.00 - All Ages
9/28: New Found Glory, Crime In Stereo, Four Year Strong, A Day To Remember, International Superheroes of Hardcore; Lupo's, Providence, RI
10/6: The Melvins; The Paradise, Boston, MA; 8 pm; 18+

Complete List

6/25: Neon Bitches (RI), Life Trap (TN), Citizens Patrol (Holland), Insurrect (Cleve.); AS220, Providence; 9 pm start; All Ages, drink w/ID
6/25: Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Westbound Train, Suburban Legend; Palladium, Worcester
6/27: Same LTJ lineup at Lupo's, Providence
6/27: Vader and many other metal bands that matter less; Palladium, Worcester; doors 3:30, show 4
6/28: Peter Murphy; Roxy, Boston
6/30: Choose Your Poison, Humanwine, Mouth Sewn Shut; Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, Boston, 6pm ALL AGES
7/11: At The Gates, Darkest Hour, Municipal Waste; Palladium, Worcester; doors 7/show 8
7/13: Alkaline Trio; Lupo's, Providence
7/19: Have Heart, Verse, Foundation, Wait in Vain, et al.; Deer Park VFW, Deer Park, NY
7/20: Have Heart, Verse, Foundation; Waterfront Tavern, Holyoke, MA
7/26: Paul Bearer spoken word, Philly
8/2: The Brunt of It (RI); Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, Boston; 3pm ALL AGES
8/6: Meltdown, New Lows, I Rise; Knitting Factory, NYC
8/8: Rancid, Sick of It All, Capital Radio, Worcester Palladium
8/9: Rancid, Murphy's Law, Bloodshot Hooligans; Lupo's, Providence
8/9: VERMEFUG(NYC), CROSS EXAMINATION, HALT(Metal Blade); Obrien's, Allston MA 18+ $7 3pm
8/10: SOIA, H20, Bloodclot; Crazy Donkey, Farmingdale, NY
8/14: Testament; Worcester Palladium
8/15: Motorhead headlining huge tour; Worcester Palladium
8/19: I, Destroyer, ASRA(NYC), HAYAINO DAISUKI, GRIDLINK(NJ) Weapons Grade; Church, Boston
8/22-8/24: This Is Hardcore Fest, Philly
8/26: TERROR, THE WARRIORS, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, CDC, TRAPPED UNDER ICE; Palladium, Worcester
8/27: TERROR, THE WARRIORS, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, CDC, TRAPPED UNDER ICE ; Club Europa, Brooklyn
8/30: Meltdown, Reign Supreme; Mercy House, Amherst, MA
8/30: Merauder; Fins, NY
8/31: Shai Hulud, Full Blown Chaos, Meltdown, Reign Supreme, et al.; Club Hell, Providence
9/20: Helloween; Worcester Palladium
9/25: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult; Middle East downstairs, Cambridge, MA18+ $15adv/$17dos
9/28: Unseen, Street Dogs; Harper's Ferry, Allston, MA
10/6: The Wedding Present; Middle East downstairs, Cambridge, MA; 18+ $12 , 7:30 Doors – Tickets on Sale 7/5
10/12: The Slackers ; Middle East downstairs, Cambridge, MA; 18+ $12adv/$14dos 7:30 Doors

First post!

This is an attempt to do the kind of show list/calendar that I would want to see. I have been going to shows in the Boston area for about 12 years now, and not since the old days of bostonpunk.net have we had a comprehensive show calendar. Add to that, I am way too open-minded, so nothing covers all the metal and ridiculous shows in which I am interested, so I am always hunting down shows in tons of places.

Scotty Bystander in Albany just added a nice show list to his board and it got me thinkin' (uh-oh...). When I am being good and tracking down all the shows I should, I probably follow more than anyone, so I should be a good little DIY do-be and stay on the ball and share them. So here we are.

As far as geography, I'll try to cover anything I might drive to from Boston without considering it a vacation. This might include shows as far away as NY or ME, maybe even Philly or Montreal. Genre-wise, pretty much any punk, hardcore, and some metal and some ridiculous stuff like the upcoming Peter Murphy show, just because I like it. I'll be inclusive of stuff I wouldn't necessarily go to, and of any overlap with otherwise iffy stuff, although I have to say I probably won't go out of my way to list any hipster mosh/pop metal, unless there is a band that knows who Minor Threat was on the bill. Sorry!

I picked a blog format and a straight text list for easy maintenance. What I'll do is post a complete, updated, linear list every week, and then post updates in between as separate posts. Feel free to use the comments to make me aware of corrections and new listings, or email me.

Please try to send listings in this format:

month/day: Bands, starting, with, headliner; Venue name, Town, State if not obvious; time (start and/or doors, specify); cost; age restrictions

OK, next post will have some shows!