** Boston Area Club Listings **
Paul Wisner
Boston Area Club Listings...
This list is compiled from informal sources by an informal person
in an informal way. Always check with the club before going over!
Also, sometimes listings at Universities are open to the public, but
sometimes they are restricted to students.
The focus of this list is indie/alternative type bands, although the actual
content is much broader than that. I do not wish to be your filter; I'm sure
you'd rather do that yourselves.
R.I. updates from Dave Irza! Many other updates from Ricky Rickles.
Thanks everyone who helps keep me up to date.
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++New or updated listing
--Previously seen listing
Send corrections and additions to me via mail.
When/where is the NIN show? Or would you prefer I kept that a secret until
after you get YOUR ticket?
-Paul
Monday, April 4:
--The Raincoats, Blonde Redhead, Shiva Speedway @ Middleeast upstrs
--Words in Motions @ Middleeast downstairs
--Crowded House, Sheryl Crow @ Orpheum $19.50
--Forty. young Felts, MindGrinder @ Local 186
--Carcass, Pitchshifter, A dying Breed, Tranquil Passing
@ Babyhead $6.
--Crowded House in-store performance @ Straberries 761 Boylston St
Boston
++Gary Michael Lawson Memorial with Souxie D+Donna McCollen @ T.T.'s
++Asa Brebner and Friends @ Toad
Tuesday, April 5:
--Orange than Blue, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic @ Middleeast dwnstrs
--Clemsnide, Bentham, XIXXO, Lorraine @ Middleeast upstrs
--Afghan Whigs, The Spinanes @ Paradise
--Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Powerman 5000, Heretix, Stompbox,
Slapshot, Home, Headcleaner, Mung @ Bill's
--Jasper & Prodigal Songs, Jade Maze @ Causeway
--Crowded House, Cheryl Crow @ The Strand $14.50/$16.50
--Afghan Whigs @ Paradise
++Hostile/Cage/Dread/Braincheck @ TT's
++The House Band (Celtic music) @ Johnny D's
++Dennis Brennan and the Iodine Brothers @ Toad
Wednesday, April 6:
--Papas Fritas, Butterscott, Ditch Croaker, Bald Guys @ Middleeast
upstrs $3 19+
--"Unplugged" O-Positive, Voss, Pies @ Bill's
--Jesus Christ Superstar (featuring lots of local rock stars) @
Middleeast downstairs (this gets sold out every year) 8:30pm
--"Ska Night" w/ Agent 99 @ Local 186
--"Cover Night" Pooka Stew (covers Copper Blue), The Keep (covers
Nirvana), Yes but not Least (doings 70s & 60s) @ Causeway
++There/Falling Anvils/Showcase Showdown/Uncle F @ TT's
++Brian McNeill @ Johnny D's
++Four Piece Suit @ Toad
++Nuclear Assault, Ritual Sacrafice, Grudge Holder @ Babyhead $6.
Thursday, April 7:
--Small 23, Karl Hendricks Trio, Morning Glories @ Middleeast upstrs
--Jesus Christ Superstar (featuring lots of local rock stars) @
Middleeast downstairs (this gets sold out every year) 8:30pm
--"Reggae Night" /w Motion @ Local 186
--Shods, Dante's Grin, Belle Isles, Head Too Big, Technical Jed @
Causeway
--Barefoot Servants featuring Jon Butcher @ Lupo's $4.
++WMWM Battle of the bands: Silkworm/Edsil/(two more bands TBA) @
TT's
++Barrence Whitfield+Tom Russell/Kevin Connolly @ Johnny D's
++The Tornado Brothers @ Toad
++WRIU Songwriter's Forum w/ unplugged members of Velvet Crush,
Scarce, Small Factory, Paul's Beard @ The Living Room
Friday, April 8:
--Flying Nuns, Merang, Dirt Merchants, Elixer @ T.T.'s
--Alloy, Holly Rollers, Girls AGainst Boys, Ed Hall, Cher UK, Mind
Grinder, Sinkhole @ Middleeast up&downstairs
--Modern Farmer, Sidewalk Galery, Vision Thing, Tracy Bonham @ Local
186
--Slow Dive @ Babyhead
--Dambuilders, Scarce, Salty Timmy @ AS220
++Evil Gal @ Johnny D's
++The Rockhouse Rebels @ Toad
++John Monopoly @ The Living Room
Saturday, April 9:
--Steady Earnest, Sextiles, Tokyo, Vibrators, Vigilantes of Love @ TT's
--Slowdive, Magic Hour, Mistle Thrush @ Middleeast downstairs
--4 Walls Falling, Grip, Dive @ Middleeast downstairs 1-5:30pm ALL AGES
--Velvet Crush @ Middleeast upstrs
--Toasters, Mephiskapheles, Beat Soup @ Local 186
--Lyres, Facts About Rats, Electric Nubians, Last Ditch Effort,
Shovels @ Causeway
--Muddy Waters Tribute
--Pantera, Crow Bar @ The Strand $19.50
--Tribe @ Ovations, Peadbody MA
++Savoy Brown (with Kim Simmonos) @ Johnny D's
++The Jennifer Trying Band @ Toad
++Muddy Waters Tribute w/ Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins, Luther
"Guitar Jr." Johnson, Willy "Big Eyes" Smith, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones,
Paul Oscher, Lester "big Daddy" Kinsey. Sleepy LaBeef to open
@ Lupo's $10/$12.
++Neo 90's Dance band, Rash, Backwash, Lovebox @ The Living Room
Sunday, April 10:
--Angelique Kidjo @ Middleeast downstairs
--Jesus Christ Superstar (featuring lots of local rock stars) @
Middleeast downstairs (this gets sold out every year) 2:30pm
--"Pearl Jam Party" @ Causeway
--The Bob's @ Sanders Theatre
--King's X @ The Strand $8.94/$10.94
++National Organic Farming Assoc.Benefit (with Belview Cadillacs) @
Johnny D's
++Micky Bones and the Hot Tamale Brass Band @ Toad
++Jennifer Jackson and the Fireballs @ Plough and Stars
Monday, April 11:
--Jesus Christ Superstar (featuring lots of local rock stars) @
Middleeast downstairs (this gets sold out every year) 8:30pm
--"Pearl Jam Party" @ Causeway
--The Samples @ The Strand $10.50
++James Van Iooy/Robert Bove @ TT's
++Asa Brebner and Friends @ Toad
Tuesday, April 12:
--Lung Fish @ Middleeast upstrs
--The Levellers, Superbug @ Babyhead $5.95 in advance
++Howie+ the Coconut Monkies/Tidal Wave/Blanket Party/Mercy Buckets @
TT's
++The Swinging Steaks @ Toad
Wednesday, April 13:
--The Oysterband @ Middleeast downstairs
--Levellers, Compulsion @ Paradise
--B.B. King, Shaboo Allstars, Young Neal and the Vipers
@ The Strand $20.50/$22.50
--Jesus Christ Superstar (featuring lots of local rock stars) @
Living Room in Providence RI
++Otis/Lost Cause/Cornerstone Red/Peter+the Wolf @ TT's
++The Oyster band (tentative) @ Johnny D's
++Roller Coaster @ Toad
++Entombed, The Unsane @ Club Babyhead $7.
++Greenberry Woods @ The Met Cafe, Providence $3.95
Thursday, April 14:
--Seaweed, Bivouac @ Middleeast downstairs
--Swinging Junkies @ Middleeast upstrs
--Kristin Hersh, Pooka @ Sommerville Theatre 15
--Radiators, Groovasaurus @ Avenue C
++Landfill/XIXXO/Evelyn Swoons/Bone Dry System @ TT's
++Dick Dale (two shows, will sell out) @ Johnny D's
++King Kane's Junko Partners @ Toad
Friday, April 15:
--The Samples, Dave Methews Band @ Orpheum $17.50
--Letters to Cleo, Smackmelon @ Paradise
--The Dick Dale Trio, Boss Fuel, The Royal Crowns @ Babyhead $8.
--Kristin Hersh, Pooka @ Lupo's $8/$10.
--"BURLINGTONITUS in Vermont at 7pm" New Radiant Storm King, Morning
Glories, The Stand, Snowplow, Buddy Sevaris
(info: sea...@uvm-gen.emba.uvm.edu)
++Queen Sarah Saturday/Home/Transmissions/The Timmys @ TT's
++Modern Farmer @ Toad
Saturday, April 16:
--Trojan Ponies, Piss, Rattleheater (w/ Jodi Sussman) @ Middleeast
upstairs
[this is the last time to see the Trojan Ponies with this line-up;
farewell to Margret(bass) and Jeannie(guitar); the Trojan Ponies
will continue with Siobhan(vox) and Jason(drums)!]
--Bim Skala Bim, Hippocrites @ Paradise
--Digger @ Causeway
--Tribe @ Bowlers, Worchester MA
--BOP(harvey), 2nd Step @ Lupo's $8.
--"BURLINGTONITUS in Vermont at 1pm" Madelines, Smiles, Tuscadero,
Rollercoaster, Yum Yum Tree(info: sea...@uvm-gen.emba.uvm.edu)
--"BURLINGTONITUS in Vermont at 7pm" Green Magnet School, Tulips,
Pest, Chisel, Driver UFO (info: sea...@uvm-gen.emba.uvm.edu)
++Dambuilders CD release party (with Slant Six/Megan) @ TT's
++Zora Young @ Johnny D's
++Spirit House @ Toad
++Dead Milkmen @ The Living Room
++"Marijuana Legalization Rally" w/ Synaesthesia, Mocha Java,
Electric Noodle Factory, Loose Caboose, Phish @ UMASS Amherst
Mullin's center in the day
Sunday, April 17:
--John Wesley Harding @ Middleeast downstairs
--Dead Milkmen @ Axis
++The Tarbox Gospel Review @ Toad
Monday, April 18:
++Marcel Kopp/Patricia Pickett @ TT's
++Asa Brebner and Friends @ Toad
Tuesday, April 19:
--Wool, DOn Caballero, Janitor Joe @ Middleeast downstairs
--Smashing Pumkins, Red Red Meat @ Wallace Civic Center $17, tix go
on sale Saturday, March 12 at noon - ticketmaster (large service
charge)
++Paul Woolsencroft (of Plan 8)/Mudfoot/Morey @ TT's
++Dennis Brennan and the Iodine Brothers @ Toad
Wednesday, April 20:
--Tribe @ Industry, Machester NH
++Canine Guru/Speeny Bowl Wagon/Mr. Downchild/Bob @ TT's
++The Country Bumpkins @ Toad
Thursday, April 21:
--Reverend Horton Heat, Possum Dixon @ Paradise
--Anthrax, Fight @ Lupo's $17.50 ALL AGES
++Papas Fritas/Marauders/Phonebook/Young Fretts @ TT's
++Little Frankie and the Premiers @ Toad
Friday, April 22:
--O Positive, Sidewalk Gallery @ Paradise
--The Goats, Crain @ Middleeast downstairs
--Twisted Roots @ Causeway
--Tribe @ The Strand $7.50/$9.50
++Talking to Animals/Jen Trying/Little John/Fireproof Women @ TT's
++Nasty J. and the Grinders @ Toad
++Bold as Love @ The Living Room
++Tribe, Superbug, Cliffs of Doneen @ The Strand $7.50/$9.50
Saturday, April 23:
++Spore/Sugar Bitch/Full Celebrated Orchestra Inc./Big Wig @ TT's
--Belly @ Johnson Athletic Ctr on MIT campus on Vassar St near Mass Ave
in Cambridge MA [MIT or College ID required $10 MIT/$12 students]
--Heretix @ Axis (early show)
--Reverend Horton Heat, Possum Dixon @ Babyhead
--Tribe @ Stonehill College, Easton MA
++Kip Martin and the Merles @ Toad
Sunday, April 24:
++Jasper and the Prodical Sons @ Toad
++Jennifer Jackson and the Fireballs @ Plough and Stars
Monday, April 25:
++Don Ievy/Cynthia Mitchell @ TT's
++Asa Brebner and Friends @ Toad
++The Charlatans @ Lupo's $6.95/$7.95
Tuesday, April 26:
--Screamin' Cheatah Whellies @ Paradise FREE
--Millan & Kenzie (acoustic music from Atlanta GA)/Sugarbeat
@ Johnny D's
++Dennis Brennan and the Iodine Brothers @ Toad
++Live, Vic Chesnut, Angel Fish @ Babyhead $9.50 in advance
Wednesday, April 27:
--Live, Vic Chestnut, Anglefish @ Paradise
++Bia-zur/Lost Art/Agent 86/Delilahs Train @ TT's
++Mudpie @ Toad
++The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies @ Lupo's $2.94/$5.00
Thu. April 28:
--Millan & Kenzie (acoustic music from Atlanta GA)/Molly Bancroft
@ The Kendall Cafe
++The Pods/Atlas Shrugged/Heavens to Murgatroid/Standing on Earth @
TT's
++John Totaro+ the Accidents @ Toad
++The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Heretix @ The Strand 8pm $12.50
Friday, April 29:
--Brian Setzer Orchestra (17 piece big band) @ Paradise
--Fleshtones @ Causeway
--Melvins, Obsessed @ Bill's
++Jigsaws/Barnies/Claire Harding/Joy Bang @ TT's
++Talking to Animals @ Toad
++God Street Wine @ The Living Room
Saturday, April 30:
--360's @ Causeway
--Poi Dog Pondering @ Local 186
++Zeppah Records compilation CD release party (with: Black+Grey/The
Feldmans/The Quiet One/Nevermore/Bald Guys) @ TT's
++Naked Lunchbox @ Toad
Sunday, May 1:
--Nuclear Assault, Candy Striper Death Orgy @ Axis 5pm ALL AGES
Tuesday, May 3:
--Paul Weller @ Avalon (tix go on sale April 5)
++Hole, Madder Rose @ Babyhead $8. no tix sold day of show
Wednesday, May 4:
--Hole, Madder Rose @ Paradise
++Shonen Knife, The Dentists @ Babyhead $7.50 in advance
Thursday, May 5:
--Shonen Knife, Dentists @ Paradise
Saturday, May 14:
++The Roches @ Lupo's (cabaret seating) $12.50/$14.00
Wednesday, May 18:
--Pink Floyd @ Foxboro Stadium
Thursday, May 19:
--Pink Floyd @ Foxboro Stadium
Friday, May 20:
--Pink Floyd @ Foxboro Stadium
September 17:
--MassCann's "Big Pot Rally" @ Boston Common
CLUB INFO/PHONE NUMBERS: (area code=617 unless otherwise noted)
MiddleEast: 354-8238 in Central Sq Cambridge (charge tix at 492-5162 no fee)
(The New) Paradise: 351-2582 (recording) 351-2526 (actual person)
T.T.'s: 492-BEAR 10 Brookline St Central Square Cambridge
Avalon: 262-2424 on Landsdown St Boston
Rat: 536-2750 in Kenmore Sq Boston
Tam: 277-0982 1648 Beacon St Brookline
Avenue C: 423-3832 downtown Boston
Manray: 864-0400 in Central Sq Cambridge
Local 186: 787-9722 at 186 Harvard Ave Allston
Bunratty's is now Local 186
Axis: 262-2437 on Landsdown St Boston
Bill's Bar: 421-9678 on Landsdown St Boston
The Causeway: 499-7996 Boston
65 Causeway St at North Station across from the Boston Garden
Enterance is around the corner of "The Penalty Box" bar.
The Black Rose: 492-8630 Harvard Square Cambridge
Irish Embassy Pub: 742-6618, 234 Friend St at Boston Garden
Green Street Grill: 280 Green St, Central Sq Cambridge
Club Bohemia: 482-4920 425 Washington St Somerville
Johnny D's 776-9667 17 Holland St Davis Sq Somerville
Club 3: 623-6957 608 Somerville Ave Somerville
Lupo's and Club Babyhead, Providence RI (401)421-1698
The Living Room has reopened, # is (401)521-5200
Ralph's in Worcester is listed under the name Chadwick Diner
The Wallace Civic Center is in Fitchburg MA
Last Call Saloon: 15 Elbow St, Providence RI (401)421-7170
India Point Park: Take 95 south to 195 east, Gano St exit, take a
left at the end of the exit ramp and the park is right
there, but you'll probably have to take a right at
the end of the ramp to find someplace to park.
Mathews Arena is part of Northeastern University in Boston
Sugarloaf: 207-237-2000
The Strand: I don't know. Somebody send me info!
The Bean Pot: 150 Canal St, across from Boston Garden, tix at Strawberries
Worchester Memorial Auditorium: 508-798-8888
Nostalgia: 797 Wollaston Beach Blvd, Quincy MA 479-8989
The Plough and Stars: 912 Mass Ave Cambridge (Central Square) 492-9653
Sanders Theatre: info (617)496-2222
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