Jan 27 (Tue) - The Tubs, Hotline TNT, Horse Jumper of Love, Wishy, Canaries - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Jan 27 (Tue) - Stalker (1979) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 27 (Tue) - Mary Poppers / Routine Happiness / Angelina Cara / Newcastle Anchorman - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 27 (Tue) - Wild Pink, Dead Gowns, Dummy Ache - The Press Room, Portsmouth NH + Jan 27 (Tue) - Open Mic with guest host Stephen Brodsky - Myrtle, East Providence RI + Jan 27 (Tue) - Tavo Carbone, Ayden Flanigan - Radio Bean, Burlington VT + Jan 27 (Tue) - Neuroscience of Metal with Evgeny Gromovoy - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Evgeny Gromovoy. How is music processed in the brain? Why does it evoke pleasure? Can it have therapeutic effects? Advances in neuroscience are beginning to unravel these intricate questions. In this talk, Evgeny will provide an overview of our current understanding—and highlight the mysteries that remain. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 27 (Tue) - National Chocolate Cake Day - Everywhere + Jan 28 (Wed) - GHOST - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT + Jan 28 (Wed) - CT Artists for Palestine: VVebs, Venus Kiss, Second Opinion, Radiodonta - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 28 (Wed) - Ghostface Killah - Oxbow Blending & Bottling, Portland ME + Jan 28 (Wed) - Empty Parking Lot / LQM / Robo Pumpkin / Brownie Points - Deep Cuts, Medford MA + Jan 28 (Wed) - Gene Loves Jezebel, Black Season Witch, Silver Rein, Gossip Collar - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 28 (Wed) - Saint Throwaway, Structure Sounds, Paint By Numbers, Something Sneaky - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 28 (Wed) - Wild Pink, Dead Gowns, Otis Shanty - Warehouse XI, Somerville MA + Jan 28 (Wed) - Karaoke with DJ Matt R - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 28 (Wed) - BAD BAD HATS, Smut - The Drake, Amherst MA + Jan 28 (Wed) - Bryan Hinkley, Tony Espy, Jim Healey - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) (Corner/Bakery) + Jan 28 (Wed) - Stephen Brodsky, Adam McGrath, Evan Kenney - Lou's Underground, Cambridge MA + Jan 28 (Wed) - All About Harsh Vocals – History, Application, and Technique with Paul Buckley – LIVE In-Person and Online! - This class will take place both in-person on MIT’s Campus in room 35-225 and will be livestreamed (if possible) and recorded for later viewing. To join in person, please head to Building 35 on MIT’s campus, and room 225 will be on the second floor. Please register here: https://forms.gle/4BHMDX7YFCGGGrEU9
MAP: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AvrVmqMBTk8qe67a7 Parking is limited. **Please note: you must arrive before 7pm to be able to access the classroom.**
MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Paul Buckley. This talk will discuss the history of harsh vocals, how they are applied in everyday life, and how rock and metal singers use them to do what they do. - MIT’s Campus in room 35-225 and Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 28 (Wed) - Megan From Work, Sorry Safari, Fun City Fan Club - The Press Room, Portsmouth NH + Jan 28 (Wed) - GREGG SHERROD’S BLUES JAM - The Parlour Providence RI + Jan 28 (Wed) - National Kazoo Day - Everywhere + Jan 29 (Thu) - Wild Pink / Dead Gowns / The Tines - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 29 (Thu) - Roddy Bottum (book tour), PJ Kennedy - Ferguson Library, Stamford CT + Jan 29 (Thu) - Cloud Cartoon + Eranness + Robert Samantha - Blue, Portland ME + Jan 29 (Thu) - Bad Bad Hats, Smut - Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA + Jan 29 (Thu) - A Clockwork Orange - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 29 (Thu) - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (After the screening, join us for a discussion with Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf!) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 29 (Thu) - NIGHT MOVES, Johnny Delaware - The Drake, Amherst MA + Jan 29 (Thu) - Kerosene / Violent Brides / Cut The Kids In Half / Woodland RD - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 29 (Thu) - Marianthi Olympia, Raccoon Road, The Anika Sky Orbit - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 29 (Thu) - Miss Fairchild - Vincent's, Worcester MA + Jan 29 (Thu) - Good Judgement (album release!) + Oddball Song Creation + Georgia Turman - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 29 (Thu) - Sioo / Space Cowboy Newt / Alexa Picillo - Myrtle, East Providence RI + Jan 29 (Thu) - Corsica / Providence But On Fire / Odd Luck / Singe / The Park Hill Romance - The Parlour Providence RI + Jan 29 (Thu) - Handsome Dick Manitoba, Club 9 Ball, Brad Marino Band - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 29 (Thu) - Ghostface Killah, DirtyDurdie, Mister Burns & Friends - Higher Ground Ballroom (South Burlington, VT) Jan 29 (Thu) - Febuary, Pabgaf - Radio Bean, Burlington VT + Jan 29 (Thu) - National Carnation Day - Everywhere + Jan 30 (Fri) - Margot Miller, KJ Whitton, Jodonut, Pigeon Vulture - The Meetinghouse, Ridgefield CT + Jan 30 (Fri) - Dirt Pile, SinGe, Max Hysteria - BPS Studios, Middletown CT + Jan 30 (Fri) - Film & Gender, Symposia, AFK, Spray Bottle Fever - Hush House, Thompson CT + Jan 30 (Fri) - Febuary, Soap Box Derby, Cellardoor, A Home Beneath - Geno's (Portland, ME) Jan 30 (Fri) - Bastian Void, Feldspar00000, Alice Hixon Kirk, zbs.fm - Brushworks Arts & Industry 253 | Florence, MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Dogheaven, Nightfall, Propolis, Ow! Ouch! Owwie! - The Felt Fanatic (Salem, MA) + Jan 30 (Fri) - Scotty Austin, Late 9, Pulsifier, Rahway, Memphis Rundown - The Vault Music Hall & Pub at Greasy Luck, New Bedford MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Bishop Toussaint // Never Gonna Make It // Wayside Sound // In-Motion - The Jungle Community Music Club, Somerville MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Suspiria (1977) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - SPELLBOUND, GRETCHEN & THE BANSHEES - Manray Nightclub, Cambridge MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Poor Impulse Control(Record Release)/Klaxon/Badterms/Grem/DJ Tom Butts - Neptunes (Cape Cod), Hyannis MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Ephemeral, Burning Lord, Grael, Incarnate, Can't Lose - Allston Abbey, Allston MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Cheem, The Missing Peace, Slow Degrade - The Drake, Amherst MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Ghosts of Jupiter (Ft. Nate Wilson of Moe.), The Rupert Selection - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 30 (Fri) - DUUNES, Fo Daniels, Today Junior - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 30 (Fri) - Kingwale, Smil3zz - Sonia (Cambridge, MA) Jan 30 (Fri) - The Greying, Raidecorp, Neverless.am, Crablord - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 30 (Fri) - Infinite Alien, Disqualifier, Shortwave, Queer Bait - The Palladium (Worcester, MA) Upstairs + Jan 30 (Fri) - TEEN DRIVER | THE MALADAPTIVE | TRUE JACKIE | DON’T TELL IRIS - Marigold Theatre, Easthampton MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Ashy Finn, Yung Mallet, Smog Moss, The Juice Is Okay, Big Experience - Fat Freddy's, Boston MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Muzzle, Summers In Autumn, Jersey Slide, Ronald Raygun - ask a punk, Brighton MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Tripwire, *Two Thousands*, Sorry Safari, Bare Cove - Moon Base One, Salem MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Fire, Escape! / Nicoteens / Snowplow / My November - Panopticon, Allston MA + Jan 30 (Fri) - Black Season Witch, Gene Loves Jezebel, Gossip Collar, Silver Rein - Jewel (Manchester , NH) Jan 30 (Fri) - Ritual Arcana (new Wino band), Scuzzy Yeti, Sundrifter, The Outlourdes - Jewel (Manchester , NH) Jan 30 (Fri) - Anthms, Have Fun, Dan Flashes, Longshott - The Industrial, Pawtucket RI + Jan 30 (Fri) - Breachway + Charlie Uffelman + Hey Rel + John Dorney - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 30 (Fri) - UGLY MOON (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW) / Exploding Zones / Hope Anchor - Myrtle, East Providence RI + Jan 30 (Fri) - THE DREADNOUGHTS/CONSUELO’S REVENGE - The Parlour Providence RI + Jan 30 (Fri) - Pull The Curtain, Lolitslea, Ringpop!, Cherry Headache, Faded2Gray - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 30 (Fri) - Nathan Thao Band, trash tapes, poison joys, bromo dragonfly - News Cafe, Pawtucket RI + Jan 30 (Fri) - National Draw A Dinosaur Day - Everywhere + Jan 31 (Sat) - Myles Bullen, Chris Conde - Witch Bitch Black Box, New Haven CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Xur, Trash Tapes, Jesus Teeth - Cherry St. Station (Wallingford, CT) Jan 31 (Sat) - SYMPOSIA, SCRT AGNT, LOVETAP - Best Video Film & Cultural Center, Hamden CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Bird & Augur, Polly Bessette, Field Of Embers - Old Cabinet Records, Stafford Springs, CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Black Season Witch/Midnight Psychic/Silver Rein/Gene Loves Jezebel - Webster Underground, Hartford CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Pool Kids, oldsoul, Cinema Stare - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Broken Throne, Archangel, Illicify, Overloded - The Dog Pound x Hush Hound, CT ask a punk + Jan 31 (Sat) - Toxic Paralysis, Elizabory, Indigo Folly, Set In Stone, Sinicyst - ask a punk, Bristol CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - The Haydukes, Not Yet, Sundari Birdsall. - The Cellar on Treadwell, Hamden, CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Scotty Austin, Late 9, Pulsifier, Rahway, Memphis Rundown - Bleachers Bar, Bristol CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Connecticut Gorefest: Anal Birth, Squashed Beef, Gastric Fasciitis, Horse Funeral, Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop, Interbrutal Crease, Blind Firing Squad - 10 Selden, Woodbridge, CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - THE ORIGINAL SATURDAY COLLEGE DANCE PARTY - Toad's Place (New Haven, CT) Jan 31 (Sat) - The Dreadnoughts - Scottish Dave's Pub, Clinton CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - The Tarrys, Burning Hand, Utility, Crucial Point, 100 Hour War, Subordinate - The Harambee Center for Youth, Danbury CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Tauk, MJT - Portland House of Music and Events, Portland ME + Jan 31 (Sat) - Grace Bedwell, E. Jason Gibbs, id m theft able - SPACE (Portland, ME) + Jan 31 (Sat) - Dimeturner + Pond 1000 + Cooney Thatcher and The Hus-Band - Blue, Portland ME + Jan 31 (Sat) - Broadwing//Lolitslea //Faded 2 Gray - The Old Town Theatre, Old Town, ME + Jan 31 (Sat) - SOMETHING IN THE WAY FEST 2026: Explosions in the Sky, The Hotelier, Tigers Jaw, Momma, Angel Du$t, Febuary, Gollylagging, Graham Hunt, Guv, Her New Knife, How Much Art, Teen Suicide - Roadrunner, Boston MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Corsica, Fracture Type, Hexrot, Pillars of the Community - Prescott Tavern, Hampshire College, Amherst MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - The Whole Loaf, Roaches - Thirsty First, Lowell MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Diaspora, Horrendous Downplay, Tongue Love - The Fifth Column, Allston MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Lesser Birds, Big Farmer, Dwelley - Cantab Lounge (Cambridge, MA) Jan 31 (Sat) - LMC Records Presents: A Donation Drive for Food Not Bombs Boston - Deathless Forever, Chainlacing, Cripping Alcoholism, Tears From A Grieving Heart - First Church in Cambridge, Cambridge MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Far Beyond Driven - The Ultimate Pantera Tribute // Death Rattle - The Vault Music Hall & Pub at Greasy Luck, New Bedford MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Plymouth Punk Rock Market - Mayflower Brewing Company, Plymouth MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Repo Man (1984) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Snowbeasts / Spirit Hotel / Neponset Monastery - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 31 (Sat) - Cheem / The Missing Peace / Slow Degrade - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 31 (Sat) - Film & Gender, AFK, Sgrafitto Kill - Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - West of Vine | Saltclouds | Toadpatrol | Stella Moss - Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain, MA) Jan 31 (Sat) - Crimps | Whyte Lipstick | Freak Phone | Andy California - Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain, MA) Jan 31 (Sat) - Toy Monsoon, Watson Park, Subpunch, Trucker Atlas - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 31 (Sat) - Congress, Benny G - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Downstairs + Jan 31 (Sat) - Condition Baker, Bassal, The Sleds, Whenzdaze, Dead Wait - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 31 (Sat) - Left to Suffer, Your Spirit Dies, Fr3ak, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Shapethrower, Tarcil - The Palladium (Worcester, MA) Upstairs + Jan 31 (Sat) - Main Era, Blood Sports, Ribbon - The Tourist Trap, Allston MA (ask a punk) + Jan 31 (Sat) - Amateur Club, People's Princess, Virgo's Moon - The Haze, Northampton MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Cheer, Awnthay, Tripwire, Muzzle - The Firehouse, Worcester MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Stella Starfox, Intrinsic.Trio, Bury Sweet Embers - Moon Base One, Salem MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Gloons, Fragile Rabbit, Cacica, Sunless - Hutghi’s at the Nook, Westfield, MA + Jan 31 (Sat) - Candy Striper Death Orgy, PSYCHO, Konseptikor, whatever band sells 75 tickets - Kettlehead on Main-97 Main St Nashua,NH + Jan 31 (Sat) - Polka Party! - WUNH Studios (Durham, NH) Jan 31 (Sat) - Echoes, Antenna - The Loading Dock, Littleton NH + Jan 31 (Sat) - Knock Over City // The Freqs // Cold Signal Fires - Auspicious Brew, Dover NH + Jan 31 (Sat) - Jetty, John Fox, Beyond Gravity - Getties @Fete Music, Olneyville RI + Jan 31 (Sat) - Dogheaven, Nightfall, Hallowed Blood, Palmslow - AS220 (Providence, RI) Black Box Stage + Jan 31 (Sat) - Gertrude Atherton, Smut Club, Signs & Symptoms - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 31 (Sat) - THERE (Album Release) / Mirror Men / Dept of Teleportation - Myrtle, East Providence RI + Jan 31 (Sat) - Kyodie / Cosmic Factory - Myrtle, East Providence RI + Jan 31 (Sat) - RAIDE / Burn Channel / Chain Pulling Man / Tomorrow Untold / Shotput - The Parlour Providence RI + Jan 31 (Sat) - Death Before Dishonor, Shattered Realm, Bayway, Street Power, Breakout From Oppression - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 31 (Sat) - Moonsault, Tj and The Campers, Follow Thru, Low Ghosts - News Cafe, Pawtucket RI + Jan 31 (Sat) - Don Nothing, D.U.M.E., Amobriax, LUNÁTICA - ▲ L T E R, Providence RI + Jan 31 (Sat) - Scotch Tape Day - Everywhere + Feb 1 (Sun) - MEET ME @ THE ALTAR, Pollyanna - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Feb 1 (Sun) - Discontent, Kidnapped, Grael, Ephemeral, Incarnate - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Feb 1 (Sun) - Explosions In The Sky, Biz Turkey - State Theatre, Portland ME + Feb 1 (Sun) - SOMETHING IN THE WAY FEST 2026: Sunny Day Real Estate, Citizen, First Day Back, Glitterer, Glixen, Horse Jumper of Love, No Warning, Park National, Pelican, Pool Kids, Sheer Mag, WICCA PHASE SPRINGS ETERNAL - Roadrunner, Boston MA + Feb 1 (Sun) - Ursa, Hyacinth, WhenTheTimeComes, Colette - Cambridge Community Center, Cambridge MA + Feb 1 (Sun) - Kit Orion / Wisterio / Little Miss Echo - The Rockwell, Somerville Massachusetts + Feb 1 (Sun) - Symposia / Andro Queen / Divine Angel Awakening / Aidy - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Feb 1 (Sun) - MATT HAIMOVITZ, CHRISTOPHER O'RILEY - The Drake, Amherst MA + Feb 1 (Sun) - Raidecorp, Tyre, Wallflower, Exosphere, Demiurge - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Feb 1 (Sun) - Ye Vagabonds, Bridget Nault - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Downstairs + Feb 1 (Sun) - Negativburn w/ Matthew Flynn, Bibbe Hansen (mother of Beck), Niki Luparelli, Caroline Moore, VI - Hunchback Gallery, Worcester MA + Feb 1 (Sun) - Spin, Wain, Lamplighter, Almost Hours, Two Wrong Turns - Hutghi’s at the Nook, Westfield, MA + Feb 1 (Sun) - Peter Gendron and Loose Tracks / Dan Lilley and the Keepers - Myrtle, East Providence RI + Feb 1 (Sun) - Margeaux Lynn / Space Cowboy Newt / Polly Bessette - Myrtle, East Providence RI + Feb 1 (Sun) - Split in Half, Cooked, Void Bringer, Airport Park, Crisis Actor - St. Anthony's Church, Burlington VT + Feb 1 (Sun) - Spunky Old Broads Day - Everywhere + Feb 2 (Mon) - Slap Shot (1977) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Feb 2 (Mon) - Weatherless, Rain House, Literally/Nobody, School - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Feb 2 (Mon) - Discontent / Can’t Lose / Unhinged / Bullzeye - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Feb 2 (Mon) - Seahaven, Flycatcher, Spin - The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) Feb 2 (Mon) - Return To The Pit! - WUNH Studios (Durham, NH) Feb 2 (Mon) - Explosions in the Sky, Dutch Experts - Higher Ground Ballroom (South Burlington, VT) Feb 2 (Mon) - Mosh Pits to Mise en Place with Elvia and Alex García - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturers, Alex and Elvia García. This lecture will explore the overlap between metal scenes and kitchens, mapping where metal’s values – authenticity, extreme passions, and DIY mentalities – match with restaurant life and building a community. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 2 (Mon) - National Tater Tot Day - Everywhere + Feb 3 (Tue) - SPRINTS, My Transparent Eye - The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) Feb 4 (Wed) - History of Heavy Metal: Part II - A seminar examining the history of Heavy Metal from the early 1980s to the present. Topics include Power Metal, Thrash Metal and the Big 4. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 4 (Wed) - Karaoke with DJ Matt R - Everywhere + Feb 5 (Thu) - The Physics of Metal Guitar with Will Lunden - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Will Lunden. Will’s session will focus on the physics at the heart of the electric guitar in metal, and how the fundamental properties of waves and electronics lead to its characteristic sounds. Topics covered will include electric guitar pickup design and placement, natural and artificial harmonics, multiscale/”fanned fret” guitars, true temperament guitars, the boons and banes of nonlinearity, and why distortion is so integral to the “heavy metal sound.” There will be also be some shred-tastic demonstrations along the way. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 6 (Fri) - Thru Traffic, Horrendous Downplay, Hümna Human, Frogs - Rabie's, Boston MA + Feb 9 (Mon) - History of Heavy Metal: Part III - This will be a seminar examining even more genres of Heavy Metal. Topics will include more about the (then) New Wave of American Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, and Progressive Metal. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 11 (Wed) - Billy F Gibbons and the BFG Band - Plymouth Memorial Hall, Plymouth MA + Feb 12 (Thu) - The Birth of Metal: Blue Cheer Prove that Metal is More than Music with Bob Mayo - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Bob Mayo. In this presentation, Boston-area metal musician Bob Mayo will attempt to establish conclusively that California’s Blue Cheer was the first heavy metal band, and their debut album “Vincebus Eruptum” is the first heavy metal album. Mayo will use choice examples of the band’s music, but also key interview excerpts from contemporary published interviews as well as TV appearances. The debate ends here! - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 17 (Tue) - The Runarounds, Aestrea, Hey I'm Outside - Citizens House of Blues Boston, Boston, MA + Feb 19 (Thu) - Abel Blood, Stoned Shadow, Mercury Burns First, Project H - The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant, Manchester NH + Feb 19 (Thu) - History of Heavy Metal: Part IV - This will be a seminar examining even more genres of Heavy Metal. Topics will include more about Metal Fusion, Experimental and Avant-Garde Metal, and whatever else we missed so far. As always, it’s going to get weird. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Mar 6 (Fri) - Drive-By Bukkake (DBB), Karate Steve, Gearteeth - THCC (The Heavy Culture Cooperative) - Easthampton, MA (at 1 Northampton Street) + Jun 28 (Wed) - SANCTUS IUDA (POLAND), DROPDEAD, THE MASSACRED, KNELT - The Cantab Underground, Cambridge MA + CANCELLED Jan 18 (Wed) - Testing something - Your face +