This evening in Boston is uncharacteristically quiet – perhaps the city is saving its energy for the next two weeks of Halloween themed musical madness. But if you’re looking for some quality head-banging to get over those hump day blues, the trusty kids at Freak Flag have you covered.

Local power trio Bugs & Rats descend on the modest Zuzu in Central Square TONIGHT with a raw punk energy that will pulverize your mind and body into a pitiful pulp of strained nerves and bodily fluids. Their driving, screeching, biting odes to life’s misery obliterates all pretensions and preoccupations like a stampeding juggernaut. Joining them are the relatively new Lair, from whom you can expect similarly destructive, irresistible hard rock tendencies. So shut up and get bent.

10pm // 21+ // $5