5/11 Angela Sawyer, Crush Freaks, and some mystery band @ Yes.Oui.Si 7pm All Ages Donate.
5/11 Hive Mind, Raven Strain, Liable for Abuse, Xiphoid Dementia and Combat Studies @ STARLAB
5/11 Dom, Needy Visions @ brighton music hall
5/11 KOMMA WITH DJs MAX PEARL AND BALTIMORODER @ Naga
5/11 Friendo, Somethng Sneaky, and Whale Oil(ME) @ All Asia 18+ until 9:30pm then 21+ and it’s some undetermined cost
5/11 Leagues (record release), Thunderhole, Bunny’s A Swine, and Lilla Halpern @ o’Briens 9pm 21+ $8
5/11 Arrington & Thello, Fat History Month, Bellows (RI) and Each Other (Montreal) @ Sealbeard’s
5/11 Bassic presents: J:Kenzo (Tempa label) @ Goodlife
5/11-5/12 THE GOLDEN COACH Directed by Jean Renoir @ the Paramount Theater(downtown)
5/11-5/13 Toy Piano Mini Fest, featuring performances of John Cage’s Music for Amplified Toy Piano and works by local composers Lou Bunk, Keith Kirchoff, Jacob Mashak, Matthew McConnell, Steve Norton, Matt Samolis, Charles Turner, & Jane Wang @ Mobius
5/11 All Things Horror presents…EXHUMED directed by Patrick Rea/NAILBITER directed by Richard Marr Griffin Double Feature @ Somerville Theater
5/11 FRANKENHOOKER directed by Frank Henenlotter @ the Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE
5/12 DA BURDZ residency FEATURING ~ MMELLO (ELECTRONIC SET) & BALTIMORODER (DJ)
5/12 The Feelies @ the Paradise
5/12 Torch Runner, Bacchus(Ireland), Soft Dov(NJ), and No, Sir, I Wont @ Wacky Kastle 8pm All Ages bring $6 for the band from Ireland.
5/12 Bats In the Belfry 20th anniversary: 88.1FM WMBR presents: Nisi Period, Dreamchild, Songs of Opium Den, and Cober(OR) @ Magic Room 8pm 21+ $12.
5/12 LadyBust, Firebad, Megalife, and The band Who Cannot Be Named @ Rock Mansion in Roxbury email ccc for deets.
5/12Mark Sultan(Monreal), Girlfriends, Banditas, New Highway Hymnal, and the BF’s @ PAs Lounge 8pm 21+ $10.
5/12 Hot Tub Panorama(Baltimore), Saralee, Krill, and Due Dilligence(NYC) @ Butcher Shoppe 9pm All Ages Donate.
5/12 Big Mess, Onslo, Chandeliers, and Kal Marks @ O’Briens 8pm 21+ $7
5/12 Psycho, FUKK and Insult The Enemy Within @ Middle east Upstairs
5/12 MV/EE, MMOSS, HERBCRAFT, CHRIS NORTH @ Whitehaus
5/12 Strange Mass featuring: Egg, Eggs(one band), Dinnersss, Colon, and Mountainshark @ Gay Gardens
5/12 Listen to Lowell: A field recording / sound art workshop led by Rick Breault @ 119 Gallery(Lowell)
5/12 Dirty Fences, Pajama People, The Yellow Dogs, Adult Dude, AVP @ Great Scott
5/12 Emeen Z (of Spirit Kid), Clouder (NYC), The IOA, Iron Fist, El Poser, Olden Yolk? @ Ding-A-Ling(jp)
5/12 FRANKENHOOKER directed by Frank Henenlotter @ the Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE
5/12 OCTOBER directed by Sergei Eisenstein @ harvard Film Archive(Live Musical Accompaniment by Yakov Gubanov)
5/13 Ampere’s 10th anniversary show @ Flywheel(Easthampton)
5/13 Mark Lanegan Band @ Paradise
5/13 Tragedy(PDX), Bloodkrow Butcher, and Green Beret(NY/Boston) @ Democracy Center
5/13 SPINDDRIFT(mems BJM/Warlocks), STRANGERS FAMILY BAND, and GHOST BOX ORCHESTRA @ Church
5/13 PSYCHO directed by Alfred Hitchcock @ the Brattle Theater
5/13 SERIAL MOM directed by John Waters @ the Brattle Theater