Roadtrips

edited by Matt Ashare

The summer shed season is now officially in full swing, but there's still plenty of club action to be had. Philly R&B revivalists the Delta 72, who do for soul what the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have done to the blues, hit the Met Café (401-861-2142) in Providence on June 4 with openers the Quadrajets, Jet Pack, and 22 Sunsets. The following night, June 6, they're joined by Chrome Cranks, Quadrajets, and Daviess County Panthers at the Middle East (617-864-EAST) in Cambridge. NYC's Skeleton Key, who come from Spencer's neck of the Lower East Side woods, do their art-damaged metal thing on June 5 at the Middle East with Tugboat Annie and Charlene, and on June 6 at the Met Café. And the cool and moody New Orleans outfit Royal Fingerbowl hit the Iron Horse (413-584-0610) in Northampton on June 6 and the Kirkland Café (617-491-9640) in Somerville on June 7.

The promising indie-rock double bill of Ida and a mostly unplugged Retsin team up on a tour that brings them to the Met Café on June 10 with Bermuda and Rebuilt Hangar Theory, and to the Middle East on June 11 with Spatula and Weeping in Fits and Starts. Or, for something louder, faster, and harder than just about anything else on the road this week, there's W.A.S.P. and Motörhead with the Impotent Sea Snakes on June 10 at Axis (617-262-2437) in Boston and on June 11 at the Strand (401-272-0444) in Providence.

As for Great Woods, it's got the Indigo Girls with Ulaili and one of our favorite young singer-songwriters, Danielle Howle, on June 6; River Rave on June 7 and 8; the Moody Blues with a festival orchestra on June 11; and, sorry, but the Dave Matthews Band with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on June 12 and 13 is already sold out. Call (617) 423-NEXT for tickets to the other shows.