New Jersey trio Screaming Females began turning DIY scene heads with its classic rock-informed punk assault nearly a decade ago, ultimately entering the indie spotlight with 2012’s Ugly. Rose Mountain, the group’s sixth album, out now on longtime home Don Giovanni Records, tones down the raw power in favor of a more streamlined sensibility. The result is no less thrilling; singer and guitarist Marissa Paternoster’s chunky, incendiary leads and unmistakeable vibrato continue to sit daringly front and center. Providence politi-punks Downtown Boys open Wednesday’s show, along with locals Shade and T. Hardy Morris, the latter of whom is prepping a second solo record, tentatively set for a late spring release.
9 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18–20). caledonialounge.com
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