Deep Cuts: Dropdead, Junius, Planning for Burial

Somergloom will stage four days of underground heavy-music performances from Thursday, August 6, through Sunday, August 9, with sets divided between Deep Cuts in Medford and the Crystal Ballroom in Somerville. The 2026 lineup includes Providence hardcore band Dropdead, Boston post-metal act Junius and Planning for Burial, the one-man project led by Thom Wasluck, according to the festival’s schedule. Deep Cuts, one of the two venues, lists its address as 21 Main St. in Medford and describes itself as a 240-capacity music venue, brewery and eatery. ### Which nights are tied to Deep Cuts, and which acts are playing there? Thursday, August 6, is booked at Deep Cuts with The Outlourdes, Magnatar, Through a Glass, Darkly and Swamphead, according to Somergloom’s published schedule. Sunday, August 9, returns the festival to Deep Cuts for Eight Foot Manchild, GUHTS, Hemlock and Spirit Hotel. Deep Cuts lists regular Thursday hours and identifies the Medford room as part restaurant and part live-music space, with food served until 9 p.m. on its website. (somergloom.com) The venue’s homepage gives the full street address and phone number for ticket holders looking for logistics before the shows. ### Where do Dropdead, Junius and Planning for Burial fit into the festival? Friday, August 7, places Dropdead at the Crystal Ballroom rather than Deep Cuts, with Miracle Blood, Severed Boy, K.O. (track-blaster.com) Queen and Unhinged also on that bill, according to the festival lineup posted by Somergloom and repeated in outside listings. Saturday, August 8, shifts to Junius and Planning for Burial at the Crystal Ballroom alongside Hiroe, Ballast and Gloomlurker. (deepcuts.rocks) The Arts Fuse, in an interview published August 1, described Planning for Burial as the project of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-based musician Thom Wasluck and identified Dropdead and Junius among the 2026 festival highlights. That report also said the event would run from August 6 through August 9 across Deep Cuts and the Crystal Ballroom. (somergloom.com) ### Is this a single Deep Cuts booking or part of a larger festival? Somergloom describes itself as a New England underground heavy-music festival and lists 18 acts on its 2026 homepage, including Dropdead, Junius, Planning for Burial, Miracle Blood and The Outlourdes. The same site says the festival also includes visuals by The Dregs Liquid Light Show. The Obelisk, which published the lineup on July 13, said Somergloom is a collaboration between founder and artistic director Stephen LoVerme and executive producer JJ Gonson of ONCE Somerville. (artsfuse.org) The article set out the same day-by-day schedule for August 6 through August 9. ### What is Deep Cuts, exactly? Deep Cuts says it is a 240-capacity venue in Medford Square that combines live music, a brewery and an eatery. (somergloom.com) Boston magazine separately named Deep Cuts its 2026 Best of Boston winner for small music venue, describing it as a Medford destination for performances. The venue’s website says the taproom opens at noon and provides event and contact information for visitors. (theobelisk.net) That matters this weekend because Somergloom’s Deep Cuts dates fall on Thursday and Sunday, while the festival’s Friday and Saturday bills move to the Crystal Ballroom. ### Where can people find tickets and the current schedule? Somergloom has separate schedule and ticket pages live on its website ahead of the August 6 opening night. (deepcuts.rocks) Deep Cuts also maintains an events page and venue information page for Medford shows. Boston magazine’s events guide pointed readers to weekend listings for details and tickets, but the festival’s own pages provide the clearest current breakdown by date, venue and lineup. (deepcuts.rocks) The next scheduled step is Thursday, August 6, when Somergloom opens at Deep Cuts before moving to the Crystal Ballroom on August 7 and August 8 and back to Deep Cuts on August 9. (bostonmagazine.com) (somergloom.com)