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Public recordCompiled from 10 credited sources · Updated Sep 27, 2026

Actor|Observer

Hardcore band from Boston, MA · formed 2009

Actor|Observer photo
Photo from the public record
Shows on record
10
Rooms played
7
Cities
5
Releases
13

About

Actor|Observer is a band from Boston, MA, formed in 2009, tagged alternative, boston, hardcore by its sources. Shows on record run from 2011 to 2024, across 7 rooms in 5 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

10 on record · Songkick
No upcoming shows on record.Know of one? Tell us

Shows per year

  1. 20113 shows
  2. 20122 shows
  3. 20141 show
  4. 20151 show
  5. 20171 show
  6. 20191 show
  7. 20241 show
Show history
DateVenue
May 21, 2024Crystal Ballroom, Somerville Theatre · SomervilleSupportwith Belmont, Can't Swim
Feb 2, 2019O'Brien's Pub · AllstonHeadlinerwith Girih, valleyheart
May 23, 2017Middle East - Downstairs · CambridgeSupportwith '68, Listener, Homeless Gospel Choir, +1
Nov 29, 2015Upstairs at the Palladium · WorcesterSupportwith Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds, Strawberry Girls, +2
May 14, 2014Middle East - Downstairs · CambridgeSupportwith Robert Hood, Once Legends, Jackmaster @ Together Centra, +2
Sep 7, 2012O'Brien's Pub · AllstonHeadlinerwith The Venetia Fair, The Midgetmen, Emma Ate the Lion, +2
Jan 17, 2012Great Scott · AllstonHeadlinerwith Born Without Bones, American Verse, Settler, +3
Nov 12, 2011Palladium · WorcesterSupportwith Vanna, Chariot, Oceano, +15
Sep 7, 2011O'Brien's Pub · AllstonHeadlinerwith Observer, Ghost Thrower, American Verse, +1
Feb 12, 2011Anchors Up · HaverhillSupportwith With Life In Mind, Where The Ocean Meets The Sky, The Longshot, +3

Where they play

7 rooms in 5 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Allston4 shows
  • Cambridge2 shows
  • Worcester2 shows
  • Haverhill1 show
  • Somerville1 show

Releases

13 releases, 2011–2026
  • An Exercise In Futility / An Old Song Of Favor And Fear

    2026

  • Found Wanting

    2025 · Single

  • Arm’s Reach

    2022 · Single

  • Fool’s Gold

    2022 · Single

  • Man, Enough

    2022 · Single

  • Songs For The Newly Reclusive

    2022

  • Cargo Cult

    2020

  • Pareidolia

    2018

  • No Sleep Records Bummer Summer Compilation 2018

    2018

  • One Another

    2017

  • The Longer Now

    2015

  • Circular Mill

    2013

  • The Carbon Date EP

    2011

Lineup

No current lineup on record.

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

Actor|Observer — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Actor|Observer — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Actor|Observer — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Actor|Observer — Crystal Ballroom, Somerville Theatre, 2024-05-21
Poster · Crystal Ballroom, Somerville Theatre, 2024-05-21 — Songkick
Actor|Observer — O'Brien's Pub, 2019-02-02
Poster · O'Brien's Pub, 2019-02-02 — Songkick
Actor|Observer — Middle East - Downstairs, 2017-05-23
Poster · Middle East - Downstairs, 2017-05-23 — Songkick
What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
Actor Observer on Last.fmArtist facts
MusicBrainzArtist facts
An Exercise In Futility / An Old Song Of Favor And Fear on BandcampArtist facts
Actor|Observer on Last.fmArtist facts
Actor|Observer on DiscogsArtist facts
SongkickShow history, Show posters
BandcampPhotos
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
GeniusCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.