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Boston Emissions presents MONDO Thursdays at the Plough and Stars! Be part of the first show this Thurs, Nov 18 featuring Cropduster Duo (Dave Unger & Chris Coughlin) / Jim Healey of Black Thai with Jess Collins of Mellow Bravo / Marc Gaffney of Gozu / Keith Bennett of Panzerbastard

Amazing amount of live music this week…

***Mon 11/15***

TT the Bear’s, Cambridge – Johnny Flynn, Marc Pinansky, Cloud

Great Scott, Allston – The Coathangers (Altanta), Skimask, Beat Awfuls

Church of Boston – The Super Pilots, The Rotaries, Moss Points North, LUCA and the AMBASSADORS

Toad, Cambridge – The White Owls, Gilded Splinter

Zuzu, Cambridge – Bell and the Bees, Birdlips, Invisible Hand

***Tue 11/16***

TT’s – Celebrating the release of Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise with Corin Ashley Band, The Dirty Truckers, Andrea Gillis Band, Hilken Mancini, Jenny Dee & Friends, Dave Aaronoff, Drew O’Doherty, Brendan Little, Chris Keene of Mean Creek, Jonathan Pape, Uke Springsteen.

Toad – Ryan Fitzsimmons, The Blue Ribbons

***Wed 11/17***

TT the Bear’s and Middle East Club present the Billy Ruane Birthday Bash(es)!

Middle East Upstairs – Billy Ruane Memorial Birthday Bash with Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Buffalo Tom, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents, Tanya Donnely and Skeggy Kendall – A Billy Slideshow with Michael Patrick Macdonald (speaking) and Billy stories/roast – Pat Mc Grath, Stephen Fredette, Peter Wolf, Reid Paley, Hilken Mancini and Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Willie Alexander, Joe Harvard, Jimmy Ryan and Sean Staples, Linda Viens and Catherine Coleman, Randy Black, Rockin Bob Cenci, Eric Martin, Drew O’Doherty – tickets on-sale here.

TT the Bear’s – Billy Ruane Memorial Birthday with Frank Morey, Banditas, Drug Rug, John Langford, Chris Mills, The Neighborhoods  – Slideshow/Speaking – The Raging Teens, Bell and the Bees, Fred the Donkey, Nina Violet, Emily Forsythe – tickets on-sale here.

Great Scott – Sexcrement, Hero Destroyed, Motherboar, Iron Thrones

O’Briens – Summer of Aden, Huddled Masses, Mount Peru, The Broken River Prophet

Lizard Lounge – Session Americana, Bow Thayer

***Thu 11/18***

Plough and Stars – Debut of MONDO THURSDAYS featuring Cropduster Duo (Dave Unger and Chris Coughlin) , Jim Healey of Black Thai/We’re All Gonna Die with Jess Collins of Mellow Bravo, Marc Gaffney of Gozu, Keith Bennett of PanzerBastard – 21+ $5

TT’s – BrownBoot, Preacher Roe (cd rel), Bean Pickers Union, Marc Pinansky, Tad & Kate of Sidewalk Driver

Rosebud – The Gilded Splinters

Great Scott – Jenny Owen Youngs, Paul Dempsey, Lauren Flaherty

PA’s Lounge – Fitted Shirt (NH), Moving Pictures (NH), The Sea Captains (NH), The Bella Birds (Lowell)

***Fri 11/19***

TT’s – Runner and the Thermodynamics, The Lights Out, The Organ Beats, Minor Stars (NC)

Church of Boston – Roman Traffic, Grass Is Green, The Luxury, The Year Million, Dreamtigers

O’Briens – Side Effects, Buried In Leather, Saints of Sorrow (PA), Zip-Tie Handcuffs

Precinct – Stueda Baker Brown, Shoney Lamar and the Equal Rights, Ellis Ashbrook, Jetset, Tim Mungenast and His Pre-Existing Conditions

***Sat 11/20***

Rosebud – Cocked and Loaded, Gozu, Cult 45, Cheap Leather

O’Brien’s – Cropduster, Tired Old Bones, Full Body Anchor, Red Quiet

Bangkok Paradise (Salem, MA) – The Spoilers, Tenefly Vipers (Cd release), Buried in Leather, Ready Steady Torpedo

Toad – Tim Gearan , Maggie Beiser, Steve Mayone, The Four Legged Faithful