Boston Emissions: December 4, 2019

New music from Powerslut, Wax On, Caspian, Letters to Cleo, Roll Over White, Bunch of Jerks, plus Weakened Friends, RIBS + Songs of the Week, Local Listings | BostonEmissions.com


New music and holiday cheer….

Songs of the Week

1] War On Alexandria – Sleep Deprived

2] Blindspot – Upside down

3] Somerset – Phoenix

4] Exit 18 – Brace for Impact

5] Heather Rose In Clover –  Satellites
Fri 12/20 for Spectacular Gift Drive for DCF Wonderfund at Sally O’Brien’s Somerville 
with The Goddamn Glenn and Gene Dante Holiday Special, Erica Mantone! https://bostonemissions.com/spectaculargiftdrive2019/

 

Playlist

Powerslut – Everything’s Closed on Christmas (Except My Legs)

Roll Over White –  Dance Honey Dance

Bunch of Jerks – Pretty Low

Andrea Gillis – Champagne and Neon Light –
Thurs 12/5 Andrea Gillis Band, Spotted Tiger at the Burren Backroom, Somerville

Divvisions – Surrender

Wax On – Congratulations! (So How Is That Band At the Glitterbox?)

Weakened Friends – Hatemail
Thurs 12/5 Weakened Friends at Red Room Cafe 939, Boston

Junior Classics – Devotion
Sat 12/7 Airport, Mill Pond Falls, and Junior Classics at Sally O’Briens, Somerville

RIBS – Too Long
the band returned after a long hiatus

Caspian – Flowers of Light
New record, On Circles,  in January
They will be back at the Sinclair in early April


Letters to Cleo – Father Christmas, from their new OK Christmas EP

LOCAL LISTINGS  

Wed 12/4 Shaun Young’s Midweek Melody Meetup, Atwoods Tavern, Cambridge

Wed 12/4 ElizabethVonTeig, ConorRyanHennessy, RockyLudden, PeacefulSorrow at Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

Wed 12/4 Annie Brobst, Jake Swamp & The Pins, Susan Cattaneo at Loretta’s Last Call, Boston

Wed 12/4 Tom Appleman Band at Plough and Stars

 

Thurs 12/5 Corner Soul, blindspot, Fish House, Phil Cambra & TSC at Olympia’s Zorba Music Hall, Lowell

Thurs 12/5 Triheart, DUMP HIM and Toad & The Stooligans at O’Briens, Allston

Thurs 12/5 Sons Lunaris, Clamb, Shibui at The Jungle, Somerville

Thurs 12/5 Nominee Jubilee: Crowes Pasture, Lonely Leesa, Houston Bernard at Loretta’s Last Call, Boston

Thurs 12/5 Aaron Perrino Solo Show at the Plough and Stars, Cambridge

Thurs 12/5 Weakened Friends at Red Room Cafe 939, Boston

Thurs 12/5 Andrea Gillis Band w/ Special Guest Spotted Tiger at the Burren Backroom, Somerville

 

Fri 12/6 Mass Ave Music 10 years with Chris Cote, Bill Janovitz, Andrea Gillis, Jenny Dee, Hilken Mancini, Merrie Amsterberg at the Burren Backroom, Somerville

Fri 12/6 Rock the Block for HAWC featuring Magen Tracy, Chris O’Keefe, Katie Solomon (Acoustic), Little Foot, Radio Compass, Coffin Salesman, Gray Bouchard & the Dedications, The Devil’s Twins at Opus, Salem

Fri 12/6  Rock the Block for HAWC featuring Kate Eppers, Carrisa Angelo, Between Dreams (Acoustic), Fist City, The Downhauls, Stubborn Hearts, Sky Tigers and St. Ripper at Koto, Salem

Fri 12/6 Mountain Weekend, Hollow Turtle, Abigail Vail at Sally O’Briens, Somerville

Fri 12/6 The T, My Good Friend Tom, A Bunch of Jerks at Union Tavern, Somerville

Fri 12/6 Club d’Elf feat. Dana Colley at the Lizard Lounge, Cambridge

 

Sat 12/7 Modern Day Idols, Graveyard Of The Atlantic, Pyramid Thieves, Big John and the Mattress Factory at the Jungle, Somerville

Sat 12/7 Airport, Mill Pond Falls, and Junior Classics at Sally O’Briens, Somerville

Sat 12/7 Sapling, Lockette, Bad Larrys, Ex-Temper at Ralph’s Rock Diner, Worcester

Sat 12/7 Studio Two, Motel Black, The Knock Ups at Opus, Salem

Sat 12/7 Magen Tracy and the Missed Connections at  Toad, Cambridge

Sat 12/7 Sugar Blood Jinx , The Wandering Ones, Counterfeit Cash at the Square Root, Roslindale

 

Sun 12/8 DnA’s Evolution, The Bind, Rivers & Plains, Medical Maps at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain 3pm

Sun 12/8 Long Neck, Field Mouse, Squitch, Ceramic at O’Briens, Allston 

Sun 12/8 Anne Heaton CD Release at Club Passim, Cambridge

Sun 12/8 Sarah Infini Jazz Quartet at The Jungle, Somerville

Mon 12/9 Nato Coles & The Blue Diamond Band with The Dazies and Tyler & the Names at O’Briens, Allston

Mon 12/9 Gregg Perry & the Strange Berries, Stoned Ape Theory, Austin Bullock at the Jungle, Somerville

 

Tues 12/10 Andy Brink, Ciderdown, Hannah Jay, Wyatt Edmondson at Tavern at the End of the World, Somerville — Free

Tues 12/10 Pile, Lady Pills, Pet Fox at The Sinclair, Cambridge

Tues 12/10 Still I Freaking,  Chelsey Meyer & The Attic, Rogozo, Koogler at Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

Tues 12/10 Chris Pureka and Kris Delmhorst at City Winery, Boston

 

Wed 12/11 Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Hilken Mancini & Friends at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

Wed 12/11 Pixies at Big Night Live, Boston

Weds 12/11 Boston Music Awards at House of Blues, Boston

 

Thurs 12/12 Annual Boston Christmas Cavalcade for the Homeless featuring: The Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Jen D’Angora,  John Powhida, Rick Berlin, Boogaloo Swamis, Miriam (Amy Fairchild and Carla Ryder), Chris Mascara, Andrea Gillis, Shaun Wolf Wortis, John Powhida, Bearmonster, George Hall and Chris Barrett (Kingsley Flood), Johnny Memphis, Kevin Connolly, Tony Kaczynski, Erica Mantone, Sal Baglio and the Amplifier Heads, Chris Cote, the Athol Thingerth at Once, Somerville

Thurs 12/12 Husbands, UsLights, Bedroom Eyes, Premises at The Jungle, Somerville

Thurs 12/12 Double Down with Baker and Guests at The Plough and Stars, Cambridge

Thurs 12/12 Count Zero, Schooltree, and Shibui at the Lizard Lounge, Cambridge

 

Fri 12/13 Stop Calling Me Frank, Dirty Truckers, Ex-Avenue, The Grommets at Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

Fri 12/13 Will Dailey at the Burren Backroom, Somerville

 

Sat 12/14 Will Dailey at the Burren Backroom, Somerville

Sat 12/14 Baabes, The Chelsea Curve, The Hi-End, The Stigmatics at the Midway Cafe, Roslindale

Sat 12/14 Francine, The Barnies at ONCE, Somerville

Sat 12/14 The Lights Out, The Daylilies, Zero For Conduct, The Concerns at Union Tavern, Somerville

 

Sun 12/15 A Very Fuzzy Christmas -A Benefit for Girls Rock Campaign Boston, featuring Plant (GRCB YOUTH BAND), The Handymen, Fuzzy, The Other Girls,  Buffalo Tom, Jenny Dee and Ed V., Stephen and David Fredette (scruffy the cat), Merrie Amsterburg, Thalia Zedek, Jon Bernhardt, Fuzzy, Love Love, Hilken and Colbs at the Burren Backroom, Somerville 3.30pm

Sun 12/15 Acoustic Night! featuring The Skirts, The Leafy Greens, Rogozo at The Corner Art Room, Boston

Sun 12/15 The 3rd Annual Rum Bar Records Holiday Mess-Around at the Plough and Stars, Cambridge

 

Tues 12/17 Butterscott, SMELL, Bush Scrutiny at ONCE, Somerville

 

Wed 12/18 Carissa Johnson, Acoustic Record Release with Dutch Boy Blues at Burren Backroom, Somerville

 

Thurs 12/19 Abbie Barrett at Toad, Cambridge

Thurs 12/19 Hallelujah the Hills w/ Major Stars, Adam Schatz at Great Scott, Allston

 

Fri 12/20 Rock for Rosie’s featuring Lockette, HLC, True Jacqueline, Graveyard of the Atlantic at O’Briens, Allston

Fri 12/20 Instamatics, Radium Girls, Thee Fightin’ Fish, Johnny No Graves at The Jungle, Somerville

Fri 12/20 Crunchtime, The Hi-End, The Chelsea Curve at Koto, Salem

Fri 12/20 Lindsey Buck, Briar Circle, Purple Moon at Union Tavern, Somerville

Fri 12/20 All of the Animals, Tom Appleman Band, Brian O’Connell Fellowship at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

Sat 12/20 Boston Emissions’ 8th annual Spectacular Gift Drive for DCF Wonderfund — collecting unwrapped gifts for area foster children – with The Goddamn Glenn & Gene Dante Holiday Special, Heather Rose In Clover, Erica Mantone

 

Sat 12/21 The Montgomerys, The Thirsty Pirates, The Thigh Scrapers, MOTO, Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain 3pm to 7pm

 Sat 12/21 A Rum Bar Records Holiday Spectacular featuring  Jay Allen and The Arch criminals, A Bunch of Jerks, Hambone Skinny,  The Black Souls at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

Sat 12/21 Piebald, Weakened Friends at Great Scott, Allston

Sat 12/21 An Evening with Bill Janovitz & Friends, Burren Backroom, Somerville

Sat 12/21 Black Helicopter, Blood Built Empire, Above the Din & NSTW, at Club Bohemia, Cambridge

Sat 12/21 Lily Black, Set Fire, Baabes, and The Spins at Sally O’Briens, Somerville

 

Sun 12/22 The Fairview, Bullpup, Cherry Brat benefit show for A Joyful Heart at O’Briens, Allston

 

Tues 12/24 Slutmas Eve with Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys at the Somerville Theatre, Somerville

 

Wed 12/25 Christmas Day

 

Thurs 12/26 Melissa Ferrick at Club Passim, Cambridge

Thurs 12/26 Gretchen Klempa and Seth Rosenbloom live at Lizard Lounge, Cambridge

 

Fri 12/27 Melissa Ferrick at Club Passim, Cambridge

Fri 12/27 Jittery Jack + Amy Griffin on Guitar at Ipswich Ale Brewery, Ipswich

Fri 12/27 When Particles Collide at Furies, Dover, NH

Fri 12/27 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Walker Roaders, Art Thieves  at the House of Blues, Boston-  22nd annual Hometown Throwdown


Sat 12/28 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
Suicide Machines, Rebuilder  at the House of Blues, Boston – 22nd annual Hometown Throwdown

 

Sun 12/29 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Big D and the Kids Table at the House of Blues, Boston- 22nd annual Hometown Throwdown

 

Sun 12/29 Scream Along: BLUE CHRISTMAS featuring Scream Along with Billy and GarageDogs at Once, Somerville

 

Mon  12/30 Capricornucopia! w/the Swettes, Banana, & Thrust Club at Once, Somerville

 

Tues 12/31 STL GLD presents The New Decade w/ Cliff Notez and Latrell James at Oberon, Cambridge

Tues 12/31 Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys + Devil’s Twins NYE at Once, Somerville

Tues 12/31 NYE show with Margaret & The CoPilots & Sugar Blood Jinx at Atwoods, Cambridge

 

Sat 1/4/20 Powerslut and Red Red Rockit at O’Brien’s, Allston

Sat 1/4/20 The Shoats, Amy Mantis, The Stupid Robots, Threat Level Burgundy at Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

Sat 1/4/20 Barefoot Young, The Young Prophet, and Slow Loris at Once, Somerville

 

Thurs 1/7 Abbie Barrett Band at Once, Somerville 

 

Sat 1/11/20 WhistleStop Rock Festival Providence ( Askew Prov)  featuring:  Heather Rose In Clover ,The Knock Ups, The Chelsea Curve, PowerSlut, Kid Gulliver, The Cold Expectations, Justine and the Unclean, Field Day

 

Sun 1/12 M / M / F, Lower Falls, Twice-A-Day Ray, Dark Crushes at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

 

Thurs 1/23 Music Meeting: music conversation, meetup with music to follow at The Jungle in Somerville (Boston Emissions Presents)

 

Fri 1/24 The Young Americans (David Bowie tribute) and Gene Dante & TFS at Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain

 

Sat 1/25 RogerThat, TadOverbaugh & the Late Arrivals, KellyRiley, LuisM at The Jungle, Somerville

 

Fri 1/31 Party Driver, Sidewalk Driver & Party Bois at The Sinclair, Cambridge 

 

Fri 2/7 Kristin Hersch at City Winery, Boston

 

Sat 2/29 WhistleStop Rock with Powerslut, Justine and the Unclean, The Chelsea Curve and more at ONCE, Somerville

 

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