Okay. In case you’ve just stumbled upon this, here is the original listing from the weekly e-list:
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THUR 9/28 to SAT 9/30
Various Times
10th Annual NEMO Festival
at Various Clubs around Boston
$10 or less for most shows / $25 for 3-day pass
This is Boston's mini-version of Austin's South by Southwest music festival. I assume NEMO tands for 'New England Music, Oh'... If you feel like catching a boatload of bands in 3 days, it's a good deal to get the 3-day pass and pace yourself. Aw, screw pacing! Go ape-crazy...
Many of the shows are at the clubs where I usually find cheap entertainment, but some bigger names are playing that would cost more than $10. Keep in mind that the 3-day pass does not guarantee entry, but you wouldn't have to pay the normal cover charge.
There are way too many shows to list here, but these are some of my ideas:
Thursday -- It might be worth the pass to try to catch Yo La Tengo at Avalon (full price $20) on Thursday and catch one more show; opening act is Why?, an Anticon label, indie-rap guy... Allston-wise, I'd try to catch Peelander-Z at Great Scott then up to Harper's Ferry for Humanwine then back to Great Scott for Wild Zero... On the Cambridge side, I would start with some folkish bands at Club Passim then head to Plough and Stars for the Irish Showcase until about 10:30pm then finish at TT's for The Bleedin Bleedins, The Head Set, and Violet Nine...
Friday -- The whole lineup at the Plough and Stars is really good; it's called a 'Cutting Edge Blues Showcase', but The World's Great Sinners are a must-see-for-yourself soul band; two sets by Scissormen bookend the night... I'd also be interested to hunker down at Abbey Lounge for 'Halifax Pop Explosion' night to hear how things are rockin' in Canada... If I'm in the mood for bizarre hip-hop, Kool Keith alias Dr. Octagon is one of the weirdest, well-known rappers I know of... I've heard Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have moved in a louder, rock-influenced direction; they're playing FRI and SAT in the main room at the Paradise... There's also a good set of acts at Harper's Ferry and Bill's Bar...
Saturday -- In Cambridge, I'd start early with Tim Blane at Club Passim. If I'm staying mellow, I'd move to Lizard Lounge to catch Mieka Pauley and Dwight & Nicole; or I'd go to Johnny D's for Sarah Borges, The Rudds, The SnowLeopards, etc. There are a couple good bands at Great Scott and Harper's Ferry, but probably not enough for me to head that way... I might not be in the mood for British synth-pop and Brazilian rock-tronica, but Ladytron w/ CSS would be a cool show to catch at Avalon... If I was already going to see Yo La Tengo or Ladytron, I'd pick up a NEMO pass for an extra $5...
Getting around for cheap: If you don't have a monthly T pass, a 1-day / 3-day "visitor's pass" (works on all subway lines, local & CT buses, commuter rail to Porter Sq, and more) is available for $7.50 / $18 -- the cost of about 6 or 15 subway rides...
As part of my public service, I might put up a 'Cheap Thrills'-customized NEMO schedule by Monday-ish at my little bloggo (that will likely never be regularly useful for anyone but me).
NEMO Homepage
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I thought I was going to list the whole schedule, but I just realized that there are some shows missing. Those were the shows that I didn’t see at least a couple of bands that I liked.
So here are shows that I thought were the best chances for good music. If you check back in a day or two, there might be more info… or not...
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THUR 9/28
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* * * BOSTON / ALLSTON * * *
9pm (doors @ 8pm)
Yo La Tengo w/ Why?
at Avalon, 15 Lansdowne St, Boston (Kenmore Sq)
$20.25
9pm (doors @ 8pm)
Joseph Arthur, Annie Stela
at the Paradise, 967 Comm. Ave., Boston (near BU)
$12
Wild Zero (12:45am), Love Weapon (11:45pm), Bury the Needle (10:45pm), Peelander - Z (9:45pm), The Izzys (9pm)
at Great Scott, 1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston
$8
Campaign For Real Time (1am), The Chainletter (12:15am), HUMANWINE (11:30pm), The Rewinds (10:30pm), Moving Picture Show (9:45pm), Virgo Loves Cancer (9pm)
at Harpers Ferry, 158 Brighton Avenue, Allston
$8
The Dents (12:15am), The Humanoids (11:15pm), We're All Gonna Die (10:15pm), Superpower (9:15pm)
at O'Brien's, 3 Harvard St, Allston
$10
* * * CAMBRIDGE * * *
"MySpace Showcase"
Violet Nine (12:10am), The Head Set (11:25pm), The Bleedin Bleedins (10:45pm), No Lindsay (9:55pm), The WalkUp (9:10pm)
at TT the Bear's Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$10
"NEMO Irish Connections Showcase w/ Brian O'Donovan (WGBH Celtic Radio)"
Traditional Irish Seisuin -- open to all (Midnight), The Dangerous Brothers with Jimmy Ryan and Christian McNeill (11pm), Matt and Shannon Heaton (10pm), Paddy Saul (9pm)
at Plough & Stars, 912 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$5
Walter the Orange Ocean (10:15pm), Ryan Lee Crosby (9:30pm), Katamine (8:30pm), Leerone (7:45pm), Ponies in the Surf (7pm)
at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)
$12
The Break Mission (Midnight), [undetermined band] (11pm), The Spies (10pm), The Churchills (9pm), Mercy James Gang (8pm)
at Lizard Lounge/Cambridge Common, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge (between Harvard Sq & Porter Sq)
$10
Corin Ashley (Midnight), The Rockwells (10:30pm), The Comfies (9pm)
at Toad, 1912 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Porter Sq)
FREE
The Dirty Whites (11:45pm), Pretty and Nice (10:45pm), Appomattox (9:45pm), The Mugs (9pm)
at Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon St, Somerville (Inman Sq)
$10
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FRI 9/29
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Taxpayer (12:30am), The Sterns (11:30pm), Gene Dante and the Future Starlets (10:30pm), Fancey (9:30pm), Faces On Film (8:30pm)
at Bill's Bar, 5.5 Lansdowne Street, Boston (Kenmore Sq)
$5
9pm (doors @ 8pm)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals w/ Peter Prince and Moon Boot Lover
at the Paradise, 967 Comm. Ave., Boston (near BU)
$13.50
9pm
Audible Mainframe, The Boston Afrobeat Society, AfroDZak, Mr. Nash, Omega Red
at Harpers Ferry, 158 Brighton Avenue, Allston
$8
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Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith (Midnight), 7L and Esoteric (11pm), MC Kabir (10pm), Project Move (9:15pm), Starrs & Murph (8:30pm), Detroit Red (8pm)
at Middle East - Downstairs, 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$18 advance / $20 day of show
"New England Cutting Edge Blues Showcase"
Scissormen (12:25am), The World's Great Sinners (11:45pm), Ottomatic Slim (11:05pm), Tokyo Tramps (10:25pm), Scissormen (10pm)
at Plough & Stars, 912 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$5
"The Halifax Pop Explosion Showcase"
Shotgun and Jaybird (Midnight), Dog Day (11pm), Caledonia (10pm), Julie Doiron (8:15pm), Carmen Townsend (7:15pm)
at Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon St, Somerville (Inman Sq)
$10
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SAT 9/30
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* * * BOSTON / ALLSTON * * *
9pm (doors @ 8pm)
Ladytron, Cansei de Ser Sexy
at Avalon, 15 Lansdowne St, Boston (Kenmore Sq)
$18.25
9pm (doors @ 8pm)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals w/ Lowell Thompson
at The Paradise, 967 Comm. Ave., Boston (near BU)
$13.50 / 18+
Read Yellow (Midnight), Jake Brennan (11pm), Foreign Islands (10pm), A Place To Bury Strangers (9pm), DJ Carbo, DJs from The Plan (8pm)
at Great Scott, 1222 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston
$10
The Long Winters (12:15am), Menomena (11:30pm), The Blizzard of '78 (10:45pm), Cousin (10pm), The Sharking (9:15pm), Sproll (8:30pm)
at Harpers Ferry, 158 Brighton Avenue, Allston
$12
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Cat and Mouse (12:35am), Tim Segreto (11:45pm), Shoney Lamar (11pm)
at Middle East - Corner, 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
FREE
Pete Francis (12:15am), Easily Amused (11pm)
at ZuZu!, 474 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
FREE
Jabe (12:15am), Cassavettes (11:15pm), Pete Kilpatrick (10:15pm), Tennessee Hollow (9:15pm), The Televangelist and the Architect (8:30pm)
at Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon St, Somerville (Inman Sq)
$10
"Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival Emerging Artist Stage"
Scissormen (12:25am), Shaun Wolf Wortis (11:45pm), Goat (11:05pm), Michael Pickett (10:25pm), Scissormen (10pm)
at Plough & Stars, 912 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$5
Michelle Lewis (11pm), David Berkeley (10:15pm), Kristin Cifelli (9:30pm), Heath Brandon (8:30pm), Jessica Sonner (7:45pm), Tim Blane (7pm)
at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)
$12
Mieka Pauley (Midnight), Dwight & Nicole (11pm), Matt Duke (10pm), Samantha Stollenwerck (9pm), Will Hawkins (8pm)
at Lizard Lounge/Cambridge Common, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge (between Harvard Sq & Porter Sq)
$10
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles (Midnight), The Rudds (11pm), Carmen Townsend and the Shakey Deals (10pm), The SnowLeopards (9pm), Lomita (8pm)
at Johnny D's, 17 Holland St, Somerville (Davis Sq)
$10
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