Activate! presents:
There are some crazy good shows in RVA this week, including the Tape Release from Bad Magic (pictured). At 5pm, I’ll also preview and give away tickets to see Jonathan Richman at The Camel, Culture at The Broadberry, The Musical Box Genesis tribute at The National, and a midnight showing of Suburbia at The Byrd! Click here for the podcast: http://www.wrir.org/listen/
Milagro Saints, “Shadow Man”
from Stranger Times
2016
A Fundraiser for WRIR at The Camel, April 8 @ 8pm (w/ The Mag Bats)
The Lonely Heartstring Band, “Lady Madonna”
from The Lonely Heartstring Band EP
Capital Ale House, April 13 @ 7pm
Culture featuring Kenyatta Hill, “Black Starliner Must Come”
from Two Sevens Clash
40th Anniversary of Two Sevens Clash at The Broadberry, April 12 @ 8pm (w/ Mighty Joshua, Nesta)
Jonathan Richman, “Time Has Been Going By So Fast”
from Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild
Vapor Records - 2008
The Camel, April 11 @ 8pm
Recluse Raccoon, “Almost Done”
from Horse - EP
self-released - 2015
James River Film Fest presents Silent Music Revival at Grace Street Theater, April 8 @ 8pm (Film: "Zero for Conduct" from 1933)
Way, Shape, or Form, “Exacting”
from EP2
Way, Shape, or Form - 2014
Bandito's, April 9 @ 9pm (w/ Dave Watkins, Winter Ring)
The Musical Box, A Recreation of The Black Show by Genesis, “The Musical Box (by Genesis)”
from Nursery Cryme
The National, April 8 @ 7pm
Debrider, “Never Leave Me”
from Blind and Bloodshot
Strange Matter, April 12 @ 8pm (w/ The Smirks, The Loneliers, Living Rheum)
Pine, “Viable”
from Pillow Talk
The Comm Room, April 11 @ 8pm (w/ Forever Losing Sleep, Strawberry Moon, Til Morning)
Those Lavender Whales, “Lose My Mind”
from My Bones Are Singing
Fork and Spoon - 2017
The Camel, April 10 @ 8pm (w/ Doll Baby, Haybaby, Ben Shepherd)
Haybaby, “Joke/Rope”
from Blood Harvest
Tiny Engines - 2016
The Camel, April 10 @ 8pm (w/ Doll Baby, Those Lavender Whales, Ben Shepherd)
Lady God, “More Bang For Your Buck”
from Lady God #2
self-released - 2015
Bandito's 20th Anniversary Celebration, April 8 @ 12-6pm (w/ Mikrowaves, Red Hot Lava Men, Poison Ivy League, DJ Mordecai)
The Trillions, “Wish You Well”
from Superposition
The Trillions - 2015
12th Anniversary Celebration at Gallery 5, April 7 @ 6pm (w/ Party Liberation Front, Georgie Isaacs, Lobo Marino, Prabir & Friends, Burlesque & Variety Hour)
Suburban Living, “Lovely Times”
from Almost Paradise
Strange Matter, April 11 @ 8pm (w/ Clair Morgan, Gold Connections, June Parker)
Clair Morgan, “The Sea”
from New Lions & the Not-Good Night
EggHunt Records - 2016
A benefit show for ReEstablish Richmond at The Camel, April 7 @ 8pm (w/ Geometers, Shy/Low, Manazara)
Geometers, “Pay to Live”
from Pay to Live
Jetsam-Flotsam - 2016
A benefit show for ReEstablish Richmond at The Camel, April 7 @ 8pm (w/ Clair Morgan, Shy/Low, Manazara)
Bad Magic, “Harsh Surrender”
from Harsh Surrender
self-released - 2017
Tape Release show at Strange Matter, April 10 @ 9pm (w/ UV TV, Haircut, Womajich Dialyseiz)
UV TV, “Only Matters When”
from Glass
Strange Matter, April 10 @ 9pm (w/ Bad Magic, Haircut, Womajich Dialyseiz)
The Rizzos, “Suckitude”
from Beneath The Planet of No Rules
Strange Matter, April 9 @ 3pm (w/ Bonus Roll, Silver Twin)
King Sour, “Stick It”
Morphius Records - 1997
Hardywood, April 12 @ 6pm (w/ Dumb Waier, Brain Tentacles, Paint Store)
Brain Tentacles, “Fruitcake”
from Brain Tentacles
Relapse - 2016
Hardywood, April 12 @ 6pm (w/ Dumb Waiter, King Sour, Paint Store)
Valient Thorr, “Disappearer”
from Stranger
Volcom - 2010
Wonderland, April 7 @ 9pm (w/ Cruelsifix, Dr. No)
Profile, “Toxic Options”
Ask a punk, April 10 @ 8pm (w/ Guilt Parade, Mad Existence, Slump)
Integrity, “Mediator”
from Systems Overload
United Blood Fest at Canal Club, April 7 @ 2pm (w/ Abuse of Power, Bent Life, Die Faster, Friend or Foe, Gods Hate, King Nine, Krust, Lost Souls, Naysayer, Terror, The Promise, Trail of Lies, Division of Mind)
Agnostic Front, “Warriors”
from Warriors
United Blood Fest at Canal Club, April 8 @ 1pm (w/ Blind Justice, D.C. Disorder, Day By Day, Dead and Dreaming, Faze, Fire and Ice, Jukai, Midnight Sons, No Warning, Piece By Piece, Primitive Blast, Protester, True Love, Wild Side, Nails, Paper Trail)
I Am the Liquor, “Whiskey, Bourbon, Rye”
from 7 Days Of Smoke
self-released - 2017
Daddio's, April 7 @ 9pm (w/ Backside Slappy, The Obscurities)
Vermörd, “Plagued Eyes from the Scrolls of Xafmirtas”
from Dawn of the Black Harvest
25 Watt, April 8 @ 8pm (w/ Belial, Aborningh, Decap Attack)
Richmond Avant Improv Collective (RAIC), “Sandalphon (excerpt)”
from Communion
self-released - 2017
James River Film Fest presents Silent Music Revival at Bijou Film Center, April 9 @ 8pm (Film: "Seashell and the Clergyman" from 1928)
Mike Rutz Activate! April 6th, 2017
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