Activate! presents:
Activate! May 4 – May 11
At 5pm, I have a gaggle of bands playing shows in Richmond, including tracks from Dharma Bombs (pictured) who have an album release show and Crucial Rip who are part of a benefit for the Humane League. Plus, I’ll give away tickets to see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at The Camel and Amon Amarth and Goatwhore at The National! Click here for the podcast: http://www.wrir.org/listen/
Playlist:
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Eric Stanley, “See You Again”
self-released - 2015
The Mix Gallery, May 5 @ 6pm
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Bio Ritmo, “Dina's Mambo”
from La Verdad
Electric Cowbell - 2011
Seis De Mayo Block Party at En Su Boca, May 6 @ 12 to 10pm (w/ Washers, Sports Bar, Naked Pictures, Large Margin)
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Sensi Trails, “Dirty Couch”
from Prohibition
Canal Club, May 5 @ 8:30pm (w/ The Elovaters, Good Looks)
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Dharma Bombs, “Pack Your Bags”
from Old Time Romance
Crystal Pistol - 2017
Album Release at The Camel, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ Angelica Garcia, Blush Face, Lobo Marino)
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Big Mama Shakes, “Weight of a Heavy Heart”
from If I Try - EP
Big Mama Shakes - 2016
Strange Matter, May 5 @ 8pm (w/ McKinley Dixon, Aztec Sun)
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BJ Barham, “Unfortunate Kind”
from Rockingham
At the Helm - 2016
The Camel, May 8 @ 7pm (w/ Charley Crockett, Jon Brown)
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Lee Fields & the Expressions, “Make the World”
from Special Night
Big Crown Records - 2016
Friday Cheers on Brown's Island, May 5 @ 6pm (w/ Kings)
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Sleepy Brother, “Dream Love Fight”
from Attachments - EP
self-released - 2012
Crossroads, May 5 @ 7:30pm
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, “Little Moments”
from Only Run
Xtra Mile Recordings - 2014
The Camel, May 4 @ 7:30pm (w/ Laura Gibson)
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Preoccupations, “Monotony”
from Preoccupations
Jagjaguwar - 2016
Strange Matter, May 9 @ 8pm (w/ Sacramence, Basmati)
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Atta Girl, “Betty's”
from Betty's Begonia - EP
self-released - 2017
Benefit for Girls Rock RVA at The Camel, May 5 @ 8pm (w/ Big Baby, Georgie Isaacs, Clair Morgan)
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Eliza, “Little Bono's Kingdom”
from Oootchh
The Camel, May 9 @ 8pm (w/ Candy Spots, Ashes, Hunter Simpson)
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The Trillions, “Wish You Well”
from Superposition
The Trillions - 2015
Flora, May 6 @ 10pm (w/ Rikki Shay)
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Night Idea, “Overgrown”
from Breathing Cold
JUJU - 2016
The Camel, May 6 @ 9pm (w/ Deer Eats Birds, Private Cry, Brian Dove)
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Everymen, “What Your See is What You Get”
from Beautiful Curse
Strange Matter, May 7 @ 7pm (w/ Park Sparrows, Walk the Plank, Matt Seymour, SteveO & the Crippling Addictions)
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Walk the Plank, “Dying On the Vine”
from Great Thieves Escape
Strange Matter, May 7 @ 7pm (w/ Park Sparrows, Everymen, Matt Seymour, SteveO & the Crippling Addictions)
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Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, “Acid Veins”
from Modern Ruin
International Death Cult / Kobalt - 2017
The Camel, May 7 @ 7pm (w/ Dinosaur PileUp, Royal Republic, Naked Pictures)
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Zeta, “¿Por qué cargamos el peso de la melancolía del mundo entero sobre nosotros?”
25 Watt, May 6 @ 8pm (w/ Generic, COQ, With Sympathy)
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COQ, “Smiling Goof”
self-released - 2017
25 Watt, May 6 @ 8pm (w/ Generic, Zeta, With Sympathy)
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Freedom Hawk, “Her Addiction”
from Holding On
Small Stone Records - 2011
Wonderland, May 6 @ 9pm (w/ Wasted Theory, I Am The Liquor)
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Wasted Theory, “Under the Hoof”
Wonderland, May 6 @ 9pm (w/ Freedom Hawk, I Am The Liquor)
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River Black, “Low”
from River Black
Strange Matter, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ Buzzard Dust, Lore, Artificial Brain)
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Every Time I Die, “Off Broadway”
from Hot Damn!
Canal Club, May 6 @ 6pm (w/ Wage War, '68, Break Away)
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The Vomiting Dinosaurs, “Speed Metal Hunks”
from Worship the Porcelain God
25 Watt, May 5 @ 8pm (w/ Gorgatron, Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre, Vomit Stain, Goblet)
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Appalling, “Secrets of the Adept”
from Secrets of the Adept
Appalling - 2017
Album Release at Gallery 5, May 7 @ 7pm (w/ All Hell, AMARA)
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Crucial Rip, “Greens”
self-released - 2016
Benefit for The Humane League at Strange Matter, May 8 @ 8pm (w/ Voarms, Throne of Botis, RComplex, Tond)
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Dysrhythmia, “Black Memory”
from The Veil Of Control
Profound Lore
Strange Matter, May 6 @ 8pm (w/ Petrichor, Manzara, Sabbath Assembly)
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Sharlyn Evertsz, “Careless Idiom”
from 1276ncV
Sediment Arts, May 11 @ 7:30pm (w/ Desiccant, Embarker, Noise Nomads)
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Candy Spots, “Myth Sounds”
from EP
self-released - 2014
Union Market, May 7 and The Camel, May 9 @ 8pm (w/ Candy Spots, Ashes, Hunter Simpson)
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