Activate! presents:
At 5pm, get a love-ly list of bands and shows you can fawn over this week in Richmond, including the Sister Radio benefit as well as a new song from Holy Roller (pictured) who have an album release. Plus, I’ll give away tickets to Deerhoof at Richmond Music Hall, Metric at The National, and Elvis Depressedly at Gallery 5! Click here for the podcast: wrir.org/listen/
Audacity Brass Band, “Redtwo”
from The Chemically Imbalanced
self-released - 2019
Rockn' to Lockn' at The Broadberry, Feb. 15 @ 7pm (w/ Landon Elliott, VILLAGES, Free Union)
Metric, “Too Bad, So Sad”
from Pagans In Vegas
MMI - 2015
The National, Feb. 21 @ 6:30pm (w/ July Talk)
July Talk, “Guns + Ammunition”
from July Talk
Sleepless Records/License - 2013
The National, Feb. 21 @ 6:30pm (w/ Metric)
Mighty Joshua, “Clean Hands”
from Clean Hands - Single
Stable Roots - 2016
A Bob Marley Birthday Celebration at The Broadberry, Feb. 16 @ 8pm
Holy Roller, “Muscle Up”
from Muscle Up - Single
self-released - 2019
Album Release at The Camel, Feb. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Super Doppler, Woody Woodworth & the Piners)
Dogwood Tales, “On The Other Side”
from Too Hard to Tell
Crystal Pistol - 2018
The Camel, Feb. 17 @ 7pm (w/ Jon Charles Dwyer, Trey Burnart Hall, Mackenzie Roark)
Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans, “Seminole Blues”
from That's What They Say
ManHat Tone - 2015
Cary Street Cafe, Feb. 16 @ 10pm
Walter Trout, “Money Rules The World”
from Blues for the Modern Daze
Provogue Records - 2012
The Tin Pan, Feb. 19 @ 7pm
Elvis Depressedly, “Big Break”
from new alhambra
Run for Cover - 2015
Gallery 5, Feb. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Niights, The Cordial Sins)
The Cordial Sins, “Not Enough”
from Not Enough - single
self-released - 2018
Gallery 5, Feb. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Niights, Elvis Depressedly)
Car Seat Headrest, “Not What I Needed”
from Teens of Denial
Matador - 2016
The National, Feb. 18 @ 6:30pm (w/ Naked Giants)
Naked Giants, “Thats Who's Really Pointing At Me”
from Green Fuzz
New West - 2019
The National, Feb. 18 @ 6:30pm (w/ Car Seat Headrest)
Deerhoof, “Last Fad”
from La Isla Bonita
Polyvinyl - 2014
Richmond Music Hall, Feb. 18 @ 7pm (w/ Spooky Cool)
Washers, “Home”
from The Things We Do
self-released - 2017
Bandito's, Feb. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Typesetter, Late Bloomer)
Typesetter, “Real Conversations with Imaginary Friends”
from Nothing Blues
6131 Records - 2018
Bandito's, Feb. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Late Bloomer, Washers)
Late Bloomer, “January”
from Waiting
6131 Records - 2018
Bandito's, Feb. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Typesetter, Washers)
Plastic Nancy, “Other Side”
from Fuzztime
self-released - 2019
The Camel, Feb. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Deli Kings, Blunt, Thin Pigeon)
Can't Swim, “Congratulations, Christopher Hodge”
from This Too Won't Pass
Pure Noise - 2018
Canal Club, Feb. 17 @ 6pm (w/ Homesafe, Save Face, Small Talks, House & Home)
Save Face, “Bad”
from Merci
Epitaph - 2018
Canal Club, Feb. 17 @ 6pm (w/ Homesafe, Can't Swim, Small Talks, House & Home)
Black Plastic, “Alt F4”
from Alt F4 - single
self-released - 2018
Sister Radio Fundraiser at Gallery 5, Feb. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Black Naked Wings, Butt, Real Daggers)
Black Naked Wings, “Context Clue”
from White Wall
self-released - 2017
Benefit for The Kinetic Imaging Senior Show at Ask a punk, Feb. 15 @ 8pm (w/ Alfred., Teenage Cenobite, Ugly Muscle, Molasses) and Sister Radio Fundraiser at Gallery 5, Feb. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Black Plastic, Butt, Real Daggers)
Ugly Muscle, “Helping”
from Ugly Muscle
self-released - 2019
Benefit for The Kinetic Imaging Senior Show at Ask a punk, Feb. 15 @ 8pm (w/ Alfred., Teenage Cenobite, Black Naked Wings, Molasses)
Zorn, “The Conjurer / The Yellow Sign”
from Castle of Death - EP
FDH records - 2018
Ask a punk, Feb. 16 @ 7pm (w/ Left Cross, Sensual World)
Slashers, “Not Just Boy's Club”
self-released - 2018
Ask a punk, Feb. 18 @ 7pm (w/ Loud Night, Harsh Realm)
Foresterr, “The Town Dies Screaming”
Point Exclamation Records - 2017
Ask a punk, Feb. 19 @ 8pm (w/ Naked Pictures, Blood Lake, Wish)
Doc Rotten, “Mind Control”
from Illusion to Choose
self-released - 2018
McCormack's, Feb. 20 @ 7pm (w/ Love Roses, The Chuggernaughts)
Paint Store, “Paint Store”
from Kepler 452B
self-released - 2016
The Camel, Feb. 17 @ 4pm (w/ Gorrak, Nicotine Dolls)
Just Die!, “Compassion Fatigue”
from Since the Day We Were Born
Self Aware - 2012
Mojo's, Feb. 17 @ 8pm (w/ Hybrid Warfare, Sect, Ghouli)
Sect, “Day For Night”
from No Cure For Death
Southern Lord - 2017
Mojo's, Feb. 17 @ 8pm (w/ Hybrid Warfare, Just Die!, Ghouli)
Old Gods Defied, “Atom's Glow”
from Demo 2018
self-released - 2018
Champion, Feb. 16 @ 9pm (w/ Enforced, Prisoner, Cane Corso )
Cane Corso, “Clean Break”
from demo
self-released - 2019
Champion, Feb. 16 @ 9pm (w/ Enforced, Prisoner, OGD)
Azotador, “Azotando Poseros”
self-released - 2014
McCormack's, Feb. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Perpetual Warfare)
Perpetual Warfare, “Sueño de un Maniquí”
from Earthliens
self-released - 2018
McCormack's, Feb. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Azotador)
Sports Bar, “Fried”
from Stranger in My Head
Mister Falcon Records - 2018
Don't Look Back - Triple, Feb. 20 @ 10pm (w/ Piranha Rama)
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