Activate!Activate! January 5 – January 12

Happy New Year folks! There are lots of good live shows to look forward to in 2011, but at 7pm, I have 2 hours of sweet show picks for just this week on Activate!. I'll be sure to include a song from iLad (pictured), who will be playing a First Friday after-party.

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ACTIVATE! 1-5-11

Whitey Morgan & the 78s / Crazy / Bloodshot – Shenanigans, Jan. 7 @ 8pm (w/ Wes Freed)

Meade Skelton & the Meadow Street Band / Hipsters Ruin Everything / diy – CD Release / The Camel, Jan. 8 @ 6pm (w/ Herschel Stratego, The Slomski Bros.)

Tom Paxton / How Beautiful Upon the Mountain / diy – Shady Grove Coffeehouse, Jan. 8 @ 8pm

The Itchy Hearts / Enrique / diy – Ipanema, Jan. 9 @ 10pm

AM Astronaut / Icarus / diy – The Camel, Jan. 6 @ 6pm (w/ Folk the System, Herschel Stratego, Tumbleweed Stampede, You Blew It!)

You Blew It! / Hope It's Not a Deposit Bottle! / diy

iLad / I Just Stopped By / diy – Capital Ale House, Jan. 7 @ 10pm

TRAGWAG / Still Here / Open Hand – Rock Garden, Jan. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Young Mountain, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Hold Tight!, Sundials)

Pedals On Our Pirate Ships / Pop-Punk Memento / Sidejar

BabyStomp / Pain / diy – The Camel, Jan. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Red Lewis, Lightfields)

Tungs / Rewind / diy – Gallery 5, Jan. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Lubec, Ladycop)

Ladycop / Idea Maker / Kinky Star

Lubec / Your Magic Wand / Acme Thunderer

Lazy Magnet / Wilder Climes / Nozot – Ghostprint Gallery, Jan. 9 (w/ Christian Pincock, head Molt, Evil Spirits, Flesh Control)

Casting Call / What it Takes / diy – The Camel, Jan. 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ WristXRocket, Born Without Bones, American Ruins)

Small Bones / Blood Code / Plan It X – Strange Matter, Jan. 9 @ 10pm (w/ Gull, Baby Boy)

Skeletonbreath / Louise / Ernest Jenning – Strange Matter, Jan. 8 @ 10pm (w/ Anamanguchi, The Hadron Delay, Hellbear)

Anamanaguchi / Blackout City / diy

Hellbear / Philia / diy

Nervous Ticks / Ugly Baby, Rock 'n Roll / diy – Benefit for Central VA Food Bank / Sprout, Jan. 8 (w/ Blue Rajas, Tyrannosaurus Awesome)

Give / Boots of Faith / Deranged – That, Jan. 8 @ 7pm (w/ Dry Spell, Birds of Paradise, Tiger Tail)

Byrds of Paradise / Omega Man / Don Giovanni

Mindset / Waste / React – Skull Mountain, Jan. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Praise, Pussywillow, Break Away, Sacred love)

Forensics / Crashing / Magic Bullet – Empire, Jan. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Barn Burner, War Animal)

Barnburner / Holy Smokes / Metal Blade

Count Von Count / New American Folklore / Yeah Dune – Strange Matter, Jan. 7 @ 10pm (w/ Cough, Human Smoke, Ape!, Caltrop)

Ape! / I Wish I Could Kill Myself Again / diy

Human Smoke / What Gives / diy

Make Like Murder / Entitlement / diy – Canal Club, Jan. 6 @ 6pm (w/ Strike the Chord and Burn, The Murder & the Harlot, Where There's a Will)

Cold World / Low Places / 1917- The Warehouse, Jan. 9 (w/ Cruel Hand, Backtrack, The Mongoloids, Disengage, Agitator, Wrong Answer)

Demeanor / Thirst Quencher / diy – The Tight, Jan. 6 @ 7pm (w/ Daisycutter, Street Pizza, Real Talk)

Eric Emz / Booty Bass mix / Live on WRIR – The Camel, Jan. 8 @ 10pm (w/ Steve Newsense, The Blunt Doctor)

 

Other shows (by date):

Butterbean Jazz Trio – VMFA, Jan. 6 @ 6pm

Soulfully – Alley Katz, Jan. 6 @ 8pm

MSG, the Acoustic Blues Trio – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 6 @ 8pm

Positive Mental Trip – Alley Katz, Jan. 6 @ 10pm (w/ Adam Disbrow & the Company, Hypnotic Buddha)

Antero – Balliceaux, Jan. 6 @ 10pm

Barrelhouse – Capital Ale House, Jan. 7 @ 5pm

DJ C.A.S. – Alley Katz, Jan. 7 @ 5pm

Culdera – The National, Jan. 7 @ 6:30pm (w/ Du Brut, Whisper to Baxwell, Audro, The Fabulous Miss Wendy)

Wrenn Mangum – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Jan. 7 @ 8pm

Darren Beachley – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 7 @ 8pm

Bart Chucker Band – Hometeam Grill, Jan. 7 @ 9pm

The Gentlemen – The Camel, Jan. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Former Champions)

John Winn Quartet – Bogart's, Jan. 7 @ 9:30pm

Overtones – Alley Katz, Jan. 7 @ 10pm (w/ Nine Mile Island, Exit Strategy, Drop Kick)

The Trendsetters Djs – New York Deli, Jan. 7 @ 10pm

Jubeus – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 7 @ 10pm (w/ First Floor, Jason Masi)

Flesh Mountain Boys – Balliceaux, Jan. 7 @ 10:30pm

Witness the Wildfire – Alley Katz, Jan. 8 @ 4pm (w/ Juggernaut, Dead Man's Hand, Cowabunga, This Kingdom Falls, Fear No Evil, This is Our Fight)

Robbin Thompson Band – The National, Jan. 8 @ 7pm

Bobby Messano – Shenanigans, Jan. 8 @ 8pm

Richmond Varietease – Canal Club, Jan. 8 @ 8pm

Faculty Lounge Lizrads – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Jan. 8 @ 8pm

Ellis Paul – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Scott Pryor)

Cha Cha's Cadillac – Lakeside Tavern, Jan. 8 @ 8pm

DJ Dook – Fever / Hat Factory, Jan. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Dionysia)

Fred Ostrow and Friends – Bogart's, Jan. 8 @ 9:30pm

Road Kill Roy – Capital Ale House, Jan. 8 @ 10pm

The Atkinsons – Cafe Diem, Jan. 8 @ 9:30pm

Modern Groove Syndicate – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 8 @ 10pm

Asian Pop night – Balliceaux, Jan. 8 @ 10:30pm

Screening of Rivers and Tides – Capital Ale House, Jan. 9 @ 5:30pm

UTV Chamber – The Camel, Jan. 11 @ 7pm (w/ Scott Clarke Quartet)

Susan Greenbaum – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 12 @ 7pm

Downbeat Switch – The Camel, Jan. 12 @ 8pm (w/ Burton's Garden, Justin Trawick)

Fight the Big Bull – Balliceaux, Jan. 12 @ 10pm