Activate!Activate! January 19 – January 26

Plan to be by your radio for two hours starting at 7pm as I preview the bands you can see live in Richmond this week, including the Hackensaw Boys (pictured)!

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ACTIVATE! 1-19-11

Viking / Mace to the Face / diy – RideRichmond benefit / Cellar Door, Jan. 22 @ 10pm (w/ Shmohawxx)

Turku / Antalyanin Mor Uzumu / Hittite Sun – VA Holocaust Museum, Jan. 22 @ 6pm (w/ Maharal, Mavi)

No BS Brass Band / Brass Scene Kidz / diy – The Camel, Jan. 21 @ 9:30pm (w/ Rattlemouth)

Vance Gilbert / Welcome to Lovetown / diy – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Ben Carroll)

Barrelhouse / Blue Eyes / live – Capital Ale House, Jan. 23 @ 3pm

The Woodshedders / That's Old Time / Shepherds Ford – DjangoFest / Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 22 @ 7pm (w/ Gypsy Roots, Dallas Vietty, Barry Wahrhaftig)

Hackensaw Boys / Look Out Dog, Slow Down Train / Nettwerk – The National, Jan. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Long Arms)

Long Arms / Second Place / diy

Leon Milmore / Ambush / diy – Canal Club, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Halfbrother Sid)

Horsehead / Model of the Times / Emerald City – The Republic, Jan. 22 @ 6pm (w/ Duchess of York)

Ophelia / 10 Dollars / Triple Stamp – Gibson's Grill, Jan. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Linwood Taylor)

Low Branches / Dipsacus Fullonum / Church Hill – CD Release / Firehouse Theatre, Jan. 21 @ 7:30pm (w/ Chad Ebel, Nick Coward, Jonathan Vassar, Wil Loyal)

Orioles / It Would Be Alright / diy – The Camel, Jan. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Nash Smith & Ganges, Ghost Owls)

Nash Smith & Ganges / Hunters / Pretty All Right

Dirty Banners / Money Magic / diy – Gus', Jan. 21 @ 10pm

The National Rifle / Jazz History of the World / diy – Strange Matter, Jan. 22 @ 10pm (w/ The Kindling Kind)

Roma / Gamma Nova / diy – CD Release / The Camel, Jan. 22 @ 10pm (w/ The Milkstains, Tony Brown, Secret Agent T)

Secret Agent T / Luck of a Saint / diy

Rev. D-Ray & the Shockers / Jailbait Baby / diy – Benefit for Ataxia / Canal Club, Jan. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Before the Machine, 3 Bad Men)

Lights East / Wandering / diy – Ring Dog Rescue benefit / Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Barstool Heroes, The Spaceheaters)

The Diamond Center / Caraway / live – Cous Cous, Jan. 21 @ 10pm (w/ Cosmic Hum)

Perfect Future / Roses & Roses & Roses / Count Your Lucky Stars – Exbone, Jan. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Midair, Bear Arms, Freaky J & the Bears)

Midair / Calm, Come / diy

Joan of Arc / Life Sentence.Twisted Ladder / Polyvinyl – Strange Matter, Jan. 23 @ 9pm (w/ Lubec, Antlers, Pillars & Tongues)

Antlers / White Fur / Rorschach

Lubec / Cherry Adair / Acme Thunderer

The Capstan Shafts / Quiet Wars / Rainbow Quartz – Gallery 5, Jan. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Ghost Lotion, Lubec, White Laces)

White Laces / Sick of Summer / Harding Street Assembly Lab

O Pioneers / The Record Time / Asian Man – Strange Matter, Jan. 25 @ 9pm (w/ Hostage Calm, Worn In Red, Mouthbreather)

Hostage Calm / One Face / Run for Cover

Mouthbreather / Call Me Legion / Rorschach

Mutant Supremecy / Sic Semper Tyrannis / diy – Strange Matter, Jan. 21 @ 10pm (w/ Rotting Obscene, Cannibis Corpse, Shortbus Pileup)

The Malah / Octahedron / diy – The Camel, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Former Champions)

 

Other shows (by date):

Ender – Alley Katz, Jan. 20 @ 5pm (w/ A Slit Throat Symphony, Farther than Forgotten, A Study in Scarlet, Before Him, Third Pandemice, Destruction of a King)

Lawrence Olds Quartet – VMFA, Jan. 20 @ 6pm

Proverbial – Canal Club, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Steelshot, DJ Williams Projekt)

Frank Coleman & Chris Fuller – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 20 @ 8pm

Bop Nation – Capital Ale House, Jan. 20 @ 8pm

Ghandi's Gunmen – Have a Nice Day Cafe, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Culdera, Force of Habit)

Richmond Comedy Coalition – Gallery 5, Jan. 20 @ 8pm

Three Sheets to the Wind – The Republic, Jan. 20 @ 9pm

Adam's Castle – The Triple, Jan. 20 @ 9pm

Moossa – Bogart's, Jan. 21 @ 10pm

The Legwarmers – The National, Jan. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Three Sheets to the Wind, Hot Skillet)

Shack Band – Legend, Jan. 21 @ 8pm

The Honky Tonk Experience – Shenanigans, Jan. 21 @ 8pm

Tyler Foxwell & Fully Loaded – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Jan. 21 @ 8pm

Goldsprints bike races – Sprout, Jan. 21 @ 9pm

Sympathetic Devils, a Tribute to the Rolling Stones – Hometeam Grill, Jan. 21 @ 9:30pm

DJ Doddie & Long Jawns – New York Deli, Jan. 21 @ 10pm

Diallo Moss – Alley Katz, Jan. 21 @ 10pm (w/ Haph of the Ranjahz, Money Gramz)

11th House – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 21 @ 10pm

Grinding Stone – City Dogs, Jan. 21 @ 10pm

Revolt of the Apes – Balliceaux, Jan. 21 @ 10:30pm

Screening of The Sailor Bob Story – Byrd Theatre, Jan. 22 @ 2pm

The Axe Proposal – Alley Katz, Jan. 22 @ 4pm (w/ Marrian Karas, Seductive the Madness, Archaia, Box vs. Bear, Bring the Arsenal, A Dead Girl, Croatan, As We Set Fire, Abandoning Arborland, Artifice)

Seldom Scene – Cultural Arts Center of Glen Allen, Jan. 22 @ 7pm

Screening of Dark Days – Benefit for the Monroe Park campaign / Gallery 5, Jan. 22 @ 8pm

Rachel Leyco – GCCR, Jan. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Constance Sisk, Andy Moore)

Robbin Steele Band – Shenanigans, Jan. 22 @ 8pm

After Shock – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, Jan. 22 @ 8pm

The J.O.B. – The Triple, Jan. 22 @ 9pm (w/ 12 O'clock Knob)

Klever – Brain Drain / Hat Factory, Jan. 22 @ 9pm

Groove Motive – Capital Ale House, Jan. 22 @ 9pm

Strike the Chord and Burn – Wonderland, Jan. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Dead Man's Hand, Postcards)

Grinding Stone – Bogart's, Jan. 22 @ 9:30pm

Quatro na Bossa – Havana 59, Jan. 22 @ 9:30pm

11th House – City Dogs, Jan. 22 @ 10pm

Soul Power – Balliceaux, Jan. 22 @ 10:30pm

The Zeitgeist Movement video premier – The Camel, Jan. 23 @ 1pm

Rags Luminar, Dance of Lights – Byrd Theatre, Jan. 23 @ 2:30pm

Chasing the Horizon – Alley Katz, Jan. 23 @ 4pm (w/ Angelus, Sytuation, Twelve O'clock Knob, 4 Miles Away Every Other Weekend, A Study in Scarlet, Fashion Bath, Hateful Bones, South Swell, Radio Violet, Crushed Purple)

Barnun – Legend, Jan. 23 @ 6:30pm

Consider the Source – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 23 @ 9pm

River City Band – Commercial Taphouse, Jan. 23 @ 9pm

Ladies of the RC Comedy – Bottom's Up, Jan. 24 @ 7pm

Slomski unopen mic – The Camel, Jan. 24 @ 8pm

DJ Doddie – Balliceaux, Jan. 24 @ 10pm

Screening of Antihero – Byrd Theatre, Jan. 25 @ 7pm

Mark Ballas – Capital Ale House, Jan. 25 @ 7:30pm (w/ Jason Adamo)

Lucas Fritz Quintet – The Camel, Jan. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Old Soul)

Blue Line Highway – Positive Vibe Cafe, Jan. 26 @ 7:30pm

Becky Taylor & Open Fire – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 26 @ 8pm

Noah O presents The Rebirth – The Camel, Jan. 26 @ 8pm