Activate!Activate! February 16 – February 23

Here it is, two hours of music from bands playing live in Richmond this week, including folks like  Zac Hryciak & the Jungle Beat (pictured)!

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ACTIVATE! 2-16-11

Cashmere Jungle Lords / Ode to Joy / Little Abner – Cary Street Cafe, Feb. 19 @ 10pm

Milford Station / Help Me Make It through the Night / diy – Bluegrass Benefit for recovering addicts / Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church (2300 Dumbarton Rd.), Feb. 19 @ 12 Noon – 8pm (w/ Homeward Bound, Shockhoe Bottom Boys, One Lane Bridge, Tim Kline & High Mountain Drifters, Adam McPeak & Thunder Mountain, River City, Commonwealth Bluegrass, Shenandoah Drive)

Allen Thompson / Forgive Me / diy – From Richmond to Nashville Showcase / Canal Club, Feb. 19 @ 8pm (w/ The Atkinsons, Barrelhouse, Relacksachian, Don Gallardo)

The Velvet Marias / Demon Alcohol / diy – Benefit for Commonwealth Parenting Center / The National, Feb. 18 @ 7pm (w/ The Word Brown, The Venture Rays)

Prabir/Goldrush / The Dream is Over / diy – The Camel, Feb. 19 @ 10pm (w/ Lightfoot, Fuzzy Baby)

Miramar / En Mis Suenos / diy – Balliceaux, Feb. 18 @ 10:30pm

Shortwave Society / Pogs & Furbies / diy – The Camel, Feb. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Zac Hryciak & the Jungle Beat, Franklin Massie, John Conley)

Zac Hryciak & the Jungle Beat / The Bird's Nest / live – Cous Cous, Feb. 17 @ 10pm

iLad / Lou Dobbs / diy – Balliceaux, Feb. 17 @ 10pm

Joey Ripps / Stubborn Mind / blocSonic – Just Plain Sounds presents / The Camel, Feb. 20 @ 9pm (w/ Sleaze, Anhk Trinity, Ohbliv, AD Eight, Gordy Michael, The Astro-Notts)

Daedelus / Fair Weather Friends / Ninja Tune – The National, Feb. 19 @ 8pm (w/ Lotus)

The Polish Ambassador / Earth vs. The World / Jumpsuit – The Camel, Feb. 17 @ 8pm (w/ The Polychrons)

Mux Mool / Ballad of Gloria Featherbottom / Ghostly International – The Camel, Feb. 18 @ 9pm (w/ The Silo Effect, Two Fresh, Body Language)

Depressed Buttons / Ow! – Hat Factory, Feb. 17 @ 10pm

Mutwawa / Spyra Sphinx / CNP – Sprout, Feb. 19 @ 10pm (w/ How I Quit Crack, Positivland, Twilight Memories of the Three Suns, Miracle Power Combination)

How I Quit Crack / If Only / diy

Miniature Tigers / Gold Skull / Modern Art – Strange Matter, Feb. 20 @ 7pm (w/ Canary Oh Canary, Parkour Shakedown, Black Girls)

Mike Mains & the Branches / Stereo / diy – Canal Club, Feb. 20 @ 5:30pm (w/ The Crosswalk, Overtones, The Bucket List, Cadeline)

Young Dubliners / Saints and Sinners / 429 – The National, Feb. 17 @ 7pm (w/ Fighting Jamesons)

Hurricanes of Love / Warnings from a Demon / diy – Garage Bar, Feb. 21 (w/ Ben Nelson, Herschel Stratego, Steven Wilson Jr, Kent South)

Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds / Johnny / In the Red – Bandito's, Feb. 17 @ 9pm (w/ Chrome Daddy Disco, Venus Throw)

Venus Throw / Black Valentine / diy

The Hi Tones / Way Out / diy – Canal Club, Feb. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Parlour Shakedown, Drew Martin & the Limelights)

Sundials / Carver Blues / Toxic Pop – Skull Mountain, Feb. 18 @ 7pm (w/ Dave Deese, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships)

Nightlights / Bluffington / Eulogy – Rock Garden, Feb. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Hold Tight!, The Haverchucks, Time in Youth)

Hold Tight! / Save the Clocktower / Death to False Hope – The Triple, Feb. 18 @ 9pm (w/ T-Division, Dammit Matthew Dammit)

No Values / Grown and Gone / diy – That, Feb. 18 @ 7pm (w/ Mad World, Our Crowd, Bad, Wicked Eyes)

Mad World / Unforgiven / Even Worse

Weedeater / God Luck and Goodspeed  – Strange Matter, Feb. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Inter Arma, ASG)

ASG / Yes We are Aware / Volcom

The Skuds / Hellbound / Vex – Winter Apocalypse Festival / Strange Matter, Feb. 18 @ 6pm (w/ Kill the Car, Doomed Youth, Point Blank, Lynch Mob, Krang, In Ruins)

Point Blank / Thrashenstein / diy

Lynch Mob (formerly The Pogo) / Chaotic / diy

Occultist / Stratomantis / diy – Winter Apocalypse Festival / Strange Matter, Feb. 19 @ 6pm (w/ State, Nuklear Blast Suntan, Lotus Fucker, Black Age, Violent Party, Asadachi, Neutron Rats)

Violent Party / End of Existence / CR

Anduin / Contents of a Black Box / SMTG Lmtd. – Ghostprint, Feb. 18 (w/ Radere, Octember, Counterspark)