Activate!Activate! April 27 – May 4

Is must be Summer already, 'cause it's hot hot hot. That's cool though, it means tons of bands will be on tour and playing shows! Tonight at 7pm, I have about 30 bands from this week's live schedule, including The Trillions (pictured), who will perform at a benefit for Carlos Pozzi.

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ACTIVATE! 4-27-11

NumberNin6 / Beneath the Boards / diy – Strange Matter, April 29 @ 8pm (w/ Long Jawns, Shux, Mark Murder)

Crucial Elements / Bringing the Light / diy – Hat Factory, April 28 @ 8pm (w/ SSDP, Roots of Creation)

Glows In the Dark / Racket / diy – Mondo Italiano dance party / Balliceaux, April 28 @ 10pm

Ombak / River Tam / diy – CD Release / Balliceaux, May 4 @ 10pm (w/ Snow Panda)

Carolina Chocolate Drops / Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine / Nonesuch – The National, May 1 @ 7pm

Jackie Green / I Don't Live in a Dream / 429 – Capital Ale House, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ Waylon Speed)

Amy Henderson / Photograph Eyes / diy – GayRVA Live / The Camel, May 2 @ 7pm (w/ DJ Amy Alderman)

Rachel Leyco / Bloom / diy – Benefit for Girls Rock! RVA / Globehopper, April 28 @ 6pm (w/ Aynoit Asher, Elana Hyner and her Acoustic River Rats, Ben Nelson, Christiane Simo)

Michael Chapman / Another Crossroads / Mystic – Sprout, April 30 @ 10pm (w/ Frankzig, Dorthia)

Zac Hryciak & the Jungle Beat / This Thanxgiving / diy – Cous Cous, April 28 @ 10pm (w/ Brad Lauretti)

No BS Brass Band / Dr. Wily / diy – A Tribute to Carlos Pozzi / Gallery 5, May @ 4pm (w/ Klezm' Or' Am'm, The Trillions, Kevin Davis, The former RPS Student's Guitar Ensemble, SCUO)

The Trillions / ICCB / diy

Schiavone McGee / Dry Eyes / diy – Capital Ale House, April 29 @ 10pm

Photosynthesizers / Boombaptism / diy – The Camel, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ Cornel West Theory, GDAG, Cold War, Mikemetic)

Cornel West Theory / Gentrified Chicken / Sockets

Atmosphere / 66th Street / Rhymesayers – The National, April 28 @ 7pm (w/ Grieves with Budo, Blueprint, Sab the Artist, DJ Abilities)

Junk Culture / Summer Friends / Illegal Art – Strange Matter, May 4 @ 9pm (w/ El Ten Eleven, Les La Britanica)

Les La Britanica / In the Cubby / diy – The National, April 29 @ 7pm (w/ The Legwarmers, Even Better Than the Real Thing)

Ohbliv / Keepthefaith / diy – Canal Club, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ Ghost World, The Polychrons)

The New Deal / Gone Gone Gone / Sound + Light – The National, May 4 @ 7pm (w/ Former Champions)

Netherfriends / Nunya (Beeswax) / Lateral – Strange Matter, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Tungs, White Laces)

White Laces / Motorik Twilight / Harding Street Assembly Lab

Plain White T's / What If / Fearless – Hat Factory, May 1 @ 7pm (w/ Parachute, Adam Grammar)

Remain / Grow / Worthless Junk – BP, April 28 @ 7pm (w/ Lewis Turn Out, Stage Fright Therapy, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships)

Landmines / If You Were In This Band You Would / Paper +Plastick – Bandito's, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Point Blank)

Stone Temple Pilots / Crackerman / Atlantic – Innsbrook Pavilion, May 4 @ 6:30pm

The Wayward / Antispetic / Magic Bullet – Strange Matter, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ Ape!, Dark Sea Dream, Yardwork)

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

True Widow / Skull Eyes / Kemado – Strange Matter, April 28 @ 9pm (w/ Dark Sea Dream, Sonic Nectar)

O'Brother / Division of Man / Favorite Gentlemen – The Camel, April 28 @ 7pm (w/ Vessel, Comrades, And I You)

Comrades / Hammerhand / Motherland Collective

45 AD / A Fiery Gift / diy – Mainstream, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ 2 Live and Die in NJ, JE Double F)

Aesthetic Perfection / Devil's In the Details / diy – Fallout, May 4 @ 9pm (w/ faderhead, Everything Goes Cold)

Wolfgang Gartner / Illmerica / Blanco y Negro – Canal Club, May 2 @ 9pm (w/ Jmungz vs. Shuggadaddee, Jesse Split, Rx, Oliver Caline)