Activate!Activate! July 6 – July 13

Check out what bands are playing locally this week, tonight on Activate! at 7pm. I have hand-selected songs by the cream of the crop, including one by new Richmond post-punk group Dead Fame (pictured)!

Click on "read more" for the show listings / playlist. Click here for the podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/52995

Activate! 7-6-11

The Hot Seats / Jackie Wilson-Sugar Hill / diy – The Camel, July 7 @ 8pm (w/ Jake and the Burtones, Acoustic Burgoo, Drew Whitlock); Sprout, July 9 @ 11am

Curtis Eller / Sugar for the Horses / American Circus – Balliceaux, July 9 @ 10:30pm (w/ Alison Self, Josh Bearman)

Alison Self / St. Louis Blues / diy

Wrenn Mangum / Honey Hush / diy – Grandpa Eddie's BBQ, July 8 @ 8pm

Starline Drive / Strong / diy – Legend, July 8 @ 8pm

The Great Unknown / High Grounds / diy – Steady Sounds, July 12 @ 6:30pm (w/ Jonathan Vassar); Sprout, July 13 @ 10pm (w/ Dogs on Main Street, Paw Paw)

Everyone's Heart / Oregon Trail / diy – Sprout, July 10 @ 10pm (w/ Houdan the Mystic, Andrew Rohlk); The Triple, July 11 @ 8pm (w/ Birds in Paintings Can't Fly, The Head)

Chris Merritt / Big Girl / diy – The Camel, July 10 @ 8pm (w/ Dead Whale Ramblers, Crushed Purple)

The Moonbees / Running Like a Fool / Aunt Mary – Weezie's, July 7 @ 9pm (w/ Hi I'm Bryce, The Manifetsivus)

Jack's Mannequin / American Love / Sire – The National, July 8 @ 6pm (w/ Steel Train,River James, Lady Danville)

Destroy Nate Allen / The Circle Must Be Broken / diy – Sprout, July 12 @ 10pm (w/ Canary Oh canary, Friends of Yours, The True Jacqueline)

The Absent Center / Winter Song / Ontology – McCormack's, July 8 @ 8pm (w/ Thomas Coleman, Vega Omega)

Birdlips / Magicfish / diy – Strange Matter, July 7 @ 8pm (w/ Black Girls, The Trillions, The Sour Notes, Elaine Greer and Friends)

The Trillions / ICCB / diy

The Sour Notes / Hot Pink Flares / diy

Brian Schram / Who Says Fishing Ain't Cool / diy – B.A.S.S. Pro Fishing Tour / James River, July 6 – 9

Roma / Holy Man / diy – Strange Matter, July 9 @ 9pm (w/ The Milkstains, Daycare Swindlers)

Dead Fame / We Can Run / diy – Studio 8 West, July 9 @ 8:30pm (w/ Ceremony)

Ceremony / Stars Fall / Safranin Sound

Nico's Gun / Dirty Girl / diy  – The Camel, July 13 @ 8pm (w/ Backyard Sideshow, District Attorneys)

The Eeries / You've Got the Moves / Evil Weevil – Moose Lodge, July 7 @ 7pm (w/ Sundials, James Disaster, Madeline AVA, Jake Lazovick)

Mira Loma & the Bad Vibes / So High / diy – Sprout, July 9 @ 10pm (w/ Yardwork)

Palindrone / Three / diy – Sprout, July 8 @ 10pm (w/ Fire Bison, The Fordists)

The Fordists / (told time) / Amor y Lucha

Stinking Lizaveta / LBJ / At a Loss – Bandito's, July 10 @ 9pm (w/ Darsombra, Chris Farmer)

Forever / Tumbleweed (live on WRIR) / diy – Sprout, July 7 @ 10pm (w/ Little Master, Tacocat, Slutever)

Tacocat / Adderal All-Nighter / Highfives and Handshakes

Slutever / So Prone / Bantic Media

Give / Boots of Faith / Moonflower – That, July 9 (w/ Dry Spell, Black Rations, File 13)

Landmines / Piggy Back / Paper + Plastick – Empire, July 7 @ 9pm (w/ This Time It's War, I Saw Everything)

This Time It's War / Blacklight / diy

Mammox / Mouthbreather / Psychedelevator – The Camel, July 11 @ 8pm (w/ Evolution Groove)