Activate!Activate! August 31 – September 7

School's back in session, so how's about a primer of live music in Richmond that'll have you avoiding homework all week? Activate! at 7pm will feature a track by Just Plain Ant (pictured), who has a CD release show, and one by Ballpoint Pens for the Ross Harmon Tribute CD release show.

Click on "read more" for the show listings / playlist. Click here for the podcast (tomorrow):

Activate! 8-31-11

Grease Trigger / Right Notes, Wrong Choir / diy – The Camel, Sept. 2 @ 8pm (w/ Ghost Owls, Tokyo Rosenthal)

The Dust Busters / Greenback Dollar / diy – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 7 @ 8pm

World History / Swimming / Punks & Criminals – Cellar Door, Sept. 4 @ 9pm (w/ My Friend Kyle, Real Live Tigers, Meade Skelton)

My Friend Kyle / My Friend's Noise / diy

Real Live Tigers / Tusks / Punks & Criminals

La Excelencia / Salsa Dura / HWC – Univ. of Rich., Sept. 7 @ 8pm & Sept. 8 @ 4pm

Photosynthesizers / Boombaptism / diy – Canal Club, Sept. 2 @ 7pm (w/ King, Elim, From Fragile Seeds, Trinity Edralin, For Now We Live)

Divine Profitz / Like This / Alphabetik – Balliceaux, Sept. 7 @ 10pm

Just Plain Ant / The Day has Begun / BlocSonic – CD Release / The Camel, Sept. 4 @ 8pm (w/ God IV Bid, The Honorable Sleaze)

Gabby Young & the Other Animals / Ones That Got Away / Gift of the Gab – The Camel, Sept. 7 @ 6pm (w/ Slomski Bros.)

Ballpoint Pens / I Will Find You / diy – Ross Harmon Memorial Show & Tribute CD Release / Edo's Squid, Sept. 5 @ 7pm (w/ Jim O'Brien, Novios, Rabbits, Jeff Williams, Teddy Blanks)

Peace Beast / Can't Believe / diy – The Camel, Sept. 5 @ 9pm (w/ Adam Gnade, Damon Moon & the Whispering Drifters, Canary Oh Canary)

Adam Gnade / We Must Come Home Again / diy

Damon Moon & the Whispering Drifters / Twenty Echoes / diy

Canary Oh Canary / In the Paneled Basement / diy

Ortho Ethos / Sleeping In the Folds / diy – Sprout, Sept. 3 @ 10pm (w/ Young Adult Fiction)

Jeff the Brotherhood / Something In the Way / Spin – Strange Matter, Sept. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Sportsbar, Little Master)

Sportsbar / White Girls / Sweet Dreams

PC Worship / Tides / Kreephaus – Sprout, Sept. 7 @ 10pm (w/ White Laces, Super Vacations)

White Laces / Motorik Twilight / Harding Street Assembly Lab

Spiked Punch / Shackles On the Hands / diy – Strange Matter, Sept. 1 @ 9pm (w/ Spooktober, Champagne of Rats)

Brick Mower / Slow Too fast / Viking on Campus – The Hospital, Sept. 3 @ 7pm (w/ Jake Mayday, Trust Fall)

Something Fierce / Teenage Ruins / Dirtnap – The Hospital, Sept. 4 @ 7pm (w/ The Cute Lepers, The Haverchucks)

The Cute Lepers / Terminal Boredom / 1234-Go! – Steady Sounds, Sept. 4 @ 5pm

Sundials / Good Words / Toxic Pop – Strange Matter, Sept. 4 @ 4pm (w/ Street Pizza, Balaclava, Hold Tight!, Tiger Tail, Deep China)

Balaclava / To Those Who Glorify War / Forcefield

Deep China / Ornery Like a Wolf / diy

Unstoppable Death Machines / Slumlord / Last Ever – Strange Matter, Sept. 6 @ 8pm (w/ Dead, Hex Machine, Bermuda Triangles)

Hex Machine / Black Skeleton / Minimum Underdrive

Dead / You Just Lost My Appetiate

Lord By Fire / Three Sisters of the Wolves / Forcefield – Strange Matter, Sept. 3 @ 9pm (Unnh, Tournament)

Unnh / Hands On / diy

The No BS Brass Band / Lando / diy – Balliceaux, Sept. 3 & 4