Activate!Activate! October 26 – November 2

As Ministry once said, I wish every day is Halloween. For the next week it will be, with casket-loads of devilish shows and ghoulish parties to dress up for. I'll take a stab at previewing them for you tonight at the witching hour of 7pm. And don't forget WRIR's Monster Mashquerade this Friday!

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ACTIVATE! 10-26-11

Dick Dale / Misirlou / MCA – Capital Ale House, Oct. 28 @ 8pm

Canary Oh Canary / Face In a Magazine / diy – WRIR Monster Mashquerade / The Camel, Oct. 28 @ 8pm (w/ DJ Pari, Jesse Split & Joanna O, DJ Glycenide, The 27 Club)

The Primate Fiasco / Whale Song / diy – The Camel, Oct. 28 @ 6pm

No BS Brass Band / Landmines / diy – Richmond's 6th Annual Halloween Parade / Starts in Monroe Park, Oct. 31 @ 7pm; Balliceaux, Oct. 31 @ 10pm

Amazing Ghost / I Gettuppa / Electric Cowbell – Balliceaux, Oct. 29 @ 10:30pm (w/ DJ Mikemetic, DJ Carlito)

Chromeo / Night By Night / Vice – The National, Oct. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Mayer Hawthorne, Breakbot)

Crystal Castles / Celestica / Fiction – The National, Oct. 28 @ 8pm

The Magician / I Don't Know What To Do / Kitsune – Canal Club, Nov. 1 @ 9pm

Noah O / Winning / diy – Hip Hop halloween / The Camel, Oct. 27 @ 9pm

Ms. Proper / Friday Night / diy – Kingdom, Oct. 27 (w/ Chris Webby)

Papadosio / Giving You Up / diy – The National, Oct. 29 @ 8pm (w/ The Werks)

Black Girls / Get Off / diy – Dead Sexy Halloween Party / Canal Club, Oct. 29 @ 8pm (w/ Four50Four, Octane Saints)

Crooked Fingers / Bad Blood / Merge – The Camel, Oct. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Strand of Oak, Clint Maul)

People's Blues of Richmond / Well Well / diy – The Camel, Oct. 29 @ 9pm (w/ Think)

Red Wanting Blue / The New Cool / Fanatic – Canal Club, Nov. 2 @ 7pm (w/ Hat Stafford, Psychobilly Cadillac)

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / All Hail Dracula / Polyvinyl – Current, Oct. 28 @ 9pm (w/ The Absent Center, The Trillions, Young Adult Fiction)

The Greater the Risk / Braver / diy – Canal Club, Oct. 27 @ 6pm (w/ Rookie of the Year, Like the Stars, Men of Leisure)

Arabia Terra / I'll Make It Move for You / diy – The Camel, Nov. 2 @ 9pm (w/ Saint Hood Reps, Fixtures)

Tereu Tereu / Savage Love / diy – Cellar Door, Oct. 30 @ 9pm (w/ The Diamond Center, Imperial China)

Imperial China / There is No Translation / diy

Dan Sartain / Telegram Sam / One Little Indian  – Strange Matter, Nov. 1 @ 9pm (w/ The Milkstains, Bermuda Triangles)

Bermuda Triangles / Bloo / CNP

Screaming Females / Treacher Collins / Don Giovanni – Gallery 5, Nov. 1 @ 7pm (w/ Pygmy Lush, Failures Union, Big Eyes)

Pygmy Lush / Send Bombs / Robotic Empire

Failures Union / Hidden Song / Paper + Plastick

None More Black / Under My Feet / Fat Wreck – The Camel, Nov. 1 @ 9pm (w/ Family Cat, Hold Tight!, Dig it Up)

Hold Tight! / Ready to Go / Death to False Hope

Direct Control / Police Threat / No Way – Strange Matter, Oct. 27 @ 10pm (w/ Warcry, Ripper, Siren)

Warcry / No Tomorrow / Feral Ward

Eagle Claw / Elephant / diy – Strange Matter, Oct. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Humungus, Hessian, Kill the Car, Ravn)

Between the Buried and Me / Mordecai / Victory – Kingdom, Nov. 1 @ 7pm (w/ Tesseract, Animals as Leaders)

Panic Lift / When Euphoria Ends / Noitekk – Fallout, Oct. 29 @ 9pm (w/ Machine Chop Inc., Xentrifuge)