Activate!Activate! November 23 – November 30

Tonight, I'm going to give thanks for all the tasty live music that comes to Richmond. At 7pm, I've got 2 hours of bands on this week's menu, including a track by Former Champions (pictured). Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Carbon Leaf and 311!

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ACTIVATE! 11-23-11

Paul Simon / Diamonds on the Souls of her Shoes / Warner – Landmark Theater, Nov. 29

The Wailers / A Step for Mankind / Oniric – Kingdom, Nov. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Duane Stephenson)

Former Champions / We / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Nov. 29 @ 10pm

Oregon Hill Funk Allstars / Freshy Woman / Courthouse – The Camel, Nov. 25 @ 8pm

Carbon Leaf / For the First Time / diy – The National, Nov. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Say Chance, Scars on 45)

Tara Mills / Sweet Child O' Mine / diy – The Camel, Nov. 27 @ 8pm (w/ Southern Belles)

Flesh Mountain Boys / Jesse James / diy – Balliceaux, Nov. 25 @ 10:30pm

Wrenn Mangum / Milkcow Blues Boogie / diy – Gus', Nov. 25 @ 9pm

Lil' Ronnie & the Grand Dukes / Take a Chance / Trust Me Baby – Shenanigans, Nov. 27 @ 8pm

Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun / Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods / Proper – Shenanigans, Nov. 24 @ 8pm

Moossa / Time Bomb / 504 North – Bogart's, Nov. 26 @ 9pm

Alison Self / Busted Knees, Broken Hearts / diy – Ask a punk, Dec. 3 @ 8pm (w/ Brownbird Rudy Relic)

Brownbird Rudy Relic / Your Tricks Ain't Workin' / diy

James Justin & Co. / The rescue / diy – Capital Ale House, Nov. 26 @ 9pm

311 / I'll Be Here Awhile / Volcano – The National, Nov. 30 @ 7pm (w/ DJ Soulman)

Black Girls / Music Theory (For Haters) / diy – Canal Club, Nov. 25 @ 8pm (w/ The Big Payback)

David Mayfield Parade / I Just Might Pray / 9th Grade – The Camel, Nov. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Boom Chick)

Boom Chick / Cryin' Rooster / diy

Close Talker / Hole Whence You Came / diy – Ask a punk, Nov. 30 (w/ Expressways, Springtime, Rivers)

Expressways / Antibiotics / diy

Cruddy / Negative World / 12XU – Strange Matter, Nov. 29 @ 9pm (w/ Hounds of Hate, Moms, Brown Sugar)

Brown Sugar / Birds / Feeble Minds

Aghast / Vestigial Fantasy / Desolate Legacy – LP Release / Strange Matter, Nov. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Dead Reich, Syndrome, Dry Spell)

Syndrome / Total Disarmament / Desolate Legacy

Hatebreed / Perserverence / Universal – Kingdom, Nov. 28 @ 6pm (w/ Bracewar, Seraph, Saint Diablo)

Black Liquid / Richmond / diy – Thanksgathering: Holiday of the Hatchet / Strange Matter, Nov. 26 @ 5pm (w/ TONE-z, The Real Chaos, C4 (the Industry), OMG, Stolen Generation, Toxsick n Shift, Loco Pimp, TOS, Phatty L)

Damn Right / The City / diy – Canal Club, Nov. 26 @ 9pm (w/ Josati, Dopapod)

A-Sides / Undeniable / Eastside – Jive Turkey / Emilio's, Nov. 24 @ 9pm (w/ Will Miles, Ill Omen, Patrick Currier)

Pavement Cover Night – The Camel, Nov. 28 @ 8pm (w/ The Diamond Center, Adah, Nelly Kate, Snowy Owls, White Laces, Climber, The Milkstains)