Activate!Activate! October 3 – October 10

There are so many rad bands coming through Richmond this week, I could fill THREE hours. Alas, I have from 7 to 9pm to give you the best of the best, including a song from the returning Matthew E. White (pictured) who's getting rave reviews for his new record. I'll also give away tickets to his show with the Mountain Goats, as well as tickets to see Sleigh Bells and Ms. Proper!

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Activate! 10/3/12

One Tough Cookie / What Do you Do With Expectations? / diy – The Flying Brick, Oct. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Oso Negro, Swamp Trees, Bearsnail)

Ms. Proper / Friday night / live on WRIR – Kingdom, Oct. 6 @ 8pm (w/ HaBits, real Money, Rockstar Gunna)

Sirsy / Hostage / Funzalo – Poe's Pub, Oct. 6 @ 9pm

Christopher Paul Stelling / Mourning Train to Memphis / diy – The Camel, Oct. 10 @ 8pm (w/ The Green Boys, Dave Watkins)

Andrew Kelley Simons / I'm On Fire / diy – Globehopper, Oct. 6 @ 7pm

Mountain Goats / Damn These Vampires / Merge – The National, Oct. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Matthew E. White)

Matthew E. White / Will you Love Me / Spacebomb

Food Will Win the War / Shatter Today / diy – The Camel, Oct. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Human Horn, Ocean vs. Daughter, Sleepy Brother)

Southern Culture On the Skids / Zombified / Kudzu – Capital Ale House, Oct. 5 @ 9:30pm (w/ Jamie McLean Band)

Dex Romweber Duo / lookout / Bloodshot – Badito's, Oct. 7 @ 10pm (w/ The Milkstains)

Love Banshee / Take My Ring / diy – Rag & Bones Bicycle Co-Op, Oct. 9 @ 6pm (w/ Oklahoma Car Crash, Alison Self, Matt Seymour, Jake Mayday)

The Fleshtones / What's So New About You? / IRS – The Camel, Oct. 7 (w/ The Vacant Stairs)

Machine Gun Mustache / Road Trip Trip / diy – The Camel, Oct. 4 @ pm (w/ Ian Thomas Band, Russel Lacy, Jordan Tarrant)

Netherfriends / Nunya (Beeswax) / Kilo – The Nile, Oct. 7 @ 10pm (w/ Flossed In Paradise, Vinegar)

Anousheh Khalili / On and On / diy – Record Release / Strange Matter, Oct. 5 @ 9pm (w/ The Garbers, Snowy Owls)

Snowy Owls / Papertooth / Harding Street Assembly Lab

Warren Hixson / Baby Boogie / diy – Record Release / Cous Cous, Oct. 6 @ 11pm

Sleigh Bells / Comeback Kid / Mom + Pop – The National, Oct. 7 @ 7pm (w/ AraabMUZIK)

Mac Demarco / Only You / Captured Tracks – Strange Matter, Oct. 7 @ 9pm (w/ White Laces, The Get Wild Five)

White Laces / Twinning / Speakertree

Zulu Pearls / White Flag / Cantora – The Camel, Oct. 5 @ 9pm (w/ Black Girls, The Trillions)

Sundials / New York Crunch / Asian Man – LP Release / Strange Matter, Oct. 5 @ 5pm (w/ Hold Tight! Family Cat)

Family Cat / Sexatron 5000 / diy

Microjoy / 80s Kids / diy – First Friday / Dead End Alley Auto, Oct. 5 @ 9pm

Heavy Midgets / We are On the Run / diy – The Nile, Oct. 9 @ 10pm (w/ Acorn Bacorn, Hot Dolphin, Sacred Teachers)

Acorn Bacorn / A Shape That's Hard to Break / diy

The Blind Shake / Hurracan / Learning Curve – Strange Matter, Oct. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Fire Buson, Nervous Ticks, Power Takeoff, Buck Biloxi & the Fucks)

Deaf Scene / History of Clouds Part A / diy – The Camel, Oct. 6 @ 9pm (w/ Pigeons Playing Ping Pong)

Perhaps / Volume 1 (excerpt) / diy – The Nile, oct. 10 @ 10pm (w/ Dumbwaiter, Houdan the Mystic)

Trapped Under Ice / Outcast / Reaper – Kingdom, Oct. 10 @ 6pm (w/ Backtrack, Naysayer, Born Low, Fire and Ice)

D-Clone / Vision / diy – Strange Matter, Oct. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Pissheads, Violent Party, Zatsuon)

Violent Party / Parasitic Culture / diy

Blackguard / The Fear of All Flesh / Victory – Kingdom, Oct. 9 @ 10pm

Tiger and Woods / Deflowered / Editainment – Canal Club, Oct. 4 @ 9pm (w/ Reinhold)