Activate!Activate! February 6 – February 13

Tonight at 7pm there will music galore from bands performing in Richmond, including the Slomski Brothers (pictured) as Mark Slomski celebrates the release of their final album. Plus, I'll hand out tickets to see Toro Y Moi at The National and Man Man at The Southern!

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Activate! 2/6/13

Beppe Gambetta / Light in Torraca / Gadfly – Shady Grove Coffeehouse, Feb. 9 @ 8pm

Quatro Na Bossa / De Conversa Em Conversa / diy – Album Release / The Camel, Feb. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Bio Ritmo)

Alison Self / Wayfaring Stranger / diy – Weezie's, Feb. 7 @ 10pm (w/ Melissa Wright)

Slack Family / Theme Time / Planetary – Bogart's, Feb. 8 @ 9pm

The Atkinsons / You Could Go / diy – Poe's Pub, Feb. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Exebelle & the Rusted Cavalcade)

Toro Y Moi / Say That / Carpark – The National, Feb. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Wild Belle, Dog Bite)

Wild Belle / Keep You / Sandhill Sound

Sixpence None the Richer / I Won't Share You / American Laundromat – Canal Club, Feb. 7 @ 6pm

Vyie / Saturdays / diy – The Republic, Feb. 12 @ 10pm

Ramona Falls / Spore / Barsuk – The Camel, Feb. 10 @ 8pm (w/ The Absent Center, Houdan the Mystic)

US Girls / Jack / Fatcat – Strange Matter, Feb. 11 @ 9pm (w/ Slim Twig, Age of Asparagus, Flossed In Paradise)

Flossed In Paradise / New Hope / diy

Pegboard Nerds / Disconnected / Monstercat – Canal Club, Feb. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Eliott Ness, Agent, BDolla, DJ Iris)

Man Man / 10 lb. Mustache / Ace Fu – The Southern, Feb. 8 (w/ Murder By Death, Samantha Crain)

Slomski Brothers / Spent the Day Drinkin' / diy – CD Release / The Camel, Feb. 7 @ 6pm

The Slackers / Have the Time / Epitaph – Kingdom, Feb. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Chanty Town, Murphy's Kids)

Murphy's Kids / Dusty Trail / Community

The Garbers / Haiku / diy – Balliceaux, Feb. 7 @ 10pm (w/ The Green Hearts)

People's Blues of Richmond / Wanna Be Your Man / diy – The Camel, Feb. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Kung Fu)

Ghost Wolves / Broke Joke / Pau Wau – Bandito's, Feb. 10 @ 9pm (w/ The Milkstains, The Trillions)

Midnight Spin / Lion Run / diy – The Camel, Feb. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Stonebrook Moonshine, Triple Stack Jack, Soundstorm)

Lightfields / Atomic / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Canary Oh Canary, Heavy Midgets)

Heavy Midgets / We are On the Run / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Peace Beast, Young Sinclairs, The Missionaries)

Peace Beast / Can't Believe / diy

Boxwave / Rare Times Funk / diy – On the Rox, Feb. 8 @ 10pm

Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires / Centreville / Alive Naturalsound – Strange Matter, Feb. 11 @ 5pm (w/ The Dimmer Twins)

The Black Shades / Bread n Butter / Make & Model – Strange Matter, Feb. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Sacred Teachers, Navi)

Navi / BooBoo / diy

Brick Mower / Black Market Cigarettes / Don Giovanni – Ask a punk, Feb. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Teen Death, Dressing Cold)

The Catalyst / I Hate the Future / Perpetual Motion Machine – Strange Matter, Feb. 8 @ 5pm (w/ Prisoner, Gnarwhal, Nameless Cults)

Gnarwhal / New Booty / diy

Nameless Cults / Rasana / diy

Violent Outburst / Hard Way / diy – Ask a punk, Feb. 8 (w/ Phantom, Men's Room, Window Liquor)

MotivA / Pushy / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 12 @ 9pm (w/ Time Ghost, Mutwawa, Champagne of Rats, Soft Target)

Zappa Plays Zappa – The National, Feb. 7 @ 7pm

Sal P (Liquid Liquid / Fist of Facts) – No Richmond / Balliceaux, Feb. 8 @ 10:30pm