Activate!Activate! February 13 – February 20

It's time once again for your weekly 2-hour preview of bands stopping through Richmond, starting at 7pm. I'll be sure to highlight the WRIR Black Valentine's show, which will feature the Snowy Owls (pictured) covering My Bloody Valentine, plus I'll give away tickets to see EOTO at The National and Jonathan Richman in Charlottesville!

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Activate! 2/13/13

The Highballers / Blistered / Woodshed – River City Barn Dance / Hardywood Brewery, Feb. 16 @ 4pm (w/ Andy Vaughan & the Driveline, RVA Squares)

Sons of Bill / Rock and Roll / Gray Fox – Capital Ale House, Feb. 15 @ 9pm

James Justin & Co. / The Rescue / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Feb. 15 @ 10pm

Mallett Brothers Band / Low Down / diy – The Republic, Feb. 14 @ 10pm

Tim Reynolds & TR3 / Learn to Live / Bama Rags – Jefferson Theater, Feb. 15 (w/ Joe Lawlor & Friends)

Bombadil / Leather Belt / Ramseur – The Camel, Feb. 15 @ 9pm (w/ The Last Bison, Claire Morgan)

The Last Bison / They are Filled / diy

Jonathan Richman / Roadrunner / Berserkley – The Southern in Charlottesville, Feb. 17 (w/ Tommy Larkins)

Black Girls / Get Off / Worthless Junk – Balliceaux, Feb. 14 @ 11pm

The Hill and Wood / The Call / diy – The Camel, Feb. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Speck Mountain, Ocean vs. Daughter)

Speck Mountain / Run Honey Run / Carrot Top

EOTO / Souche / diy – The National, Feb. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Crizzly, Reinhold, Groove Status, Mammals)

The Silo Effect / Yam Fighter / diy – The Camel, Feb. 16 @ 9pm

League of Space Pirates / She's a Star / diy – Gallery 5, Feb. 17 @ 7pm (w/ Deanna Danger, Scarlet Starlet, Khalima, DJ Sean Lovelace)

Geoff Rickley / Climax / diy – The Camel, Feb. 19 @ 6pm (w/ Vinnie Caruana, A Loss For Words, Koji Brian Marquis, We Call This Courage)

High Regard / 6108 / diy – Kingdom, Feb. 15 @ 5pm (w/ In Courage, Handguns, Broadside)

Snowy Owls / Fortunate Isles / diy – Black Valentine's / Cous Cous, Feb. 14 @ 10:30pm (w/ Jake Mayday, Hot Dolphin)

Hot Dolphin / Jail Fire Baby / diy

Tungs / Tapestry / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 19 @ 9pm (w/ Mountains, Thieves of Shiloh, Anduin)

Muscle & Bone / To Fix the Past, You Must Destroy the Future / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 20 @ 9pm (w/ Close Talker, Springtime, Young Adult Fiction)

Close Talker / Eaten Alive / diy

Kid is Qual / Conflict Girl / diy – Bellytimber, Feb. 17 @ 11pm (w/ The Trillions)

K-Holes / Step 'n Fetch It / Hardly Art – Strange Matter, Feb. 16 @ 9pm (w/ Nervous Ticks, Call of the Wild, Big No)

Hanzyl und Gretyl / Fikk Dich Mit Fire / Metropolis – Fallout, Feb. 16 @ 10pm (w/ Low On Sanity, Venal Flesh)

Last Words / Never Adjust / To Live a Lie – Ask a punk, Feb. 15 (w/ Meth Lab, Thick Skin, Misled Youth)

Meth Lab / Eucharist / diy – Ask a punk, Feb. 17 (w/ Demands, Cretins)

Demands / Turn It off / diy

Olde Shame / Missing Rungs / diy – The Nile, Feb. 18 @ 10:30pm (w/ Pissbath)

Upperhand / Fear No Evil / Edgewood – Kingdom, Feb. 16 @ 6pm (w/ Hard Stripes, Fire & Ice, Sai Nam)

Fire & Ice / Breathe / Triple B

Darsombra / Auguries / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 15 @ 9pm (w/ Junius, Head Molt, Degollado)

Degollado / Dying Season / diy

Paranoid Androidz / Ghost of Jupiter / diy – River City Rampage / Canal Club, Feb. 16 @ 8pm (w/ DJ Plateau, Lady Faith, Bachelors of Science, DJ 2Rip, Malphunktion, Shugadadde, Ill Omen, Kimsey, Dook & D-Rez, Nint3ndo, Quickstrike, Dizkord)