Activate!Activate! April 24 – May 1

Take 2 hours this evening and get schooled on who's playing live in Richmond, tonight on Activate! at 7pm. I have everything from the Hackensaw Boys to Cashmere Jungle Lords, DRI to Diamond Black Hearted Boy (pictured) who will be playing this weekend's RVA Noise Fest. Plus, I have tickets to give away for Shabazz Palaces in Charlottesville!

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Activate! 4/24/13

Hackensaw Boys / Oh Girl / Nettwerk – The National, April 26 @ 8pm

Folk Soul Revival / D'Railed / diy – Capital Ale House, April 26 @ 9pm

Real Live Tigers / If I Was Someone You Could Love / diy – Gallery 5, April 28 @ 6:30pm (w/ Brother Wolf, Recluse Racoon, We Never, Mother Pearl)

Tift Merrit / Neighborhood / Lost Highway – Capital Ale House, April 27 @ 8pm (w/ Tara Mills & Yankee Rose)

The Kindling Kind / Awakening / diy – The Camel, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ Stone Brook Moonshine)

Shabazz Palaces / An Echo From the Hosts that Profess Infinitum / Sub Pop – The Southern in Charlottesville, April 29 (w/ Theesatisfaction, Malitia Malimob)

Lela Bizz / Ain't Worried / diy – The Camel, April 27 @ 9pm (w/ Anhayla, Photosynthesizers)

The English Beat / Sole Salvation / Shout! Factory – The National, April 27 @ 7pm (w/ 808, Craig Honeycutt)

The Moonbees / Oh Well / Aunt Mary – Soju Lounge, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Hill and Wood)

The Rival Brothers / Pill / diy – The Camel, April 25 (w/ The Vagabond Union, Planet Hunting Methods)

The Idiomatics / Rosemary / diy – The Camel, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ The Northerners, Imaginary Sons)

Cashmere Jungle Lords / The Sweeper / Little Abner – Cary Street Cafe, April 27 @ 10pm

Great White Caps / Screech Beach / diy – The Camel, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ The Trillions, Warren Hixson)

Warren Hixson / Dress Like a Policeman / diy

TV Ghost / Wired Trap / In the Red – Strange Matter, April 28 @ 9pm (w/ Wax Idols, Big No, Gunboat)

Wax Idols / Dead Like You / Hozac

Snack Truck / Presence Charm / Rorschach – The Nile, April 26 @ 10pm (w/ Gull, Palindrone)

Conditions / Walking Separate Ways / EOne – Canal Club, April 26 @ 5pm (w/ Life on Repeat, This or The Apocalyse, Honour Crest, Broadside, My Enemies and I, Under City Skylines)

DRI / Hooked / Metal Blade – Kingdom, April 25 @ 7pm (w/ Reclamation Red, Olde Shame)

Gasmask Terror / Octobre Rouge / diy – Strange Matter, May 1 @ 5pm (w/ Youth Avoiders, Disparage, Unsacred)

Youth Avoiders / Long Chains / diy

Disparage / Doom of Mandkind / diy – Ask a punk, April 29 (w/ State Poison, Mercy Killings)

Blind Justice / Mischief / diy – Kingdom, April 26 @ 6pm (w/ Dead Serious, Bracewar, Hard Stripes)

Unholy Thoughts / Tradition / Forcefield – Strange Matter, April 26 @ 9pm (w/ Burial, Devil's Hand)

Frameworks / Ida / 13th Floor – Strange Matter, April 25 @ 5pm (w/ Rescuer, With My Bare Hands)

Clutch / The Mob Goes Wild / DRT – The National, May 1 @ 6pm (w/ The Sword, Lionize)

The Sword / Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians / Kemado

Word In Red / Resigned Not Resigning / No Idea – Ask a punk, April 27 @ 8pm (w/ Bodyfather, Springtime, New Turks)

Gritter / Snake Church / diy – Wonderland, April 27 @ 9pm (w/ JJ Speaks); Banditos, April 28 @ 9pm (w/ Pistol Whip Nikki)

Soilwork / Exile / Nuclear Blast – Kingdom, April 29 @ 5pm (w/ Jeff Loomis, Blackguard, Hatchet)

Dominium / War Ritual / diy – Strange Matter, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ Hellgoat, Hunter's Ground, Cremains)

Diamond Black Hearted Boy / Spaceship in Contrary Motion / diy – RVA Noise Fest / Sound of Music, April 26 @ 7pm (w/ Anduin, Negative Gemini, Close Your Eyes I'm Changing, Slow News Day In The Vampire World, Thieves of Shiloh, Elian, Focus On Shapes)

Drums Like Machine Guns / SK8 or Don't – RVA Noise Fest / Strange Matter, April 27 @ 5pm (w/ Contortionist Jazz Exotica, A Snake In The Garden, Skin Graft, Dog Lady Island, Heavy Breathing, Scant, A9Concuss, Ritual Stance, Radiator Greys, JM//Wave , Justin Marc Lloyd, Shattered Hymen, Head Molt, Floodbeast, Lightless, Winter Ritual & Pleasure Island, Stress Orphan, Lugweight, Cash Slave Clique, Xambuca, Christopher S. Feltner, Broadcastatic, Monolith Zero, Cloud Destroyer, Pataphonic, Geordi La Korg, Pemdasi, Nic DeSantis, M.S.C.)

Nu Depth / Lucky Star / diy – RVA Noise Fest / The Nile, April 28 @ 10pm (w/ Kimberly, Stone Garden Jam Temple, Medicinal, Pilottone, Miranda, Genders, New Loft, The Guild, Short Skirts)

Mutwawa / Mayan Mutations / CNP – Fallout, April 30 (w/ Canary Oh Canary, Gilmore Guys)

Even more shows:

Chester River Runoff – Balliceaux, April 25 @ 10pm

The Southern Belles – The Camel, April 26 @ 8pm  (w/ Woodwork)

Paulo Franco – Crossroads, April 26 @ 8pm

Night Idea – Wonderland, April 26 @ 9pm (w/ 6 Track Amateur, Kid Architect)

The Polish Ambassador – Canal Club, April 27 @ 10pm (w/ Blockhead)

Chris Corsano – Forinstance Gallery, April 28 @ 7pm (w/ Jason Lescalleet)

England in 1819 – Emilio's, April 28 @ 8pm (w/ Crushed Purple)

John McCutcheon – Shady Grove Coffeehouse, April 28 @ 8pm

Celtic Panda – CD release / Strange Matter, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Toxic Moxie, Romesco)