Activate!Activate! August 14th-21st

Greetings,

Mike Rutz is taking the week off, which means Shannon Cleary of The Commonwealth of Notions will be your guide through what shows are hitting Richmond this week. Lots of exciting things to talk about and tunes to play for you.

(Those Manic Seas are playing at The National on August 16th, 2013)

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As Always, Thanks for Tuning In and Supporting All Things Local!

Concert Calendar for August 14th-21st

Pedals on our Pirate Ships – No Bad Blood (Tonight at Strange Matter w/ Meridian, Close Talker and Jake Mayday)
The Milkstains – The Moutain (August 15th @ The Well w/ Ghost Wolves)
Herro Sugar – Midnight (Tiger) (August 15th @ The Camel w/ A Giant Big Pile of Leaves, Goldtooth, Sugar Glyder and Sainthood Reps)

Goldtooth – Love Riot
Hoax Hunters – In The Background (August 17th @ Bogart's with The Colloquial Orchestra w/ Dave Watkins and The Dirty Picture Show)
Dave Watkins – Marshall Street
Those Manic Seas – Headache/Heartache (August 16th @ The National w/ To Be Found, Brighter The Moon and Oh! Josie)

Goldrush – Settle Down (August 17th @ The Camel w/ Horsehead and Matt Connor)
Horsehead – Darkened Street
Peace Beast – The Sounds You Make (August 18th @ Bandito's w/ The Young Sinclairs)
The Young Sinclairs – New Day

Dropkick Murphys – The State of Massachusetts (August 18th @ The National w/ Swingin' Utters and Barroom Heroes)
The Moonbees – Decorating Your Own Cage (August 15th @ Balliceaux w/ The Green Boys)
Vexine – Rotten and No Good (August 15th @ Gallery 5 w/ Sleepy Brother)

Sleepy Brother – Dream Love Fight
Floodwall – Beyond The Shore (August 19th @ The Camel w/ My Darling Fury and Glass Twin)
Marionette (Now, Glass Twin) – Orchid
My Darling Fury – Magic Creatures

Unholy Thoughts – The Situation (August 18th @ Strange Matter w/ Back To Back and Hard Stripes)
Everyone Dies In The End – Stay Alive No Matter What Occurs, I Will Find You (August 17th @ Strange Matter w/ Wifetime (Lifetime Cover Band), Missives, Constrictor and Teen Death)
Organ Donor – Family Plot Thickens (August 15th @ Strange Matter w/ The Impalers, Mercy Killings and Vaaska)

Gwar – Decay of Granduer (August 17th @ Lake Hadad's – Gwar BQ 2013 featuring Municipal Waste, Corrosion of Conformity, Pig Destroyer, Cannabis Corpse, Loincloth, X-Cops, Warbeast, Battlecross, Wilson, Mobile Death Camp, Volture and more)
Volture – Heavy Metal Machine
Municipal Waste – Beer Pressure
Suppression – Release The Piranha (Into The Gene Pool) (August 18th @ Strange Matter w/ Badr Vogu and Cop Problem)

Sundials – Some Kind of Time (August 22nd @ Strange Matter w/ One Hundred Year Ocean, Rozwell Kid and Soundtrack to Sleep)