Activate!Activate! September 18 – September 25

Not only are there tons of great bands coming through Richmond this week, such as The Young Sinclairs (pictured), I'll hook you up with free tickets to see Wreckless Eric at Gallery 5, plus Sigur Ros, Kishi Bashi, and Superchunk, all close-by in Charlottesville! Tune in at 7pm.

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Activate! 9-18-13

Nelly Kate / Drink Up / diy – Sounds of RVA Showcase / Bogart's, Sept. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Lotus Grid, Glows In the Dark)

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe / Shake It Out / Shanachi – Canal Club, Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ Mike Dillon band)

Reckless Passengers / Walk Like a Gypsy Dance / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 21 @ 10pm

Abigail Washburn w/ Bela Fleck / Backwater Blues / Mason Jar Music – Groovin' In the Garden / Lewis Ginter, Sept. 25

Son Volt / Bakersfield / Rounder – The National, Sept. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Colonel Ford)

Rev. D-Ray & the Shockers / Jailbait Baby / diy  – Bandito's, Sept. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Gojira Experiment)

Josh Small / Peek Out the Windows / Suburban Home – Jonny Z Fest Redux / Hardywood Brewery, Sept. 19 @ 6pm (w/ Black Liquid)

James Harris Moore / Do You Know Who You Are? / diy – The Listening Room / Firehouse Theater, Sept. 24 @ 7:30pm (w/ Jonathan Vassar)

Wreckless Eric / Whole Wide World (acoustic) / Spin – Gallery 5, Sept. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Paul Ivey, Harry Gore)

Jeff Ruby / Through a Needle's Eye / diy – Globehopper, Sept. 23 @ 7pm

The Itchy Hearts / Ima Be Cool / diy – CD release / The Camel, Sept. 25 @ 9pm (w/ Tungs, The Milkstains)

Mammoth Indigo / Videotapes / diy – The National, Sept. 21 @ 6:30pm (w/ Goldtooth, Nick Pollack, Indigo and the Folks)

City and Colour / Fragile Bird / Dine Alone – The National, Sept. 22 @ 6:30pm (w/ Lucy Rose)

Walk the Moon / Tightrope / RCA – The National, Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ Magic Man)

Eric Copeland (of Black Dice) / Cheap Treat / DFA – Gallery 5, Sept. 20 @ 7pm (w/ Karacell, Scoughs, Mutwawa, Daggering)

Karacell / Piece of Joy / diy

Sigur Ros / Kveikur / XL – John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Sept. 23 @ 7:30pm

Little Tybee / Nero / Paper Garden  – The Camel, Sept. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Zac Hryicak & the Jungle Beat, Night Idea)

Warren Hixson / Summer for Soviets / diy – Balliceaux, Sept. 19 @ 9:30pm (w/ Hypercolor)

Superchunk / FOH / Merge – Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, Sept. 23 @ 7pm

The Young Sinclairs / Engineer Man / diy – The Well, Sept. 20 @ 10:30pm

Cheap Time / Another Time / In the Red – Strange Matter, Sept. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Gunboat, Banshee Beat, Hot Dolphin)

Christian Death / Romeo's Distress / Frontier – Fallout, Sept. 20 @ 9pm (w/ Name of the Rose, Lost Tribe)

Lost Tribe / Fading Into the Fog / Blind Prophet

Dumbwaiter / Sports Reference / diy – RVA Noise Night / Gallery 5, Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ TT, Negative Gemeni, Slow news Daye In the Vampire World, Ausbrecher, Brandon Hurtado)

Native / Coin Toss / Triple Crown – Strange Matter, Sept. 19 @ 5pm (w/ Daylight, Boxer, Sea of Storms)

Daylight / Outside of Me / Run for Cover

Insubordination / Old Southern Shitty / diy – Wonderland, Sept. 20 @ 9pm (w/ 13 Towers)

Caretaker / Hopeless and Somber / Driftwood – Wonderland, Sept. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Sparrows & Captives)

Tendril / Furnace Cognition / Anthems of the Undesirable – Strange Matter, Sept. 23 @ 9pm (w/ Lugweight, Brown Piss, Rotted Ear)

Down to Nothing / Up River Revelation – Kingdom, Sept. 21 @ 6pm (w/ Backtrack, Criminal Instinct, Blind Justice, Upperhand, Nasty)

RDGLDGRN / Million Fans / Republic – The National, Sept. 19 @ 7pm (w/ Pepper, Grieves)

Voss / Tarantino / Bungalo – Strange Matter, Sept. 24 @ 9pm (w/ Taizu, Black Liquid, PT Burnem, Bravo)

Even more shows:

Andy Vaughan & the Driveline – Music Makers Exchange / Gallery 5, Sept. 19 @ 6:30pm (w/ The Dimmer Twins)

Mighty Joshua – Balliceaux, Sept. 19 @ 9:30pm

Kurt Stemhagen, Josh Bearman, Brian Sulser – Benefit for Richmond Teacher for Social Justice / Hardywood Brewery, Sept. 20 @ 5pm

Antero – The Camel, Sept. 20 @ 9pm (w/ Legion of Doom)

Black Girls – Balliceaux, Sept. 20 @ 10:30pm (w/ Those Manic Seas)

Elby Brass – Oktoberfest / Capital Ale House, Sept. 21 (w/ Mösl Franzi & the JaJaJas, The Continentals)