Activate!Activate! November 20 – November 27

Geez, holiday music is playing early this year. At 7pm I'll play a little bit of everything except jingle bell rock and, best of all, each featured band is playing live in Richmond this week! I'll include songs from Roseanne and New Turks, who both have album release shows, and a track from Way Shape or Form (pictured), who are playing one of two Listening Room shows. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Jonathan Richman and Kayo Dot in Richmond and David Mayfield Parade in Charlottesville!

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Activate! 11-20-13

John King / Awake With You / diy – Singer-Songwriter Showcase / The Camel, Nov. 20 @ 8pm

Sturgeon City / Stories / diy – Twangtown Thursday / Balliceaux, Nov. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Josh Bearman); The Camel, Nov. 27 @ 8pm (w/ James Justin & Co., Jackass Flats)

Vandaveer / A Nature of Our Kind / Supply & Demand – The Listening Room / Gallery 5, Nov. 24 @ 7:30pm (w/ Jonathan Vassar, Dead Professional)

Dead Professional / Bad Memory / Funny Not Funny

The Northerners / You / diy – The Camel, Nov. 25 @ 9pm (w/ Threesound)

Proverbial / Down Here / diy – The National, Nov. 22 @ 6:30pm (w Downbeat Switch, Signal Fire, Force of Habit, Funk Butter, DJ Droppa)

Pimps of Joytime / Janxta Funk / Wonderwheel – Canal Club, Nov. 22 @ 9pm (w/ The Polychrons)

Way Shape or Form / Medicine Book / diy – The Listening Room / Firehouse Theater, Nov. 26 @ 7:30pm (w/ Warren Hixson, White Laces)

James Wallace & the Naked Light / Worse Things Have Happened / diy – The Camel, Nov. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Chelsea Temple, No BS Brass Band)

Jonathan Richman / Roadrunner / Berserkley – The Camel, Nov. 23 @ 8pm

Strumpet / Magnolia / diy – Emilio's, Nov. 21 @ 8:30pm (w/ Inland Ocean, Amelia Jean)

Silversmiths / After Night / diy – Gallery 5, Nov. 26 @ 7pm (w/ Glass Twin, Eric Hunter & the Distractions)

Glass Twin / Orchid / Blind Sea

One Friend / Veritas Splendor / diy – Strange Matter, Nov. 25 (w/ Various Eggs, Ocean vs. Daughter)

Various Eggs / I Wish the Best for You / diy – Bogarts, Nov. 23 @ 9pm (w/ The Foresters, Monacan Hill)

Among Criminals / Glow In the dark / diy – Canal Club, Nov. 23 @ 7pm (w/ River City Rising, East Coast Secondaries, The Silver Chops, The Upstream, Brighter the Moon, Inquiry, The Concussion Theory, Rolhk & Reason, oh! Josie)

Brighter the Moon / City Lights / diy

The Can't Tells / No Television / Medical – Hardywood Brewery, Nov. 23 @ 5pm (w/ The Trillions, Hypercolor)

The Ha-Rang / She Wants Pretty / diy – The Camel, Nov. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Short Skirts, Toxic Moxie)

Psychic Teens / H#te / SRA – Strange Matter, Nov. 23 @ 5pm (w/ Canary Oh Canary, Hoboknife)

New Turks / Bonestorm / Bad Grrrl – Album Release / Gallery 5, Nov. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Navi, Tungs, Heavy Midgets)

Heavy Midgets / Real Life / diy – The Well, Nov. 21 @ 10:30pm (w/ Roseanne, Spacemonster)

Roseanne / A Possession… / diy

Edhochuli / It's the Tiger Not the Bunny / Riotous Outburst – Strange Matter, Nov. 26 @ 9pm (w/ Moxiebeat, Prisoner, Burn/Ward)

Prisoner / Tormentor / diy

Moxiebeat / Dead Words / Vitriol

Kayo Dot / A Pitcher of Summer / Tzadik – Gallery 5, Nov. 21 @ 7:30pm (w/ Brother Wolf, Crossing the Event Horizon)

Crossing the Event Horizon / Whence Came Creation / diy

Municipal Waste / Massive Aggressive / Earache – Kingdom, Nov. 22 @ 7pm (w/ Toxic Holocaust, Ramming Speed, In Defence, Unsacred)

Ramming Speed / Vulture's Prey / TDB

Toxic Holocaust / Nuke the Cross / Relapse

Lugweight / Laudanum / diy – Strange Matter, Nov. 24 @ 9pm (w/ Flesh Control, Geordi La Korg, Stone Garden Jam Temple, Retarded Genius)

Condition / Accepted Farce / De:Nihil – Ask a punk, Nov. 22 @ 7:30pm (w/ Asylum, Pure Disgust, Nightstalker)

Bile / Dr. Depression / diy – Fallout, Nov. 27 @ 8pm (w/ The Rabid Whole, Machine Chop Inc)

Even more shows:

Parties – Ask a punk, Nov. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Counterspark, Source of Sorcery)

The Free Rangers – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Nov. 23 @ 8pm

Imaginary Sons – The Camel, Nov. 24