Activate!Activate! February 5 – February 12

Get out your party hats, this week WRIR celebrates our 9th birthday with the Party for the Rest of Us! Tonight at 7pm, I'll preview some of the bands taking part in Friday's festivities, as well as serve up some tracks for two other musical milestones – Bob Marley's birthday and the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles debut on Ed Sullivan. Plus, I have tickets to give away to the sold out Lord Huron show in Charlottesville!

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Activate! 2-5-14

Antero / Smokin' / diy – Bob Marley birthday celebration / The Camel, Feb. 6 @ 7pm (w/ Lost Dreads, Murphy's Kids, iron Lion)

Feedel Band / Lejitewa (The Girl) / Electric Cowbell – Balliceaux, Feb. 7 @ 10:30pm (w/ DJ Yoseph Teklenarium)

Luray / What Becomes / diy – Gallery 5, Feb. 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ My Darling Fury)

Lee Harris & Country Sunshine / I Just Can't Win / diy – River City Barn Dance / Hardywood Brewery, Feb. 8 @ 4pm (w/ Andy Vaughan & the Driveline)

Hackensaw Boys / Get Some / diy – Capital Ale House, Feb. 6 @ 9:30pm

Horsehead / Emptiest Arms In the World / diy – Poe's Pub, Feb. 8 @ 8pm (w/ The Atkinsons, Allen Thompson)

Allen Thompson / Forgive Me / diy

Russell Lacy / Dancin' Tune / diy – The Camel, Feb. 8 (w/ Fool's Errand, People's Blues of Richmond)

Goldrush / The Exit Song / diy – It was 50 Years Ago Today, A Tribute to the Beatles / The Camel, Feb. 9 @ 7pm (w/ The Girtles, The Blue Tips)

EOTO / Sabellagan / diy – The National, Feb. 7 @ 8pm (w/ Emalkay, ELM)

Huntronik / Hair / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 6 @ 9pm (w/ The Milkstains, Red States, Those Manic Seas)

The Missionaries / Burn Out / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Night Idea, Dead Professional, Paul Ivey & the Rubes)

Dead Professional / Bad Memory / diy

Lord Huron / Time to Run / Play It Again Sam – Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, Feb. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Superhumanoids)

Dex Romweber Duo / GurDJieff Girl / Bloodshot – Bandito's, Feb. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Chrome Daddy Disco)

Don Babylon / Miss Molly's Rock / diy – Emilio's, Feb. 6

Funsize / Everything You Need / diy – WRIR Party for the Rest of Us / The Renaissance (107 W. Broad St.), Feb. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Hypercolor, Herro Sugar, The Ar-Kaics, Colloquial Orchestra, Secretly Y'all Storytelling, River City Taiko, This Modern Beat Hip Hop Showcase, Square Dance with the String Band for the Rest of Us, Silent Music Revival featuring Snack Truck)

Herro Sugar / Fat Jackson / diy – WRIR Party for the Rest of Us / The Renaissance (107 W. Broad St.), Feb. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Hypercolor, Funsize, The Ar-Kaics, Colloquial Orchestra, Secretly Y'all Storytelling, River City Taiko, This Modern Beat Hip Hop Showcase, Square Dance with the String Band for the Rest of Us, Silent Music Revival featuring Snack Truck)

Hypercolor / Told You Once / diy – WRIR Party for the Rest of Us / The Renaissance (107 W. Broad St.), Feb. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Funsize, Herro Sugar, The Ar-Kaics, Colloquial Orchestra, Secretly Y'all Storytelling, River City Taiko, This Modern Beat Hip Hop Showcase, Square Dance with the String Band for the Rest of Us, Silent Music Revival featuring Snack Truck)

Snack Truck / Presence Charm / Rorschach – WRIR Party for the Rest of Us / The Renaissance (107 W. Broad St.), Feb. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Hypercolor, Herro Sugar, Funsize, The Ar-Kaics, Colloquial Orchestra, Secretly Y'all Storytelling, River City Taiko, This Modern Beat Hip Hop Showcase, Square Dance with the String Band for the Rest of Us, Silent Music Revival featuring Snack Truck)

Heavy Midgets / Furry Thing / diy – Balliceaux, Feb. 12 @ 9:30pm

The Milkstains / Carolina O'Keefe / diy – Benefit for Birmingham / River City recording, Feb. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Gritter, Lion Tongue)

Octane Saints / Cheater / Snake Oil – Wonderland, Feb. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Bottle Babies)

NOBUNNY / Not that Good / Almost Ready – Strange Matter, Feb. 9 @ 9pm (w/ The Hussy, Nervous Ticks, Diamon Hairbrush, DJ Cocobuttons)

Diamond Hairbrush / In My Limousine Trunk / diy

The Hussy / Blame / Southpaw

Red Money / And You See Dollar Signs / Hip Replacement Collective – Gallery 5, Feb. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Brief Lives, Black Market)

Black Market / Tune In, Tune Out / Hip Replacement Collective

Dead Meadow / Between Me and the Ground / Matador – Strange Matter, Feb. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Windhand, Tasha-Yar)

Windhand / Orchard / Relapse

Deist Requiem / Spooky Mama Eats Electric / Sacrifice – Fallout, Feb. 8 @ 8:30pm (w/ Low On Sanity, the Cemetery Boys)

Navi / Explosions In the Guy / diy – Balliceaux, Feb. 6 @ 9:30pm (w/ Mutwawa)

Mutwawa / Epsilon Eridani / CNP

Even more shows:

Railroad Earth – The National, Feb. 6 @ 7pm (w/ Yarn)

Brighter the Moon – Canal Club, Feb. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Sunbox, The Speak-Easies, Jeremy White)

Pierce Pettis – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Feb. 7 @ 8pm

Mensrea – Wonderland, Feb. 7 @ 9pm

The Domino Effect – CD release / The National, Feb. 8 @ 6:30pm (w/ Rohlk + (Reason), Industry Standard, The School of Rock Short Pump House Band)

Clay Spokes – Carytown Bistro, Feb. 9 @ 6pm (w/ Justin Khoury from the Northerners, Griff's Room Band)

Jubeus – The Camel, Feb. 12 @ 7pm (w/ Threeo, Jason Masi)