Activate! May 14 - May 21 presents:

Activate!Activate! May 14 – May 21

I've been packing in the tunes these last few weeks, because there are so many shows worth telling you about! I'll do it again tonight at 7pm, with two hours of songs including some bands I can vouch for like Ex-Cult, Daikaiju, Creep-A-Zoids, Herro Sugar, Little Master, Hoax Hunters, and Rotting Obscene, plus a preview of VibeFest 2014 and the Good Day RVA Benefit featuring Houdan the Mystic (pictured) among many others!

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Activate! 5-14-14

Los Master Plus / Mamarazzi / diy – Balliceaux, May 17 @ 10:30pm

American Aquarium / Rattlesnake / 101 Distribution – The Camel, May 21 (w/ Bryan Elijah Smith & the Wild Hearts)

Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards / Take a Little Home / Nobody's Favorite – Globehopper, May 15 @ 7pm

Curtis Eller / Butcher Man / American Circus – Poe's Pub, May 17 (w/ The Floorboards)

Low Branches / Rock Bottom / diy – Balliceaux, May 15 @ 9:30pm (w/ Mea Maxima Culpa)

Grandma Sparrow / The Farewell Bolero / Spacebomb – Coalition Theatre, May 16 (w/ Pigeon)

The Dawn Drapes / I Will Wait / diy – The Camel, May 18 (w/ Way Shape or Form, Dirty Paws)

Way Shape or Form / Throwing Exceptions / diy

Vandaveer / Turpentine / Supply and Demand – The Listening Room / Firehouse Theatre, May 20 @ 7:30pm (w/ Dogs On Main Street)

Janet Martin Band / Black Bayou / diy – Vibefest 2014 / Positive Vibe Cafe, May 18 @ 12-6pm (w/ Tangled Wind, State of Vigilance, The Dreamers, Loversville, The Taters, The Hullabaloos, The Cashmere Jungle Lords, Andy Vaughan and Driveline, The Trongone Band, The Shack Band)

Cashmere Jungle Lords / Ziggamus (The Rainbow Wizard) / Lil' Abner – Cary Street Cafe, May 17 @ 10pm

Modest Mouse / Dashboard / Epic – The National, May 19 @ 7pm

Andy & the Pandys / Everyone's a Liar / diy – Gallery 5, May 20 (w/ Haints In the Holler, Dave Watkins, Inland Ocean)

Dave Watkins / Big Stripey Lie / diy – Benefit for Good Day RVA / Hardywood, May 17 @ 2-10pm (w/ The Trillions, Navi, Heavy Midgets, Houdan the Mystic, The Snowy Owls, Dumb Waiter, Hot Dolphin, Night Idea, Clair Morgan, Josh Small and Andrew Alli, Sleepwalkers, Lightfields, The Green Boys)

Houdan the Mystic / The Power of Water / diy

Josh Small / Brain Van / Suburban Home

The Green Boys / Hard Luck Blues / diy – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 17 @ 8pm (w/ Jordan Tarrant Trio)

SS Web / Go Home / diy – Wonderland, May 16 @ 9pm (w/ Creep-A-Zoids, The Wet Boys)

Creep-A-Zoids / Blood In the Water / diy

Titus Andronicus / My Time Outside the Womb / XL – Strange Matter, May 18 @ 6pm (w/ Baked, Verma)

Paws / Jellyfish / FatCat – Strange Matter, May 21 @ 5pm (w/ Positive No, Herro Sugar)

Herro Sugar / Static / diy – The Camel, May 18 @ 2pm (w/ Strumpet, Daruma)

Big No / My Mind Won't Shut Up / diy  – Bandito's, May 18 @ 9pm (w/ Soft Time)

Trioscapes / Blast off / Metal Blade – Gallery 5, May 16 @ 8pm (w/ Whatever, Dumbwaiter)

Consider the Source / Moisturize the Situation / diy – The Camel, May 15 @ 8pm (w/ Elephant Wrecking Ball)

Foxing / Bit By a Dead Bee Pt. 1 / Triple Crown – Strange Matter, May 17 @ 5pm (w/ Seahaven, Adventures)

Seahaven / Thank You / Run for Cover

Daikaiju / Double Fist Attack / DingDong – Gallery 5, May 18 @ 7:30pm (w/ Little Master, The Milkstains)

Little Master / Something Wrong / diy

Hoax Hunters / Hoax Hunters / Cherub – The Broadberry, May 16 @ 8pm (w/ A Woman is a Woman, Those Manic Seas)

Ex-Cult / Shattered Circle / Goner – Strange Matter, May 19 @ 9pm (w/ Hot Dolphin, The Arkaics, Gunboat)

Gross Reality / Save Yourself / Tribunal – Wonderland, May 17 @ 9pm (w/ Craptain Jack & the Schmees)

Rotting Obscene / War Storm / diy  – Strange Matter, May 20 @ 9pm (w/ Inter Arma, Ulcerate, Necrobeast)

Ulcerate / Vermis / Relapse

Dr. Fameus / Iced / diy – Canal Club, May 17 @ 9pm (w/ Definition of One, Deadlock Robot, M6US)


Even more shows:

God Module – Fallout, May 15 @ 8pm (w/ Die Sektor, Mordacious)

Dangermuffin – Capital Ale House, May 16 @ 10pm (w/ Big Daddy Love)

On the Verge: Best of RVA Locals – The National, May 17 @ 6:30pm (w/ Classic Monkey Shine, Oh No & The Disappointments, LADRS, Track Jaket, Celtic Panda)

The Congress- The Broadberry, May 17 @ 8pm (w/ People's Blues of Richmond

Neon Trees – The National, May 20 @ 6:30pm (w/ Smallpools, Nightmare & The Cat)

Bastille – The National, May 21 @ 6:30pm (w/ Wolf Gang)

Moosh & Twist – Canal Club, May 21 @ 7pm (w/ Divine Profitz, Jared Evan, Doe the Paperboy)

Voltaire – Fallout, May 21 @ 8pm (w/ Ego Likeness, Name Of The Rose)

Miss Tess & the Talkbacks – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 21 @ 8pm

Whitehorse – Strange Matter, May 21 @ 9pm (w/ Pneumatic Slaughter, Brown Piss, Sinister Haze)

Mike Rutz

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    May 14th, 2014

Posted In: Music Shows