Activate! July 16 - July 23 presents:
I don't know where to begin! Tonight at 7pm, I will preview WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents, I'll include tracks from the River City Band (pictured) who are playing a benefit for CJs Thumbs Up Foundation and Jonathan Vassar who has an EP Release show, plus I'll give away tickets to see Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires as well as Power Trip at Strange Matter, Tobacco at Gallery 5, the Old 97s at The National, and King Buzzo of the Melvins in Charlottesville! Whoa!
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ACTIVATE! 7-16-14
River City Band / Just a Little Bit Better Than Alright / diy – Benefit for CJsThumbs Up Foundation / Ashland Coffee & Tea, July 19 @ 12 Noon – 11pm (w/ Highway 249, Wilkinson Family Band, Michael Clem, Rattlesnake Creek, Roger Reynolds, Chris Fuller & Friends)
Old 97s / Give It Time / ATO – The National, July 22 @ 7pm (w/ Tommy Stinson)
Turnpike Troubadours / Before the Devil Knows We're Dead / Bossier City – The Broadberry, July 21 @ 8pm (w/ American Aquarium)
Christopher Paul Stelling / Brick X Brick / Mecca Lecca – Strange Matter, July 17 2 8pm (w/ Dave Watkins, Tall tall Trees, Mammoth Indigo)
Dave Watkins / Holy Mackerel!!! / diy – Monument City Coffee & Records, July 17 @ 5pm (w/ Herschel Stratego)
King Buzzo (of the Melvins) / The Hesitation Twist / Ipecac – The Southern in Charlottesville, July 18 @ 8:30pm
Jonathan Vassar / The Plain Light of Day / Triple Stamp – EP Release / The Camel, July 20 @ 7pm (w/ David Dondero, Russel Lacy, Mermaids I Mean Whales)
Mates of State / Get Better / Barsuk – Capital Ale House, July 22 @ 7pm
Wakey! Wakey! / All it Takes is a Little Love / MummaGrubbs – The Camel, July 19 @ 8pm (w/ Christian Marston, Ben Berumez)
Tobacco / Side 8 (Big Gums version) / Anticon – Gallery 5, July 18 @ 7pm (w/ The Stargazer Lilies, Zackey Force Funk, Demon Queen)
The Stargazer Lilies / Ahhh / Graveface
Heavy Breathing / Gimmie Mine / diy – Strange Matter, July 20 @ 9pm (w/ Filth, Dromez, Scant, Corporate Park, Public Health, Cotteries, Fake Object)
Todd Herrington's Things / Punchtown / diy – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents / Balliceaux, July 17 @ 9:30pm (w/ Microwaves)
Clair Morgan / All Over Me / diy – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents / Strange Matter, July 18 @ 7:30pm (w/ Hot Dolphin, Lightfields, Sundials, Avers)
Lightfields / Heart Attack Heather / diy
Close Talker / Can't Stand Your Laugh / Stay Sweet – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents / Steady Sounds, July 19 @ 12 Noon (w/ Patrick Bates, Photosynthesizers)
The Awesome Few / Tell Me What It's All About / diy – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents / Gallery 5, July 19 @ 5pm (w/ The Snowy Owls, Heavy Midgets, Mutwawa, Anousheh, Tarrant, Nick Woods)
Heavy Midgets / Real Life / diy
Hypercolor / Lauren / diy – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents / Ipanema, July 20 @ 10pm (w/ My Sister My Daughter)
Young Statues / Spacism / Run for Cover – The Camel, July 18 @ 7pm (w/ Fireworks, Better Off, Centerfold, Another Treehouse Acquaintance)
Don Babylon / Miss Molly's Rock / diy – The National, July 19 @ 7pm (w/ Monacan Hill, Strongbow, Red States)
A Woman is a Woman / The Ravenous / diy – Bandito's, July 20 @ 10pm
Goddamn Gallows / Everybody Dies / Farmageddon – Wonderland, July 18 @ 9pm (w/ Creep-A-Zoids, US Bastards)
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires / The Kudzu & the Concrete / Sub Pop – Strange Matter, July 22 @ 9pm (w/ Horsehead, Hail Blackbird, Dwight Howard Johnson)
Hail Blackbird / Prison Break / diy
Gymshorts / Owed to the Bank / Blanketfort – Steady Sounds, July 19 @ 5pm (w/ Downtown Boys, Christi)
Fight Cloud / Crime is Contagious / diy – Gallery 5, July 17 @ 7pm (w/ New Turks, Night Idea, Suneater)
Ma Jolie / Cannonball / diy – Strange Matter, July 21 @ 5pm (w/ Great Apes, Bare thoughts, Close Talker)
Hard Stripes / Foreign Bodies / Grave Mistake – Strange Matter, July 19 @ 5pm (w/ Social Damage, Society Abuse, Barge, Zero Progress)
Silver Snakes / Four Crows / Bridge Nine – The Camel, July 23 @ 7pm (w/ Vattnet Viskar)
I Am Heresy / Seven Wolves and the Daughters of the Apocalypse / Magic Bullet – Strange Matter, July 21 @ 9pm (w/ So Hideous, Everyone Dies In the End, Venomspitter)
Power Trip / Conditioned to Death / Southern Lord – Strange Matter, July 23 @ 7pm (w/ Holy Land, Iron Reagan, Mammoth Grinder, Ramming Speed)
Mammoth Grinder / Sentenced to Hell / Cyclopean
Mutant Supremecy / Sic Sember Tyrannis / diy – Strange Matter, July 19 @ 9pm (w/ Blooddrunk Trolls, Skullshitter)
Psyrax / Dust / diy – PLURS for FURS benefit for Friend United Richmond Shelter / Canal Club, July 18 @ 8pm (w/ Defiant Appliance, PHD Kari)
Even more shows:
Treehouse – The Broadberry, July 17 @ 8pm (w/ Mighty Joshua, Sun Dried Vibes)
People's Blues of Richmond – The Broadberry, July 18 @ 8pm (w/ Consider the Source)
Chris Schlarb – Plan 9, July 19 @ 12:30pm (w/ TLVS)
My Son the Doctor – Crossroads, July 19 @ 8pm
JayKode – Canal Club, July 19 @ 9pm (w/ Rude3beatz, Tantrum)
No BS Brass Band – Balliceaux, July 19 @ 10:30pm
Chris King – Steady Sounds, July 20 @ 1pm (w/ Amanda Petrusich, Daniel Bachman)
The Stolen – Canal Club, July 20 @ 4pm (w/ Drop the Girl, Kept At Bay, Dead Rush, Cally Logan Band)
New Politics – The Broadberry, July 20 @ 8pm (w/ Against Grace, Brighter The Moon, Sunbox)
Southern Belles – Floyd Fest Kickoff Party / The Broadberry, July 23 @ 8pm (w/ Mighty Joshua)
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July 16th, 2014
Posted In: Music Shows