Activate!Activate! August 20 – August 27

Many thanks to Michael Miracle and Fontaine for holding down Activate! the last two weeks. Tonight at 7pm, I'm back with the full concert calendar for your ears. I have tracks lined up from The Hot Seats who are hosting a bluegrass festival, No BS Brass Band who are part of the Jellowfest, Hot Dolphin who will play the 'Science Team' VHS release, and Worn in Red (pictured) who are playing their last Richmond show. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Crocodiles as well as Cage/Sadistik at Strange Matter, and Mouth of the Architect at Gallery 5!

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ACTIVATE! 8-20-14

Leah Kruszewski / Most Falsettas / diy – Balliceaux, Aug. 24 @ 8pm

The Resonant Rogues / Whistle Song / diy – Crossroads, Aug. 27 @ 8pm

The Hot Seats / Evite Gabriel / diy – Richmond Bluegrass Festival / Hardywood, Aug. 23 @ 2pm (w/ Sturgeon City, River City Band, Green Boys, Long Branch Ramblers)

The Green Boys / Leaving On a Whim / diy

The Brummy Brothers / Cell Phone Blues / diy – Legend Brewery, Aug. 24

Damn Tall Buildings / Messin' Around / diy – Crossroads, Aug. 23 @ 8pm; The Camel, Aug. 24 @ 7pm

Justin Jones / Key / diy – The Camel, Aug. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Long Arms, Eric Hunter and The Distractions, Jordan Tarrant Trio)

Long Arms / The Motorcycle Boy Reigns / diy

Sleepy Brother / Dream. Love. Fight / diy – Crossroads, Aug. 24 @ 5:30pm (w/ The Articles)

Zo! / For Leslie / The Foreign Exchange – Canal Club, Aug. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Carmen Rogers)

No BS Brass Band / RVA All Day / diy – Jellowfest / The Broadberry, Aug. 22 @ 7pm (w/ Marcus Tenney Trio, Pace Cadets, Trio of Justice, Arizal, Kings, DJ Harrison, Sound Genesis, Butcher Brown)

Butcher Brown / Can't Hold the Torch / diy

Sound Genesis / Insane / Jellowstone

Cage / Captain Bumout / Definitive Jux – Strange Matter, Aug. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Maulskull, Sadistik, PT Burnem, Swordplay, Black Liquid)

PT Burnem / Oh, Love! / diy

ENE / Dform / Mad Monkey – Ghostprint Gallery, Aug. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Cristal, Broadcastatic)

Sleepwalkers / Summertime / diy – The Camel, Aug. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Red States, Tragic Fortune)

Crocodiles / Virgin / Frenchkiss- Strange Matter, Aug. 27 @ 9pm (w/ SISU, White Laces)

SISU / Harpoons / Burger

Dead Gaze / Fishing With Robert / diy – Strange Matter, Aug. 25 @ 9pm (w/ Sadartha, Heavy Midgets)

Hot Dolphin / Lady Werewolf / diy – Science Team VHS release party / Strange Matter, Aug. 22 @ 7pm (w/ Navi, The Foam)

Bad Doctors / Prism, Mirror, Lens / FDH – Strange Matter, Aug. 23 @ 9pm (w/ Asylum, Skemata, The Impalers)

The Impalers / Tracers / Beach Impediment

Golden Pelicans / Two Feathers / Total Punk – Bandito's, Aug. 21 (w/ Nervous Ticks)

Nervous Ticks / Won't Be Low / diy

Dave Smalley (with Dag Nasty) / Thin Line / Dischord – Bandito's, Aug. 24 (w/ Very Americans)

Ivy / Arch Foe / Katorga Works – Strange Matter, Aug. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Quitter, Christi, Animal Planet)

Worn In Red / Gold Jacket / No Idea – Gallery 5, Aug. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Hold Tight!, Late Bloomer, Sea of Storms)

Late Bloomer / Watching You / Lunchbox

Sea of Storms / Belly Full of Bones / diy

Windhand / Orchard / Relapse – Strange Matter, Aug. 24 @ 9pm (w/ All Them Witches, King Buffalo)

All Them Witches / Charles William / diy

Mouth of the Architect / Sharpen your Axes / Translation Loss – Gallery 5, Aug. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Inter Arma, Set & Setting)

Chevelle / Point #1 / Squint – The National, Aug. 24 @ 6:30pm (w/ Kyng)

Grendel / Aspiration Feed / Infacted – Fallout, Aug. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Ludovico Technique, hERETICS iN tHE lAB, DJ Electronic Commando)

Even more shows:

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band – Maymont, Aug. 21 @ 6pm

Myq Kaplan – Midnight Suggestion Presents / Gallery 5, Aug. 21 @ 7:30pm (Zach Sherwin, Jim Zarling)

Lili and The Dirty Moccasins – The Camel, Aug. 21 @ 7pm (w/ The Mother Band, Deux Squaw, Paul Wilson)

The Articles – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Eileen Edmonds)

Dr. Millionaire – Balliceaux, Aug. 21 @ 9:30pm; The Camel, Aug. 22 @ 8pm

Black Girls – Balliceaux, Aug. 22 @ 10:30pm

Cashmere Jungle Lords – Legend Brewery, Aug. 23

The Blue & The Gray – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 23 @ 10pm

Toxic Moxie – The Broadberry, Aug. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Imaginary Sons, Deaf Scene)

Fight Cloud – The Camel, Aug. 24 @ 2pm (w/ Blessings, Suneater)

Foundation – Strange Matter, Aug. 24 @ 5pm (w/ Break Away, War Hungry, Rude Awakening, Criminal Instinct)

Dowsing – Ask a punk, Aug. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Sundials, Trustfall)

Dalton Dash – The Camel, Aug. 25 @ 8pm

Trap Door Social – Globehopper, Aug. 26 @ 6pm

Golden State-Lone Star Revue – Capital Ale House, Aug. 26 @ 7:30pm

Yonder Mountain String Band – The National, Aug. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Henhouse Prowlers)

DJ Abilities – Canal Club, Aug. 27 @ 7pm (w/ The Honorable Sleaze, Digi Possum, Jake Spike)