Activate!Activate! September 3 – September 10

This week (and month), I might just go to a show every night. At 7pm, I'll give you oh so many reasons why, including songs from Fool's Errand (pictured) who have a CD release show, Mighty Joshua who's playing the Silent Music Revival, and a preview of the Fall Line Fest. Plus, I'll give away a free weekend pass to the FLF, as well as tickets to see Wolf Gang at The National, and Nik Turner's Hawkwind and Total Slackers / PAWS at Strange Matter!

Click on "read more" for the show listings / playlist. Click here for the podcast: http://www.wrir.org/tunein

ACTIVATE! 9-3-14

DVA / Nipomo / Northern Spy – Gallery 5, Sept. 10 @ 7:30pm (w/ Suneater, Among the Rocks)

Red Baraat / Big Talk / SinJ – Modlin Center, Sept. 7 (w/ Rebirth Brass Band)

Will Kimbrough / I Lie / Daphne – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 9 @ 8pm

Maria Levitov / The Days / diy – Globehopper, Sept. 7 @ 4pm

Jayle Jayle / Valley of Alcohol / Jade Tree – Balliceaux, Sept. 10 @ 9pm

Fool's Errand / What Happened?! / diy – CD Release / Balliceaux, Sept. 5 @ 10pm (w/ Rattlemouth)

Bucket / Grow Our Own / diy – Hardywood, Sept. 5 @ 5pm (w/ Paul Ivey & the Rubes)

David Mayfield Parade / I Just Might Pray / 9th Grade – The Camel, Sept. 7 @ 8pm (w/ Bombadil)

Zomes / Time Was / Thrill Jockey – 25 Watt, Sept. 5 (w/ Floodbeast, IGM, Ancient Browser, Thieves of Shiloh)

Wolf Gang / Ghost In My Life / Cherrytree – The National, Sept. 4 @ 7pm (w/ Sir Sly, Secret Someones)

The Features / This Disorder / Serpents and Snakes – Strange Matter, Sept. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Sleepwalkers, Sideways Orange)

Slim Twig / Shroud By the Sheetful / Pleasence – Strange Matter, Sept. 4 @ 9pm (w/ US Girls, Various Eggs)

Various Girls / I Wish the Best for You / Mending Wall

Baked / Wet Blanket / Exploding In Sound – 25 Watt, Sept. 7 (w/ Bueno, Rael Game)

Bueno / C-C-C-Convenient / diy

Mighty Joshua / Mighty Joshua / diy – Silent Music Revival / Gallery 5, Sept. 7 @ 8pm (Film: Borderline)

Feedel Band  / Lejitewa (The Girl) / Electric Cowbell – The Camel, Fall Line Fest, Sept. 6 (w/ Lobo Marino, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Mighty Joshua)

Real Estate / Crime / Domino – The National / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 6 (w/ The Mary Onettes, Avers, Herro Sugar)

Fairweather / Reset Position / Equal Vision – Strange Matter / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 6 (w/ Teen Death, Old Flings, Lilac Daze, Tiny Moving Parts)

Protomartyr / Want Remover / Hardly Art – Gallery 5 / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 6 (w/ Priests, Potty Mouth, the Milkstains, Sportsbar)

Weeknight / Honey / Artificial – The Broadberry / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 5 (w/ Colony, DJ Hoody Weather, Ki: Theory, Gent & Jawns)

J. Robbins / Mirrorful (with Jawbox) / Desoto – November Theatre / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 5 (w/ Matthew E. White, Landlady, Jonathan Vassar, Sea Monster)

The Hold Steady / I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You / Razor & Tie – The National / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 5 (w/ Death, The Diamond Center, Close Talker, Comrades)

Death / Keep On Knockin' / Drag City – The National / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 5 (w/ The Hold Steady, The Diamond Center, Close Talker, Comrades)

Weedeater / Mancoon / Southern Lord – Strange Matter / Fall Line Fest, Sept. 5 (w/ Sinister Haze, BAT, Bastard Sapling, Tombs)

Total Slacker / Keep the Ships at Bay / Black Bell – Strange Matter, Sept. 9 @ 9pm (w/ PAWS, Flashlights)

PAWS / Let's All Let Go / Fatcat

The Hell No / Please Don't Go / diy – Wonderland, Sept. 6 @ 9pm (w/ The Lonely Teardrops)

Downtown Brown / Rock 'n Roll Thunder / DC-Jam – Wonderland, Sept. 5 @ 9pm (w/ Octane Saints)

Zorch / Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) / diy – Gallery 5, Sept. 8 2 7:30pm (w/ New turks, Dumbwaiter)

Hail Blackbird / Prison Break / diy – The Camel, Sept. 4 @ 5pm (w/ Grass Panther)

Nik Turner's Hawkwind / Cymbaline / Liberty – Strange Matter, Sept. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Witch Mountain,  Lost Tribe, Hedersleben)

Witch Mountain / Beekeeper / Profound Lore

Burn/Ward / Wild Malevolence / diy – Empire, Sept. 6 @ 9pm (w/ Everyone Dies In the End, Slowing, Omega Boys)

DJ Lady Faith / Rising High / Hard Dance Nation – Epic Adventure / Canal Club, Sept. 5 @ 8pm (w/ Charity Strike, Mantis, 2Rip, Bassdread)

Even more shows:

OMG Music Fest – Canal Club, Sept. 4 @ 7pm (w/ Jacob Whitesides, Reed Deming, Alyssa Shouse, Round 2 Crew, Dylan Holland and Grant Landis)

The Southern Belles – The Broadberry, Sept. 4 @ 8pm (w/ The Woodshedders, Brushfire Stankgrass)

Exebelle & the Rusted Cavalcade – Hardywood, Sept. 6 @ 5pm (w/ Sarah White & the Pearls)

Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 5 @ 8pm (w/ Eliot Bronson)

Rumble Seat Revival – Capital Ale House, Sept. 5 @ 9pm

The Floorboards – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 5 @ 9pm

Dawn of Humans – Ask a punk, Sept. 6 @ 6pm (w/ Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, Crazy Spirit)

Strike the Chord and Burn – Bandito's, Sept. 7 @ 9pm (w/ Spiral Fracture, Rosetta Stoned)

The Flavor Project – The Broadberry, Sept. 10 @ 9pm (w/ 20 Somethang)