Activate!Activate! January 7 – January 14

At 7pm, pay close attention because these are the bands playing live in the Richmond area this week! I have songs lined up from Iron Reagan who are playing a benefit for Jonny, The French Media who are playing an RVA Local Grandstand, and Imaginary Sons (pictured) who have an album release show, plus so many more. I'll also give away tickets to see High On Fire at The Broadberry and Kayo Dot at Gallery 5.

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ACTIVATE! 1-7-15

Naughty Professor / Chef's Special / diy – Balliceaux, Jan. 14 @ 9:30pm

Major and the Monbacks / Don't Say a Word / diy – The Broadberry, Jan. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Farm vegas)

Alison Self / Wish I was a Single Girl Again / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 9 @ 10pm (w/ River City Band)

The Green Boys / Leaving On a Whim / diy – Shady Grove Coffeehouse, Jan. 10 @ 8pm

Corey Harris / Black Woman Gates / Njumba – Capital Ale House, Jan. 9 @ 8pm

Mallett Brothers Band / Low Down / diy – The Camel, Jan. 13 @ 8pm (w/ Brock Butler)

Rob Williams / Norfolk Southern / diy – The Camel, Jan. 12 @ 7pm (w/ Karen Jonas, Paulo Franco)

The French Media / Got It All / diy – RVA Local Grandstand / The National, Jan. 10 @ 7pm (w/ Pine Pony, Red Lewis & The Letting Go, Mouthful Of Bread, Ben Berumez)

Noleac Yahsin / Back In 5 / diy – The Camel, Jan. 14 @ 7pm (w/ Tee Rxmeo, Swellthy, We Are Venom, DISTORTEDD, Justice D. Wight, Prentice Carroll, Silly Genius)

Black Water Gold / The Screen / diy – Strange Matter, Jan. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Dead Professional, Welcome Hips, Awesome Few)

Dead Professional / Bad Memoery / Funny Not Funny

Awesome Few / Tell me What It's All About / diy

Classified Frequency / Over You / diy – The Camel, Jan. 8 @ 7pm (w/ President Sam, The Vendors)

Imaginary Sons / Talkie Talkie / diy – Album Release / The Camel, Jan. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Bandrew, Toxic Moxie)

The Grave Hookers / Dream Catchers Eye / diy – Emilio's, Jan. 8 @ 10pm (w/ red States, Force of Habit)

Flat Duo Jets (Dex Romweber and Crash LaResh) / Hoy Hoy / Chicken Ranch – Bandito's, Jan. 11 @ 9pm (w/ Deadly Lo Fi, The Wet Boys)

Deadly Lo Fi / Doctor Gone Crazy / Doctor Gone

The Independents / Bloody Night / Dookie Juze – Strange Matter, Jan. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Mistaker, Black Cat Attack, Creep-A-Zoids)

Black Cat Attack / Killing Spree At Zero Gravity / diy

Left & Right / Teenage Wasteland / Damon – Gallery 5, Jan. 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ Wish List, Recluse Racoon, Young Scum)

Wish List / Camp Trippin / Flesh and Bone

Snowy Owls / Josef & Anni / diy – Hardywood, Jan. 9 @ 5pm (w/ Josh Small, Luray)

Home Address / Distrust / diy – Strange Matter, Jan. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Furious George, Gottem, Decide By friday, We Call This Courage)

 Kayo Dot / The Assassination of Adam / Flenser – Gallery 5, Jan. 8 @ 7pm (w/ Antiphons, Claim Culture)

Claim Culture / Sadin II /diy

Brief Lives / Reacher / diy – Strange Matter, Jan. 11 @ 6pm (w/ Plain Scrap, Azores)

Hard Stripes / Pollution / Vinyl Conflict – Strange Matter, Jan. 12 @ 9pm (w/ Cretins, Regulator, Treatment, The Sentenced)

The Sentenced / Society / False Form

High On Fire / Bloody Knuckles / Eone – The Broadberry, Jan. 8 @ 5:30pm (w/ Mountain of Wizard, Inter Arma, Windhand)

Inter Arma / 'sblood / Relapse

Iron Reagan / Miserable Failure / Relapse – Benefit for Jonny, Jan. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Omega Boys, Hot Dolphin, Sinister Haze, Battlemaster, Nervous Ticks)

Battlemaster / Power Word Kill / Forcefield
 
Sex Prisoner / Bottom Of the Map / diy – Strange Matter, Jan. 14 @ 9pm (w/ Orgasm, Burn/Ward, Sex Dagger)

Big Something / Club Step / diy – The Camel, Jan. 9 @ 8pm (w/ Homemade Bread)

Even more shows:

Walkers Run – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 8 @ 8pm

Gusti Sudarta – Balliceaux, Jan. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Gamelan Raga Kusuma)

ZOSO, The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute – The National, Jan. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Sweet Justice)

Robbin Thompson – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 9 @ 8pm

Footwerk – Canal Club, Jan. 10 @ 7pm (w/ GODZ, Siix7, Squid Inc., The Reckless Island)

Gray Gurkin and the Black Concert Tees – Crossroads, Jan. 10 @ 8pm

Susan Greenbaum Presents Carole King’s “Tapestry” – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 10 @ 8pm

Carousel Kings – Canal Club, Jan. 13 @ 7:30pm (w/ Centerfolds, Graveside Breakfast, His Dream of Lions)

Richmanian Ramblers – Balliceaux, Jan. 13 @ 7pm

The Iguanas – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 15 @ 8pm