Activate!Activate! May 7 – May 14

Tonight at 5pm, I'll be sure to preview the Good Day RVA benefit, featuring a bunch of awesome local bands like Sports Bar (pictured), and a lot of other good shows happening in Richmond this week. Plus, you can win tickets to see Kaiser Chiefs at the National, Aborted at The Broadberry, Mac McCaughan at Strange Matter, and Surfer Blood at The Camel!

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ACTIVATE! 5-7-15

Band / Song Title / Record Label – Venue, Date, Time (Lineup)

Dex Romweber / Cigarette Party / Bloodshot – Bandito's, May 11 @ 9pm (w/ Eddie Spaghetti)

Ohbliv / Keepthefaith / diy – Satellite Syndicate's One Year Anniversary / Strange Matter, May 12 @ 9pm (w/ James Dangle, Theravada, PRSNL FRND, Big Waye, Peyotecoyote, Jxtpse, Doof, Dignan)

Cracker / Time Machine / 429 – The Broadberry, May 8 @ 7pm

Robert "Fireball" Mitchell / Love Is Pain / diy – Wonderland, May 8 @ 9pm (w/ Alison Self, Jesse Ray Carter Trio)

Big Lazy / Skinless Boneless / Tasankee – Poe's Pub, May 8 @ 9pm (w/ Coby Batty, Malhombre)

Kaiser Chiefs / Na Na Na Na Naa / BUnique – The National, May 10 @ 7pm (w/ Priory)

Anousheh / Calm / diy – Hardywood, May 10 @ 3pm (w/ Eric and Erica, Lucy Dacus )

Chain and the Gang / Divitalize / Fortuna Pop – Black iris, May 13 @ 8pm (w/ Teargas Rock, Christi)

Teargas Rock / Resign From the City / Little Black Cloud

Mac McCaughan / Box Batteries / Merge – Strange Matter, May 8 @ 8pm (w/ Flesh Wounds, Hoax Hunters)

Flesh Wounds / Magazines / Snot

Dank / Morphine / diy – The Camel, May 8 @ 7pm (w/ Kings, Kalen & the Sky Thieves)

Christi / Cry / Feel It – Good Day RVA benefit / Hardywood, May 9 @ 2pm (w/ The Nervous Ticks, Sports Bar, Nelly Kate, Benjamin Shepherd, Murphy's Kids, Toxic Moxie, Lobo Marino, Manatree, Half Bascule, Way, Shape, or Form, Basmati, Antiphons)

Sports Bar / I Want to Waste Away With You / Bad Grrrl

Toxic Moxie / Talking Hands / diy

Peelander-Z / YYY / Eat Rice – Strange Matter, May 13 @ 9pm (w/ Those Manic Seas, Toxic Moxie)

Gooch Palms / Trackside Daze / Urinal Cake – Strange Matter, May 10 @ 9pm (w/ Bummer's Eve, Death Vallery Girls)

Death Valley Girls / Summertime / Manimal

Natural Child / Ain't Gonna Stop / Burger – Strange Matter, May 11 @ 9pm (w/ Faux Ferocious, the Milkstains, Grass Panther, DJ Ramdog)

Faux Ferocious / Semi Pro / diy

Hop Along / Waitress / Saddle Creek – The Camel, May 14 @ 7:30pm (w/ Field Mouse, Lucy Dacus, Go & Tell)

Field Mouse / Everyone But You / Topshelf

Fat Spirit / Furry Thing / Bad Grrrl – Bandito's, May 10 @ 9pm (w/ Dumb Waiter)

CCR Headcleaner / Steal the Light / Pizza Burglar – Circle Thrift, May 9 (w/ The Foam)

Atsuko Chiba / Qvox / diy – Gallery 5, May 11 @ 7pm (w/ Shy Low, Claim Culture, Au Revoir)

Au Revoir / Gb Maj / Never Lost

From Fragile Seeds / Abide / diy – Gallery 5, May 14 @ 7pm (w/ Energy 2000, Everyone Dies In the End)

Energy 2000 / Poyekhali! (Cosmodrome) / diy

Surfer Blood / I Can't Explain / Joyful Noise – The Camel, May 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ Manatree, Garrett Whitlow and Mitchel Latimer from Sideways Orange)

Child Bite / Gang Omega / Forge Again – Strange Matter, May 14 @ 8pm (w/ Beech Creeps, Mutwawa, Suneater, Among the Rocks and Roots)

Aborted / Necrotic Manifesto / Centruy Media – The Broadberry, May 11 @ 5pm (w/ Archspire, Dark Sermon, Seraph, Ensnared Humanity, Fit for an Autopsy)

Ostrov / Mourning Cloak: All That Was Once Good Has Died / diy – 25 Watt, May 9 @ 9pm (w/ Hoboknife, Christworm)

Backstabbers Inc. / We Attack at Dusk  / diy – Ask a punk, May 10 @ 5:30pm (w/ Hoboknife, I'm an Intestine)

Acid Mothers Temple / Pink Lady Lemonade, You're From Outer Space / Riot Saeson – Strange Matter, May 9 @ 9pm (w/ ST37, Tasha Yar)

Even more shows:

Joey Gallo – Lights, Camera, Action: A Celebration of Hip Hop Films and Music / Gallery 5, May 8 @ 7pm (w/ Noah O, Chance Fischer, Michael Millions, Goldin, DJ Billy Nguyen,  Zulu Queen Lisa Lee (Wild Style & Beat Street), Jesse Vaughn (21 time Emmy Award Winning Director), Kevin Kosanovich (Hip Hop Collection William & Mary), Monsee)

River Whyless – In Your Ear, May 8

Jason Isbell – Friday Cheers / Browns Island, May 8 @ 6:30pm (w/ Horsehead)

Xavier Rudd & United Nations – The National, May 8 @ 7pm (w/ Mike Love)

Tredegar – Canal Club, May 8 @ 7pm (w/ The Hoodoos, Marigolds, Go and Tell,  Sequels)

Parkfest Blues Festival – Pocahontas State Park, May 9 @ 12 noon (w/ In Layman Terms, Jon Spear Band, Anthony & the Conqueroos, Debbie Davies Band, JP Soars & the Red Hots)

Chelsea Grin – Canal Club, May 9 @ 5pm (w/ The Word Alive, Like Moths to Flames, Sylar)

Zappa Plays Zappa – "One Size Fits All" 40th Anniversary / The National, May 9 @ 7pm

Pedestrian Deposit – Auxiliary, May 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ R Jencks, One Dark Eye, Coteries, Creeping)

The Free Rangers – CD release / Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 9 @ 8pm

The Bush League – Capital Ale House, May 9 @ 8pm

The Robert King Experience – The Tin Pan, May 9 @ 8pm

Rhythm Agenda – Emilio's, May 9 @ 10pm

The Vendors – Cary Street Cafe, May 9 @ 10pm (w/ Bucket, Nic Perea)

Shredded Nerve – Auxiliary, May 10 @ 6pm (w/ Nick Klein , Negation, Forced Into Femininity, Dromes, Space Law, Dawn Raid, Some Pepper, Rotten Milk, Lisa Liza)

The Atkinsons – Forest Hill Park, May 10 @ 6pm

Jukebox the Ghost – The Broadberry, May 10 @ 7pm (w/ The Trillions, Lost Lander)

Orgone – The Camel, May 10 @ 8pm (w/ Sophistafunk)

Buggaboo – Capital Ale House, May 11 @ 7pm

Rick Reiger Quartet – Balliceaux, May 11 @ 8:30pm

Quebe Sisters Band – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 12 @ 8pm

Nonpoint – The Broadberry, May 13 @ 6:30pm (w/ Otherwise, Scare Don't Fear)

Treehouse – CD Release / The Camel, May 13 @ 7pm (w/ Wanyama, Lost dreads)

Psylo Joe – Cary Street Cafe, May 13 @ 10pm

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! – Canal Club, May 14 @ 5pm (w/ Hit The Lights, Forever Came Calling, To The Wind, In Her Own Words)

36 Crazyfists – The Broadberry, May 14 @ 6pm (w/ Toothgrinder)

The Mowglis – The National, May 14 @ 6:30pm

Afro Zen Allstars – Balliceaux, May 14 @ 9:30pm

Treetop Bonfire – Emilio's, May 14 @ 10pm