Activate!Activate! July 23 – July 30

Be sure to check the "Even more shows" part of the playlist because there are twice as many good bands playing this week than I could fit into two hours! I'll be sure to include new songs from Manatree (pictured) and Tungs, since they both have album release shows. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Tiny Moving Parts/State Champs at The Camel, The Tallest Man on Earth at The National, and Coco Montoya at The Tin Pan!

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ACTIVATE! 7-23-15

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

Mikrowaves / RX 17 / diy – Cary Street Cafe, July 29 @ 10pm (w/ Goldrush)

Coco Montoya / Jungle Strut / Alligator – The Tin Pan, July 29 @ 8pm

Red Light Rodeo / White Dog / diy – River City Barn Dance / Hardywood, July 25 @ 4pm (w/ Root Ball, Andy Vaughan and The Driveline); Cary Street Cafe, July 30 @ 10pm

The Vacant Stairs / Rocket / diy – The Camel, July 27 @ 8pm (w/ Big Mama Shakes, Houston Heard)

The Tallest Man on Earth / 1904 / Dead Oceans – The National, July 25 @ 7pm

Wildhoney / Get Out of My Dreams / Photobooth – Gallery 5, July 29 @ 7:30pm (w/ Plain Scrap, Positive No)

Positive No / Automatic Cars / Little Black Cloud

Manatree / Something / Egghunt – Album Release / The Broadberry, July 25 @ 7pm (w/ Lucy Dacus, Clair Morgan)

New Boss / Ruby / WarHen – Gallery 5, July 30 @ 8pm (w/ Hoax Hunters, Horizontal Hold)

Widowspeak / Harsh Realm / Captured Tracks – Strange Matter, July 24 @ 9pm (w/ The James Badfellows, Various Eggs)

The James Badfellows / Tuesday the 13th / diy

Gilmore Guys / Positive Sweat / diy – En Su Boca, July 28 @ 10pm (w/ Roper & Furley, Manzara)

Gouda Mayhem / The Good Work of Fungus / diy – Sound of Music, July 26 (w/ Pariuh, Joshua Horseford, Herschel Stratego, The Wimps)

Pariuh / Map A / diy

Winstons / Hard Times / diy – The Camel, July 25 @ 7pm (w/ Killer Ghost, Awesome Few, Black Water Gold, Nerve City)

Killer Ghost / Boo Hoo / diy

Landlady / Girl / Captured Tracks – The Camel, July 28 @ 7pm (w/ Buke & Gase, Andy C. Jenkins)

Bummer's Eve / Fly On the Wall / Almost Ready – Hardywood, July 24 @ 5pm (w/ Christi, GT & Beat Awfuls, Javontaes)

Christi / Get You Off My Mind / Feel It

The Yin Yangs / Quicksand / Time Castle – Sound of Music, July 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Moonbees, Spooky Cool)

Tiny Moving Parts / Swimming Lessons / Kind of Like – The Broadberry, July 26 @ 6pm (w/ State Champs, Hit The Lights, Let It Happen, Northbound)

Northbound / Leech / Animal Style

Avenues / Messin' Around / Stayposi – The Camel, July 28 @ 2pm (w/ The Stolen Avenues, Felicia Hoyos, Sun Box)

Tungs / Follow the Jerk / Bad Grrrl – Record Release / Gallery 5, July 24 @ 8pm (w/ Slowing, White Laces)

Nervous Ticks / Purity Control / diy – Circle Thrift, July 24 @ 8pm (w/ Winston Facials, Yohimbe, The Modem Lovers)

Prayer Group / Pink Cloud / diy – Gallery 5, July 28 @ 7pm (w/ Fat Spirit, Buck Gooter, Toupee)

Toupee / Glitter Roach / Moniker

The Tall Boys / Runnin' and Gunnin' / diy – Strange Matter, July 28 @ 9pm (w/ Methcharge, Melt)

Vicious Tides / Beer Slave / diy – Wonderland, July 25 @ 9pm (w/ Amara, Bloodfuckers)

Power Trip / Conditioned to Death / Southern Lord – Strange Matter, July 27 @ 8pm (w/ Red Death, Foreseen, Barge, Skemata)

Foreseen / Death Injection / 20 Buck Spin

La Luna / Ferme La Luna / Middle Man – Ask a punk, July 24 @ 7pm (w/ Juna, treatment, Gift From God)

Lycosa / 24 Becomes 0 / Innervenus Music – Emilio's, July 30 @ 9pm (w/ Book of Wyrms, Ravenna Arsenal)

How I Quit Crack / You Kill Me First / diy – Auxiliary, July 26 @ 7pm (w/ Future Blondes, Skullcaster, Breathing Problem, Creeping, DJ Shravnasty)

Double Duchess / Born Free / diy – Strange Matter, July 25 @ 9pm (w/ Normaling, DJ Nightstalker)

Even more shows:

Delta Rae – The Broadberry, July 24 @ 7pm (w/ Liz Longley)

Mill – The Tin Pan, July 24 @ 8pm

Tin Can Fish Band – Legend, July 24 @ 8pm

Butcher Brown – The Camel, July 24 @ 8pm

The Black Lillies – Ashland Coffee & Tea, July 24 @ 8pm

Selwyn Birchwood Band – Canal Club, July 24 @ 8pm (w/ The Bush League, Michael Blackwell)

Mighty Joshua – Cary Street Cafe, July 24 @ 10pm (w/ Lost Dreads)

Scott Burton Trio – Hardywood, July 26 @ 3:30pm

So Good for the Soul – A Tribute to the Music of Motown – Beacon Theatre, July 25 @ 6:30pm

Pedals On Our Pirate Ships – Ask a punk, July 25 @ 7pm (w/ Smoke Break, Clever Girl)

Stephen Simmons & Dave Coleman – Ashland Coffee & Tea, July 25 @ 8pm

9th Annual Blues Fest  – Grayhaven Winery, July 26 @ 1-6pm

Jordan Tarrant – Crossroads, July 26 @ 5:30pm

Classical Incarnations – Lulu's, July 26 @ 6pm

the Magbats – Bandito's, July 26 @ 9:30pm

The Devil Wears Prada – The National, July 27 @ 6pm (w/ Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder, Wake the Captive)

Druglord – Benefit for Swamp Fest / Ask a punk, July 27 @ 6pm (w/ Truman, Swan of Tuonela)

Classical Revolution RVA: A Taste of Argentina – Firehouse Theater, July 28 (w/ Q-Tango, Performance of Alberto Ginastera's "String Quartet no. 2")

Tim Grimm and Ben Bedford: The Tall Trees – Ashland Coffee & Tea, July 29 @ 8pm

Pissing Contest – Strange Matter, July 29 @ 9pm (w/ The Pinch, The Privies, 3:33)

Sublime with Rome – Innsbrook Pavilion, July 30 (w/ Rebelution)

Awake At Last – Canal Club, July 30 @ 5pm (w/ Set To Sail, Felicia Hoyos, Flight Club, Moving Cities, Graveside Breakfast)

Kevin Gates – The National, July 30 @ 7pm (w/ Solo Lucci, OG Boobie Black)

Ballyhoo – The Broadberry, July 30 @ 7pm (w/ Resinated, Imaginary Sons)

A Muscle Shoals Music Review featuring Amy Black and Sarah Borges – Ashland Coffee & Tea, July 30 @ 8pm

Jordan Tarrant – Poe's Pub, July 30 @ 9:30pm