Activate!Activate! August 20 – August 27

In addition to a week's worth of concert previews at 5pm, I have songs from the new-album-celebrating Toxic Moxie, the returning Canary Oh Canary, and a live set from the reunited Wow, Owls! (pictured), who are all playing one of three showcases this weekend as part of Commonwealth of Notions Presents Vol. 5!

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

ACTIVATE! 8-20-15

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

Audacity Brass Band / Red Two / Bourne Salty – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 27 @ 10pm

The Hot Seats / Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young / Grandad's Favorite – Richmond Bluegrass Festival / Hardywood, Aug. 22 @ 2pm (w/ The Whiskey Rebellion, Ragged Mountain String Band, East Of Afton, River City Band)

Rod Picott / 410 / Welding Burns – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 22 @ 8pm

Dorthia Cottrell / Cemetery Song / Dorthia Cottrell – Capital Ale House, Aug. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Demon Eye, Horsehead)

Demon Eye / Hecate

Louie Louie / Out In the Streets / 7" – Black Iris, Aug. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Olivia Neutron-John)

Toxic Moxie / A Simulation / Episode VI – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents Vol. 5 / Sound of Music, Aug. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Among the Rocks and Roots, Gull, Lobo Marino)

Canary Oh Canary / Needle's Shadow / Sleep – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents Vol. 5 / The Broadberry, Aug. 23 @ 7pm (w/ White Laces, Manatree, Mikrowaves)

Candy Spots / Little Cat / EP – The Camel, Aug. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Rat's Mouth, Awesome Few)

Rats Mouth / Kill You in Your Sleep / Rats Mouth

Amanda X / Guatemala / Amnesia – Strange Matter, Aug. 22 @ 5pm (w/ Spirit of the Beehive, Sundials)

Spirit Of the Beehive / SFK / You Are Arrived (But You've Been Cheated)

Dalek / Spiritual Healing / From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots – Gallery 5, Aug. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Publicist Uk, Petrickor)

Publicist UK / Levitate The Pentagon / Forgive Yourself

Atlantic Thrills / Holy Mountain / s/t – Hardywood, Aug. 21 @ 5pm (w/ J. Flax & the Heart Attacks, Camp Howard)

Agent Orange / Everything Turns Grey / Living In Darkness – Bandito's, Aug. 27 @ 9:30pm (w/ Chrome Daddy Disco, Dismal Swamp Lords)

Red Box Money Cult / Teenage Rage / s/t – Food Not Bombs benefit / MacCormack's, Aug. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Bloody Crackdown, Loose Cannon, Miss Daisy and the Toad Hunters)

The Brass / Tear It Down / Rugged Cross – 25 Watt, Aug. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Pox, Gast, Tozcos, Beastman)

Gast / Futuro / Gast

Natural Causes / Coma / s/t – En Su Boca, Aug. 27 @ 10pm (w/ Cherry Pits, Hot Dolphin)

Wailin' Storms / Which Way to the Grave / Shiver – Bandito's, Aug. 23 @ 9:30pm (w/ Tungs, Tone)

Tone / Sketch / Solidarity

North / Atrabilious / Metanoia – Gallery 5, Aug. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Set and Setting, Inter Arma, Everyone Dies In the End)

The Atlas Moth / Jet Black Passenger / The Old Believer – Strange Matter, Aug. 24 @ 9pm (w/ Bearstorm, Captives, Vattnet Viskar)

Vattnet Viskar / Settler / Settler

Wow, Owls! LIVE IN WRIR STUDIOS – WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents Vol. 5 / The Broadberry, Aug. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Big No, Everyone Dies In the End, Ultra Flake, The Mad Extras, Dave Watkins + Samantha Pearl)

Wow, Owls! – 1989

Wow, Owls! – Chris

Wow, Owls! – Racoon City

Wow, Owls! – Scary Barry

Krieg / Walk With them Unnoticed / 7" – Wonderland, Aug. 22 @ 9pm (w/ Ramlord, Occultist)

Toke / Unchaining / Toke – Wonderland, Aug. 21 @ 9pm (w/ Melt, Book of Wyrms)

Clang Quartet / Amazing Disgrace / The Separation of Church & Hate – Auxiliary, Aug. 22 @ 7:30pm (w/ Neurology, Discimage)

 

Even more shows:

Sister Hazel – Short Pump Town Center, Aug. 21 @ 5:30pm (w/ Lee Dewyze)

Shenandoah – Beacon Theatre, Aug. 21 @ 6pm

Donovan Frankenreiter – The Broadberry, Aug. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Cody Simpson)

Positive No – Ask a punk, Aug. 21 @ 7pm (w/ Notches, Stay In, Little My)

Charlie Perris – Circle Thrift, Aug. 21 @ 7pm (w/ This Land is Now Dead, Unlit)

Cyrus McCormick and the Reapers – Dogwood Dell, Aug. 21 @ 8pm

Planet of the Abts – The Camel, Aug. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos)

Mary Fahl – The Tin Pan, Aug. 21 @ 8pm

Mad Anthonys – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 21 @ 10pm

RVA Vapefest – RIR, Aug. 22 @ 1pm (w/ ZOMBIE XXX, Reverend D-Ray and The Shockers, Barstool Heroes)

Chris Stapleton – The National, Aug. 22 @ 6:30pm (w/ Sam Lewis)

Randy Niles – The Tin Pan, Aug. 22 @ 7pm

Brian Jones New Quartet and Brian Jones Double Quartet w/ No BS Brass Band and Scott Burton – The Camel, Aug. 22 @ 7pm

Althaea – Canal Club, Aug. 23 @ 5pm (w/ The Ivins, Atlicic, Partition, Slump, Alternate Ending Band)

Model Train Wreck – Strange Matter, Aug. 23 @ 5pm (w/ Cat be Damned, Dropping Ugly, Memnon the Black)

Ivan Appelrouth – Crossroads, Aug. 23 @ 5pm

Lobo Marino – Gallery 5, Aug. 23 @ 6pm

Toano – The Camel, Aug. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Maggie Rainwater, Paul Willson)

Assault and Battery – Strange Matter, Aug. 25 @ 5pm (w/ Concrete, Friend or Foe, Never Wrong)

Luke Wade – The Broadberry, Aug. 25 @ 7pm

Ooze – Strange Matter, Aug. 25 @ 9pm (w/ Funerary, Melt, Lycus)

Porch 40 – The Camel, Aug. 26 @ 8pm (w/ The Freeway Revival, One Way Ryde)

Thunderkief – 25 Watt, Aug. 26 @ 9pm (w/ Old and Ill, Forest of Legend, Melt)

Mikrowaves – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 26 @ 10pm

Boyz II Men – Innsbrook Pavilion, Aug. 27 @ 5pm

Yo Mama’s Brass Band – Lewis Ginter, Aug. 27 @ 5pm

Monika Herzig and The Whole World in Her Hands – VMFA, Aug. 27 @ 6pm

The Sea Chanters – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 27 @ 8pm

The Way Out (feat. members of Former Champions and Existor) – The Camel, Aug. 27 @ 8pm (w/ DJ Phil Dice, Homemade Bread)

SugarBeats – The Broadberry, Aug. 27 @ 8pm (w/ Wobble Theory, Groove Status)