Activate!Activate! September 24 – October 1

Tonight at 5pm, we cover a lot of musical ground as I showcase the bands scheduled to play live in Richmond, including Goldrush and League of Space Pirates (pictured) who both have album release shows and Iron Reagan who are releasing their own brew. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Beats Antique at The National and Southern Culture on the Skids at The Broadberry!

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ACTIVATE! 9-24-15

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

Goldrush / The Assault On August 28, 2014 / Summer Sun – EP Release / Gallery 5, Sept. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Clair Morgan, Todd Matthews, Miriam Martin)

Beats Antique / Cat Skillz / Elektraphone – The National, Sept. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Moon Hooch, Pinky D’ Ambrosia)

Caleb Hawley / Would You Even Try? / single – The Camel, Sept. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Faded Lights, DJ Harrison)

Kenneka Cook / Fever / single – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 30 @ 10pm (w/ Mikrowaves)

Slaid Cleaves / Working Stiff / Unsung – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Oct. 1 @ 8pm

Southern Culture On the Skids / Zombified / Zombified – The Broadberry, Sept. 26 @ 7pm (w/ The Bopcats)

Marie Danielle / Tinseltown / single – The Camel, Sept. 27 @ 6pm (w/ Exebelle and the Rusted Cavalcade, Road Kill Roy)

Exebelle and the Rusted Cavalcade / Rosasharn / Vivement l'Automne

Dismal Swamp Lords / Black Crow Blues / Dismal Swamp Lords – The Camel, Sept. 29 @ 7pm (w/ Lucky Stiffs, The Vacant Stairs)

The Fighting Jamesons / One More Drink / The Fighting Jamesons – The Broadberry, Sept. 25 @ 8pm (w/ The Kairos Effect, Hot Air Affair)

Crystal City / Little Italy / Change – The Camel, Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Dalton Dash, Lucy Dacus, Wester Green)

Wester Green / Wayward / See the Forest

Grace Potter / Paris / Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Innsbrook Pavilion, Sept. 30 @ 5pm (w/ Trampled By Turtles)

The Mynabirds / Wildfire / Lovers Know – Strange Matter, Sept. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Bad Bad Hats, Venus Guytrap)

Bad Bad Hats / Shame / Psychic Reader

Peace Beast / Big Sky / Tough Cloud – Strange Matter, Sept. 26 @ 9pm (w/ Camp Howard, The Wimps, California Death)

California Death / Masquerade / California Death – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 1 @ 10pm

*repeat repeat / Not the One / Bad Latitude – The Camel, Oct. 1 @ 7:30pm (w/ The Mad Extras, Flight Club)

White Laces / Carrousel / Moves – Balliceaux, Sept. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Myrrias)

Myrrias / Focus / Endless Winter Session

Pucker Up / Gotta Go To Mexico / Pucker Up – Ask a punk, Set. 25 @ 8pm (w/ PT Burnem, Yoga Demon, Ersula)

League of Space Pirates / Strange Attractor / Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire – CD Release / Fallout, Sept. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Melody Magpie, Zhora Nova, Bizarre Bryn, Iggy Plop and The Spooges)

The Skulx / Big Bam / single – The Broadberry, Sept. 29 @ 6pm (w/ Imaginary Sons)

Blackout Shift / 21st Century Trash / single – Wonderland, Sept. 26 @ 9pm

Radkey / Song of Solomon / Dark Black Makeup – Strange Matter, Sept. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Plain Scrap, Motel Fire)

Plain Scrap / Get It Right / single

Iron Reagan / Cycle of Violence / Worse Than Dead – Iron Reagan Beer Release / Strangeways Brewing, Sept. 27 @ 5pm (w/ valient Thorr, Give, Unsacred)

Valient Thorr / Red Flag / Immortalizer

Give / Boots of Faith / 7"

Genitorturers / Sin City / Sin City – Canal Club, Sept. 30 @ 6pm (w/ Machine Chop Inc, Synthetic Nightmare)

Test / Andróides / Arabe Macabre – Strange Matter, Oct. 1 @ 5pm (w/ Agitate, Deterioration, Burn/Ward)

Kepone / Ghost Train / Kepone – Let There Be GWAR signing with Bob Gorman / Hardywood, Sept. 26 @ 6pm (w/ Manzara)

Manzara / When Pants Attack / the hills are aLIVE AT SOUND OF MUSIC – Strange Matter, Oct. 1 @ 9pm (w/ Tungs, Chew, Headlessmantis)

Chew / Transparent Awareness / single

 

Even more shows:

Andy Vaughan & The Driveline – Hardywood, Sept. 25 @ 6p

Herbie D. & The Dangermen – The Tin Pan, Sept. 25 @ 7pm

Recapture the Memory Motown Revue & Musical Tribute Show – Maggie Walker Governor's School, Sept. 25 @ 7pm

Animal presents TT the Artist – Strange Matter, Sept. 25 @ 9pm (w/ Dai Burger, Ms. Proper, Schwarz, DJ Conley Dirt)

Blizzard of Ozzy – Beacon Theatre, Sept. 26 @ 6pm (w/ Pandora’s Box)

Road Kill Roy – The Tin Pan, Sept. 26 @ 7pm (w/ Jordan Tarrant & Craig Harmon Duo)

Future – Landmark, Sept. 26 @ 8pm

Auricle Recording presents Sessions – Canal Club, Sept. 26 @ 8pm (w/ Quiver, Kimball Collins, AK1200, The Messinian, Rometti, Tantrum, Lady Shah)

Imaginary Sons – The Camel, Sept. 26 @ 8pm (w/ The Northerners)

Charlie Petry – Strange Matter, Sept. 27 @ 5pm (w/ Sam Holland, Tony Farris, Alex Norman)

Classical Incarnations – Balliceaux Sept. 27 @ 8pm

The Buttafly Effect – Cary Street Cafe, Sept. 27 @ 10pm

Gin Blossoms – Capital Ale House, Sept. 27 @ 4pm & 7pm

Beautiful Zoo – Badito's, Sept. 27 @ 10pm

Three Days Grace – The National, Sept. 28 @ 6pm (w/ We Are Harlot)

Rumput – Balliceaux, Sept. 29 @ 8pm

Kevin So – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 29 @ 8pm (w/ Buck Reid)

Devon Allman Band – The Tin Pan, Sept. 29 @ 7pm

Brian Milligram – Canal Club, Sept. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Sunbox, Avenues, Canary, Felicia Hoyos, Clever Girl)

A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel performed by Aztec Two-Step – The Tin Pan, Sept. 30 @ 7pm

Dead Winter Carpenters – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Sept. 30 @ 8pm

Headlessmantis – The Camel, Sept. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Decide By Friday)

Never Say Die Tour feat. Skism – The Broadberry, Sept. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Must Die! & Eptic)

R. City (aka Rock City) – The National, Oct. 1 @ 6:30pm

Crank Sturgeon – Auxiliary, Oct. 1 @ 6:30pm (w/ Rememberall, Name, PCRV, Mutwawa)

Dopapod – The Broadberry, Oct. 1 @ 8pm (w/ The Nth Power)

Rattlemouth – Balliceaux, Oct. 1 @ 9pm

The Mobros – Cary Street Cafe, Oct. 1 @ 10pm