Activate!Activate! January 14 – January 21

You can see so many magical bands live in Richmond this week. Hear some options tonight at 5pm, including a new song from The Skin and one from Julie Karr (pictured) who has returned to the River City! 

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ACTIVATE! 1-14-16

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

Charles Owens Quartet / Valse Hot / A Wealth In Common – Balliceaux, Jan. 20 @ 9:30pm

Bio Ritmo / Se Les Olvidó / Puerta del Sur – The Broadberry, Jan. 17 @ 8pm (w/ DJ Vino)

The Whiskey Rebellion / Carolina Wildfire / Lay It Down – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 15 @ 8pm

Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards / Ted Kaczynski Blues / Old Constitution – The Tin Pan, Jan. 16 @ 7pm (w/ Brothers Egg)

Dirty Bourbon River Show / One-Legged One-Armed One-Eyed Unicycle Man / Important Things Humans Should Know – Hardywood, Jan. 15 @ 5pm (w/ Andrew Alli and the Mainline)

The Dawn Drapes / I Want You / Let's Be Strangers – The Camel, Jan. 15 @ 8pm (w/ Goldrush, Clair Morgan)

Clair Morgan / Shut your Mountain Down / No Notes

Guy Blakeslee / Kneel and Pray / Ophelia Slowly – Strange Matter, Jan. 20 @ 9pm (w/ Julie Karr, Father Sunflower)

Julie Karr / Sympathy Card / Let's Exchange the Experience

Wild Adriatic / Tight Grip / Never Enough – Capital Ale House, Jan. 19 @ 7pm (w/ Born Crooked)

Pete Curry / Don't Ask Me / Advice On Love – The Camel, Jan. 17 @ 8pm (w/ The Wimps, Indoor Indoor, Moonlight Beach Club)

Indoor/Indoor / Paper Lantern / One Of These Days

Selma Hijack / Friends / Selma Hijack – The Camel, Jan. 21 @ 8pm (w/ One Friend, Maximum Zero)

Sleepwalkers / Run Right Back / Greenwood Shade – Capital Ale House, Jan. 15 @ 7pm (w/ The Trillions)

Night Idea / Born In Debt / Paths – Hardywood, Jan. 16 @ 5pm (w/ Slowers, the Bronzed Chorus, Dave Watkins)

The Bronzed Chorus / Are We Not Speedwagon? / Gleaning

Sea Ghost / Blood / SG – Strange Matter, Jan. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Camp Howard, Super Ghoul, Candy Spots)

Super Ghoul / My Aunt Says / EP1

Candy Spots / Myth Sounds / EP

Arrows In Her / Sunlit Hallways / Leaving – Social Cue, Jan. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Forever Losing Sleep, Roraima, Yaya)

Forever Losing Sleep / Widows / I Lost Myself Again

California Death / Postmodern Lover / California Death – Strange Matter, Jan. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Various Eggs, Recluse Racoon, Slang)

Slang / Bliss / single

Helta Skelta / Specialist Subject / Beyond the Black Stump – Ask a punk, Jan. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Davidians, Fried Egg, Shots for Tots)

Sportsbar / I Was Going To Shave My Beard, But I Took A Nap Instead / Tyler Perry's Sports Bar – Screening of "Strange Brew" / Hardywood, Jan. 15 @ 9pm

The Skin / Street Keyz / single – Bandito's, Jan. 17 @ 9pm (w/ Manzara, Chest Hair)

Manzara / Kentucky Meat Shower / The Hills are Alive at Sound of Music

Funeral Chic / Hood Collector / Funeral Chic – Strange Matter, Jan. 21 @ 9pm ((w/ Joy, Burn/Ward, Venomspitter, Buzzrd Dust)

Joy / Enter The Grave / Joy

Venomspitter / Fedora Genocide / Live at WRIR

The Heads are Zeroes / Songbird / split – 25 Watt, Jan. 15 @ 9pm (w/ Hash Cult)

Hash Cult / Haven / Mind Your Mind

InAeona / Leader / Force Rise The Sun – David Bowie Memorial Dance Party / Strange Matter, Jan. 15 @ 8pm (w/ All the Way to Wyoming, BSK, Thieves of Shiloh)

 

Even more shows:

Suggesting Rhythm, A Tribute to the Grateful Dead – Canal Club, Jan. 15 @ 8pm

Marshmello – The Broadberry, Jan. 15 @ 9pm

VibeFrost – Positive Vibe Cafe, Jan. 16 @ 5pm (w/ Cary Street Ramblers, Tin Can Fish Band, Rights of Man, The Taters, Janet Martin)

Rumble Seat Revival – Capital Ale House, Jan. 16 @ 7pm

Afro-Zen Allstars – Garden Grove Brewery, Jan. 16 @ 8pm

Candyland – Canal Club, Jan. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Tre Justice, Korin Complex, Ruckle)

The JOB – Emilio's, Jan. 16 @ 10pm

Mighty Joshua & the Zion #5 – Balliceaux, Jan. 16 @ 10:30pm

River City Band – Hardywood, Jan. 17 @ 3pm

Joe Enroughty & His Royal Virginians – Balliceaux, Jan. 17 @ 7pm

Rewind the Crisis – Strange Matter, Jan. 17 @ 9pm (w/ Ashes Suneater)

Karma Killers – The Camel, Jan. 18 @ 7pm (w/ We Call This Courage, The Ivins, Tribe Society)

Satellite Syndicate – The Camel, Jan. 19 @ 8pm

Ashleigh Chevalier Band (Feat. Ron Holloway) – The Tin Pan, Jan. 20 @ 7pm

You Don't Know Me: Stephen Norfleet, Jr. – Triple Crossing, Jan. 20 @ 7:30pm

Rebelution – The National, Jan. 21 @ 7pm (w/ New Kingston)

Marcia Ball – The Tin Pan, Jan. 21 @ 7pm

Eric Brace & Peter Cooper – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Jan. 21 @ 8pm

Andrew Alli – Balliceaux, Jan. 21 @ 9:30pm

Fabled Automatic – Cary Street Cafe, Jan. 21 @ 10pm (w/ The Slank)