Activate! presents:
Activate! August 3 – August 10
With a benefit for the Nationz Foundation, the Don’t Look Back Fest, a 20th anniversary show with The Taters, and an album release for the Southern Belles (pictured), the week ahead in RVA has it all. I’ll give you a musical teaser at 5pm! Click here for the podcast: http://www.wrir.org/listen/
Playlist:
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Rebirth Brass Band, “Move your Body”
from Move Your Body
Basin Street - 2014
Capital Ale House, Aug. 5 @ 7pm
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The Taters, “BuckaBOO”
from Don't Scream
2015
20th Anniversary Celebration at The Tin Pan, Aug. 5 @ 7pm
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The Dull Blue Lights, “A Deeper Blue”
from The Dull Blue Lights
self-released - 2017
The Camel, Aug. 9 @ 8pm (w/ Blush Face)
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The Southern Belles, “Everywhere II”
from In the Middle of the Night
The Southern Belles - 2017
Album Release at The Broadberry, Aug. 5 @ 8pm (w/ Dalton Dash, Litz)
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Lopside, “blue.nine (the hub)”
from blue.nine (the hub) - Single
2016
Zero Crossing Showcase at The Camel, Aug. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Yogamuffin, Alfred, Yung Pocket$)
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Empress Suzy, “Difficult”
self-released - 2017
Gallery 5, Aug. 5 @ 8pm (w/ Big No, Ghost Piss, Daeva, Yaya)
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Clair Morgan, “How To Set Your Bed On Fire”
from New Lions and The Not-Good Night
EggHunt Records - 2016
Don't Look Back Fest at The Camel, Aug. 4 @ 8pm (w/ Keep, Smoke Break, Navi, Good Neighbor) and Don't Look Back Fest at Three Notch'd, Aug. 5 at 6pm (w/ Gardener, Tess Fisher)
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Fight Cloud, “Bent Methods”
from We'll Be Alright
Subterranea Collective - 2016
The Broadberry, Aug. 10 @ 7pm (w/ Manatree, Spooky Cool, Private Cry)
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Candy Spots, “Lost Ones”
from See U Tonight b/w Lost Ones
self-released - 2017
The Camel, Aug. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Psychonaut, Black Plastic, Dangling Legs, Jaylin Brown)
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Black Plastic, “Twenty Three 'Spent!'”
from Lammergeier
self-released - 2016
The Camel, Aug. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Psychonaut, Candy Spots, Dangling Legs, Jaylin Brown)
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J. Roddy Walston and the Business, “Sweat Shock”
from Essential Tremors
MapleMusic Recordings / ATO Records / Fontana North - 2013
The Broadberry, Aug. 4 @ 9pm
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Sauron, “Blood for the Savage Blade”
from Conquest Through Attrition
Dystopian Dogs - 2016
Strange Matter, Aug. 6 @ 8pm (w/ Apalling, Battlemaster, Lethal Shock)
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Slaughter Beach, Dog, “Forever”
from Welcome
Lame-O - 2016
Strange Matter, Aug. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Bat Boy, Shannon Moser)
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Bat Boy, “Tequila Sunrise”
Asian Man Records - 2017
Strange Matter, Aug. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Slaughter Beach,Dog, Shannon Moser)
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Gumming, “Lockjaw”
from Gumming
self-released - 2017
Bandito's, Aug. 6 @ 9pm (w/ Buck Gooter, Hallelujah)
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Big Quiet, “You're Gonna Find Out”
from Big Quiet
Sound of Music, Aug. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Big Baby, Big Bliss, Serqet)
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Big Bliss, “Fortune”
from Fortune - Single
Exit Stencil - 2017
Sound of Music, Aug. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Big Baby, Big Quiet, Serqet)
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Serqet, “The World We Make”
from Demo - EP
Vinyl Conflict Label - 2017
Sound of Music, Aug. 9 @ 7pm (w/ Big Baby, Big Bliss, Big Quiet)
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Dorthia Cottrell, “Vessel”
from Dorthia Cottrell
Forcefield Records - 2015
Gallery 5, Aug. 4 @ 9pm (w/ Petrichor, Navi, Bad Magic)
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Navi, “Boo Boo”
from EP
self-released - 2012
Don't Look Back Fest at The Camel, Aug. 4 @ 8pm (w/ Clair Morgan, Smoke Break, Keep, Good Neighbor) and Gallery 5, Aug. 4 @ 9pm (w/ Dorthia Cottrell, Petrichor, Bad Magic)
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Keep, “In Perfect Order”
from For Your Joy
707281 Records DK - 2017
Don't Look Back Fest at The Camel, Aug. 4 @ 8pm (w/ Clair Morgan, Smoke Break, Navi, Good Neighbor)
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Sweet Knives, “These Thoughts”
from Sweet Knives
Bigneck - 2017
Strange Matter, Aug. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Stake, Black Naked Wings, Billy Neptune)
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Black Naked Wings, “Yester”
from White Wall
self-released - 2017
Strange Matter, Aug. 10 @ 8pm (w/ Stake, Sweet Knives, Billy Neptune)
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Loser's Circle, “Losing It”
self-released - 2017
Wonderland, Aug. 4 @ 9pm (w/ Love Roses, Creep Crusades)
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Creep Crusades, “I Think I'm Gonna Crack”
from Split with Holdfast
Wonderland, Aug. 4 @ 9pm (w/ Love Roses, Loser's Circle)
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Bit Brigade, “Tal Tal Heights”
self-released - 2017
Strange Matter, Aug. 4 @ 8pm (w/ Night Idea, Daniel_)
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Dave Watkins, “Igneous Slice”
from Odds + Ends
self-released - 2008
Benefit for Nationz Foundation at Strange Matter, Aug. 5 @ 6pm (w/ The Skin, Private Cry, Sammi Lanzetta, Womajich Dialyseiz)
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The Skin, “Ctrl-Alt-Death”
from Bad Baby USA
self-released - 2016
Benefit for Nationz Foundation at Strange Matter, Aug. 5 @ 6pm (w/ Dave Watkins, Private Cry, Sammi Lanzetta, Womajich Dialyseiz)
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The Melvins, “The Smiling Cobra”
from Nude With Boots
Ipecac - 2008
The Broadberry, Aug. 8 @ 7pm (w/ Spotlights)
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Spotlights, “Learn to Breathe”
from Seismic
Ipecac Recordings - 2018
The Broadberry, Aug. 8 @ 7pm (w/ The Melvins)
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Lethal Shock, “Fear (The Devil's Child)”
from Evil Aggressor
Witches Brew - 2016
Strange Matter, Aug. 6 @ 8pm (w/ Apalling, Battlemaster, Sauron)
Mike Rutz Activate! August 3rd, 2017
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