Activate! presents:
Don’t sleep on the shows this week, especially Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar and the Love Roses (pictured) album release show. At 5pm, I’ll also give away tickets to Anvil at Strange Matter, Frankie Cosmos at Capital Ale, and Samantha Fish at The Broadberry! Click here for the podcast: wrir.org/listen/
Subtle Degrees, “A Dance That Empties II”
from A Dance That Empties
New Amsterdam - 2018
Black Iris, May 11 @ 7:30pm (w/ Scott Clark)
Tank and the Bangas, “Quick”
from Quick - Single
self-released - 2017
Friday Cheers at Brown's Island, May 11 @ 6pm (w/ Sweet Crude)
Restroy, “Autumn Must Be Money”
from Saturn Return
Milk Factory Productions - 2015
Black Iris, May 17 @ 7:30pm (w/ Voice of Saturn)
Blue Water Highway, “Heartbreak City”
from Heartbreak City
self-released - 2018
Gallery 5, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ Lowbirds, Muther Goose)
The Atkinsons, “Scar”
from Mile Marker
Independent - 2011
RVA Bluegrass and Brews at Alternatives, May 12 @ 1 to 7pm (w/ The Hot Seats, The Walkerton Brothers, Charlie & the Darlings, The Atkinsons, A Dancehall Derby Cup, The Richmond Rounders, Ol Riles Band) and Poe's Pub, May 12 @ 9pm
Saw Black, “Melted”
from Water Tower
Crystal Pistol Records - 2018
Hardywood, May 11 @ 6pm (w/ Strahan and the Good Neighbors, Benjamin Shepherd)
Leeds, “Too Late To Turn Back”
from Too Late To Turn Back - single
2017
The Camel, May 16 @ 8pm (w/ Josie McQueen, Triple Goddess, Good Looks)
Samantha Fish, “American Dream”
from Audiotree Live
Audiotree - 2018
The Broadberry, May 14 @ 7pm (w/ Tin Can Fish Band)
Carver Commodore, “Stars & Galaxies”
from Carver Commodore
Trident - 2017
The Camel, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ South Hill Banks)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, “Baby I Lost My Way (But I'm Going Home)”
from Tearing at the Seams
Stax - 2018
The National, May 14 @ 7pm
Frankie Cosmos, “Apathy”
from Vessel
Sub Pop Records - 2018
Capital Ale House, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ Florist, Lala Lala)
Florist, “Glowing Brightly”
from If Blue Could Be Happiness
Double Double Whammy - 2017
Capital Ale House, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ Frankie Cosmos, Lala Lala)
Candy Spots, “Lost Ones”
from See U Tonight b/w Lost Ones
self-released - 2017
Garden Grove, May 12 @ 8pm (w/ Black Plastic, Grease Coast, Deli Kings)
Black Plastic, “Purple thought”
self-released - 2017
Flora, May 16 @ 9pm (w/ Cerulean Blue, Black Naked Wings, Dirt)
Dirt, “Sesh Gremlin”
from Sesh Gremlin single
2017
Flora, May 16 @ 9pm (w/ Cerulean Blue, Black Naked Wings, Black Plastic)
Toner, “New Normal”
from Killing Pace
2017
Ask a punk, May 11 @ 7pm (w/ New Circle, Nosebleed, Knifeplay)
Lil Ugly Mane, “Columns”
from Oblivion Access
Ormolycka - 2015
The Broadberry, May 13 @ 7pm (w/ Nickelus F, Narwhalz of Sound)
Mdou Moctar, “Sibidoul”
from Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Sahel Sounds - 2015
Strange Matter, May 14 @ 7pm (w/ The Messthetics, Time is Fire)
Time Is Fire, “Ey Ajaba”
from Stories Untold - EP
Electric Cowbell - 2018
Strange Matter, May 14 @ 7pm (w/ The Messthetics, Mdou Moctar)
The Messthetics, “Serpent Tongue”
from The Messthetics
Discord - 2018
Strange Matter, May 14 @ 7pm (w/ Time is Fire, Mdou Moctar)
The Zeta, “Completar”
from Completar - Single
self-released - 2018
Ask a punk, May 15 @ 7:30pm (w/ Hunting Dog, Ostraca)
We Were Sharks, “How to Lose Your Cool”
from Not a Chance
Victory - 2015
Canal Club, May 17 @ 6pm (w/ Boys of Fall, My Life on Film, Of Alessa)
Nofx, “Quart in Session”
from So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes
Epitaph - 1997
Punk in Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival at Bon Secours Training Center, May 12 (w/ Bad Religion, Mad Caddies, The Last Gang, The Interrupters)
Bad Religion, “American Jesus”
from Recipe for Hate
Epitaph - 1993
Punk in Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival at Bon Secours Training Center, May 12 (w/ NOFX, Mad Caddies, The Last Gang, The Interrupters)
Love Roses, “Baby Market”
self-released - 2018
Album Release at McCormack's, May 11 @ 8pm (w/ Turbo Mansion, The Donalds)
Lace, “Amnesia”
from Human Condition
Funeral Party - 2018
Strange Matter, May 16 @ 8pm (w/ Slump, Memory Loss, Fried Egg)
Memory Loss, “Ghost”
from Exile
Vinyl Conflict - 2017
Strange Matter, May 16 @ 8pm (w/ Slump, Lace, Fried Egg)
Anvil, “When Hell Breaks Loose”
The End - 2011
Strange Matter, May 12 @ 8pm (w/ Shadowside, Sunlord)
Savage Master, “Death Rides the Highway”
from Mask of the Devil
Skol - 2014
Strange Matter, May 15 @ 8pm (w/ Bewitcher, Loud Night)
Bewitcher, “Hot Nights, Red Lights”
from Bewitcher
Heretic Fire - 2016
Strange Matter, May 15 @ 8pm (w/ Savage Master, Loud Night)
Afro-Zen Allstars, “Somebody's Got To Pay”
from Greatest Hits
Aza Music - 2017
Garden Grove, May 11 @ 8pm
Mike Rutz Activate! May 10th, 2018
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