Activate! presents:
It’s amazing the difference a year can make. At 5pm, I’ll highlight the shows that were supposed to make January of 2020 just the beginning of another amazing year in Richmond’s live music scene, including the Richmond Avant Improv Collective’s live score to the film Häxan.
Høly River, “Know/No”
from Courage
Earth Folk Collective - 2020
Album Release and Tour Kick Off show at Project Space Gallery; Jan. 24; 2020
Blitz the Ambassador, “Hello Africa”
from DIASPORADICAL
Jakarta - 2016
Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU; Jan. 21; 2020
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, “Fake Buddha's Inner Child”
from Pillar
Ropeadope - 2018
The Camel; Jan. 22; 2020
Kwallah, The God, “Your Best 21 Questions”
from Pain. Pleasure. Problems. (Remastered)
Hidden Sound Collective - 2019
Citrus City x Hidden Sound Collective Showcase at The Camel; Jan. 12; 2020
Kids Techno, “Lucid Dream About Ray Stebbing”
Cherub Records - 2020
Album Release at Steady Sounds; Jan. 3; 2020
The Connells, “Stone Cold Yesterday”
from One Simple Word
The Bicycle Music Company - 1990
The National; Jan. 24; 2020
Hiss Golden Messenger, “I’m a Raven (Shake Children)”
from Lateness of Dancers
Merge Records - 2014
The Broadberry; Jan. 16; 2020
Lilly Hiatt, “The Night David Bowie Died”
from Trinity Lane
New West Records - 2017
The Broadberry; Jan. 16; 2020
Slark Moan, “American Middle Class Disaster”
from Superstition for the Consumer Romantic
Slough Water Records - 2019
The Camel; Jan. 9; 2020
Special Moves, “9th And Pine”
from Special Moves/Yeehaw Junction Split
Reflective Tapes - 2019
The Camel; Jan. 5; 2020
True Body, “Spirit City”
from Heavenly Rhythms for the Uninitiated
Funeral Party - 2020
A Benefit for the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project at Lamplighter; Jan. 24; 2020
Blunt, “Cold Case”
from Cold Case - single
self-released - 2019
Citrus City 5 Year Birthday at Gallery 5; Jan. 24; 2020
Big No, “Life On a String”
from Steady Sounds Single
Steady Sounds - 2018
The Dark Room; Jan. 10 and Raw Mom Weekend Pt. 1 at Gallery 5; Jan. 17; 2020
Positive No, “Why Do You Sing in the Middle of the Night?”
from Kyanite
Little Black Cloud Records - 2020
Last Show Ever at The Broadberry; Jan. 31; 2020
Hammered Hulls, “Looking After You”
from Hammered Hulls
Dischord Records - 2019
The Broadberry; Jan. 31; 2020
Radkey, “Out Here in My Head”
from Cat & Mouse - EP
Wreckroom / Radkey Family Music - 2013
Canal Club; Jan. 11; 2020
Dark Thoughts, “Please Don't Leave Me Alone”
from Must Be Nice
Stupid Bag Records - 2019
Fuzzy Cactus; Jan. 27; 2020
Sensual World, “Ugly Being”
from Feeling Wild
Stupid Bag - 2019
Fuzzy Cactus; Jan. 27 and Fuzzy Cactus; Jan. 30; 2020
The Royal Hounds NYC, “I Live for This”
from God Bless the Royal Hounds
Oi! the Boat Records - 2019
Fuzzy Cactus; Jan. 30; 2020
Chubby and The Gang, “Mockba”
from All Along the Uxbridge Road - Single
Static Shock - 2019
Fuzzy Cactus; Jan. 30; 2020
Suppression, “Eternal Oppression”
from Placebo Reality
Chaotic Noise Productions - 2018
Bandito's; Jan. 19; 2020
Book of Wyrms, “Spirit Drifter”
from Remythologizer
Twin Earth Records - 2019
Wonderland; Jan. 8; 2020
Traitor, “Blackened Kings”
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions - 2014
Wonderland; Jan. 25; 2020
Escuela Grind, “Short Cuts and Long Rides”
from Split w/ Violent Opposition
self-released - 2015
Wonderland; Jan. 11; 2020
Richmond Avant Improv Collective (RAIC), “Confession”
from Häxan (Cinema Paradiso Vol. I)
Thirsty Leaves Music - 2020
Live Score to Häxan and Album Release Show at The Byrd Theater; Jan. 14; 2020
Mike Rutz Activate! January 7th, 2021
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