Activate! presents:
For the second week in a row, I’ll preview just one full week of bands playing live in Richmond, including release shows from Shotclock (pictured) and Levi Douthit as well as the final Secret Bonus Level benefit show for WRIR! I hope this is a trend, folks.
Audacity Brass Band, “Raise Your Glass”
from The Chemically Imbalanced
Audacity Brass Band - 2019
Brambley Park; Sept. 24 @ 8pm
Michigan Rattlers, “Desert Heat”
from Desert Heat - Single
Michigan Rattlers - 2020
Richmond Music Hall; Sept. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Chris Leggett)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “Sad But True”
Blackened Recordings - 2021
VACU Live!; Sept. 26 @ 7pm
Dogwood Tales, “Riding Horses”
WarHen Records - 2020
The Camel; Sept. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Benjamin Shepherd; Devil's Coattails)
Benjamin Shepherd, “When You Say Tomorrow; You Just Mean Not Today”
from Hold the Line
Benjamin Shepherd - 2019
The Camel; Sept. 25 @ 8pm (w/ Dogwood Tales; Devil's Coattails)
Levi Douthit, “Method Acting”
from Lucky Pennies
Citrus City Records - 2021
Tape Release at The Camel; Sept. 26 @ 8pm
Apes Of the State, “Internet Song”
from Pipe Dream
Apes of the State - 2019
Ask a punk; Sept. 26 @ 4pm (w/ Wargo; Local News Legend; Justin Arena)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, “Survivor”
from The Future
Stax - 2021
VACU Live!; Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Bahamas)
Okey Dokey, “Are You Up?”
from Leaky Sealing - EP
Park The Van - 2021
The Broadberry; Sept. 25 @ 7pm (w/ Holy Roller; Mo Lowda)
The Bones of J.R. Jones, “Bad Moves”
from A Celebration - EP
The Bones of J.R. Jones / Tone Tree Music - 2021
Richmond Music Hall; Sept. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Last Real Circus)
Big Thief, “UFOF”
from U.F.O.F.
4AD - 2019
The National; Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ Natural Information Society)
Cleophus James, “1am”
from 1am
Cleophus James - 2021
Richmond Music Hall; Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band)
Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, “Dosing The President”
from Nightmare Forever
Castle Face - 2019
Richmond Music Hall; Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Cleophus James)
GRYSCL, “Typhlosion”
from Ghost and the Shell
GRYSCL - 2020
Benefit for WRIR at Starr Hill; Sept. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Lithium God; OZ; Distant Dee; UV Scutti; Karmah)
Distant Dee, “New Memories”
Distant Dee - 2020
Benefit for WRIR at Starr Hill; Sept. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Lithium God; OZ; Distant Dee; UV Scutti; GRYSCL)
Piranha Rama, “Bunny Man”
from Piranha Rama
Trrrash Records - 2018
Fuzzy Cactus; Sept. 27 @ 8pm (w/ Holy Wave; Peel Dream Magazine)
Holy Wave, “R&B”
from Interloper
The Reverberation Appreciation Society - 2020
Fuzzy Cactus; Sept. 27 @ 8pm (w/ Peel Dream Magazine; Piranha Rama)
Peel Dream Magazine, “Pill”
from Agitprop Alterna
Tough Love Records - 2019
Fuzzy Cactus; Sept. 27 @ 8pm (w/ Holy Wave; Piranha Rama)
Wine & Warpaint, “As Good as Dead”
from Homeless - EP
Wine & Warpaint - 2018
Canal Club; Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ Zip9)
ShotClock, “Bad Bad Case”
from Side B - EP
ShotClock - 2021
EP Release at Garden Grove; Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ The Challenged; Talk Me Off; Feigning Grace)
The Challenged, “Feels Wrong”
from Wallfighter
2321018 Records DK - 2020
Garden Grove; Sept. 24 @ 7pm (w/ Shotclock; Talk Me Off; Feigning Grace)
LAPĂȘCHE, “Finally Trying”
from Blood in the Water
New Granada Records - 2021
The Camel; Sept. 24 @ 9pm (w/ The Mitras)
Wednesday Night Titans, “What's That Smell”
from What's That Smell - single
Wednesday Night Titans - 2021
The Camel; Sept. 27 @ 7pm (w/ Glop)
Gnawing, “Contract”
from You Freak Me Out
Refresh Records - 2021
Bingo; Sept. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Age S; Closet Space)
Slump, “Throbbing Reverberation”
from Flashbacks from Black Dust Country
Feel It Records - 2019
Fuzzy Cactus; Sept. 23 @ 9pm (w/ Pyrex; Black Button)
Reagan Youth, “Miss Teen America”
from A Collection of Pop Classics
New Red Archives - 2019
Wonderland; Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Rough Dose)
Rough Dose, “Set to Explode”
from Rough Demos - EP
Rough Dose - 2021
Wonderland; Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Reagan Youth)
One Step Closer, “Pringle Street”
from This Place You Know
Run For Cover - 2021
The Camel; Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Contact; Guardrails; Soul Blind; Dream Terrorist; Reflect)
Reflect, “On the Streets / Reflect Stomp”
from On the Streets / Reflect Stomp - Single
Reflect - 2021
The Camel; Sept. 28 @ 7pm (w/ Contact; Guardrails; Soul Blind; Dream Terrorist; One Step Closer)
SeeYouSpaceCowboy..., “Atrocities from a Story Book Perspective”
from Songs for the Firing Squad
Pure Noise Records - 2019
Canal Club; Sept. 28 @ 6:30pm (w/ If I Die First; Followship)
DJ Citizen Jane, “Rescue Me (feat. Tommy Love)”
from Rescue Me (feat. Tommy Love) - Single
Veni Vidi Vici Records - 2019
Pride After Dark at Diversity Richmond; Sept. 24 @ 6pm
Mike Rutz Activate! September 23rd, 2021
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