Activate!

Activate! April 28 – May 5

Mike Rutz

ACTIVATE! 4-28-16

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

 

Bosley / Sugar Mama / The Dirty Dogs Radio Show – The Camel, May 5 @ 8pm (w/ Big Mama Shakes, Mobius Strip)

 

Paul Watson Quartet / Evening / My Secret Effect – Balliceaux, May 1 @ 8pm

 

Lobo Marino / Come With Me / We Hear the Ocean – Gallery 5, May 2 @ 7pm (w/ The Sun Flights, Dharma Bombs)

 

Lera Lynn / Bobby Baby / Have You Met Lera Lynn – Capital Ale House, May 1 @ 7pm (w/ The Tide Rose)

 

Vexine / Caught Up In the Tears / Little Sin – CD Release / Center of the Universe, April 30 @ 4pm

 

Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires / Dereconstructed / Dereconstructed – Strange Matter, May 3 @ 9pm (w/ No Ice, Roper & Furley)

 

No Ice / Eat This Heart (Summer Version) / 7″

 

Various Eggs / I Wish the Best for You / Don’t Expect Much From Others – Bandito’s, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Book of Wyrms)

 

Weatherman / Stormy Dayz / single – Black Iris, April 29 @ 7:30pm (w/ Aspidistra)

 

Wume / We Go Further / Maintain – Black Iris, April 30 @ 7:30pm (w/ Evil Sword, David More)

 

Trampled By Turtles / Are You Behind the Shining Star? / Wild Animals – The National, May 4 @ 7pm (w/ The Devil Makes Three)

 

Doctor Collins & the Chemistry Clash / The Fiend / s/t – Strange Matter, May 4 @ 8pm (w/ Hill Walkers, Ashes, Grave Hookers)

 

Imaginary Sons / Taste the Waste / Don’t Impress Me – Album Release / The Camel, April 29 (w/ Headlessmantis, WSG, Toxic Moxie, Eayaes)

 

Castle of Genre / No Wave (Ghosts) / Home: Loss & Ghosts – Strange Matter, May 2 @ 7pm (w/ Main Character, Marques Berry)

 

Sleepwalkers / Breaking My Heart / Greenwood Shade – The Broadberry, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Mad Extras, Gold Light)

 

Seawhores / Agent Detective Man / single – The Camel, May 3 @ 8pm (w/ Erotic Bombs, Angelica Garcia)

 

California Death / Postmodern Lover / EP – The Broadberry, May 1 @ 8pm (w/ Moonlight Beach Club, Noble Giants, Akasha)

 

Dumbwaiter / Greedy as Fuck / Cancel Christmas – Record Release / Hardywood, April 29 @ 9:30pm (w/ Navi)

 

Navi / Rainbow Pox / Illuminavi

 

RPG / She’s Tough / Worth the Weight – Benefit for Richmond Area Skateboard Alliance / Hardywood, April 30 @ 5pm (w/ Gritty City Records, Slowers, Tangerine, Sportsbar)

 

Tangerine / Tender / Sugar Teeth

 

Sports Bar / Big Mac Yeah / I Want To Waste Away With You

 

Peelander-Z / Do the Laundry / Happee Mania – Strange Matter, May 5 @ 8pm (w/ Maximum Zero, Suneater)

 

Nervosas / Junky / Rev45 – Strange Matter, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ Pete Curry, Earring, Shadow Age)

 

Earring / Black Chalk / Tunn Star

 

Death Index / Dream Machine / Death Index – Strange Matter, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Manzara, Komodo, Conflation)

 

Texas Hippie Coalition / Flawed / Rollin’ – The Broadberry, May 4 @ 7pm (w/ Dugan Nash, Dirt Merchant)

 

Dirt Merchant / Longpig / Devil’s Orders

 

Horrendous / Sidrea / Anareta – Strange Matter, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ Crypt Sermon, Putrisect, Hoboknife, Buzzard Dust)

 

Crypt Sermon / Byzantium / Out of the Garden

 

Suppressive Fire / Coup de’ tat / Bedlam – 25 Watt, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ Generator, Ritualistic, 3:33)

 

Soft Dov / In Praise / Rabid Sensuality – En Su Boca, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Left Cross, Venomspitter)

 

Venomspitter / We are Only As Free As Our Most Oppressed / DSGNS

 

.gif from god / Rats / Defragmented Reformatted – Benefit for Swamp Fest / Ask a punk, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ Gemtone, Charmer)

 

Queensrÿche / Fallout / Queensrÿche – Beacon Theatre, May 1 @ 6pm

 

Even more shows:

James Handy Band – The National, April 29 @ 6pm (w/ Anywhere USA, Emma Zink, Brianna Lauren)

Guitar Army w/ Robben Ford, Lee Roy Parnell, & Joe Robinson – Beacon Theatre, April 29 @ 6:30pm

Delta Rae – The Broadberry, April 29 @ 7pm (w/ Liz Longley)

Hannah Goad – CD Release / Mott Gallery, April 29 @ 7pm (w/ Cole Sullivan, Shower Naked)

Merle Haggard Tribute Night w/ Andy, Jay, and Slim – The Locker Room, April 29 @ 8pm

Citizen Cope – The National, April 30 @ 7pm

Dirtyphonics – Canal Club, April 29 @ 8pm (w/ 2RIP, Korin Complex, Ruckle, Funtcase, Habstrakt)

Fridaynite – Strange Matter, April 30 @ 3pm (w/ Orion, Nodis)

Holy White Hounds – Capital Ale House, April 30 @ 7pm (w/ The Barons)

Matt Jones and the Bobs – The Camel, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Floorboards, South Hill Banks)

The Bush League – Crossroads, April 30 @ 8pm

An Evening of Badfinger music – Ashland Coffee & Tea, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Taters, The Hullabaloos, Neatles)

Motown on Mondays with Mad Skillz & DJ Lonnie B – The Camel, May 2 @ 5:30pm

Hands Like Houses – Canal Club, May 2 @ 6pm (w/ The White Noise, Relate, Devin Clawson, Timberbrooke)

Jangling Sparrows – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 3 @ 8pm

Spyro Gyra – The Tin Pan, May 4 @ 7pm

Bullet for My Valentine – The National, May 4 @ 6:30pm (w/ Asking Alexandria, Cane Hill)

The Mad Children – The Camel, May 4 @ 8pm (w/ The Continuums, The Moonbees)

The Hornitz – Emilio’s, May 4 @ 9pm

Lewis Black – Richmond CenterStage, May 5

Paula Cole – The Tin Pan, May 5 @ 7pm

The Heritage – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 5 @ 8pm

Hopeful Machines – Fallout, May 5 @ 9pm (w/ Servitor)

Charles Owens Quartet – Cary Street Cafe, May 5 @ 10pm