Activate! presents:
Tonight on Activate!, I’ll preview benefit shows for the YWCA of Richmond (with Venus Guytrap), as well as Mash Notes and Together Forward/Sister Song. Plus, I’ll give away tickets to see That 1 Guy at the Camel, Black Joe Lewis at Strange Matter, and Anders Osbourne at The Broadberry! Click here for the podcast: http://www.wrir.org/listen/
Benjamin Shepherd, “You Got Caught”
self-released - 2016
Ask a punk, Feb. 17 @ 8pm (w/ Blush Face, Claire Hitchins, Hannah Goad)
McKinley Dixon, “Things We Don't Talk About”
from Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?
Wadada - 2016
The Camel, Feb. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Deaf Scene, Hayley Jane and the Primates)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, “Ain't Nothin' But A Party”
from Medicated Magic
Ropeadope Records - 2002
Capital Ale House, Feb. 22 @ 7pm (w/ The Get Right Band)
Anders Osbourne, “Got Your Heart”
from American Patchwork
The Broadberry, Feb. 17 @ 8pm (w/ The Ghost of Paul Revere)
Angelica Garcia, “Woman I'm Hollerin'”
from Medicine for Birds
Warner Bros. - 2016
Hardywood, Feb. 18 @ 5pm (w/ Rikki Shay, Prabir)
Sun Organ, “As Far As the Eye Sees”
from Something Doesn't Feel Right
Rag & Bones, Feb. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Clasp, Ceremonial Scissors, Yaya, The Smirks)
The Pinkerton Raid, “Tolerance Ends”
from Tolerance Ends, Love Begins
self-released - 2017
Strange Matter, Feb. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Manatree, Luray, Winstons)
Atlas Road Crew, “Halfway to Hopkins”
from Halfway To Hopkins
Atlas Road Crew - 2015
The Camel, Feb. 23 @ 8pm (w/ Litz, GNome Project)
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, “Booty City”
from Scandalous
Lost Highway - 2011
Strange Matter, Feb. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Dams of the West, Big Mama Shakes)
Gouda Mayhem, “The Good Work Of Fungus”
from Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More - Got It Licked
Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More - 2015
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's Richmond: Mash Notes Benefit at Gallery 5, Feb. 17 @ 8pm (w/ Kenneka Cook)
Ashes, “New Carelessness”
from MyBadYerGood
Crystal Pistol - 2016
Gallery 5, Feb. 23 (w/ Deer Eats Birds, Houdan the Mystic)
The Talkies, “Emotion Sickness”
from Eyesie Spysies
self-released - 2016
Benefit for Together Forward and Sister Song at Strange Matter, Feb. 17 @ 7pm (w/ Feral Conservatives, Among the Rocks and Roots, RAIC, Hoarsees)
Venus Guytrap, “F*ck Banditos”
self-released - 2016
Breaking Silence Benefit for YWCA of Richmond at The Broadberry, Feb. 18 @ 8pm (w/ The HellHounds, Venus Guytrap, Mistaker, Octane Saints)
Lemuria, “Clay Baby”
from The Distance So Big
Bridge Nine - 2013
Steady Sounds, Feb. 21 @ 7pm; Strange Matter, Feb. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Cayetana, Mikey Erg)
Cayetana, “Mesa”
Poison City - 2017
Strange Matter, Feb. 21 @ 8pm (w/ Lemuria, Mikey Erg)
Hoax Hunters, “Pictures of Rhythm”
from Clickbait
Cherub Records - 2015
Hardywood, Feb. 17 @ 5pm (w/ Dave Watkins, Landis Wine, Grass Panther)
My Brother My Sister, “Haze”
from haze // thursday
Self Aware Records - 2016
Ask a punk, Feb. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Vivian K, My Brother My Sister, Hoarsees, Pigeon Meeting)
Turn To Crime, “Chasing”
from Secondary
Mugg & Bopp - 2017
Strange Matter, Feb. 19 @ 8pm (w/ Doctor Collins, The Green Hearts)
Jeff the Brotherhood, “Voyage Into Dreams”
from Wasted On the Dream
Dine Alone Records - 2015
Strange Matter, Feb. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Big No, Roy Batty)
Genki Genki Panic, “Werewolf By Night”
from Spooky Fingers
Emilio's, Feb. 22 @ 10pm (w/ Grease Coast, Seawhorse)
Zephyranthes, “Suck It Out Your Shirt”
from Zephyranthes
Mojo's, Feb. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Dumb Waiter, Manzara)
BMT (w/ Lord $lug), “I Am King”
from I am King
2017
25 Watt, Feb. 17 @ 9pm (w/ BMT, Thoughts on Standby, Introverse)
Less Than Jake, “Growing Up On a Couch”
from Pezcore
The National, Feb. 22 @ 6:30pm (w/ Pepper, The Attack, The Bunny Gang)
The Jasons, “Campmando”
from Get Fucked
25 Watt, Feb. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Savage Remains, The Jasons, Immortui, Back For Blood)
Humungus, “Shark Castle”
from Warband
self-released - 2015
Bandito's, Feb. 19 @ 9pm (w/ US Bastards, CreepAZoids)
Inter Arma, “'Sblood”
from Sky Burial
Relapse Records - 2013
10th Anniversary show at Strange Matter, Feb. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Suppression, Immortal Bird, Whithered)
Suneater, “Desert Mongrel”
from Mirage II - EP
Bad Grrrl / Bossy Lil' Thing - 2017
Cary Street Cafe, Feb. 18 @ 10pm (w/ Sammi Lanzetta, Hot Reader)
Mike Rutz Activate! February 16th, 2017
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