Activate!Activate! November 6 – November 13

What are you doing this week? Well, there are plenty of live shows to go to, including CD release shows for Todd Harrington, River City Band, Fight Cloud, and Positive No (pictured), plus the Sounds of RVA and Say-10 Records anniversary shows and Stoner Hands of Doom Fest. I'll preview all that and more at 7pm on Activate!

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Activate! 11-6-13

Todd Herrington / What We Had / diy – CD Release / The Camel, Nov. 8 (w/ My Darling Fury)

Taj Mahal Trio / Everybody's Got to Change Sometime / Sony – Carpenter Theater, Nov. 13 @ 7:30pm (w/ Vusi Mahlasela, Fredericks Brown, Deva Mahal)

The Whitetop Mountaineers / Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind / diy – Shady Grove Coffeehouse, Nov. 9 @ 8pm

River City Band / Just a Little Bit Better Than Alright / diy – CD Release / Hardywood, Nov. 8 @ 6:30pm (w/ The Green Boys, Alison Self)

Ghostwriter / Religion / End of the West – The Well, Nov. 9 @ 10pm (w/ Hot Dolphin, The Shangri-Lords)

The Floorboards / Devil's Cadillac / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Nov. 8 @ 10pm

3 Bad Jacks / It's Forever / Boston Krown – Wonderland, Nov. 9 @ 9pm

The Vacant Stairs / She Got / diy – Bogart's, Nov. 9 @ 9pm

Awesome Few / Big Beat Down / diy – Hardywood Brewery, Nov. 9 @ 5pm (w/ Canary oh Canary, Candy Spots)

Dr. Fameus / Roller Parked / diy – Canal Club, Nov. 8 @ 6pm (w/ The Werks, Kung Fu, Nadis Warriors, UUN, Dr Fameus, Twiddle, PBR, Phil Dice)

Marco Benevento / Limbs of a Pine / Royal Potato Family – The Camel, Nov. 7 @ 9pm

Negative Gemini / Ice Sluts / diy – Sounds of RVA Anniversary / The Camel, Nov. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Imaginary Sons, Canary Oh Canary)

Metric / Speed the Collpase / Mom + Pop – The National, Nov. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Flagship)

Sick/Sea / Parasite / Autumn & Color – Globehopper, Nov. 11

Positive No / Pocket Park / Little Black Cloud  – Record Release / Gallery 5, Nov. 8 @ 7:30pm (w/ Ancient Sky, Clair Morgan)

Fight Cloud / Running and Yelping / diy – EP Release / Gallery 5, Nov. 10 @ 7pm (w/ Zula, Night Idea, Basmati)

Zula / Twin Loss / Inflated

The Diamond Center / Bombay Beach / diy – Balliceaux, Nov. 8 @ 10:30pm (w/ White Laces)

Manchester Orchestra / Virgin / Favorite Gentlemen – The National, Nov. 10 @ 6pm (w/ The Front Bottoms, O’Brother)

Two Hand Fools / I Felt Love / Messy Life – Ask a punk, Nov. 7 (w/ Close Talker, Hold Tight!, Springtime)

Pedals On Our Pirate Ships / Shoot the Hostage / Say-10 – Say-10 Records Anniversary / The Camel, Nov. 10 @ 7pm (w/ Daycare Swindlers, Rob Huddleston, Walk the Plank, Stabbed in Back, Among Giants)

Walk the Plank / Machine / Say-10

Nightmare Boyzzz / Nuclear Summer / Happenin – Strange Matter, Nov. 12 @ 9pm (w/ leather Daddy, Beverly, Daikaiju)

Noxious Foxes / Doth Shalt Noth / Broth IRA – Gallery 5, Nov. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Navi, Whatever, David Marie Garland)

The Virus / Already Dead / Punkcore – Strange Matter, Nov. 11 @ 9pm (w/ Never Wrong, ratmeat, Creep-A-Zoids)

Church of Misery / Shotgun Boogie (James Oliver Huberty) / Rise Above – Kingdom, Nov. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Bloody Hammers, Against The Grain, Sinister Haze, Fire Faithful)

Fire Faithful / Wonton Lavey / diy – Stoner Hands of Doom Fest / Strange Matter, Nov. 7 – 10 (http://www.stonerhandsofdoom.com)

Wizard Eye / On the Banks of a River / Iron Sheik – Stoner Hands of Doom Fest / Strange Matter, Nov. 7 – 10 (http://www.stonerhandsofdoom.com)

Devil to Pay / Prepare to Die / Ripple – Stoner Hands of Doom Fest / Strange Matter, Nov. 7 – 10 (http://www.stonerhandsofdoom.com)

VRSA / My Hands Feel Like Razor Blades / Last Bastion – Stoner Hands of Doom Fest / Strange Matter, Nov. 7 – 10 (http://www.stonerhandsofdoom.com)

Akris / Redeemer / diy – Stoner Hands of Doom Fest / Strange Matter, Nov. 7 – 10 (http://www.stonerhandsofdoom.com)

Byzantine / Scream From the Abyss / Prosthetic – Canal Club, Nov. 7 @ 6:30pm (w/ Arcadia Awaits, Spiral Fracture, Seraph, Hypokalyse, Stone Reign)

Sick Thoughts / She Don't Give / Dead Beat – Vinyl Conflict, Nov. 9 @ 6pm

The Handsmiths / Black and Gold / diy – Canal Club, Nov. 9 @ 9pm (w/ Royal XIV, Beat Down the Kid, Agent, RudeeCash)

Even more shows:

Coheed and Cambria – The National, Nov. 8 @ 6pm (w/ Balance and Composure, I The Mighty)
Adventure Club / I Need Your Heart / BMG – The National, Nov. 12 @ 8pm (w/ DVBBS, DallasK, Hunter Siegel)

Genocide Pact – Ask a punk, Nov. 9 (w/ Unsacred, Meth Lab, Slavestate)

Fretful Porcupine – The FourHundred, Nov. 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ Dave Watkins)

Leftover Salmon – The National, Nov. 9 @ 8pm (w/ Swear and Shake)

The Honey Dewdrops – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Nov. 9 @ 8pm

Ralph Peterson Fo’tet – Capital Ale House, Nov. 12 @ 7pm & 10pm

Miracles of Modern Science – University of Richmond, Nov. 12

Dendritix Arbor – Strange Matter, Nov. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Haethen, Crater, Classically Ignorant)