Activate!Activate! November 27 – December 4

Before you stuff your belly tomorrow, stuff your ears tonight at 7pm with some tasty tunes from bands playing live this week in Richmond. I have tracks from the Upper East Side Big Band, celebrating their 10th anniversary, My Darling Fury (pictured) who have shows both Friday and Saturday afternoon, and my personal faves Screaming Females. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Guardian Alien at Gallery 5 and Chvrches at The National!

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Activate! 11-27-13

Oregon Hill Funk All Stars / Freshy Woman / diy – The Camel, Nov. 29 (w/ The Big Payback)

Samson Trinh & the Upper East Side Big Band / Sun King / diy – 10th Anniversary / Gallery 5, Nov. 29 @ 7:30pm

Gene & Gayla Mills / Milk & Honey / diy – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Dec. 4 @ 8pm (w/ Ben Lawson)

Loversville / Bad Bad Name / diy – Crossroads, Nov. 30 @ 8pm

The Vendors / The Lake / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Nov.29 @ 10pm

Carey Murdock / Gambler / diy – Globehopper, Dec. 2 @ 7pm

Paulo Franco / What I Came Here For / diy – The Camel, Dec. 4 @ 9pm (w/ FarAway)

The Melodic / On My Way / Anti – Strange Matter, Dec. 2 @ 9pm (w/ Vikesh Kapoor, Haints In the Holler)

Vikesh Kapoor / Down By the River / Mama Bird

Swamptrees / Perspective / diy – The Camel, Dec. 1 @ 9pm (w/ Cavum, Shane Sayers)

Jesse Chong Band / Goodbye Sunshine / diy – Cary Street Cafe, Nov. 30 @ 10pm

The Bush League / '59 Chevy / diy – Poe's Pub, Nov. 30 @ 9:30pm

The Green Boys / Fine By Me / diy – The Camel, Nov. 30 @ 9pm (w/ People's Blues of Richmond, Tarrant)

People's Blues of Richmond / Go Home / diy

The Working Effective / Your Honor / diy – The Camel, Dec. 2 @ 9pm (w/ The Northerners)

Climbers / All You Seem / diy – Canal Club, Nov. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Friends of the Family, Inland Ocean, Tomorrows, Parentheses, Sunrise Detour)

Parentheses / Bruffy Street / diy

MGMT / Kids / Columbia – The National, Nov. 30 @ 7pm (w/ Kuroma)

Clair Morgan / Breathe Out / diy – Hardywood, Nov. 29 @ 5pm (w/ My Darling Fury)

My Darling Fury / Spilled Milk / diy – Steady Sounds, Nov. 30 @ 3pm

Vince Kane & the Incurables / [waltz] / diy – Bogat's, Nov. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Funk Butter, Rholk & the Reason)

Chvrches / Lies / Glassnote – The National, Nov. 29 @ 7pm (w/ Wet)

Screaming Females / Lights Out / Don Giovanni – Strange Matter, Dec. 4 @ 9pm (w/ The Cales, Wet Brain, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel)

Wet Brain / Iron Cage / diy

The Cales / Adorno Porno / Bad Grrrl

Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel / Mermaid Song / Burger

Pontiak / Wax Worship / Thrill Jockey – Dec. 2 @ 7pm (w/ Guardian Alien)

Guardian Alien / See the World Given to a One Love Entity (Part 1) / Thrill Jockey

Expire / Abyss / Bridge 9 – Strange Matter, Nov. 30 @ 5pm (w/ Fire & Ice, Take Offense, Bent Life)

Digipossum / Pressure Cooker / diy – Canal Club, Nov. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Sean Peterson, The Polychrons)

Even more shows:

Thanksgathering – Strange Matter, Nov. 30 @ 9pm (w/ K-Truth, Lil Omar, Da Sik-1, Black Liq, Bateman, Reppa Ton, Chauncie Jo, Young Jwrek, the Real Chaos, Toxsick, DJ CDC)