Activate!Activate! August 27 – September 3

If you tune in at 5pm, you are almost guaranteed to hear a band that piques your interest, then you can go see them perform live in Richmond! If you didn't catch them during Commonwealth of Notions Presents, Manzara (pictured) have another show lined up this week as part of a screening for the psych flm The Astrologer. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see metal bands Kylesa in Charlottesville and Earth at Strange Matter!

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ACTIVATE! 8-27-15

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

Daniel Bachman / Levee / River – Black Iris, Aug. 28 @ 7:30pm (w/ Jake Fussell)

Sean Kiely / Nirvana, If Only / Your Logo, My Logo – The Tin Pan, Sept. 3 @ 7pm

Rumble Seat Revival / I'll See You In My Dreams / demo – Capital Ale House, Aug. 29 @ 8pm

Orquesta el Macabeo / Cogiendo Pon / El Entierro – The Broadberry, Sept. 2 @ 8pm (w/ Bio Ritmo)

Fool's Errand / What Happened!? / Cartographic – The Camel, Aug. 28 @ 8pm (w/ Murphy's Kids, Neighborhood Friendly)

Ohbliv / Tonight (All Nite Rockin) / Rugged Tranquility – The Camel, Aug. 31 @ 8pm (w/ Sound Genisius, Tennison)

James Dangle / Love (prod. by Ohbliv) / Read a Book – Circle Thrift, Aug. 29 @ 7pm (w/ thrvd, Gurari, oldneon, vague suitor)

Kings / Singlemanhours / Kings – The Broadberry, Sept. 3 @ 9pm (w/ The Slank, DJ Harrison)

Zachary Cale / Sundowner / Duskland – Strange Matter, Aug. 31 @ 9pm (w/ Pete Nolan, Benjamin Shepherd, Various Eggs)

Pete Nolan / Sound of Bees / Easy

Arum Rae / Warranted Queen / Warrented Queen – Strange Matter, Sept. 2 @ 9pm (w/ Mechanical River)

Leisure Cruise / Double Digit Love / Leisure Cruise – Strange Matter, Aug. 29 @ 9pm (w/ Lucy Dacus, Bare Thoughts)

Lucy Dacus / I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore / Honeymoon Tour – The Camel, Sept. 3 @ 8pm (w/ Damn Tall Buildings, Dharma Bombs)

The Good Life / Everybody / Everybody's Coming Down – Strange Matter, Aug. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Big Harp)

Big Harp / Good News / Chain Letters

Grace Vonderkuhn / Nowhere to Go / s/t – Hardywood, Aug. 29 @ 5pm (w/ Victorious Trees, Spooky Cool)

Lisa Doll and the Rock 'n' Roll Romance / I Don't Wanna Break Up / Neon Heat – McCormack's, Aug. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Loose Cannon, The Privies)

Spraynard / Listen to Me / Mable – Ask a punk, Aug. 30 @ 6pm (w/ Smoke Break, Sundials)

Ttotals / Sometimes You Just Are / 7" – Strange Matter, Sept. 1 @ 9pm (w/ Lady God, Manzara, White Kyle)

Manzara / When Pants Attack / The Hills are Alive at the Sound of Music – Screening of "The Astrologer" / Hardywood, Aug. 28 @ 7pm (w/ DJs Sister Golden Haze and Greg Darden)

Prayer Group / Empties / s/t – En Su Boca, Aug. 28 @ 10pm (w/ Drunk Couples, The Tall Boys)

Drunk Couples / Dead Weight / Cruisin'

Kylesa / Fractured / To Walk a Middle Course – The Southern in Charlottesville, Aug. 31 @ 7pm (w/ Pontiak, Caustic Casanova)

Led To the Grave / No Choice But To Kill / s/t – Strange Matter, Sept. 3 @ 9pm (w/ Bat, Battlemaster, Left Cross)

Bat / Rule of the Beast / 7"

Left Cross / Flesh, Bone, & Steel / Infernal Assault

Earth / Torn By the Fox of the Crescent Moon / Primitive and Deadly – Strange Matter, Aug. 30 @ 8pm (w/ Lugweight, Holy Sons)

Hessian / Une Charogne / Bachelor of Black Arts – Wonderland, Aug. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Night Bitch, Night Magic)

Night Bitch / Persian Virgin / 10"

Buck Gooter / She sees Only Flowers / Consider the Grackles – Bandito's, Aug. 30 @ 9pm (w/ Hoboknife, The Skin)

Hoboknife / Cock of Evil / single

Stephen Norfleet, Jr. & the Devil's Workshop Big Band / Hittin' the Wall / Idle Hands – The Camel, Aug. 30 @ 8pm

Even more shows

Lou Gramm, The Voice of Foreigner – Beacon Theatre, Aug. 28 @ 6:30pm

The Concussion Theory – The National, Aug. 28 @ 7:30pm (w/ Inquiry, Te Mad Extras, Chasing Avenir, The Ambulance Review)

Kimberly & Creeping – Auxiliary, Aug. 28 @ 7:30pm (w/ Dog Bath, Birds In The Meadow, Fake Object, Dyrt, Grey Wulf)

The Mantras – The Broadberry, Aug. 28 @ 8pm (w/ Threesound)

Eddie & Martha Adcock w/ Tom Gray – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 28 @ 8pm

Equality is a False God – 25 Watt, Aug. 28 @ 9pm (w/ Flesh Control, R-Complex, Methcharge)

The Gold Sauce – Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 28 @ 10pm

Snails – The Broadberry, Aug. 29 @ 9pm

The Reckless Island – The National, Aug. 29 @ 7pm (w/ Lost Dreads, Animal Sun, Nesta)

The Working Effective – The Tin Pan, Aug. 29 @ 7:30pm

3rd Annual Opera in the Park – Dogwood Dell, Aug. 29 @ 7:30pm

Old Grog String Band and Pretty Heavy perform a Grateful Dead set – The Camel, Aug. 29 @ 9:30pm

High Noon – Benefit for National Kidney Foundation / The Tin Pan, Sept. 1 @ 7pm

Burrito Riders League – Crossroads, Sept. 3 @ 8pm

Jessy Carolina and the Hot Mess – Balliceaux, Sept. 3 @ 8pm