Activate! presents:
Activate! August 17 – August 24
At 5pm, I will showcase the diversity of bands performing in Richmond this week, including Centerfolds who have album release and Headlessmantis (pictured) and Vvuumm who have a tape release on tap. Plus, I’ll give away tickets to see Plini at Capital Ale House, Eyehategod and Negative Approach, as well as Larry Keel at The Broadberry! Click here for the podcast: http://www.wrir.org/listen/
Playlist:
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Elephant Wrecking Ball, “Fancy Pants Dance Trance”
from Engage
Elephant Wreckords - 2017
Vagabond, Aug. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Vanilla Summit)
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Culture, “See Them a Come”
from Two Sevens Clash
Joe Gibbs Record Globe - 1977
The Broadberry, Aug. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Murphy's Kids, Burning Fire)
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Experience Unlimited, “It's All Imagination”
from Free Yourself
Blackfire - 1977
27th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park, Aug. 19 @ 4pm (w/ Full Power Blues, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Strange Rootz, Them Church Boys)
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Janiva Magness, “You Were Never Mine”
from Do I Move You?
NorthernBlues Music - 2006
The Tin Pan, Aug. 18 @ 7pm
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Larry Keel, “Durham's Bull”
from Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
The Broadberry, Aug. 23 @ 7pm (w/ South Hill Banks, The Dharma Bombs)
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Justin Golden, “I Hate When She Calls”
from I Hate When She Calls - Single
614627 Records DK - 2016
Crossroads, Aug. 19 @ 7:30pm
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Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones, “Hotel Yorba”
from Love You to Life
2017
Wonderland, Aug. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Poison Ivy League, Cha Cha's Cadillac)
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Big Mama Shakes, “Weight of a Heavy Heart”
from If I Try - EP
Big Mama Shakes - 2016
The Broadberry, Aug. 19 @ 7pm (w/ Sid Kingsley, Tigerman Woah, Landon Elliott & The Goods)
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Moot Davis, “Here Comes the Destroyer”
from Hierarchy of Crows
Wilburn Records - 2017
Ashland Coffee & Tea, Aug. 18 @ 8pm
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Ben FM, Fan Ran & Swerve 360, “The Drought Ridden”
from American Music
Gritty City - 2017
Gritty City records showcase at The Camel, Aug. 22 @ 8pm (w/ Delta Automatik, Seap da Oner, Pandemic, Sirus the Virus, Joe Threat, Skweeky Watahfawlz, Mc Cigarettes aka Johnny Ciggs, John Canada)
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Photosynthesizers, “Astrobelts”
from Speakers in Black Holes - EP
Photosynthesizers - 2010
Interrupted comedy night at Gallery 5, Aug. 19 @ 7:30pm (w/ Jesse Hill Jr., Chris Alan, Sarah Ahmed, Winston Hodges)
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Cesar Comanche, “21,000 Years Later”
from House Atreides
2017
A Night of Rap and Regret at 25 Watt, Aug. 19 @ 9pm (w/ Mallz, Black Liquid, Reppa Ton, R.T., Rah Scrilla, Skweek Bird, Swerve 360)
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Kenneka Cook, “Brings Me Back”
from VM Sessions
The Camel, Aug. 20 @ 8pm (w/ Faceship, Tim Beavers II)
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The Wimps, “No Show Bird”
from Reel Whirl
Trrrash - 2017
Cary Street Cafe, Aug. 19 @ 10pm (w/ Piranha Rama, Dead Frog)
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The Frights, “Kids”
from You Are Going To Hate This
Dangerbird - 2016
Canal Club, Aug. 19 @ 6pm (w/ King Shelter, On Drugs, Spacemere, Animal Sun)
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Spacemere, “Half Meant It”
from No Color Nonsense
Homespun Haze - 2017
Canal Club, Aug. 19 @ 6pm (w/ King Shelter, On Drugs, The Frights, Animal Sun) and Strange Matter, Aug. 23 @ 8pm (w/ The Cyrenaics, North By North, Sleave)
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North By North, “Stone Too Sour”
from Last Days of Magic
Double Hex - 2016
Strange Matter, Aug. 23 @ 8pm (w/ The Cyrenaics, Sleave, Spacemere)
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HeadlessMantis, “Creature vs. Ruckus”
from ∆TRRRASHCRYSTALRADIO∆
Trrrash Records - 2017
Trrrashcrystalradio Tape Release at Hardywood, Aug. 20 @ 3pm (w/ Vvuumm, Recluse Raccoon, Paul Ivey)
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The Milkstains, “Parlour Tricks”
from Punch the Sky
Trrrash Records - 2017
Champion, Aug. 17 @ 6pm (w/ Black Naked Wings, Twin Drugs) and Bandito's, Aug. 20 @ 9pm (w/ Slurry)
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Plini, “Every Piece Matters”
from Handmade Cities
Capital Ale House, Aug. 19 @ 7pm (w/ David Maxim Micic, Nick Johnston)
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Centerfolds, “Honestly”
from Bad Heaven
CI - 2017
Album Release at Canal Club, Aug. 18 @ 6pm (w/ Flight Club, Tell Tale, Never Kept, House and Home, Exit Emergency, Stars Hollow)
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Arcane, “Tears of a Mother”
from Whispers
Last Hour - 2017
Ask a punk, Aug. 23 @ 7pm (w/ Stephanie, Medussa Star, True Body)
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Blank Spell, “Red Teeth”
from Miasma
World Gone Mad - 2017
Ask a punk, Aug. 19 @ 7pm (w/ Haldol, Sow, NFA)
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Negative Approach, “Evacuate”
from Tied Down
Touch and Go - 1983
The Broadberry, Aug. 22 @ 6pm (w/ Eyehategod, Suppression, Dead and Dreaming, Gritter)
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Eyehategod, “Robitussin and Rejection”
from Eyehategod
Housecore - 2014
The Broadberry, Aug. 22 @ 6pm (w/ Negative Approach, Suppression, Dead and Dreaming, Gritter)
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Barbarian, “Absolute Metal”
Hells Headbangers - 2016
Strange Matter, Aug. 24 @ 8pm (w/ Disintigration, Vile Desecration, Peucharist)
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Decapitated, “The Blasphemous Psalm To The Dummy God Creation”
from Blood Mantra
Nuclear Blast - 2014
Canal Club, Aug. 21 @ 5pm (w/ Fallujah, Ghost Bath, Deathsinger)
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Goolagoon, “Suds”
from Life of Crime
The Comm Room, Aug. 20 @ 7pm (w/ Crystal Methodist, Tomb Warden, Rain Dogs)
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Crystal Methodist, “Disillusion”
from Drear
Wide Eyed Noise - 2016
The Comm Room, Aug. 20 @ 7pm (w/ Goolagoon, Tomb Warden, Rain Dogs)
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Accident Prone, “Renaissance Lost”
from Love. Hate.
The Comm Room, Aug. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Venomspitter, Charmer, Charmer, Van Hagar, High Priest)
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Charmer, “Narrow Mind”
from Winner's Curse - EP
self-released - 2017
The Comm Room, Aug. 18 @ 8pm (w/ Venomspitter, Charmer, Accident Prone, Van Hagar, High Priest)
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Red Lokust, “The War To End All Wars”
from The Repercussions of Shedding Your Skin
Dist0rtion Productions - 2016
Fallout, Aug. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Spider Lilies, Null Device, Tragic Impulse)
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