Activate!Activate! November 12 – November 19

Tonight at 7pm, you will witness (with your ears) the onslaught of killer live bands in Richmond. That includes the return of Parasytic (pictured) and Teargas Rock, tracks from Dead Fame who are playing a benefit for ROSMY and Pittsburgh's Grand Piano who will perform at Those Manic Seas' canned food drive, and a preview of Sounds of RVA's birthday party. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist in Charlottesville!

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ACTIVATE! 11-12-14

Bio Ritmo / Se Les Olvido / Vampisoul – The Camel, Nov. 14 @ 8:30pm

Another Roadside Attraction / Don't Stop / diy – Crossroads, Nov. 15 @ 8pm

Bobby Bare Jr. / North of Alabama by Mornin' / Bloodshot – The Camel, Nov. 18

Daniel Amedee ft. SE / Don't Want to Do It Again / diy – Weezie's, Nov. 13 (w/ Lili and the Dirty Moccasins)

DakhaBrakha / Tyolky / diy – Modlin Center, Nov. 16 @ 7:30pm

Atmosphere / She's Enough / Rhymesayers – The National, Nov. 14 @ 7pm (w/ Prof, deMatlas, DJ Fundo)

Profligate / From All Sides / DKA – Auxiliary, Nov. 14 @ 7pm (w/ Claire, Mutwawa, Kakhi Blazer, Quicksails, VVaqrt)

DJ Shadow / Artifact / Universal – The Jefferson Theater in Charottesville, Nov. 15 @ 8pm (w/ Cut Chemist, DJ Harrison)

Dead Fame / My Body, My Fool / diy – Benefit for ROSMY / Strange Matter, Nov. 16 @ 7pm (w/ Toxic Moxie, My Darling Fury)

Home Body / Something Tempting / Feeding Tubes – Strange Matter, Nov. 19 @ 9pm (w/ Short Skirts, Quna, Nude Photos of Celebrities)

Moon Hooch / Mountain Song / Hornblow – The Broadberry, Nov. 19 @ 8pm (w/ Out of Beardspace)

Dave Watkins / Feet Off the Ground / diy – Hardywood, Nov. 14 @ 5pm (w/ Lobo Marino)

Grand Piano / Native / Wild Kindness – Canned Food Drive / Balliceaux, Nov. 14 @ 10pm (w/ Those Manic Seas)

Kurt Travis / Everything is Beautiful / Blue Swan – Canal Club, Nov. 19 @ 7pm (w/ Hotel Books, Tommy Boys, October Wolves, The Concussion Theory)

Black Girls / Banging LA / diy – The Broadberry, Nov. 14 @ 8pm (w/ Octopus Jones, Sleepwalkers)

Octopus Jones / Strange Satisfaction / diy

Cold Fronts / Catch / diy – Strange Matter, Nov. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Don Babylon, Moss)

The Trillions / Extinction Blues / diy – En Su Boca, Nov. 15 (w/ Sports Bar)

Snowy Owls / All Summer Long / diy – Strange Matter, Nov. 15 @ 9pm (w/ Sungazer, Clair Morgan, The Pauses)

The Pauses / Go North / New Granada

The Diamond Center / Caraway / Someday this Will All Make Sense – Bandito's, Nov. 16 @ 9pm (w/ Heavy Midgets)

Curse / Between the Wardrobe & the Wall / diy – 25 Watt, Nov. 18 (w/ R-Complex)

Aural Exile / Infant Mortality Rape / diy – Fallout, Nov. 17 @ 8pm (w/ Asylum XIII, Griim Phantasm, Cemetery Boys)

Teargas Rock / Teargas Rock / Little Black Cloud – Black Iris, Nov. 14 @ 7pm (w/ Hound, Men's Room, Dorthia Cottrell)

Thin Lips / Gemini Moon / diy – Ask a punk, Nov. 14 @ 7pm (w/ The Mad Extras, Victory Party)

Mannequin Pussy / Sneaky / Tiny Engines – Ask a punk, Nov. 13 @ 8pm (w/ The Foam, New Turks)

RPG / Something Else / diy – Hardywood, Nov. 15 @ 5pm (w/ Sleepwalkers, The Ar-Kaics)

45 AD / Dead-Undead / diy – Sounds of RVA 4th Birthday / Emilio's, Nov. 15 @ 7pm (w/ Hobonife, Humungus, Seraph, Bearstorm)

Hoboknife / Genocide / diy

Parasytic / Liberation / Vex – Strange Matter, Nov. 17 @ 8pm (w/ Sex Dwarf, Wrath Cobra, No Tomorrow, Visions of War)

Visions of War / One Minded Idiocy / Ruin Nation

Forward / What's the Meaning of Love / Prank – Strange Matter, Nov. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Long Knife, Cretins, Mercy Killings)

Even more shows:

Warren Hood Band – In Your Ear, Nov. 13

Mark Wills – The Broadberyy, Nov. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Andy Vaughan & The Driveline, Honky Tonk Heroes)

Rich City Collision – Gallery 5, Nov. 13 @ 7pm (w/ Ataraxis the Ace, Wizdom, Tagum, Marques Berry, Cashby, Mike Strong, Jake Barkley, D.White, MarcMajor and the TRIBE)

The Completely Broke and Almost Homeless Tour – Canal Club, Nov. 13 @ 8pm (w/ Watson, Melek Ra, Sindian, Melton, Rogelio the Great)

Pat McGee – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Nov. 13 @ 8pm

Brian Jones Trio – Crossroads, Nov. 13 @ 8pm

Red Light Rodeo – Balliceaux, Nov. 13 @ 9:30pm

The Gibson Brothers – The Modlin Center, Nov. 14 (w/ Liz Longley)

The Lone Bellow  – Modlin Center, Nov. 14 @ 7:30pm

The Enablers – Cary Street Cafe, Nov. 14 @ 10pm

Sidetracked Blues Band – Poe's Pub, Nov. 15 @ 9pm

Perpetual Grass – The camel, Nov. 15 @ 9pm (w/ Brock Butler, JJ & Co.)

The Dimmer Twins – Cary Street cafe, Nov. 15 @ 10pm (w/ The Vendors)

Classical Revolution – Balliceaux, Nov. 14 @ 4pm

Chance Fisher – Strange Matter, Nov. 14 @ 9:30pm (w/ Peter $un, Dr. Millionaire, Tee Rxmeo, Endyends)

Loversville – Positive Vibe Cafe, Nov. 15 @ 7pm

Wayne Henderson – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Nov. 15 @ 8pm

Susan Greenbaum – Shady Grove Coffeehouse, Nov. 15 @ 8pm

Neil Hamburger – The Broadberry, Nov. 16 @ 7pm (w/ Major Entertainer Mike H, Richmond's David Marie Garland)

John Butler Trio – The National, Nov. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Monica Heldal)

Wham City Comedy – Gallery 5, Nov. 17

Dalton Smash – The Camel, Nov. 17 @ 9:30pm (w/ Karla and the Brotherhood)

Scott Clark 4tet – Balliceaux, Nov. 18 @ 9:30pm (w/ Marcus Tenney Trio)