Activate!Activate! July 2 – July 9

Don't miss your favorite bands performing live because you didn't know they were in town, tune in tonight and every Wednesday at 7pm for the musical preview of Richmond's live music calendar. Tonight, I'll include songs from Malhombre, The Deems, Thou, Paul Ivey & the Rubes, The Cales, Lemuria, Ash Borer and so many more, including Andy Vaughan and the Driveline (pictured) who have a CD release show coming up. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Polaris Music Prize winners Fucked Up at Strange Matter!

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ACTIVATE! 7-2-14

Andy Vaughan & the Driveline / I Don't Care / diy – CD Release / Hardywood, July 5 @ 5pm (w/ Locust Honey)

Intuitive Compass / Circus Song / diy – Chiocca's, July 6 @ 7pm (w/ Deep Chatham, 13 Strings and a 2 Dollar Bill, Lost Dog Street Band)

Deep Chatham / Paradise / diy

Brackish Water Jamboree / C&O / diy – Strangeways Brewing, July 6 @ 1pm; Crossroads, July 6 @ 5pm

Malhombre / Musique Rock / Little Black Cloud – The Camel, July 3 @ 5pm

Southern Fried Funk / Nibblet / diy – The Camel, July 3 @ 7pm (w/ Mighty Monde & Friends)

The Deems / 401K / diy – The Camel, July 7 (w/ Deltanine), 14, 21, & 28

Paul Ivey and the Rubes / Casual Wayne / diy – The Broadberry, July 3 @ 8pm (w/ Fear of Music: A Talking Heads Tribute)

Hodera / Creature Comfort / Ozona – Gallery 5, July 8 @ 7pm (w/ Night Idea, Fight Cloud)

Iskah Daaf / Happiness / Brick Lane – Strange Matter, July 7 @ 9pm (w/ Vince Kane & the Incurables)

Vince Kane & the Incurables / Despair / diy

Ramshackle Glory / Any Place (Growing Up) / Plan-It-X – Strange Matter, July 6 @ 5pm (w/ Endless Mike & the Beagle Club, Cancers, Jake Mayday, Cross Eyed)

Endless Mike & the Beagle Club / The Market / My Idea of Fun

Tex Railer's Doomtown / Start West, Pt. 2 / Wayward Parade – Wonderland, July 3 @ 9pm (w/ Everymen, Lara Hope and the Arktones)

Everymen / Waking Up Hurts / Wayward Parade

The Sawyer Family / Why Did God Create? / Wasted State – Bandito's, July 6 @ 9pm (w/ US Brass

Vomitface / Sloppy Joes / diy – Gallery 5, July 9 @ 7:30pm (w/ The Crypts, The Cales)

The Cales / Adorno Porno / Bad Grrrl

The Menzingers / I Don't Want to Be an Asshole Anymore / Epitaph – Strange Matter, July 5 @ 6pm (w/ Pup, Cayetana, Lemuria)

Lemuria / Brilliant Dancer / Bridge Nine

Fucked Up / Crooked Head / Matador – Strange Matter, July 4 @ 6pm (w/ Dry Spell, Weed, Slugz)

Weed / Set Me Back / Couple Skate

Dry Spell / Think You're Safe / diy

Thou / Pill / Robotic Empire – Empire, July 3 @ 2pm

Cave of Swimmers / Cave of Swimmers / diy – Gallery 5, July 7 @ 7pm (w/ Captives, Venomspitter)

Hell Militia / Deus Irae / Season of Mist – Strange Matter, July 3 @ 9pm (w/ Lord Mantis, Ravn, Cremains)

Lord Mantis / Death Mask / Profound Lore

Coffin Dust / The Carving / diy – Strange Matter, July 9 @ 9pm (w/ Hell, Battlemaster, Unsacred, Ash Borer)

Backtrack / Lost In Life / Bridge 9 – Strange Matter, July 3 @ 3pm (w/ Freedom, Turnstile, Expire, Downpresser, Harm's Way, Suburban Scum, Iron Way)

Downpresser / Mercy on Judement / 6131

Arpetrio / World Order (Part 1) / diy – The Broadberry, July 8 @ 8pm

Even more shows:

The Othermen – En Su Boca, July 3 @ 10pm (w/ Nervous Ticks)

Kings Of Hollywood – The National, July 5 @ 7pm (w/ Appetite For Destruction, Red White & Crue, Poison'd)

Plunky & Oneness – Dogwood Dell, July 6 @ 8pm

Kira Velella – Globehopper, July 7 @ 7pm

LA Guns – Innsbrook Pavilion, July 9 @ 5pm (w/ Warrant, Firehouse)

Parentheses – Bigs BBQ, July 9 @ 9pm (w/ Suneater, All People)