ACTIVATE! 4-28-16
Band / Song Title / Album – Venue, Date, Time (Lineup)
Bosley / Sugar Mama / The Dirty Dogs Radio Show – The Camel, May 5 @ 8pm (w/ Big Mama Shakes, Mobius Strip)
Paul Watson Quartet / Evening / My Secret Effect – Balliceaux, May 1 @ 8pm
Lobo Marino / Come With Me / We Hear the Ocean – Gallery 5, May 2 @ 7pm (w/ The Sun Flights, Dharma Bombs)
Lera Lynn / Bobby Baby / Have You Met Lera Lynn – Capital Ale House, May 1 @ 7pm (w/ The Tide Rose)
Vexine / Caught Up In the Tears / Little Sin – CD Release / Center of the Universe, April 30 @ 4pm
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires / Dereconstructed / Dereconstructed – Strange Matter, May 3 @ 9pm (w/ No Ice, Roper & Furley)
No Ice / Eat This Heart (Summer Version) / 7″
Various Eggs / I Wish the Best for You / Don’t Expect Much From Others – Bandito’s, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Book of Wyrms)
Weatherman / Stormy Dayz / single – Black Iris, April 29 @ 7:30pm (w/ Aspidistra)
Wume / We Go Further / Maintain – Black Iris, April 30 @ 7:30pm (w/ Evil Sword, David More)
Trampled By Turtles / Are You Behind the Shining Star? / Wild Animals – The National, May 4 @ 7pm (w/ The Devil Makes Three)
Doctor Collins & the Chemistry Clash / The Fiend / s/t – Strange Matter, May 4 @ 8pm (w/ Hill Walkers, Ashes, Grave Hookers)
Imaginary Sons / Taste the Waste / Don’t Impress Me – Album Release / The Camel, April 29 (w/ Headlessmantis, WSG, Toxic Moxie, Eayaes)
Castle of Genre / No Wave (Ghosts) / Home: Loss & Ghosts – Strange Matter, May 2 @ 7pm (w/ Main Character, Marques Berry)
Sleepwalkers / Breaking My Heart / Greenwood Shade – The Broadberry, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Mad Extras, Gold Light)
Seawhores / Agent Detective Man / single – The Camel, May 3 @ 8pm (w/ Erotic Bombs, Angelica Garcia)
California Death / Postmodern Lover / EP – The Broadberry, May 1 @ 8pm (w/ Moonlight Beach Club, Noble Giants, Akasha)
Dumbwaiter / Greedy as Fuck / Cancel Christmas – Record Release / Hardywood, April 29 @ 9:30pm (w/ Navi)
Navi / Rainbow Pox / Illuminavi
RPG / She’s Tough / Worth the Weight – Benefit for Richmond Area Skateboard Alliance / Hardywood, April 30 @ 5pm (w/ Gritty City Records, Slowers, Tangerine, Sportsbar)
Tangerine / Tender / Sugar Teeth
Sports Bar / Big Mac Yeah / I Want To Waste Away With You
Peelander-Z / Do the Laundry / Happee Mania – Strange Matter, May 5 @ 8pm (w/ Maximum Zero, Suneater)
Nervosas / Junky / Rev45 – Strange Matter, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ Pete Curry, Earring, Shadow Age)
Earring / Black Chalk / Tunn Star
Death Index / Dream Machine / Death Index – Strange Matter, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Manzara, Komodo, Conflation)
Texas Hippie Coalition / Flawed / Rollin’ – The Broadberry, May 4 @ 7pm (w/ Dugan Nash, Dirt Merchant)
Dirt Merchant / Longpig / Devil’s Orders
Horrendous / Sidrea / Anareta – Strange Matter, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ Crypt Sermon, Putrisect, Hoboknife, Buzzard Dust)
Crypt Sermon / Byzantium / Out of the Garden
Suppressive Fire / Coup de’ tat / Bedlam – 25 Watt, April 29 @ 9pm (w/ Generator, Ritualistic, 3:33)
Soft Dov / In Praise / Rabid Sensuality – En Su Boca, May 1 @ 9pm (w/ Left Cross, Venomspitter)
Venomspitter / We are Only As Free As Our Most Oppressed / DSGNS
.gif from god / Rats / Defragmented Reformatted – Benefit for Swamp Fest / Ask a punk, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ Gemtone, Charmer)
Queensrÿche / Fallout / Queensrÿche – Beacon Theatre, May 1 @ 6pm
Even more shows:
James Handy Band – The National, April 29 @ 6pm (w/ Anywhere USA, Emma Zink, Brianna Lauren)
Guitar Army w/ Robben Ford, Lee Roy Parnell, & Joe Robinson – Beacon Theatre, April 29 @ 6:30pm
Delta Rae – The Broadberry, April 29 @ 7pm (w/ Liz Longley)
Hannah Goad – CD Release / Mott Gallery, April 29 @ 7pm (w/ Cole Sullivan, Shower Naked)
Merle Haggard Tribute Night w/ Andy, Jay, and Slim – The Locker Room, April 29 @ 8pm
Citizen Cope – The National, April 30 @ 7pm
Dirtyphonics – Canal Club, April 29 @ 8pm (w/ 2RIP, Korin Complex, Ruckle, Funtcase, Habstrakt)
Fridaynite – Strange Matter, April 30 @ 3pm (w/ Orion, Nodis)
Holy White Hounds – Capital Ale House, April 30 @ 7pm (w/ The Barons)
Matt Jones and the Bobs – The Camel, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Floorboards, South Hill Banks)
The Bush League – Crossroads, April 30 @ 8pm
An Evening of Badfinger music – Ashland Coffee & Tea, April 30 @ 8pm (w/ The Taters, The Hullabaloos, Neatles)
Motown on Mondays with Mad Skillz & DJ Lonnie B – The Camel, May 2 @ 5:30pm
Hands Like Houses – Canal Club, May 2 @ 6pm (w/ The White Noise, Relate, Devin Clawson, Timberbrooke)
Jangling Sparrows – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 3 @ 8pm
Spyro Gyra – The Tin Pan, May 4 @ 7pm
Bullet for My Valentine – The National, May 4 @ 6:30pm (w/ Asking Alexandria, Cane Hill)
The Mad Children – The Camel, May 4 @ 8pm (w/ The Continuums, The Moonbees)
The Hornitz – Emilio’s, May 4 @ 9pm
Lewis Black – Richmond CenterStage, May 5
Paula Cole – The Tin Pan, May 5 @ 7pm
The Heritage – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 5 @ 8pm
Hopeful Machines – Fallout, May 5 @ 9pm (w/ Servitor)
Charles Owens Quartet – Cary Street Cafe, May 5 @ 10pm