Activate! February 9 - February 16

Activate!Activate! February 9 – February 16

Hi-fives to everyone who came out to last Friday's Party for the Rest of Us, as well as all of the DJs, musicians, and performers! This week, my 2-hour concert preview will include Druglord (pictured) and other bands playing at the Heart of Winter Fest.

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ACTIVATE! 2-9-11

Rattlemouth / Binta Madiallo / diy – CD Release, Emilio's, Feb. 12 @ 9pm

Liza Bance / Comin' Home / diy – Legend, Feb. 13 @ 6:30pm

The Hot Seats / Pig Ankle Rag / diy – The Listening Room / Firehouse Theatre, Feb. 15 @ 7:30pm (w/ Russell Lacy, Dogs on Main Street)

Adam Disbrow & Company / Black Bruises Pounds / diy – Alley Katz, Feb. 12 @ 10pm m(w/ Hypnotic Buddha, Positive Mental Trip, Gold Top County Ramblers)

Karl Blau / Mockingbird Diet / K – Balliceaux, Feb. 16 @ 10pm

David Lowery / Ah, You Left Me / 429 – Plan 9, Feb. 11 @ 7pm

Girls, Guns, and Glory / Temptation / Lonesome Day – Shenanigans, Feb. 10 @ 8pm

Shane Cooley / San Diego / diy – CD Release / Capital Ale House, Feb. 11 @ 10pm (w/ Adam Smith)

Young Adult Fiction / demo track 1 / diy – The National, Feb. 11 @ 6:30pm (w/ Fashion Bath, The Dirty Kicks, Basmati, Teen Dream)

The Dirty Kicks / The Bad Feels / diy

RJD2 / Smoke and Mirrors / Definitive Jux – Canal Club, Feb. 10 @ 8pm (w/ The Melanaster Band, Audio Ammo)

Hijack / Boogie / Jack Union – Cupid Throttle / Hat Factory, Feb. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Leko, Shuggadadde, Hotpock3tz vs. Jmungz)

Rah Digga / This Ain't No Little Kid Rap / Raw Koncept – Alley Katz, Feb. 11 @ 10pm

Photosynthesizers / Standing O(vation) / diy – Canal Club, Feb. 13 @ 5pm (w/ Shinobi Ninja, Feed God Cabbage, Free Sol)

Luggage / Open Up / diy – Strange Matter, Feb. 14 @ 9pm (w/ Dirty Finger, Nola Brown, Diamond Black Hearted Boy, Vockah Redu & the Cru)

Josh Small / Richmond Day Parade / The Richmond Scene – Black Valentine's / Cous Cous, Feb. 14 @ 10pm (w/ Baby Help Me Forget, The Diamond Center)

The Diamond Center / Dos Fridas / diy

Trees on Fire / Take a Seat / diy – The Camel, Feb/ 12 @ 8pm (w/ Night Idea, Murphys Kids)

The Trillions / Ctrl X Ctrl V / diy – The Camel, Feb. 13 @ 7pm (w/ 1888, The Veins, The Hadron Delay)

Sourpatch / Deli Dream / Happy Birthday to Me – Rock Garden, Feb. 15 @ 7pm (w/ Bad Banana, Little Master, Sundials)

Sundials / Good Words / Toxic Pop

Nervous Ticks / Ugly Baby! Rock and Roll / diy – Woody's Inn (2128 W. Cary), Feb. 11 @ 9pm (w/ paul ivey & the Board of Education, Precious Fluids)

Criminal Culture / I Wish All My Friends Could Hear This Song / Kiss of Death – Rock Garden, Feb. 13 @ 7pm (w/ 45 AD, Horses Corpses)

45 AD / Ballet de la Mort / diy – The Triple, Feb. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Earthling, War Graves)

War Graves / Jargonism / diy

Buzzoven / To a Frown / Relapse – Canal Club, Feb. 15 (w/ Cough, Occultist, Gritter, Druglord)

Druglord / Lick the Wound / diy – Heart of Winter Fest Day 1 / Strange Matter, Feb. 11 @ 7pm (w/ US Christmas, Black Anvil, Lord By Fire, Inter Arma, Fatal)

Black Anvil / Margin for Terror / Relapse

Inter Arma / 2000 Years / Forcefield

Mutant Supremecy / Sic Semper Tyrannis / diy – Heart of Winter Fest Day 2 / Strange Matter, Feb. 12 @ 7pm (w/ Woods of Ypres, Kreig, Deathcrush a Tribute to Mayhem, Bastard Sapling, Satan's Satyrs, Agrath, Windhand)

Woods of Ypres / Don't Open the Wounds-Skywide Armspread / The End

Bastard Sapling / Track 1 (untitled) / diy

Excision / Obvious / Rottun – Canal Club, Feb. 16 @ 8pm (w/ Downlink, Antiserum)