Activate! April 13 - April 20

Activate!Activate! April 13 – April 20

Tonight at 7pm, I have a jam-packed show featuring a live performance from Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three (pictured), ticket giveaways to Ben Folds and Beats Antique, and a preview of this weekend's Stay Sweet Fest. Don't miss it!

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ACTIVATE! 4-13-11

Psalmships / Carrying Stones / diy – Sprout, April 15 @ 9pm (w/ Homemade Knives, Teru'ah)

Hope for Agoldensummer / Threads / diy – The Listening Room / Firehouse Theatre, April 19 @ 7pm (w/ The Great Unknown, The Green Boys)

The Atkinsons / You Could Go / diy – CD Release / Capital Ale House, April 16 @ 6pm (w/ Rachel Leyco Band)

Ben Folds / Adelaide / Nonesuch – The National, April 14 @ 7pm (w/ Kenton Chen)

Black Market Guru / Mama Boulder Rock / diy – Sprout, April 16 @ 10pm (w/ ROMA, Paul Ivey, Canary Oh Canary)

Neil Young / Sign of Love / Reprise – Landmark Theatre, April 17 (w/ Bert Jansch)

Handsome Furs / Talking Hotel Arbat Blues / Sub Pop – Gallery 5, April 15 @ 8pm

Pokey LaFarge LIVE ON WRIR – The Camel, April 13 @ 7pm

Long Arms / Strung Out On You / diy – Poe's Pub, April 16 @ 10pm (w/ Pantherburn)

Kevin Kyle Riehl / When You're Alone / diy – Spiral / Alley Katz, April 16 @ 7:30pm (w/ To The Earth, Kevin Kiehl Riehl Band, Rob Williams, Linda Doland, Charles, Divining Sage, Sekhemti, Cognition, Heather Bailey, Dustin Cundiff, Rachel Moody, Rob Hammel, Chris Lumpkin, Cold War, Lil Spitfire, Pamela Gross, Tom Doland, Photosynthesizers)

The Cold War / Lifetime / diy

Bluetech / Alchemie Dub / Native State – Canal Club, April 14 @ 9pm (w/ Biodiesal, Polar Systems)

Udachi / P-Funk Skank / Party Like Us – Brain Drain / Hat Factory, April 16 @ 9pm (w/ Audio Ammo)

Menya / Sleepover / diy – The Camel, April 18 @ 9pm (w/ Tyrannosaurus Awesome, Digging Up Virgins)

Beats Antique / Rising Tide / diy – The National, April 19 @ 7pm (w/ Eskmo)

The Fad / Only as Good as Your Drummer / Bankshot! – Strange Matter, April 20 @ 4pm (w/ Murphys Kids, We are the Union, Forthright, Stuck Lucky, Swim Champ)

Creeping Weeds / See Through / diy – Strange Matter, April 16 @ 9pm (w/ Tungs, Palindromes)

The Overnight Lows / Shut Up Looking at Me / Goner – Strange Matter, April 17 @ 9pm (w/ Slugz, Eurotics)

The Two Funerals / Too Late / diy – May Day benefit / Strange Matter, April 15 @ 9pm (w/ Creep Dogs, Dzian, Soma)

Dzian! / Moon Over Ruined Castle / diy

Sportsbar / Makin' Money / Sweet Dreams – Record Release / Cous Cous, April 14 @ 10pm (w/ Sexy Crimes)

Static Radio / Green hoody / Black Numbers – Stay Sweet Fest / The Camel, April 15 @ 5pm (w/ This is Your Life, Tit Patrol, Dead Ringer, Frost Watson, Hop Along, Rust Belt Lights, Glocca Morra, Monument, Hostage Calm, Transit, Slingshot Dakota, Day Trader, The Riot Before)

Daytrader / Kill My Compass / Run for Cover

Bridge & Tunnel / Rubrics / No Idea – Stay Sweet Fest / The Camel, April 16 @ 12 Noon (w/ Sundials, Haverchucks, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Signals Midwest, The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die, Luther, Lighten Up, Candy Hearts, Imadethismistake, The Front Bottoms, New Creases, Nightlights, Vacation, Captain We're Sinking, Direct Hit, Max Levine Ensemble, Go Rydell, The Sidekicks, Tigers Jaw, The Dopamines, The Menzingers)

The Dopamines / Fun Tags / It's Alive

The Menzingers / Lesson In the Abuse of Information Technology / Go-Kart

The Wild / Ballad of Jonny Z / Sidejar – Stay Sweet Fest / The Camel, April 17 @ 1pm (w/ Hold Tight!, Our New Nation, The Greek Favourites, Everyone Everywhere, Bandname, Spraynard, Timeshares, Tin Armor, Mixtapes, Grown Ups, Snowing, Bomb the Music Industry, Mischief Brew, Algernon Cadwallader)

Algernon Cadwallader / Casual Discussion In a Dome Between Two Temples / Be Happy

Mischief Brew / A Liquor Never Brewed / Fistolo

La Mere Vipere / Narcotic Feather / diy – Strange Matter, April 18 @ 6pm (w/ Grown Ass Men, Bermuda Triangles, Buck Gooter, David Liebe Hart Band)

Captain Ahab / Tyranny of Pretension / Cyndustries- Strange Matter, April 20 @ 9pm (w/ Mutwawa, Diamond Black Hearted Boy, Positivland, Teen Dreams)

Mutwawa / Spyra Sphinx / CNP