Activate! September 5 - September 12

Activate!Activate! September 5 – September 12

Although the big festival this weekend is in Raleigh, we're getting the overflow with bands like SunnO))), White Hills, and The Spits playing in Richmond this week. I have tunes from all of them and more at 7pm, includng local punks Hold Tight! (pictured) who are about to leave for tour.

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Activate! 9/5/12

My Son the Doctor / Zingarella / diy – Crossroads, Sept. 8 @ 8pm

Sons of Bill / The Tree / Gray Fox – Capital Ale House, Sept. 8 @ 8pm

The Hot Seats / Betsy Likens / diy – Shady Grove Coffeehouse, Sept. 8 @ 8pm

JP Harris & the Tough Choices / Return to Sender / Cow Island – Balliceaux, Sept. 12 @ 10pm

Alan Evans Trio / Drop Hop / Royal Family – Capital Ale House, Sept. 12 @ 8pm

Kendrick Lamar / No Make Up (Her Vice) / Interscope – The National, Sept. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Jay Rock Ab-Soul)

Zammuto / YAY / Temporary Residence – The Camel, Sept. 6 (w/ Marionette)

Canary Oh Canary / Face In a Magazine / diy – The National, Sept. 7 @ 6pm (w/ The Trillions, Wrist Rocket, Herro Sugar, Strumpet, Chasing the Horizon)

Wrist Rocket / Seven Deadly Exes / Worthless Junk

Defiance Ohio / I’m Against the Government / No Idea – Strange Matter, Sept. 6 @ 5pm (w/ Close Talker, Trust Fall, Furious George)

Close Talker / Eaten Alive / diy

Noxious Foxes / Goin' Rogue / BrothIRA – Strange Matter, Sept. 12 @ 9pm (w/ Navi, Midair, Life in Vacuum)

Midair / Calm, Come / diy

Historic / Godhead / diy – Strange Matter, Sept. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Sparrows, Conquering Rome, Postcards)

Sparrows / Teething / Paper + Plastick

Houdan the Mystic / Chasing the Strobe / diy – Gallery 5, Sept. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Brother Wolf, Way Shape or Form, Cheyenne)

Cheyenne/ High Five / diy

Pedals On Our Pirate Ships / No Bad Blood / Say-10 – The Nile, Sept. 11 @ 10pm (w/ Sundials, Hold Tight!)

Hold Tight! / Save the Clocktower / Death to False Hope – HA, Sept. 7 @ 6pm (w/ Dial Up, Dads, This is Your Life, Jake Mayday, Vacation)

Jake Mayday / To the Antarctic! / diy

Vacation / Pile Up / diy

Springtime / Closer / diy – The Camel, Sept. 10 @ 9pm (w/ Missives, Friends, Volunteer, Courtesy Drop)

Courtesy Drop / Tylenol and Fireball / diy

The Spits / Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya / Thriftstore – Strange Matter, Sept. 9 @ 5pm (w/ Dry Spell, Tenement, The James Badfellows)

Tenement / The Best and Worst of Times / Forcefield – Phoenix Garden, Sept. 8 @ 8pm (w/ Southside Stranglers, Night Birds, Unholy Thoughs)

Night Birds / The Other Side of Darkness / Grave Mistake

Giuda / Ubriaco de Illusioni / Dead Beat – Strange Matter, Sept. 6 @ 9pm (w/ Merchandise, Vacation, The Haverchucks, Eurotics)

The Haverchucks / I Won’t Try / diy

Dope Body / Lazy Slave / Drag City – Gallery 5, Sept. 6 (w/ Navi, White Laces, New Turks, Mutwawa)

White Laces / Invocation / Speakertree

White Hills / Pads of Light / Thrill Jockey – Strange Matter, Sept. 8 @ 9pm (w/ Odonis Odonis, James Wallace & the Naked Light, Caves Caverns)

Odonis Odonis / Mr. Smith / Fatcat

Lorem Ipsum / Elder Abuse / diy – Strange Matter, Sept. 11 @ 9pm (w/ Teepee, Left and Right)

Teepee / Time Meant Nothing / Revera

Sunn O))) / It Took the Night to Believe / Southern Lord – Strange Matter, Sept. 7 @ 7pm (w/ Dead In the Dirt)

Dead In the Dirt / Sever the Tie / Southern Lord

Meade Skelton / Insomnia Over You / diy – Record Release / The Camel, Sept. 9 @ 7pm

Hand Guns / Song About You / Pure Noise – Kingdom, Sept. 19 @ 5pm (w/ Battleghost, Forever Came Calling, StateChamps, Allison Weiss, Let's Be Honest, The Good Fight, Another Treehouse Acquaintence)