Activate! December 11 - December 18

Activate!Activate! December 11 – December 18

With the holiday rush right around the corner, some stress-relieving live music is just what the doctor ordered. I have a lot of options to choose from tonight on Activate! at 7pm, including a song from Matt Conner (pictured) who has three shows lined up, the first single from Red Money, a preview of Ghost of Pop, as well as an interview with Punks for Presents and Sleigher!

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Activate! 12-11-13

Run DMT / Shaman Juice / diy – Canal Club, Dec. 13 @ 9pm (w/ DJ Dirty Audio, M Pyre, Cocaine Cowboys)

Jonathan Parker & The Bel-Airs / The Way Things Used to Be / diy – River City Barn Dance Holiday Hoedown / Hardywood Brewery, Dec. 14 @ 4pm (w/ RVA Squares, Chelsea McBee, Andy Vaughan and The Driveline)

American Aquarium / Rattlesnake / Last Chance – The Camel, Dec. 12 @ 9pm

Sarah White / Sweetheart / diy – Balliceaux, Dec. 12 @ 9:30pm (w/ Beautiful Zoo, Matt Conner)

Matt Conner / Green Hills / diy – Helen's, Dec. 15 @ 8pm (w/ Theria, Phoebe Novak, Cannonball Statman)

Jesse Winchester / Payday / Ampex – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Dec.14 @ 8pm

Matthew E. White / Will you love Me? / Spacebomb – Strange Matter, Dec. 15 @ 8pm (w/ Howard Ivans, DJ Mixie, Sister Goldenhaze)

Goldrush / Pale Blue Dot (For Carl) / diy – Ghost of Pop benefit for HomeAgain / Gallery 5, Dec. 14 (w/ Hypercolor, The Awesome Few, Black Girls, My Old Ways, Long Arms, the Northerners)

Long Arms / I Was Thinking / diy

Santa Kilmagik / Wurled Phew / diy – REC Room Live Local Beats / The Camel, Dec. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Digipossum, Bowler, Hydrophonics, SoundGenesis, Phil Dice)

Ms Mr / Hurricane / IAMSOUND – The National, Dec. 15 @ 6:30pm (w/ Twenty One Pilots, The 1975)

Positive No / Georgia Purchase Agreement / Little Black Cloud – Gallery 5, Dec. 13 (w/ Davenport Cabinet, Unbutton)

Davenport Cabinet / Blood and Rain / Levy Park

Tex Railer's Doomtown / Of the Sea / Wayward Parade – Wonderland, Dec. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Creep-A-Zoids, The Blackout Shift)

Creep-A-Zoids / The Monster Bride / diy

From Fragile Seeds / Tear Through the Earth / diy – Strange Matter, Dec. 14 @ 5pm (w/ Glass Twin, Herro Sugar, Very Americans)

Very Americans / Fast Planes to Rio / Ship Out

INTERVIEW WITH PUNKS FOR PRESENTS – Benefits for Connor's Heroes: Bandito's, Dec. 15 @ 9pm (w/ Sleigher, London Caroling, Jingle Bell Rock Sparrer); Wonderland, Dec. 19 @ 9pm (w/ Operation Icy, A Christmas Tribute to Wesley Willis); Empire, Dec. 21 (w/ Christmasfits, Sno-Mags)

Dax Riggs / Say Goodnight to the World / Fat Possum – Strange Matter, Dec. 17 @ 5pm (w/ Matt Conner, Michael Rudolph Cummings)

Swearin'  / Dust In the Gold Sack / Wichita – Strange Matter, Dec. 14 @ 9pm (w/ Little Master, Snowy Owls, Hoax Hunters)

Little Master / Violet's Song / diy

Diarrhea Planet / Warm Ridin' / Infinity Cat – Strange Matter, Dec. 16 @ 9pm (w/ Hot Dolphin, Midnight Ghost Train, No Regret Coyote)

Midnight Ghost Train / Foxhole / Karate Body

Torche / Kicking / Volcom – Strange Matter, Dec. 17 @ 9pm (w/ Druglord, Red Money)

Red Money / And You See Dollar Signs / diy

Queens of the Stone Age / No One Knows / Interscope – The National, Dec. 16 @ 6:30pm (w/ Ribs)

The Catalyst / Breathers / Forcefield – Strange Matter, Dec. 13 @ 9pm (w/ Brainworms, Count Von Count, Gnarwhal, Ancient Sky, Navi)

Ancient Sky / Wishing Well / Wharf Cat

Corsair / Falconer / High Roller – Strange Matter, Dec. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Sinister Haze)

Royal Thunder / Whispering World / Relapse – The Camel, Dec. 15 @ 7pm (w/ Crenshaw, Dividing Face)

Jucifer / Backslider / Relapse – Strange Matter, Dec. 12 @ 9pm (w/ Gritter, Dirt Merchant)

Cut the Architect's Hand / Bled Through Your Coat / Aunt Mary – Wonderland, Dec. 14 @ 9pm (w/ Eviscera)

Life Like / I'm Really Good at Killing People / diy – Gallery 5, Dec. 15 2 7pm (w/ ARF, Whatever)

Defeater / Carrying Weight / Bridge 9 – The National, Dec. 13 @ 6:30pm (w/ August Burns Red, Blessthefall, Overseer)

Guerilla Toss / Pink Elephants / NNA Tapes – Gallery 5, Dec. 12 (w/ Blanche Blanche Blanche, Buck Gooter, Scoughs, Brown Piss)

Even more shows:

Jonathan Byrd – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Dec. 12 @ 8pm

Brackish Water Jamboree – Crossroads, Dec. 13 @ 8pm

Bio Ritmo – The Camel, Dec. 13 @ 9pm (w/ dance performances by Annielille Gavino Kollman and Kevin LaMarr Jones, VACLAA's Art Bus)

Joanna O & Jesse Split – 7Below Lounge at Gibson's Grill, Dec. 13 @ 10pm (w/ Marty Stylez)

No BS Brass Band – Balliceaux, Dec. 13 @ 10pm

Progression Vol. 3 / 2nd Annual Mr. Mason Jones Memorial Party -The Camel, Dec. 14 @ 8pm (w/ TRUTH, Deep Sessions Crew, Alcrani b2b Ill Omen, Faction Audio, Infrasound Crew)

Reggae Rampage – Canal Club, Dec. 14 @ 9pm (w/ Greg Ward, Iron Lion, Robert Davis, King Jaewar, Chelz Almae, Steve B.i.k.o., A.D)

Alex Meixner – Plan 9, Dec. 15 @ 4pm

Marcus Tenney Quintet – Balliceaux, Dec. 16 @ 10pm

New Politics – The National, Dec. 17 @ 6:30pm (w/ X Ambassadors)

Thirty Seconds to Mars – The National, Dec. 18 @ 6:30pm (w/ Basic Vacation)