Activate! February 12 - February 19

Activate!Activate! February 12 – February 19

It's a blizzard of touring bands and ticket gives tonight on Activate! at 7pm! I'll be previewing the WRIR Black Valentine's party featuring Lightfields (pictured) and a bunch of other shows such as Moonbees, New Turks, Black Joe Lewis, Vacation, Ramming Speed, and the Awesome Few. Plus, I'll give away tickets to see Bleeding Rainbow, John Brown's Body, and the Warped Tour Acoustic Basement tour!

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Activate! 2-12-14

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba / Sinaly / Out Here – Modlin Center, Feb. 15 (w/ Fatoumata Diawara)

John Brown's Body / Conquering Heart Dub / Easy Star – Capital Ale House, Feb. 15 @ 7:30pm (w/ Lionize)

Zach Deputy / Why Oh Why / Eusonia – The Camel, Feb. 15

Toubab Krewe / 51 ft. Ladder / Upstream – Canal Club, Feb. 13 @ 8pm (w/ The Southern Belles)

SwampTrees / Perspective / diy – Carytown Bistro, Feb. 16 @ 6pm (w/ Ben Shirley, Well Dressed Beast)

Miss Tess & the Talkbacks / The Love I Have for You / Signature Series – Balliceaux, Feb. 13 @ 9:30pm

Stephen Kellogg / Crosses / Elm City – Capital Ale House, Feb. 19 @ 7:30pm (w/ Jason Myles Goss)

Mandolin Orange / Turtle Dove and the Crow / Yep Roc – Ashland Coffee & Tea, Feb. 14 @ 8pm

Moonbees / Soon We're Gone / Aunt Mary – Wonderland, Feb. 15 @ 9pm (w/ Black Cat Crosses)

Les Racquet / Old Man Reefer / diy – The Camel, Feb. 19 @ 7pm (w/ Psychobilly Cadillac)

Black Joe Lewis / Black Snake / Lost Highway – Strange Matter, Feb. 17 @ 8pm (w/ People's Blues of Richmond, Pickwick)

Awesome Few / Tell Me What It's All About / diy – Balliceaux, Feb. 15 @ 10pm (w/ Black Girls)

Transit / Please Head North / Pure Noise – Warped Tour Presents Acoustic Basement Tour / The Camel, Feb. 18 @ 6:30pm (w/ Hit The Lights, Brian Marquis, Front Porch Step, and Brighter the Moon)

Junior Astronomers / Fox and the Hound / Broken Circles – Canal Club, Feb. 15 @ 7pm (w/ It Looks Sad, That's Why I Said It's You, Ocean Vs Daughter, Mammoth Indigo)

Mammoth Indigo / Videotapes / diy

Parentheses / Bruffy Street / diy – The Camel, Feb. 17 @ 7pm (w/ Don Babylon, The Alberts)

The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die / I Will be Okay. Everything / Topshelf – Strange Matter, Feb. 16 @ 7pm (w/ Into It Over It, Sundials, A Great Big Pile of Leaves)

Into It Over It / Corrugated Windows / Topshelf

Vacation / People Watching / Don Giovanni – Strange Matter, Feb. 15 @ 5pm (w/ Hot Dolphin, Close Talker, Teen Death)

Teen Death / Dark Life / diy

Lightfields / Something Else / diy – WRIR’s 8th Annual Black Valentines Day Show / Gallery 5, Feb. 14 (w/ The Cales, Clayton England, DJ Charlie of The Creepy Side of Love show)

The Cales / Slasher Rock / diy

Ken South Rock / Hold On / Artificial Head – Steady Sounds, Feb. 13 @ 6pm (w/ Navi, Whoa!)

Bleeding Rainbow / So You Know / Kanine – Strange Matter, Feb. 13 @ 5pm (w/ Hunters, Positive No, Loose Cannon)

Hunters / Deadbeat / diy

Positive No / Powers of Ten / Little Black Cloud

New Turks / Turns / diy – Gallery 5, Feb. 16 @ 7:30pm (w/ Dumbwaiter, Naked Baby, Night Idea)

Dumbwaiter / Sports Reference / diy

US Brass / Crash and Burn / Beefhog – Bandito's, Feb. 16 @ 9pm (w/ Joe McMahon, Channel 43)

Channel 43 / Let's Destroy Them / diy

Ramming Speed / Volture's Prey / Prosthetic – Strange Matter, Feb. 18 @ 9pm (w/ Battlemaster, Unsacred, Holy Land)

Holy Land / Silent / diy

Full of Hell / Indigence and Guilt / A389 – Strange Matter, Feb. 15 @ 5pm (w/ Humungus, HoboKnife, Mutilation Rites)

Hoboknife / Bleakest Reprimand / diy

Big Air / Spot to Hang / WarHen – Emilio's, Feb. 15 @ 10pm (w/ The Maplewaves, Crushed Purple)

Crushed Purple / Singles Potluck Seance / diy

Even More Shows:

Mighty Joshua – RVA Food Coop Fundraiser / Gallery 5, Feb. 13

Celtic Panda – CD Release / The Camel, Feb. 13 @ 7pm (w/ One Night Standard)

Bio Ritmo – The Camel, Feb. 14 @ 9pm (w/ Capoeira Resistencia)

Zombie XXX – St. Valentines Day Massacre / Wonderland, Feb. 14 @ 9pm

The Atkinsons – Hardywood Brewery, Feb. 15 @ 5pm (w/ Andrew Leahey & the Homestead)

Ombak – Balliceaux, Feb. 19 @ 9:30pm