Activate! April 23 - April 30

Activate!Activate! April 23 – April 30

Tonight's Activate! is all about women who rock! In fact, local rock band The Killing Daylights (pictured) will be in the studio to play a special acoustic set before their Women Who Rock RVA show this Friday. Plus, I have tickets to give away to see female-fronted noise-punks Perfect Pussy at Gallery 5.

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Activate! 4-23-14

And the Wiremen / The Names / Sonambula – The Listening Room / Firehouse Theatre, April 29 @ 7:30pm (w/ The Letting Go)

George Taylor / Harvest Moon / diy – Album Release / The Beach House, April 25 @ 9pm

The Crow Quill Night Owls / Tappin' that Thing / Rag-O-Phonic – Twangtown Thursday / Balliceaux, April 24 @ 9pm

The Green Hearts / Wicked / diy – Hardywood, April 26 @ 5pm (w/ Eric Hunter & the Distractions, Matt Conner)

Aarodynamics / My Laptop is Too Slow / diy – The Camel, April 27 @ 7pm (w/ Clifton Gibbons, Paul Ivey & the Rubes, Chi Units)

Vexine / Rotten and No Good / diy – RVA Musicians & Friends Series / Capital Ale House, April 26 @ 3:30pm (w/ Luz Del Sol, The Luckies, To Be Found)

Laurie Lehner / Playin' Dirty / Makelove – Globehopper, April 24 @ 7pm

Psalmships / Carrying Stones / Big School – Globehopper, April 26 @ 6pm (w/ Jonathan Vassar, The Bones of JR Jones)

The Bones of J.R. Jones / Good Friend of Mine / diy

The Killing Daylights LIVE IN WRIR STUDIOS – Women Who Rock RVA  / Canal Club, April 25 @ 7pm (w/ Downbeat Switch, Vexine, Voodoo Dolls)

Alejandro Escovedo / Tender Heart / Concord – Capital Ale House, April 27 @ 7pm (w/ Amy Cook)

Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas / Caught Up / Instant – The Camel, April 30 @ 7pm

Wake Owl / Wild Country / Vagrant – Capital Ale House, April 30 @ 7pm (w/ The Mimicking Birds)

Mimicking Birds / Bloodlines / Glacial Pace

Among Criminals / Glow In the Dark / diy – Canal Club, April 24 @ 8pm (w/ The Movement, Dreadlock Robot)

Woods / Find Them Empty / Sacred Bones – Strange Matter, April 27 @ 8pm (w/ Quilt, Warren Hixson)

Turnover / Solitude / Run for Cover – The Camel, April 24 (w/ Centerfolds, Winning the Losers Bracket)

Havania Whaal / Foine / diy – Fallout, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ Rivetta, The Cales)

Queer Rocket / Anarchy Date / diy – Balliceaux, April 30 @ 9:30pm

The Independents / Eternal Bond / Suki – Wonderland, April 26 @ 9pm (w/ The Gospel, Never Wrong)

The Gospel / Shape / diy

Perfect Pussy / Interference Fits / Captured Tracks – Gallery 5, April 27 @ 5pm (w/ Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Green Dreams)

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan / One / Suicide Squeeze

Green Dreams / Eye Contact Cherish

High Spirits / One Last Chance / Hells Headbangers – Gallery 5, April 25 (w/ Volture, Humungus)

Humungus / Drinkin' a Beer / diy – Wonderland, April 25 @ 9pm

Government Flu / Holes / Yama Dori – Strange Matter, April 26 @ 9pm (w/ Hero Dishonest, Red Death, Prisoner, Unholy Thoughts)

Hero Dishonest / Itäviinaa / Acme

Stoic Violence / Wretched Existence / Katroga Works – Strange Matter, April 30 @ 9pm (w/ No, Barge, Cretins, Asylum)

Acid Mothers Temple / Space Speed Suicide / Important – Strange Matter, April 25 @ 9pm (w/ Perhaps, Caves Caverns + Mutwawa)

Aqua Nebula Oscillator / Turn On Your Mind / Tee Pee – Strange Matter, April 28 @ 9pm (w/ Tungs, Snacktruck, Zombie Zombie, Revolt of the Apes)

Zombie Zombie / Halloween / Versatile

Man Forever / Surface Patterns / Thrill Jockey – Balliceaux, April 27 @ 8pm (w/ Classical Incarnations)

Even more shows:

Archnemesis – Hat Factory, April 24

Nickelus F – Strange Matter, April 24 @ 9pm

Kind of Acoustic – Emilio's, April 24 @ 9pm (w/ Monacan Hill, Don Babylon, The Willie Nelson Experience, &shes, Carter Louthian, Patrick Zampetti)

Jackass Flats – The Broadberry, April 25 (w/ Sturgeon City)

River City Band – Henrico Theater, April 25 @ 7pm

Rattlesnake Shake Blues -Poe's Pub, April 25 @ 8pm

Robyn Ludwick – Ashland Coffee & Tea, April 25 @ 8pm (w/ Bill Chambers)

Toxic Moxie – Emilio's, April 26

Anoushka Shankar – Carpenter Center for the Perfomring Arts, April 26

The Northerners – The Camel, April 26 @ 9pm (w/ Erin & the Wildfire)

Bio Ritmo – The Camel, April 25 @ 9pm

Marbin – Gallery 5, April 29 @ 7:30pm (w/ Celtic Panda, Crossing the Event Horizon)