Activate! May 8 - May 15

Activate!Activate! May 8 – May 15

At 7pm, I have a smorgasbord of musical treats, including a live set from Lubbock, TX via Brooklyn band The Numerators and a track by Sacred Teachers (pictured) who play 2 shows this week! Plus, I'll give away tickets to see The Joy Formidable and Alkaline Trio at The National!

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Activate! 5/8/13

A-Rival / Cybernetic Mariachi / diy – Gallery 5, May 14 @ 6pm (w/ Inverse Phase, Cuttlefish)

The Vendors / Don't Kick It On Down the Road / diy – Cary Street Cafe, May 11 @ 10pm (w/ Andy & Slim)

Drew Gibson / Running From You / Cragmont – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 9 @ 8pm

Bryce McCormick / Faithless, Mindless, Chaos / diy – Balliceaux, May 10 @ 10:30pm (w/ DJ Lovelace)

Tumbleweed Wanderers / Fire / diy – Capital Ale House, May 9 @ 8pm

The Low Branches / Dipascus Fullonum / diy – The Camel, May 11 @ 9pm (w/ Nick Coward & the Last Battle, Luray)

Nick Coward & the Last Battle / Sing / diy

Radical Face / We're On Our Way / Bear Machine – Friday Cheers / Brown's Island, May 10 @ 6pm (w/ The Lone Bellow)

Ocean vs. Daughter / Don't Try / diy – Strange Matter, May 12 @ 9pm (w/ Other Factors, The Absent Center, Various Eggs)

Dead Professional / Bad Memory / diy – The Camel, May 9 @ 8pm (w/ Black Girls, LD50)

The Wet Boys / Life On the Mine / diy – Wonderland, May 10 @ 9pm (w/ Johnny Roberts, Creep-A-Zoids)

Punch Button / California / diy – Bogart's, May 11 @ 9pm (w/ Strumpet)

First Creature / World's Worst / diy – Balliceaux, May 9 @ 10pm (w/ Mutwawa)

The Numerators LIVE ON WRIR – The Nile, May 8 @ 10pm (w/ Hot Dolphin, Men's Room, Nervous Ticks)

The Garbers / Haiku / diy – Strange Matter, May 9 @ 9pm (w/ Implodes, Beach Day)

Beach Day / Get It Out of Your Head / Kanine

Cosmonauts / Cosmic Denim / Burger – Strange Matter, May 14 @ 9pm (w/ Sacred Teachers, Peace Beast, Naked Baby)

Sacred Teachers / Bloody Cup / diy – The Nile, May 9 @ 10pm (w/ Weird Girl, Geometric Shapes)

Weird Girl / Come On Over / diy

The Crypts / Civil Servant Cyborg / diy – Strange Matter, May 11 @ 5pm (w/ Paul Ivey, Herro Sugar, Heavy Midgets)

Bermuda Triangles / R for Real / CNP – Bandito's, May 12 @ 9pm (w/ Scoughs)

The Joy Formidable / Whirring / Black Bell – The National, May 11 @ 7pm (IO Echo, Fort Lean)

IO Echo / When Lillies Die / I Am Sound

Broken Water / Web / diy – Strange Matter, May 15 @ 9pm (w/ Whoa!, Canary Oh Canary, Hoax Hunters)

Hoax Hunters / In the Background / diy

New Turks / Anthem / diy – Strange Matter, May 13 @ 9pm (w/ Will Bollinger, Basmati)

Alkaline Trio / Help Me / Epic – The National, May 15 @ 6:30pm (w/ Bayside, Off With their Heads)

Off With Their Heads / Keep Falling Down / No Idea

Alpha and Omega / Fueled By Sin / 6131 – Kingdom, May 10 @ 6pm (w/ The Beautiful Ones, Breakaway, Ensign, Bent Life)

The Beautiful Ones / Absolute Minds / 6131

Pakuna / You (In those Sweatpants) / diy – The Camel, May 12 @ 9pm (w/ Ben Shirley, John Lee Experience)

Even more shows:

The Honky Tonk Experience – Lulu's, May 10 @ 8pm

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen – Ashland Coffee & Tea, May 10 @ 8pm