One Way Richmond Show Picks 8/4-8/7

by | Aug 4, 2011 | MUSIC

8/4 Dave Watkins(CD Release) (pictured above), Lobo Marino, To All My Dear Friends, Nelly Kate @ The Camel 8pm. 18+

8/4 This Time It’s War (pictured above), Fallujah, Frail Humanity, Oh The Irony, Artifice @ Canal Club 6pm. All ages.

8/4 White Laces, Grandfather, Hoax Hunters (photo by Melissa Koch), Fossil Eyes @ Sprout 10pm.

8/4 Alien Ant Farm (pictured above), Me Talk Pretty, Rivals, Face Down, Aparallax @ Cullen’s Cove (Mechanicsville) 7pm.

8/4 GULL, soundscapes by Revolt of the Apes @ Cous Cous 10pm. 21+

8/4 Young Jeezy (pictured above), Freddie Gibbs @ The National 8pm.

8/5 The Nighthawks (pictured above), Billy Price, Blues Flash @ Canal Club 8pm

8/5 The BAKEathon Concert feat. Isaiah & Hovey , Les La Britanica, The CIDz, DJ Swagga @ Strange Matter 9pm. 18+

8/5 The Rift @ Cary St. Café 10pm.

8/5 RVA Mag. pres. REBEL feat. DJs Long Jawns (pictured above) & Doddie @ The Republic 10pm.

8/5 Jason Ajemian & the High Life (pictured above), SCUO @ Balliceaux 10pm.

8/5 Black Girls, Powhatan’s Curse, Eternal Summers (pictured above) @ The Camel 9pm.

8/5 PROGRAMME/PROGRAM 1: the Metamorphosis feat. The first installment of PROGRAMME/PROGRAM presents a re-imagining of Philip Glass’ Metamorphosis, originally written for solo piano, performed by Frank Zig and the Gregor Zags. Paralelled by visual/non-musical narratives and elaborations of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis by Eliza Childress, Frank Rourk, and Tyler Thomas @ Cellar Door 9pm. Free. All ages

8/5 The Midnight Ghost, Pike Possum, Burley, Sight Obscene (pictured above) @ McCormack’s 9pm.

8/5 Party Liberation Front (PLF) presents: Compression feat. DJs Akasha, DJ Ustin, Mr. Jennings (pictured above), Reinhold, A circus-mayhem tag team set feat. Kebunny and DJ Switchback, video projections by: Jordan La Liaison @ Gallery 5 9pm.

8/6 Balaclava, Dead Yet?, Street Pizza (pictured above) @ Empire 10pm.

8/6 ROMA, Bay of Pigs (photo by Jeff Mitchell), White Tiger and The Bed Of Roses @ Strange Matter 10pm. 18+

8/6 John Oates (of Hall & Oates) @ Capital Ale House Music Hall 8pm.

8/6 Afro Beta – “Blue Nile Edition” feat. Audio Mass Transit DJs, live drums, international vibes, deep African & soul grooves @ Nile Ethiopian 11pm. Free.

8/7 Tigers Jaw, Three Man Cannon, Kite Party, Boxer (photo by Phelan) @ The Warehouse (1300 School St.) 7pm.

8/7 18 Wheels of Justice (pictured above), Bleed the People, Unrestricted, Ice Fortress @ Strange Matter 8pm. 18+


8/4 Dave Watkins(CD Release) (pictured above), Lobo Marino, To All My Dear Friends, Nelly Kate @ The Camel 8pm. 18+

8/4 This Time It’s War (pictured above), Fallujah, Frail Humanity, Oh The Irony, Artifice @ Canal Club 6pm. All ages.

8/4 White Laces, Grandfather, Hoax Hunters (photo by Melissa Koch), Fossil Eyes @ Sprout 10pm.

8/4 Alien Ant Farm (pictured above), Me Talk Pretty, Rivals, Face Down, Aparallax @ Cullen’s Cove (Mechanicsville) 7pm.

8/4 GULL, soundscapes by Revolt of the Apes @ Cous Cous 10pm. 21+

8/4 Young Jeezy (pictured above), Freddie Gibbs @ The National 8pm.

8/5 The Nighthawks (pictured above), Billy Price, Blues Flash @ Canal Club 8pm

8/5 The BAKEathon Concert feat. Isaiah & Hovey , Les La Britanica, The CIDz, DJ Swagga @ Strange Matter 9pm. 18+

8/5 The Rift @ Cary St. Café 10pm.

8/5 RVA Mag. pres. REBEL feat. DJs Long Jawns (pictured above) & Doddie @ The Republic 10pm.

8/5 Jason Ajemian & the High Life (pictured above), SCUO @ Balliceaux 10pm.

8/5 Black Girls, Powhatan’s Curse, Eternal Summers (pictured above) @ The Camel 9pm.

8/5 PROGRAMME/PROGRAM 1: the Metamorphosis feat. The first installment of PROGRAMME/PROGRAM presents a re-imagining of Philip Glass’ Metamorphosis, originally written for solo piano, performed by Frank Zig and the Gregor Zags. Paralelled by visual/non-musical narratives and elaborations of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis by Eliza Childress, Frank Rourk, and Tyler Thomas @ Cellar Door 9pm. Free. All ages

8/5 The Midnight Ghost, Pike Possum, Burley, Sight Obscene (pictured above) @ McCormack’s 9pm.

8/5 Party Liberation Front (PLF) presents: Compression feat. DJs Akasha, DJ Ustin, Mr. Jennings (pictured above), Reinhold, A circus-mayhem tag team set feat. Kebunny and DJ Switchback, video projections by: Jordan La Liaison @ Gallery 5 9pm.

8/6 Balaclava, Dead Yet?, Street Pizza (pictured above) @ Empire 10pm.

8/6 ROMA, Bay of Pigs (photo by Jeff Mitchell), White Tiger and The Bed Of Roses @ Strange Matter 10pm. 18+

8/6 John Oates (of Hall & Oates) @ Capital Ale House Music Hall 8pm.

8/6 Afro Beta – “Blue Nile Edition” feat. Audio Mass Transit DJs, live drums, international vibes, deep African & soul grooves @ Nile Ethiopian 11pm. Free.

8/7 Tigers Jaw, Three Man Cannon, Kite Party, Boxer (photo by Phelan) @ The Warehouse (1300 School St.) 7pm.

8/7 18 Wheels of Justice (pictured above), Bleed the People, Unrestricted, Ice Fortress @ Strange Matter 8pm. 18+

Written by John Lewis Morgan/originally appeared at onewayrichmond.com

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