After a day of counting we are back to shipping!

After a day of counting we are back to shipping!

Dischord Mail-order and Dischord Direct Distribution will be closed in order to count inventory on Thursday December 27 - all orders received on Thursday will begin to be processed on 28th.

Dischord Mail-order and Dischord Direct Distribution will be closed in order to count inventory on Thursday December 27 - all orders received on Thursday will begin to be processed on 28th.

The Rites of Spring, All Through A Life 7 Inch and the Scream, Still Screaming LP have both been re-issued on vinyl after a long period of being out of print. These records are available now - only from our website, and will be available in stores in mid-January 2008.

The Rites of Spring, All Through A Life 7 Inch and the Scream, Still Screaming LP have both been re-issued on vinyl after a long period of being out of print. These records are available now - only from our website, and will be available in stores in mid-January 2008.

Antelope have returned from a successful European tour and are currently playing dates in the USA. Justin continues to chronicle his travels with the band in his blog, Iceland.

Antelope have returned from a successful European tour and are currently playing dates in the USA. Justin continues to chronicle his travels with the band in his blog, Iceland.

Please carefully read over our shipping policies so that you can choose the proper shipping method to meet your delivery needs while using our web-store.

All of our shipping times are estimates calculated by the United States Postal Service and are based on the date of shipping (not the date of purchase). The USPS does not guarantee delivery times but we have found them to be fairly accurate.

Domestic Orders: within the continental United States
Domestic orders are processed within 48 hours (weekend orders are processed on Monday) and sent via your choice of USPS MEDIA MAIL (7-10 days), FIRST CLASS (3 days) or PRIORITY MAIL (1-3 days). Shipping charges will be added to the order total based on weight and destination.

According to the USPS, MEDIA MAIL packages are estimated to arrive within 3-10 days of shipping and, in our experience, the vast majority of packages arrive within this time frame. However, in rare instances we have found that MEDIA MAIL can take up to 3 weeks so please keep this in mind for time-sensitive orders.

International Orders
International orders are processed within 48 hours (weekend orders are processed on Monday) and shipped via your choice of First-Class Mail International (delivery time varies), USPS Express Mail International (1-3 days), and Priority Mail International (6-10 days). Occasionally International packages can be held up in customs, which may add to the delivery time. Shipping charges will be added to the order total based on weight and destination.

Returns

If your order arrived damaged, defective or didn't actually arrive at all, please contact us at 703-351-7507 or send an email to [email protected] and we will work quickly to remedy the situation. Please include your name, order number and any relevant information with your correspondence.

Please carefully read over our shipping policies so that you can choose the proper shipping method to meet your delivery needs while using our web-store.

All of our shipping times are estimates calculated by the United States Postal Service and are based on the date of shipping (not the date of purchase). The USPS does not guarantee delivery times but we have found them to be fairly accurate.

Domestic Orders: within the continental United States
Domestic orders are processed within 48 hours (weekend orders are processed on Monday) and sent via your choice of USPS MEDIA MAIL (7-10 days), FIRST CLASS (3 days) or PRIORITY MAIL (1-3 days). Shipping charges will be added to the order total based on weight and destination.

According to the USPS, MEDIA MAIL packages are estimated to arrive within 3-10 days of shipping and, in our experience, the vast majority of packages arrive within this time frame. However, in rare instances we have found that MEDIA MAIL can take up to 3 weeks so please keep this in mind for time-sensitive orders.

International Orders
International orders are processed within 48 hours (weekend orders are processed on Monday) and shipped via your choice of First-Class Mail International (delivery time varies), USPS Express Mail International (1-3 days), and Priority Mail International (6-10 days). Occasionally International packages can be held up in customs, which may add to the delivery time. Shipping charges will be added to the order total based on weight and destination.

Returns

If your order arrived damaged, defective or didn't actually arrive at all, please contact us at 703-351-7507 or send an email to [email protected] and we will work quickly to remedy the situation. Please include your name, order number and any relevant information with your correspondence.

Bryan Turcotte, the author of Fucked Up And Photocopied, has released his second book, Punk Is Dead, Punk Is Everything which explores the impact of punk on visual culture worldwide.

Hundreds of flyers, photos, set lists, vintage fashions and other ephemera from all of your favorite bands are jammed into this menacing volume. Punk is Dead is massive, featuring a wide spectrum of bands that initially catalyzed the scene, and later fueled its global expansion. Contributing writers such as Wayne Kramer, Arturo Vega, Kid Congo, David Yow, Annie Anxiety, Duane Peters, Marc McCoy, Tony Alva, Don Bolles, Trudie and Pat Smear, flesh out the visual assault. This long awaited follow-up to the highly influential bestselling book Fucked Up + Photocopied - Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement also features hard hitting interviews with Ian MacKaye, one of the most respected voices of the DIY music underground, and Malcolm McLaren, likely the most impactful promoter of the early punk movement. From the unknown to the infamous, they will likely be found within the pages of Punk is Dead, Punk is Everything! --From Gingko Press & Kill Your Idols

Bryan Turcotte, the author of Fucked Up And Photocopied, has released his second book, Punk Is Dead, Punk Is Everything which explores the impact of punk on visual culture worldwide.

Hundreds of flyers, photos, set lists, vintage fashions and other ephemera from all of your favorite bands are jammed into this menacing volume. Punk is Dead is massive, featuring a wide spectrum of bands that initially catalyzed the scene, and later fueled its global expansion. Contributing writers such as Wayne Kramer, Arturo Vega, Kid Congo, David Yow, Annie Anxiety, Duane Peters, Marc McCoy, Tony Alva, Don Bolles, Trudie and Pat Smear, flesh out the visual assault. This long awaited follow-up to the highly influential bestselling book Fucked Up + Photocopied - Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement also features hard hitting interviews with Ian MacKaye, one of the most respected voices of the DIY music underground, and Malcolm McLaren, likely the most impactful promoter of the early punk movement. From the unknown to the infamous, they will likely be found within the pages of Punk is Dead, Punk is Everything! --From Gingko Press & Kill Your Idols

The former members of Q and Not U are considering a DVD release and are looking for contributions from anyone who would be willing to donate decent live footage they may have of the band. Please e-mail add_hider('promo', 'Dischord',"dischord.com") if you think you may have some useful footage.

Check out what the members of Q and Not U are up to currently:

Harris Klahr is preforming under the name President and has a new, digital only, album available on the Friends Label.

John Davis is in Georgie James, who have a new album on Saddle Creek.

Chris Richardson is performing under the name Ris Paul Ric and has an album out on Academy Fight Song Records.

The former members of Q and Not U are considering a DVD release and are looking for contributions from anyone who would be willing to donate decent live footage they may have of the band. Please e-mail add_hider('promo', 'Dischord',"dischord.com") if you think you may have some useful footage.

Check out what the members of Q and Not U are up to currently:

Harris Klahr is preforming under the name President and has a new, digital only, album available on the Friends Label.

John Davis is in Georgie James, who have a new album on Saddle Creek.

Chris Richardson is performing under the name Ris Paul Ric and has an album out on Academy Fight Song Records.

We are now selling the new albums from: Haram, Drescher (Lovitt Records); Sentai, Full Representation (Ruffian Records); and Statehood, Lies And Rhetoric (self released).

Statehood features Eric and Joe from The Dismemberment Plan, and Clark from Motorcycle Wars. Sentai now features Hugh from Black Eyes on bass and some vocals. Haram is currently touring in Europe.

We are now selling the new albums from: Haram, Drescher (Lovitt Records); Sentai, Full Representation (Ruffian Records); and Statehood, Lies And Rhetoric (self released).

Statehood features Eric and Joe from The Dismemberment Plan, and Clark from Motorcycle Wars. Sentai now features Hugh from Black Eyes on bass and some vocals. Haram is currently touring in Europe.

On Sunday November 18 The Evens will play in Washington, DC at the Capital City Public Charter School (aka the space that has been known in DC punk circles for more than 25 years as the Wilson Center).

$5 all-ages
Sunday, November 18, 2007
7:30pm doors, The Evens will begin at 8pm SHARP

Capital City Public Charter School
(formerly the WILSON CENTER)
3047 Fifteenth Street Northwest
(16th & Irving Streets NW; S2, S4,42 buses, Columbia Heights metro)

Benefit for Neighbors Consejo and Anne Frank House, two great groups that provide essential services to the homeless and the formerly homeless in the Columbia Heights/Mount Pleasant/Adams-Morgan communities.

Please bring peanut butter, whole grain cereal, or canned veggies for the We Are Family food bank to be delivered to low-income community seniors.

Sponsored by Positive Force DC

On Sunday November 18 The Evens will play in Washington, DC at the Capital City Public Charter School (aka the space that has been known in DC punk circles for more than 25 years as the Wilson Center).

$5 all-ages
Sunday, November 18, 2007
7:30pm doors, The Evens will begin at 8pm SHARP

Capital City Public Charter School
(formerly the WILSON CENTER)
3047 Fifteenth Street Northwest
(16th & Irving Streets NW; S2, S4,42 buses, Columbia Heights metro)

Benefit for Neighbors Consejo and Anne Frank House, two great groups that provide essential services to the homeless and the formerly homeless in the Columbia Heights/Mount Pleasant/Adams-Morgan communities.

Please bring peanut butter, whole grain cereal, or canned veggies for the We Are Family food bank to be delivered to low-income community seniors.

Sponsored by Positive Force DC

Once again Joe has collaborated with fellow musicians to bring this album together, including: Ben Azzara (The Capitol City Dusters, DCIC), Andy Gale (Haram), Eddie Janny (Rites of Spring), Sam Krulewitch (Capillary Action), Ricardo Lagomasino (Capillary Action), Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), and Guy Picciotto (Fugazi).

The Lungfish, Love is Love, LP is back in stock (as is the CD) and we are also carrying the newest Daniel Higgs CD, Metempsychotic Melodies on Holy Mountain.

The Lungfish, Love is Love, LP is back in stock (as is the CD) and we are also carrying the newest Daniel Higgs CD, Metempsychotic Melodies on Holy Mountain.

The Lungfish, Love is Love, LP is back in stock (as is the CD) and we are also carrying the newest Daniel Higgs CD, Metempsychotic Melodies on Holy Mountain.

The Nation of Ulysses, Plays Pretty For Baby, is back in print on LP, and we now have the new Georgie James album, Places (on Saddle Creek Records) available on CD and LP from our web-store. Note that the Georgie James LP edition comes with one complimentary mp3 download of the album from Saddle Creek.

The Nation of Ulysses, Plays Pretty For Baby, is back in print on LP, and we now have the new Georgie James album, Places (on Saddle Creek Records) available on CD and LP from our web-store. Note that the Georgie James LP edition comes with one complimentary mp3 download of the album from Saddle Creek.

The Nation of Ulysses, Plays Pretty For Baby, is back in print on LP, and we now have the new Georgie James album, Places (on Saddle Creek Records) available on CD and LP from our web-store. Note that the Georgie James LP edition comes with one complimentary mp3 download of the album from Saddle Creek.

In the month of November, Vic Chesnutt will tour much of Europe with many of the musicians that appear on his NORTH STAR DESERTER album : Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), Efrim, Jessica, & Thierry (Silver Mt Zion) as well drummer David Payant. Confirmed dates, cities, venues, are :

01 NOV 2007 Vienna, AU Gartenbaukino Film Fest
02 NOV 2007 Vienna, AU Gartenbaukino
03 NOV 2007 Munich, DE Registratur
04 NOV 2007 Stuttgart, DE Manufaktur
05 NOV 2007 Frankfurt, DE Mousonturm
07 NOV 2007 Heidelberg, DE Karlstor Bahnhof
08 NOV 2007 Zurich, CH Rote Fabrik
09 NOV 2007 Fribourg, DE Frison
11 NOV 2007 Strassbourg, FR La Laiterie
13 NOV 2007 Paris, FR La Cigalle
15 NOV 2007 Nantes, FR La Barackason
16 NOV 2007 Rouen, FR Salle St Croix des Pelletiers
17 NOV 2007 Brighton, UK Concorde
19 NOV 2007 London, UK Koko
20 NOV 2007 Lille, FR Le Splendid
21 NOV 2007 Belgium, Brussels AB Club
22 NOV 2007 Diksmuide, BE 4AD
24 NOV 2007 Den Hag, NL Crossing Border Fest
25 NOV 2007 Eindhoven, NL Effenar
26 NOV 2007 Dortmund, DE FZW
27 NOV 2007 Leipzig, DE UT Connewitz
28 NOV 2007 Berlin, DE Lido
29 NOV 2007 Hamburg, FR Uebel & Gefaehrlich
01 DEC 2007 Dublin, IE Button Factory

In the month of November, Vic Chesnutt will tour much of Europe with many of the musicians that appear on his NORTH STAR DESERTER album : Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), Efrim, Jessica, & Thierry (Silver Mt Zion) as well drummer David Payant. Confirmed dates, cities, venues, are :

01 NOV 2007 Vienna, AU Gartenbaukino Film Fest
02 NOV 2007 Vienna, AU Gartenbaukino
03 NOV 2007 Munich, DE Registratur
04 NOV 2007 Stuttgart, DE Manufaktur
05 NOV 2007 Frankfurt, DE Mousonturm
07 NOV 2007 Heidelberg, DE Karlstor Bahnhof
08 NOV 2007 Zurich, CH Rote Fabrik
09 NOV 2007 Fribourg, DE Frison
11 NOV 2007 Strassbourg, FR La Laiterie
13 NOV 2007 Paris, FR La Cigalle
15 NOV 2007 Nantes, FR La Barackason
16 NOV 2007 Rouen, FR Salle St Croix des Pelletiers
17 NOV 2007 Brighton, UK Concorde
19 NOV 2007 London, UK Koko
20 NOV 2007 Lille, FR Le Splendid
21 NOV 2007 Belgium, Brussels AB Club
22 NOV 2007 Diksmuide, BE 4AD
24 NOV 2007 Den Hag, NL Crossing Border Fest
25 NOV 2007 Eindhoven, NL Effenar
26 NOV 2007 Dortmund, DE FZW
27 NOV 2007 Leipzig, DE UT Connewitz
28 NOV 2007 Berlin, DE Lido
29 NOV 2007 Hamburg, FR Uebel & Gefaehrlich
01 DEC 2007 Dublin, IE Button Factory

In the month of November, Vic Chesnutt will tour much of Europe with many of the musicians that appear on his NORTH STAR DESERTER album : Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), Efrim, Jessica, & Thierry (Silver Mt Zion) as well drummer David Payant. Confirmed dates, cities, venues, are :

01 NOV 2007 Vienna, AU Gartenbaukino Film Fest
02 NOV 2007 Vienna, AU Gartenbaukino
03 NOV 2007 Munich, DE Registratur
04 NOV 2007 Stuttgart, DE Manufaktur
05 NOV 2007 Frankfurt, DE Mousonturm
07 NOV 2007 Heidelberg, DE Karlstor Bahnhof
08 NOV 2007 Zurich, CH Rote Fabrik
09 NOV 2007 Fribourg, DE Frison
11 NOV 2007 Strassbourg, FR La Laiterie
13 NOV 2007 Paris, FR La Cigalle
15 NOV 2007 Nantes, FR La Barackason
16 NOV 2007 Rouen, FR Salle St Croix des Pelletiers
17 NOV 2007 Brighton, UK Concorde
19 NOV 2007 London, UK Koko
20 NOV 2007 Lille, FR Le Splendid
21 NOV 2007 Belgium, Brussels AB Club
22 NOV 2007 Diksmuide, BE 4AD
24 NOV 2007 Den Hag, NL Crossing Border Fest
25 NOV 2007 Eindhoven, NL Effenar
26 NOV 2007 Dortmund, DE FZW
27 NOV 2007 Leipzig, DE UT Connewitz
28 NOV 2007 Berlin, DE Lido
29 NOV 2007 Hamburg, FR Uebel & Gefaehrlich
01 DEC 2007 Dublin, IE Button Factory

The Evens will be touring for two weeks in the mid and southwest United States starting on November 1st. Find more Dischord tour dates on our tour page.

The Evens will be touring for two weeks in the mid and southwest United States starting on November 1st. Find more Dischord tour dates on our tour page.

The Evens will be touring for two weeks in the mid and southwest United States starting on November 1st. Find more Dischord tour dates on our tour page.

Antelope has begun a month long European tour and you can check up on them via Justin Moyer's travel blog and on some cool videos posted on You Tube from Barcelona. The Europen Anntelope tour includes dates in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Holland, and the UK. The band will continue playing USA dates upon their return.

Antelope has begun a month long European tour and you can check up on them via Justin Moyer's travel blog and on some cool videos posted on You Tube from Barcelona. The Europen Anntelope tour includes dates in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Holland, and the UK. The band will continue playing USA dates upon their return.

Antelope has begun a month long European tour and you can check up on them via Justin Moyer's travel blog and on some cool videos posted on You Tube from Barcelona. The Europen Anntelope tour includes dates in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Holland, and the UK. The band will continue playing USA dates upon their return.

Daniel "Belteshazzar" Higgs, the A I U , that is, no-one in particular, to be joined by Chiara Giovando for Northern England and Scotland performances. Tour-meld presently unfolding; available November 18 and 20. Contact add_hider('oxleexo', 'Lee',"riseup.net").

Daniel is also showing new work at 96 Gillespie in London (the gallery owned and run by Pat Graham and his wife Melanie Standage), which features a range of new pieces - pen & ink drawings as well as oils and coloured ink paintings - and several earlier works.
show runs oct 12 - nov 4 . 2007

The Rain and Deadline CDs, re-issued by Dischord/Peterbilt, are now both back in stock.

Daniel "Belteshazzar" Higgs, the A I U , that is, no-one in particular, to be joined by Chiara Giovando for Northern England and Scotland performances. Tour-meld presently unfolding; available November 18 and 20. Contact add_hider('oxleexo', 'Lee',"riseup.net").

Daniel is also showing new work at 96 Gillespie in London (the gallery owned and run by Pat Graham and his wife Melanie Standage), which features a range of new pieces - pen & ink drawings as well as oils and coloured ink paintings - and several earlier works.
show runs oct 12 - nov 4 . 2007

The Rain and Deadline CDs, re-issued by Dischord/Peterbilt, are now both back in stock.

Daniel "Belteshazzar" Higgs, the A I U , that is, no-one in particular, to be joined by Chiara Giovando for Northern England and Scotland performances. Tour-meld presently unfolding; available November 18 and 20. Contact add_hider('oxleexo', 'Lee',"riseup.net").

Daniel is also showing new work at 96 Gillespie in London (the gallery owned and run by Pat Graham and his wife Melanie Standage), which features a range of new pieces - pen & ink drawings as well as oils and coloured ink paintings - and several earlier works.
show runs oct 12 - nov 4 . 2007

The Rain and Deadline CDs, re-issued by Dischord/Peterbilt, are now both back in stock.

Photographer (and former Dischord employee) Pat Graham will be showing photos from his new book, Silent Pictures, at the Needles and Pins Art Gallery in San Francisco, California.

Pat currently lives in London with his wife, Melanie Standage, and their daughter, Honor. Together they own and operate 96 Gillespie, an art gallery that is currently exhibiting new work from Lungfish's Daniel Higgs.

Photographer (and former Dischord employee) Pat Graham will be showing photos from his new book, Silent Pictures, at the Needles and Pins Art Gallery in San Francisco, California.

Pat currently lives in London with his wife, Melanie Standage, and their daughter, Honor. Together they own and operate 96 Gillespie, an art gallery that is currently exhibiting new work from Lungfish's Daniel Higgs.

Photographer (and former Dischord employee) Pat Graham will be showing photos from his new book, Silent Pictures, at the Needles and Pins Art Gallery in San Francisco, California.

Pat currently lives in London with his wife, Melanie Standage, and their daughter, Honor. Together they own and operate 96 Gillespie, an art gallery that is currently exhibiting new work from Lungfish's Daniel Higgs.

Keep Your Eyes Open: The Fugazi Photographs of Glen E Friedman from Burning Flags Press is now shipping from our web-store. All pre-ordered books are either in the mail already or will be this weekend and new orders will be shipped out as we receive them.

This Book is being released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Fugazi's first show on September 3, 1987.

"The 112-page, approx. 9"x11" hardcover book presents the best of Friedman's unparalleled photographic documentation of Fugazi's members in almost 200 color and black & white images captured by Friedman onstage and off between 1986 and Fugazi's last U.S. concert in 2002.

Glen E. Friedman is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation, world-renowned for his prescient documentation of many of recent history's most iconic movements in pop culture. Among other worthy subjects, his lens has captured moments in the birth and evolution of radical skateboarding, hardcore punk, and hip-hop, as Friedman played a firsthand role in their development. " - Burning Flags Press

Visit the Fugazi homepage here: Fugazi


More Books of Glen E. Friedman's photography that we carry:
FUCK YOU HEROES
FUCK YOU TOO: The Extras & More Scrap Book
THE IDEALIST: In My Eyes - Twenty Years
DOGTOWN: The Legend Of The Z-Boys
RECOGNIZE

Joe Lally has finished recording and mixing his sophomore album, "Nothing Underrated" with Ian Mackaye at Dischord House and we are tentatively looking for a November release date. Once again Joe has collaborated with fellow musicians to bring this album together, including: Ben Azzara (The Capitol City Dusters, DCIC), Andy Gale (Haram), Eddie Janny (Rites of Spring), Sam Krulewitch (Capillary Action), Ricardo Lagomasino (Capillary Action), Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), and Guy Picciotto (Fugazi).

The For Callum double CD compilation which was released on Catlick Records to raise money for the care of Callum Robbins, the son of J Robbins and Janet Morgan from Channels, is now also available from the Dischord web-store.

This 32 track double CD features Dischord bands Channels, Medications, Joe Lally along side bands like Mission of Burma, Jawbreaker, Pilot to Gunner, Travis Morrison, Archwelder and many more.

About this compilation:
Approximately 6 months prior to Callum's first birthday, he was diagnosed with with a genetic motor neuron disease called Type 1 SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Although conventional medicine is frequently covered by insurance, alternative procedures & therapies are not. As Janet & J. pursue all available courses of treatment for Callum, the need for additional funds has become increasingly urgent.

The Cultural Society, Catlick Records, & Letterbox compiled this collection of songs in order to raise money for Callum's care fund. Proceeds will go directly to Janet & J. to help ensure that they have sufficient resources to continue their search for effective, lasting treatment. Though our energies here are focused on the plight of our friends, it should be noted that a cure for Callum could also mean a cure for the other thousands of babies who suffer from SMA.

For more information about Callum, please visit: www.callumrobbins.blogspot.com
For more information about SMA, please visit the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation: www.smafoundation.org
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: www.fsma.org

Pat Graham's debut book of band photography, Silent Pictures, is now available from the Dischord web-store.

Pat Graham has been a photographer for nineteen years and spent several years working with us here at Dischord. His photography centers around musicians and has been featured on dozens of albums for many different labels (and is well represented throughout this website). Pat spent years on the road with bands, especially Modest Mouse, capturing all aspects of being a musician (playing music, and living the life). Silent Pictures covers this ground and more, featuring photographs of Modest Mouse, Fugazi, Slant 6, Bikini Kill, Lungfish, Unrest, June of 44, Make-Up and many more.

Pat currently lives in London, England where he continues taking pictures and running 96 Gillespie, the gallery he co-founded with his wife Melanie Standage.

144 pages, softbound book, Akashic Press
Photography by Pat Graham with a forward by Ian MacKaye and an afterward by Cynthia Connolly.

The long out of print Peterbilt releases from Deadline, "8/2/82", and Rain, "La Vache Qui Rit", have both been re-issued onto CDs, in conjunction with Dischord Records, and are now shipping from the Dischord web-store. These CDs will be available in record stores on September 3.

The Peterbilt Label was founded in 1988 by Guy Picciotto. Over the years Peterbilt issued records by DC bands such as Happy Go Licky, Rain, Deadline, and The Black Light Panthers, all packaged in the distinctive manila envelopes that became the graphic signature of the label. Though all the original vinyl releases are long out of print, more recently, Peterbilt has partnered with Dischord to bring out Compact Discs of this archival material.

Find all the Peterbilt releases we carry here: Peterbilt

The entire set of Fugazi Live Series CDs has been re-pressed, is in stock and is ready to ship. These CDs feature shows recorded by Fugazi over the span of their entire career, are band produced and are only available from the Dischord Records web-store.

Go here for the Live CDs: Fugazi Live Series
Go here for Glen E. Friedman's Fugazi photo book: Keep Your Eyes Open
Go here to visit the Fugazi homepage: Fugazi

We are now carrying records from Gypsy Eyes, the new label co-founded by Nick Pimentel from Planaria Recordings, on the Dischord web-store. Gypsy Eyes currently features Brandon Butler (ex-Canyon), Shortstack, Revival, and Vandaveer.

The Fort Reno Summer Concert Series wraps up it's 2007 schedule on Thursday evening with Edie Sedgwick, Sentai and Eyeball Skeleton. Bands start promptly at 7:15.

On Friday August 10 there will be a benefit concert at the Velvet Lounge in Washington DC to raise funds for John Stabb, the former singer of Government Issue and Factory Incident, who was assaulted near his home in suburban DC. John's injuries required surgery that his insurance company apparently doesn't feel it is responsible for.

The Benefit show will feature: Dave Smalley (ex-Dag Nasty/Down By Law), Marc Ganancias , The Saviors, Pup Tent , Lorelei (Slumberland), Jerry Busher (of Fugazi / French Toast/ All Scars)

There is also an Ebay Auction currently in progress which features items donated to raise money for John's medical fund.

Read John Stabb's blog here: Stabb's Blog

Faraquet have now released dates for their upcoming tour in Brazil.

For more news on the Faraquet reunion check out the news-listing here: Farquet Reunion

People who use the combination of the Windows 2000 operating system and Internet Explorer (IE) web-browser can now order from the Dischord Records web-store. Our programmers were able to isolate the conflict that was occurring between these two programs and create a patch to over-ride the defect.

The Dischord Records website was built to meet current web standards and to function with the vast majority of current and older systems. However, creating a system that adheres to new standards while remaining fully functional on older systems remains a challenge so we thank you for your patience and understanding. As always, if you are having difficulty ordering from our website you can call us at 703-351-7507 and place an order over the telephone.

We still recommend the Firefox and Safari web-browsers, simply because our website was designed in these environments and looks best using their tools. However, Internet Explorer should now function properly. Regardless of what browser you use, you will want to have javascript enabled and have your program set to accept cookies. You may also need to reset your cache (temporary internet files) so that your bowser doesn't reload the older version of the store.

If you are concerned with privacy you can read about our Privacy Policy here: Privacy Policy

The members of Faraquet have announced plans to re-unite for a Brazilian tour this September and are gathering recordings from their various singles to look into re-issuing them onto a CD compilation. The Brazilian shows will feature a line-up featuring original members, Chad Molter and Devin Ocampo -- but not Jeff Boswell. However, the band hopes to play DC area shows upon the release of the CD with the full original line-up. Faraquet tour dates will be posted on the tours page as soon as they are confirmed.

Fans of Medications, fear not. According to the band members, the Faraquet reunion (Chad and Devin are in both Medications and Faraquet), and news of drummer Andy Becker's recent departure, do not spell the end of Medications. Chad and Devin will continue to move forward with their writing and hope to record a new Medications album later this year or early next.

Meanwhile, Andy Becker has started a new label called What Delicate Recordings which will make its debut with releases from avant - rockers, The Rude Staircase and Condor Moments in September and October respectively.

Mingering Mike: The Amazing Career of An Imaginary Soul Superstar by Dori Hadar is now available from the Dischord Web-store.

Mingering Mike is longtime resident of Washington DC, who from 1968 until 1977 created hundreds of hand drawn album covers, singles, even movie sound-tracks, chronicling his imaginary career as a musical superstar, record producer and record label mogul.

His intricate and beautiful covers remained completely unseen until DJ Dori Hadar discovered and rescued several bins of them while shopping at a local flea market. Hadar, who is also a private investigator, eventually tracked down and befriended Mingering Mike, helped compile his artwork for exhibition and helped free a star from his imagination.

The long out of print releases from Deadline, "8/2/82", and Rain, "La Vache Qui Rit", will both be re-issued onto CD for the first time on Peterbilt/Dischord in early September 2007.

The Peterbilt Label was founded in 1988 by Guy Picciotto. Over the years Peterbilt issued records by DC bands such as Happy Go Licky, Rain, Deadline, and The Black Light Panthers, all packaged in the distinctive manila envelopes that became the graphic signature of the label. Though all the original vinyl releases are long out of print, more recently, Peterbilt has partnered with Dischord to bring out Compact Discs of archival material from Happy GO Licky and One Last Wish, as well as CD re-issues of Rain and Deadline.

Find all the Peterbilt releases we carry, here: Peterbilt

The Four Old Seven Inches LP, first released in 1984, compiled four early Dischord EPs (by then already out of print) from Teen Idles, SOA, Government Issue and Youth Brigade (DC). The later CD edition added the first two Minor Threat EPs to the mix. By the early 1990s the vinyl edition of this compilation had fallen out of print but it has been re-pressed, re-issued and now features clear vinyl and updated artwork.

Daniel Higgs' new book and CD combination, "Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot" has been released on Thrill Jockey Records and is available here on the Dischord web-store. The book includes a CD and the LP is sold separately.

"On Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot, Higgs weaves meditative, casually ruptured drones using acoustic and electric guitar, upright pianos, banjo and jew's harp, recorded entirely at home on cassette recorder. He pairs the music with a series of paintings that call to mind religious iconography passed through the disfiguring surrealism of Miro." -Thrill Jockey

Find Daniel Higgs' solo releases, here: Dan Higgs
Find Lungfish releaes, here: Lungfish

The new self-released CD from The Washington Social Club, Bigger Than Your Boyfriend, is now available on our webstore.

Find the album by clicking, here: Bigger Than Your Boyfriend
Or by going to: STUFF WE SELL>ALSO FROM DC

From the Australian re-issue label, Afterburn, comes The Vile Cherubs "The Man Who Has No Eats has No Sweats" CD, a lost document from the late 80's Washington DC Punk Underground. Existing for only a short space of time, The Vile Cherubs came, confused, endeared, and powered out their homage to warped 60's garage psych in chaotic and unique style before imploding into the abyss, leaving an odd LP (split w/ Dischord Records) and a mini legion of fans in their wake. This 14-track CD release collects the best of their studio recordings and adds FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS, with a info booklet of notes, photo's and band history tree from then till now. Members of the Vile Cherubs have been in/currently reside in bands such as the NATION OF ULYSSES, CONCENTRICK, THE QUAILS, CIRCUS LUPUS, CAPITOL CITY DUSTERS, GOLDEN BEARS, THE FUCKING CHAMPS and more! This is a small slice of DC history which is worthy of staying in print for all willing ears.

Buy the CD from our web-store, here: The Man Who Has No Eats Has No Sweats

We now have several new local DC labels' releases from artists including Don Zientara, Garland of Hours, Daniel Higgs, Tulsa Drone and more, that are definitely worth your attention.

Don Zientara, Clocks and Watches CD, on Northern Liberties
Garland of Hours, The Soundest Serum CD, on Nobel Task Records.
v/a, Phoning It In CD, on West Main Development, featuring Daniel Higgs, Don Zientara and The Caribbean.
Tulsa Drone, Songs From a Mean Season CD, on Perpetual Motion Machine Records.

Find all Daniel Higgs' solo releases, here: Daniel Higgs
Find Lungfish releaes, here: Lungfish
Find all Don Zientara's solo releases, here: Don Zientara
Find all Garland of Hours releases, here: Garland of Hours

On Sunday July 15th at 4PM the neighborhood organization 'Hear Mount Pleasant', will present the last in a series of mini-festivals in Lamont Park in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington DC, featuring:
LILO GONZALES Jr (of Machetres)
PASO NUEVO: Black and Brown Voices of Home (the re-mix) - A preview of the upcoming performance at the Gala Theater at the Tivoli.
Come check out the voices of a new generation of Black and Latino Youth. Guest performances from the production's co-directors, Quique Aviles and Sage Morgan-Hubbard.

Lamont Park is located at Mount Pleasant and Lamont Streets NW, in Washington, DC.

Over the last ten years a private citizens group has pressured all the restaurants and bars in Mount Pleasant to give up their right to host live (even acoustic) music, in an exchange for a pledge not to launch expensive challenges their liquor licenses. Now a range of artists, musicians and community groups are fighting back and trying to overturn the ban and bring back the ability of restaurants to host music in a responsible way.

'Hear Mount Pleasant' is organizing a series of mini-festivals this year to build support for the campaign and to showcase the contributions musicians and artists make to building vibrant communities.

For more information, email: add_hider('hearmtp', 'Hear Mt. Pleasant',"gmail.com").

We finally have copies available of the Daniel Higgs album, "Ancestral Songs", (on CD and LP) from Holy Mountain Records.

According to Holy Mountain ..."Ancestral Songs is comprised of apocalyptic tunes, a banjo raag, mellifluous birdsong, and the sci-fi-sounding duet of a searing Jew's harp and toy piano. "Are You of the Body?" brings out the electric tamboura tone and an accompanying acoustic guitar to melt the spine. A distorted motorik guitar riff propels Ancestral Songs to a close by focusing on the consistent tone and vibration that flows throughout the album." -- and we believe them!

Find Daniel Higgs' solo releases, here: Daniel Higgs
Find Lungfish releaes, here: Lungfish

On Sunday July 1st the neighborhood organization 'Hear Mount Pleasant', will present the 2nd in a series of mini-festivals in Lamont Park in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington DC, featuring: Head Roc War Machine, Mariachi Profesional de Guerrero, Sol & Soul Street Theater Troupe, and special guests ... all emceed by DJ Aphrodite.

The festival kicks off at 3:30PM and will feature live art demos, a sound installation, kid's activities, tabling by various local groups as well as the musical performances. Lamont Park is located at Mount Pleasant and Lamont Streets NW, in Washington, DC.

Over the last ten years a private citizens group has pressured all the restaurants and bars in Mount Pleasant to give up their right to host live (even acoustic) music, in an exchange for a pledge not to launch expensive challenges their liquor licenses. Now a range of artists, musicians and community groups are fighting back and trying to overturn the ban and bring back the ability of restaurants to host music in a responsible way.

'Hear Mount Pleasant' is organizing a series of mini-festivals this year to build support for the campaign and to showcase the contributions musicians and artists make to building vibrant communities.

For more information, email: add_hider('hearmtp', 'Hear Mt. Pleasant',"gmail.com").

Joe Lally and Zu will attempt to re-schedule their canceled Japanese tour dates in the fall. According to the statement on Joe's website the tour was canceled due to complications with their promoter and the subsequent news of the death of Joe's father. In the meantime, Joe will be performing with The Evens on July 2nd at Fort Reno as scheduled.

Visit the Joe Lally website, at: www.joelally.com
Visit the Fort Reno Website, here: www.fortreno.com

In another move to 'fight crime' by decree the Washington, DC City Council will vote today on emergency legislation to expand the summer curfew times from 10pm weekdays (currently 11pm) and 11pm weekends (currently 12am), and raise the restricted age limit from 16 to 17.

These expanded hours will not only alienate young people from the very organized events intended to keep them occupied and off the streets in the first place but will put into effect a back-door version of the age restriction on music venues which failed to gain popular, or council, support when proposed earlier this year in an open forum.

We strongly believe that for every restriction put on young people an equal alternative should be offered. Young people are, after all, people and 'out of sight, out of mind' is simply not good enough.

Write to these council members and let them know how you feel:
Chairman Vincent C. Gray: add_hider('vgray', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Carol Schwartz: add_hider('schwartzc', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member David A. Catania: add_hider('dcatania', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Phil Mendelson: add_hider('pmendelson', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Kwame R. Brown: add_hider('kbrown', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Jim Graham: add_hider('jgraham', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Jack Evans: add_hider('jackevans', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Mary M. Cheh: add_hider('mcheh', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Muriel Bowser: add_hider('mbowser', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Harry Thomas, Jr: add_hider('htomas', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Tommy Wells: add_hider('twells', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Yvette Alexander: add_hider('yalexander', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")
Council member Marion Barry: add_hider('mbarry', 'email',"dccouncil.washington.dc.us")

Thanks to an outpouring of opposition from community leaders and citizens the bill to further criminalize DC's young people by expanding the summer curfew has been voted down in the DC City Council.

The Evens have posted all of their tour dates for eastern Canada and the north eastern US. Unless otherwise noted The Evens will be playing by themselves and will begin promptly at 8:30, so make sure to get to the shows early.

For all the Dischord tour dates, go to: www.dischord.com/tours
Find The Evens newest album, here: Get Evens

Joe Lally has begun a two week tour in Japan and will be accompanied by, and touring with, his friends ZU (from Italy).

Find Joe Lally's latest album, here: There to Here
See more Dischord bands on tour, here: Tours

On Sunday June 17th 'Hear Mount Pleasant', a group of residents from Mount Pleasant in Washington DC, is putting on a mini-festival in Lamont Park to showcase the musical diversity of the neighborhood and challenge the 10 year old ban on live music imposed on the neighborhood's bars and restaurants.

The festival will feature live art demos, a sound installation, kid's activities, tabling by various local groups and a performance by Antelope (at 5pm). Lamont Park is located at Mount Pleasant and Lamont Streets NW, in Washington, DC.

Over the last ten years a private citizens group pressured all the neighborhood's restaurants to give up their ability to host live , even acoustic music. Now a range of artists, musicians and community groups are fighting back and trying to overturn the ban and bring back the ability of restaurants to host music in a responsible way.

'Hear Mount Pleasant' is organizing a series of mini-festivals this year to build support for the campaign and to showcase the contributions musicians and artists make to building vibrant communities.

For more information, email: add_hider('hearmtp', 'Hear Mt. Pleasant',"gmail.com").
To visit their website, go to: www.hearmountpleasant.org

The Fort Reno Summer Concert Series, a free Washington, DC institution which has presented shows featuring young local bands alongside the area's best underground bands on Monday and Thursday evenings for more than 40 years, has announced the schedule for Summer 2007. Antelope, The Aquarium, Beauty Pill, The Evens, Joe Lally and Medications will all be playing dates at Fort Reno this summer.

For the complete Fort Reno Concert Schedule, go to: http://www.fortreno.com/schedule.html

The Faith / Void split Maxi CD, Dischord #87, is finally back in stock after being plagued by countless delays and lost parts.

"Double Image", Marginal Man's second album, originally released on Gasatanka/Enigma in 1985 and re-issued onto CD by the band in 2000, is now back in stock and available for sale from the Dischord web-store. The enhanced CD features re-mastered versions of the original songs plus Quick Time video clips of 6 live tracks.

Jeff Nelson, co-founder of Dischord Records and former Minor Threat, Three and High Back Chairs drummer, returns to the stage with Fast Piece of Furniture who have just released an album on Adult Swim/Dischord and begin a mini-tour from DC to their home base, Toledo, Ohio tonight.

"Purple Blaze", the debut CD from Ris Paul Ric, the solo project of Chris Richards from Q and Not U, is now also available from our web-store on 180 gram 12" vinyl.

Find Ris Paul Ric online, at: www.myspace.com/rispaulric

The Evens will begin a two week tour to eastern Canada and back starting on June 10th. Check our tours page for more details and updates about the shows, at: www.dischord.com/tours

Due to changes in the USPS shipping software we were temporarily unable to calculate shipping for international orders, however, the system has been updated and we are now able to process all orders. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Owing to the increased postal rates scheduled to take effect today, May 14, we are sad to announce the end of our postage paid (free shipping) option on domestic orders. Over the years we have resisted raising our prices along with previous postal rate increases (we last raised our prices in 1998-99), but realized that with this current increase we would simply lose too much money to continue with the status quo.

Because the post office has taken to raising prices at such a maddening pace, it has become too expensive and confusing to consider changing our postpaid prices. We have decided instead to begin charging postage (note: we will charge actual postage not "postage & handling") on all of our mailorder items. Given that our 'postpaid' approach has been with us since the beginning of the label, this decision did not come easily. However, we prefer to no longer use our straight-forward pricing to cover for what we consider unreasonable, unethical corporate-friendly increases.

If you visit our web-store, at: /store you will find an automatic postage rate calculator in the shopping cart when you login and begin the check out process. There you can select from several USPS services and view their actual rates.

If you want to learn more about what has been going on in the nefarious corridors of the post-office, go here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/stack

To speak out against the proposed rate hikes, go to: http://action.freepress.net/campaign/postal/i78ikk599tdmi86?

DeStoto Records has released PLAY, a compilation featuring 14 original children's songs from bands such as Channels, Soccer Team, Georgie James, Mudhoney, Mary Timony, Ben Davis & The Jetts, and more.

To buy PLAY from our web-store, go to: dischord.com/release/pl50
To visit Desoto Records, go to: desotorecords.com

For Windows 2000 users-
People who use the combination of Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer (IE) are experiencing navigation errors in the shopping cart. Windows 2000 features some outdated code which has not been addressed in IE (even in the updated versions), so in this instance we recommend downloading and using the Firefox web browser. Firefox is free, more secure than IE and definitely works with these older operating systems.
Firefox Downoad

For Mac, XP and Vista users-
Most problems can be fixed by simply checking a couple things in your web browser's preferences (or settings). Just make sure that javascript is enabled and that your web browser is set to accept cookies . Also, since we are frequently making small adjustments to our site it may also be necessary to clear out the cache in your web browser (called Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer) from time to time so it doesn't load old versions of the pages.

Call us at 703-351-7507 if you continue to experience problems and we can take care of your order over the telephone.

The Evens most recent album,"Get Evens" is again available from our store on both CD and LP after being out of stock for a couple weeks. Ian and Amy recently returned from tour dates in Brazil and are resting up before heading out to eastern Canada in June. Stay tuned to the tours page for show details as they become available.

Dan Caldas (formerly of Black Eyes and Horses) has been playing with guitarist Jeff Barsky (Insect Factory) and laptop/guitar artist Aaron Leitko (formerly of A Day in Black and White) in a new project called Celestial Marriage. The band has been writing music since October and is currently looking for a place to practice in or near Washington, DC. Anyone with information about spaces to share, rent or donate is encouraged to contact Dan at add_hider('dc4003', '[email protected]',"hotmail.com").

Medications begin a two week tour in Brazil today in Pouso Alegre. They will be playing all of their dates with the Brazilian band Debate who just returned from tour-dates and recording in the United States. Go to our tours page page for Medications' Brazilian dates and details.

Other Music, originally (and still) an independent record shop in NYC, has launched a digital download web-store and the entire Dischord Records catalog is now available for digital sales from this new site. Dischord has always relied on the support of independent records stores and we are thrilled to be able to offer another independent option for you to buy our music digitally. We will also begin work shortly on our own digital store which we hope to have up and running later this year.

Find Other Music at: www.othermusic.com

The USPS has announced a controversial new postal rate policy, set to begin taking effect on May 14, which will drastically raise the rates most used by small press and independent mail-order businesses while reserving the most favorable rates for the giant media corporations. Historically the United States Post Office has recognized its role and responsibility as a publicly subsidized vehicle of democracy by offering favorable rates to individuals and small companies who send out printed and recorded media. Media Mail rates are kept lower to encourage the distribution of news, ideas, art, and the independent voices that are necessary for a democracy to function. In a stunning new decision it seems the USPS has been pressured by major media lobbyists to reverse this course and place the burden of future rate increases on the backs of small business.

According to a letter written by The Nation president, Teresa Stack, " in May 2006 the United States Postal Service proposed a rate increase for periodicals of about 11.7 percent, an increase that would have affected all periodicals more or less equally. Instead, in February the PRC (Postal Regulatory Commission) recommended a version of the rate proposal put forward by Time Warner, which had previously been rejected by the PRC and strongly opposed by the USPS. This proposal would have a disproportionately adverse effect on small national publications while easing the burden on the largest magazines. The decision was followed by an industry "comment period" of only eight working days, an impossibly short time for small publications to digest changes so complex that to this day there is no definitive computer model to fully assess them. Nonetheless, the new rates are scheduled to take effect (no later than) July 15."

We at Dischord have always tried to keep the prices of our records as low as possible because we feel strongly that people should be treated fairly and encouraged to experiment with new sounds and ideas. Since the price of our mail-order records has always included domestic shipping charges these new rates will have an immediate adverse affect on our ability to maintain our current mail-order structure. Rather than the 11.7 % increase first proposed, our costs are scheduled to go up 20-30% for our most basic service. We have resisted raising our prices along with previous postal rate increases but with the current changes it is likely that we will have to either raise our prices significantly or do away with our "Postage Paid" (free shipping) mailing policy.

Although these policies affect us directly, the effects extend well beyond Dischord Records and our artists. These policies will be especially chilling to the many independent magazines, newspapers, record labels, etc. who have had to rely more heavily on direct support from subscribers as media distributors consolidate into large one-stops and drop smaller titles from store racks. We'll have more news on how we decide to address this in the near future but In the meantime we encourage you to read more about these policy changes and voice your support for independent media.

Read Teresa Stack's letter at: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/stack
Learn what you can do to voice your opposition at: http://www.stoppostalratehikes.com

We are now selling the re-mastered version of the Fugazi, Red Medicine CD. Like all of our previous re-mastered CDs this album was re-mastered at the Silver Sonya mastering studio. For more info on our Re-mastered CD Series go to our about section.

Justin Moyer from Antelope is writing a blog of the band's travels around the United States which is being published by the Washington Citypaper. For Antelope tour dates go to the tours page and to see Justin's blog go to the Washington Citypaper.

The kind folks at KUCI Irvine, CA hosted Antelope live in their studio on 3/29 and and produced a fantastic video featuring the songs "Mirroring" and "The Demon" from their new album, "Reflector". The video can be viewed at the KUCI blog, On Like Tron, at http://onliketron.blogspot.com/

Antelope continue their tour in the states until the end of April. Check out their remaining dates on the tours page.

While you are checking out internet video you should also watch this video from the Washington, DC Green Skate Lab called, "Welcome to Fun". It features the local neighborhood kids ripping it up at the free skate park which was designed and build in North East Washington, DC by local skaters with all recycled material.

We are now working on re-issuing both the "4 Old Seven Inches" compilation LP (Dischord #14) and the Rites of Spring "All Through A Life" 7 Inch (Dischord #22). Both of these releases have been out of print on vinyl for a very long time and although they are both available on CD people have consistently asked for them on vinyl over the years. They should be ready to go by mid-summer or early fall.

Ex- Jawbox drummer Zach Barocas and his friends at Minneapolis based groups, The Cultural Society, Catlick Records & Letterbox have released a 2CD compilation, "For Callum", to raise money for the Callum Robbins care fund. All proceeds will go directly to Janet & J. Robbins to help ensure that they have sufficient resources to continue their search for effective, lasting treatment for their son Cal who has been diagnosed with Type 1 SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

To maximize the proceeds of this release it is only available directly from Catlick Records.

TRACK LISTING:
1. All the Way Rider - Luxembourg
2. Arcwelder - The Hope (demo)
3. Careers In Modeling - Acorn
4. Chad - English Girl
5. Channels - Cast Away
6. E. Fowlkes Sextet - Rory Corrigan
7. Engine 88 - Get Off
8. Engine Down - Your Suit
9. Eternals - Rawar Style
10. Gordonovich - Au Revoir (Char's Garden)
11. David Grubbs - A Dream to Help Me Sleep
12. Halloween, Alaska - Halloween (remix)
13. The Icy Shores - Backseat
14. Imaginary Johnny - Little Dimes
15. Jawbreaker - I Love You So Much It’s Killing Us Both (demo)
16. Kingfield - Penny
17. Bryan Knisley - Madeline
18. Joe Lally - Mistaken Identity
19. Life and Times - Catching Crumbs
20. Maritime - Tearing up the Oxygen
21. Medications - Domestic Animals
22. Bill Mike - Secure
23. The Million - Waterfront (demo)
24. Mission of Burma - N.S.U.
25. Travis Morrison - Represent
26. Drew O’Doherty - You’ll Believe A Man Can Fly
27. The Oranges Band - Operator
28. Pilot to Gunner - All the Lights
29. Roh Delikat - Ant Overthrow
30. Self-Evident - World As a Verb
31. The Spectaculars - Dopasetic
32. Story of the Sea - West Bank

Ex-Branch Manager guitarist and vocalist Ron Winters has released a 4 song EP from his new band, Sons of Disobedience, which is available now for mail-order.

Medications will begin a 10 day tour in Brazil starting on April 26th in Pouso Alegre. Upon their return they plan to begin working on a new album which hopefully will see the light of day before the end of the year. For Medications tour dates go to our tours page.

We have been promising a new website for some time and we are pleased to finally be able to unveil what we have been working on -- however, this site is by no means complete and will evolve over time as we continue to add content and make adjustments to some of the features.

The section that has perhaps transformed the most is our store, found under Stuff We Sell -- where you will notice a new layout and a unique navigation which should make it easier to browse through the hundreds of Dischord and Washington DC area releases that we carry. We have also added a lot more information about our bands and this label; including bios, streaming mp3s, news, tour dates, etc. Overall we have tried to balance all this information with easy and clear access to the music.

To make purchases on the site you will now be asked to create a login account, which offers more identity protection for you and more fraud protection for us. Account holders will also be able to tap into our system to check the status or their orders.

Jerrod Blavos, from indierockmedia, and Pau Santesmasses designed and built this site and their vision and hard work has enabled us to expand our capabilities while perfectly maintaining our particular aesthetic. Thanks also to the Bills (Colgrove and Barbot) and Dug Birdzell who created our original website and whose basic design concepts have been brought forward to this site. And a final thank you to Jay Gordon and Bill Dolan at Datapipe for holding our hands through the technical side of this process.

So, browse, enjoy and please pardon any bumps along the way as we get things up and running! If you experience any problems or notice any defects in the site please let us know about it, call us at 703-351-7507, or write at add_hider('dischord', 'Dischord Info',"dischord.com"), we can use the extra eyes!

The Evens recently returned from a very successful tour in Australia and New Zealand and now are headed to South America to play shows in Brazil with stop-overs in Chile and Argentina. Check the tours page for dates and details.

Antelope's long waited full-length, "Reflector", is now available on CD and LP from our website and will be available in stores on March 26. Antelope have also embarked on a massive tour, 40 shows on 42 days, in the USA. Check the tour page for dates and details.

The "1981 Year in Seven Inches" compilation CD is now back in stock and will also be re-issued on 12" LP later this year.

Lovitt has released a split CD featuring Ben Davis and Des Ark. Ruffian Records has an EP from Bird Noises; Teenbeat has recently released a CD from Holland, and a split CD featuring Blood Thirsty Butchers and +/-; Magic Bullet has released a DVD about Skateboarding in Fredricksburg, VA called "City By The Battlefield", and has released a new split CD featuring Massacre of the Umbilical Cord and Control, and has released the vinyl version of the This Will Destroy You release; and finally, Buck Gooter presents,"TV Evangelist Song" the first release to come out of the The DC Free Recording Project.

The Washington Citypaper is sponsoring a show featuring a re-united Dismemberment Plan, Beauty Pill and Owls and Crows on Saturday April 28 at the Black Cat in Washington, DC to benefit Cal Robbins.

Read more about Cal's condition here

The first show featuring Dismemberment Plan, Beauty Pill, Owls & Crows sold out in minutes so a second show has been added at Black Cat Friday April 27.

Ian MacKaye is featured on "Soft Focus with Ian Svenonius" (Weird War, Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses), an interview show appearing on the new Vice Magazine webTV station, VBS. Over the years Ian has done hundreds of interviews and has more recently been booking speaking engagements, usually in the form of informal Q&As, but here -- thanks to Ian Spiv's hilarious personality and the long friendship the two of them enjoy, is an interesting and sometimes hilarious take on Ian's personality and politics that doesn't always come through in print.

You may now subscribe to the Dischord News via RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and receive news updates as they are added to our site. If you have a newer web browser you simply click on the icon that appears in our web address field to add a bookmark or choose a reader. Older browsers may not automatically support RSS so you will need to download a compatible RSS Reader (also known as a news or feed aggregator) to use this service. Most these readers are free.

A note from Antelope (whose new album will be released March 26 in stores): Thanks to many fans who contacted us, Antelope has almost finished booking its six-week spring tour -- over 40 shows in 42 days. Though its schedule is full, the band is eager to play in-stores and independent/college radio stations when possible, especially in towns it was unable to reach. If you would like Antelope to play an afternoon or early evening show that fits into their itinerary and know of an appropriate place we might not know about, please check the band's schedule and email add_hider('info', 'JM',"ant3lop3.com").

The Evens begin a very busy international tour schedule over the next months on February 16 in Perth, Australia. After Australia and New Zealand The Evens will travel to Brazil and are working on plans for Argentina and Chile. keep posted on dates and details on our tours page.

Due to some confusion on our part many international credit cards we're not being accepted in our web-store. We have now remedied that situation and now most credit cards should be accepted. Please contact us at add_hider('orders', 'orders',"dischord.com") if you are still having trouble ordering from from your territory.

Joe is currently playing shows in the UK, accompanied live by the Italian band Zu, and has an updated his itinerary for Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, France and more!

Medications are currently playing select dates in Austria, The Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany and Spain. For more information see our tours page.

Publicradio.net has produced a fascinating radio documentary on Lungfish which includes music and a very rare interview with Daniel Higgs. Lungfish is not currently active though Daniel has been busy with solo projects including, but not limited to, a recent album on Holy Mountain Records.

Daniel has also announced solo tourdates in the UK which can be found on our tours page.

Longtime Dischord alumn and Banned in DC author and photographer Cynthia Connolly is exhibiting a series of works featuring roadside arrow signs from her travels in Alabama at the Arlington Arts Center in Arlington, VA.

The opening reception is Friday February 9, 2007 (6-9pm) and the exhibit continues until March 31.

Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201
(near the Virginia Square Metro)
hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-5

"Punk Love", the beautiful new book of photographs By Susie Josephson Horgan is now on sale on our store and "Dance Of Days", by Mark Anderson and Mark Jenkins, has been re-printed and is also available now.

Punk Love: Susie Horgan (formerly Susie Josephson) is one of the first great photographers to grow out of and document the early punk scene in Washington DC. Her iconic photographs from the Washington DC punk scene in 1980-'81 are instantly recognizable by people familiar with Dischord Records -- the Teen Idles 7" , The SOA 7", the first Minor Threat 7" and the Flex Your Head LP all use her photos as central themes. Because her perspective is personal, she doesn't view the scene from the outside but as a participant, the result is a documnt of both history and of friendship. Punk Love. Pictures from Punk Love are currently being exhibited at the Govind Gallery in Washington, DC until March 3.

Dance Of Days: Washington, DC's creative, politically insurgent punk scene is studied for the first time by local activist Mark Andersen and arts writer Mark Jenkins. The nation's capital gave birth to the most influential punk underground of the '80s and '90s. Dance of Days recounts the rise of trailblazing artists such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, and Bikini Kill, while examining the roots of PMA, straight edge, Dischord Records, Revolution Summer, Positive Force, and Riot Grrrl. This book provides a window on the hidden history of a grassroots rock revolution that burst into the mainstream in the early '90s following the success of Nirvana and its groundbreaking album, Nevermind.

In response to a the murder of Talesha Ford outside at a nightclub in DC Councilman Jim Graham has introduced emergency legislation to ban minors from venues that serve alcohol. We grieve the senseless loss of another young life on our streets but can't fathom the Councilman's response would be to instantly wipe out a 20+ year effort on behalf of DC's music community to make music and the positive communities it creates accessible to people of all ages.

Since the early 80s DC has built not only a rich musical tradition, but a tradition of using musical bonds to support community activism. Organizations like Positive Force have raised hundreds of thoudands of dollars for local shelters, medical clinics, AIDS outreach, rape centers, etc. -- all through all-ages benefit shows sponsored in nightclubs, church halls and non-traditional music spaces alike. Many of the people who volunteer for groups like Positive Force, and many of the members of the bands that play these shows, are teenagers or were welcomed into this community while in high school or before.

Please write to Jim Graham and Mayor Fenty now and show your support for all ages access to music in Washington, DC.

Write add_hider('jim', 'Jim Graham',"grahamwone.com")
Write Mayor Fenty

The following letter was written by Alec Bourgeois on behalf of Dischord Records:

Dear Councilman Jim Graham,

I have read that in response to the senseless killing of Taleshia Ford outside a nightclub in Northwest you are considering offering legislation to the D.C. Council that would ban minors from music venues that also serve alcohol. I have long supported the need to address the violence that is all too common for our young people but I think banning young people from activities that connect them to the District's rich and diverse musical community is both short sighted and ill-considered.

I grew up in Washington D.C. and I started going to concerts in 1979 when I was 14 years old. The choice for me was very clear at that time, find something useful and creative to do or follow the drug addled battle cry of a generation who was destined for this city's worst. I chose the former. Thankfully this was a time when Washington's underground music scene, both punk rock and go-go, was coming into it's own and many of the band members were themselves under the legal drinking age, which at the time was 18 years old. Rather than being segregated to "minor" status we were embraced by fellow musicians and a select group of club owners who encouraged and supported our efforts to take control of our status and find ways to integrate ourselves, as underage audience and band members, into the larger community.

We knew that people were taking a chance on us so took it upon ourselves to show goodwill to local club owners by policing our own shows and drawing "Xs" on our hands to show we were underage so the bartenders knew who not to serve. This cooperation between bands, concert goers and nightclub owners led to the establishment of Washington's world renown all-ages venues, like the 9:30 Club, Black Cat, etc., who tightened up the policies we invented and made them part of their standard operating procedure. I have since toured in both the States and Europe and can tell you first-hand that not only does Washington enjoy an international reputation for musical excellence but is unique in its management of its all-ages music community.

None can argue whether the inclusion and active participation of "minors" in the Washington music community is one of the major reasons for it's initial rise and continued vibrancy. Nor can one argue that the active participation in a community that cares for it's own, offers positive mentors, cultural diversity, and teaches self reliance has saved many, many more souls from the violent and dangerous distractions on our streets than it has claimed.

DC is the home of Chuck Brown, Fugazi, Positive Force and many other musical groups, labels, venues and organizations that work outside the usual boundaries. You must recognize and make the distinction between "watering holes" and responsible community entities. If irresponsible venues need to be held to a higher standard, so be it. However, further segregating and alienating young people from our cultural communities and painting all of the District with the same stroke serves no one, never has, and never will. If you need guidance, talk to Dante at Black Cat or Seth at 9:30 Club and ask their advice on how to maintain a safe and positive atmosphere for all-ages shows that are neither teen dances nor free-for-alls. They have been doing it for more than 25 years and both this city and their businesses are better because of it.

Respectfully,

Alec Bourgeois, Dischord Records

Joe is playing shows in England, Wales and in Switzerland in February, accompanied members of the Italian band Zu (who will also be playing all the dates). Joe is then working on dates in Scandanavia for March and Japan for June. For dates and details go to the tours page.

The Evens are playing dates in Australia and New Zealand, starting on February 12, and will go on Brazil, Argentina and Chile in March. Dates will be listed on the tours page when they become available.

Antelope will be releasing their first full-length album, "Reflector, " in late March 2007 and are looking for some help booking shows. If you are interested in booking Antelope, they are available in the US in March, April and May and you can contact them at add_hider('info', 'Antelope Info',"ant3lop3.com")