Medications have wrapped up recording and mixing their new album, Completely Removed, and if all goes as planned it should be released on CD/LP/MP3 in April 2010. This album documents a new phase for the band with Chad Molter and Devin Ocampo covering all the writing and most of the instrumental duites following the departure of Andrew Becker. They are joined live and in the studio by longtime friend and musical swingman Mark Cisneros. Completely Removed represents a bit of a departure from the band's signature off kilter rockers and dives headlong into more uncharted waters with what we think are absolutely thrilling results. Stay tuned!

Read more about Medications on their website.

Dischord will have a table at the Black Cat's annual Rock-N-Shop garage sale tonight December 22. This has been re-scheduled from last Saturday night because of the snow. We will have all of the newly re-issued vinyl for sale as well as many more CDs, LPs, posters and other goodies. This is a free event so come on by and say hello!

Scream, featuring the original line-up of Pete and Franz Stahl, Kent Stax and Skeeter Thompson, will be performing at the Black Cat in Washington DC on Sunday December 21st. This show was first scheduled on the Black Cat's smaller "Backstage" but sold out so quickly that the band agreed to move it to the Main Stage (where tickets ARE still available).

Scream's first album, Still Screaming was re-issued on white vinyl last March. There are also reports that Dave Grohl (who drummed with Scream in their post-Dischord era) is interested in re-mixing the long lost "No More Censorship" album (originally released on RAS Records) for re-issue sometime in the future.

Jawbox reunited last night for a performance on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon. The Late Show website has videos of their three performances (Savory was aired on the show and FF=66 and 68 were performed for rehearsals). Dischord and Desoto teamed up to re-issue their seminal album For Your Own Special Sweetheart on November 24th.

During the high-volume holiday season packages can sometimes take longer to arrive from the USPS than normal. Packages sent by Media Mail usually arrive within 7-10 days under normal conditions, however in rare instances they can take up to 3 weeks. If it is important for your order to arrive by a certain date you may want to consider using the First Class or Priority delivery options.

Also be advised that our delivery estimates are based on the date your order is shipped and not the date it is ordered. The vast majority of our packages go out within 48 hours (and in may cases well before that) but once they are out the door a specific delivery date cannot be guaranteed.

Gift Packaging for Vinyl: Please note that Basla routinely removes vinyl albums from their covers before shipping them to prevent the periodic tearing of covers from records moving inside their sleeves. If you're ordering vinyl as a gift and would prefer for the record to remain in its shrink-wrap please include a note and we'll keep it sealed for you.

"The Hieroglyphic Ideal" paintings and drawings by Daniel Higgs (Lungfish) will be exhibited at the Mountain Fold Gallery in NYC from December 10 until January 9th. The Opening reception is Thursday December 10th from 7-9PM.

Mountain Fold is pleased to announce the opening of The Hieroglyphic Ideal, a show by Daniel Higgs. In Higgs' paintings and drawings, celestial bodies, plants, internal organs, animals, humans, and other elements from the material realm convene to form a visual symbology. Like hieroglyphs, his art constructs a system that can express emotion and tell stories that are otherwise uncommunicable in extant language. By imbuing the real with the imaginative, he offers a mythological, fantastical interpretation of our present surroundings.

Gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday 1:00- 7:00pm or by appointment.

The Story/Stereo performance series continues at the Writer's Center in Bethesda Maryland with Readings from Lisa Selin Davis and Brian Gilmore and a musical performance from Zomes (Asa Osbourne from Lungfish).

Story/Stereo: words curated by the Writer's Center and Music curated by Chad Clark (Beauty Pill) & Matthew Byars (The Caribbean)

The Jawbox re-issue of For Your Own Special Sweetheart (on CD, LP & MP3) and the Gray Matter vinyl re-issues (+MP3) of Take It Back and Food For Thought are all available in stores and directly from the Dischord website.

Dante and Geoff from Gray Matter will holding a re-issue listening party at Black Cat in Washington, DC on Tuesday November 24th. Jawbox are booked to perform on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on NBC on December 8th.

Hoover's posthumous Self Titled EP, originally released on CD and vinyl on Slowdime in 1997 (and now both out of print), is now available to Download in MP3 form from the Dischord web-store.

This EP was recorded after the band had initially broken up and consists of the material they had written before their split. Hoover has since reunited to play occasional concerts in the US and Europe.

With the release of the newly re-cut editions of Margin Walker and the Furniture single we are now very close to having the entire Fugazi catalog re-issued on vinyl. The only album remaining is the Instrument Soundtrack which will be re-issued in December.

This new edition of Margin Walker was re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service, features a new design culled from the original art pieces, and includes a free MP3 Download.

Click here for a list of all of the Dischord Re-cut and Re-issued albums.

On November 24th Desoto and Dischord will team up to release a new, completely re-mastered and re-packaged, edition of the Jawbox album, For Your Own Special Sweetheart -- a masterpiece long lost in the weeds of major label limbo. The new edition CD and LP was re-mastered by Bob Weston of Chicago Mastering Service and features all new artwork by Jason Farrell. The CD includes 3 extra tracks from the Savory + 3 EP and the LP features a free MP3 download of the album (including the extra tracks).

To Pre-Order this album now click here (orders will ship a week before the release date).

On November 24th Dischord will re-issue Gray Matter's second album, Take It Back. This new edition has been expanded into a full-length LP (on colored vinyl) with 4 extra tracks from the band's 1991 double seven inch and will feature an MP3 download. Take It Back was first issued as a six song EP in the direct aftermath of the "Revolution Summer" renaissance of the DC punk scene in 1985. Although the songs are available on a Maxi-CD, the vinyl fell out of print long ago.

To Pre-Order "Take It Back" now click here (orders will ship a week before the release date)

Gray Matter's first album, Food For Thought, was re-issued (on colored vinyl) in October and is available now.

Mark Anderson & Mark Jenkin's book, Dance of Days, has been re-issued with updated content and a new color cover on Akashic Books. Dance of Days takes a look at the DC punk scene from the political and historical perspectives of the book's authors and offers first-hand insight to the workings of a scene that produced Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Tsunami, Bikini Kill and many others.

Mark Andersen is also the author of All The Power, which is also published by Akashic Books and is available from Dischord. Akashic is owned by ex-Soul Side and Girls Against Boys bassist Johnny Temple.

Positive Force is sponsoring the October 9th DC premiere of a new German documentary called, Edge: Perspectives On Drug Free Culture. Postive Force's Mark Andersen writes, "EDGE features interviews with PF allies like Ian MacKaye, Ray Cappo, and Kent McClard among others...with focus not simply on straight edge as narrowly understood, but animal rights and other forms of political activism."

The documentary will premiere in DC at 7pm on October 9th, sponsored by long-time punk activist group, Positive Force DC at St. Stephen’s Church, 1525 Newton Street NW (near Columbia Heights Metro and 42, S2, S4 buses) for a $5 suggested donation. The official movie website is www.edgethemovie.com

Som Records, The Vinyl District, DC Soul Recordings and Comet Ping Pong are hosting a record fair on Sunday, October 4, from 10AM-4PM at Comet (5037 Connecticut Ave NW). Admission is $2.

The fair will feature record dealers from DC, New York, Richmond, North Carolina and points in between. DJ’s confirmed so far include Geologist from Animal Collective and Rick Taylor from “We Fought the Big One.”

The second installment of the Story/Stereo series continues at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD on Friday October 2nd with writers Srikanth Reddy (Facts for Visitors) and Alexander Chee (Queen of the Night) and music from Bluebrain.

Guy Picciotto (Fugazi, Rites of Spring) plays guitar on and helped produce the new Vic Chesnutt album AT THE CUT which is out now on Constellation Records.

Guy will also be joining Vic Chesnutt on a US tour this fall/winter, playing guitar in The Vic Chesnutt Band that also contains members of Godspeed You ! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mount Zion. The tour dates are listed after the jump.

October 23 Mavericks Ottawa, ON
October 24 Ukranian Federation Hall Montreal, QC
October 25 Sommerville Theater Cambridge, MA
October 26 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
October 27 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
October 28 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
October 29 Ottobar Baltimore, MD
October 30 Black Cat Washington, DC
October 31 The Soapbox Wilmington, NC
November 1 The EARL Atlanta, GA
November 2 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
November 4 Southgate House Newport, KY
November 5 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
November 6 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI
November 7 Lee's Palace Toronto, ON
November 19 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
November 20 West End Cultural Centre Winnipeg, MB
November 21 Amigo's Saskatoon, SK
November 22 McDougall United Church Edmonton, AB
November 23 Knox United Church Calgary, AB
November 25 Richards on Richards Vancouver, BC
November 26 Lucky Bar Victoria, BC
November 27 Crocodile Seattle, WA
November 28 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
November 30 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
December 1 The Regent Los Angeles, CA
December 2 Club Congress Tucson, AZ
December 4 Hailey's Denton, TX
December 5 Central Presbyterian Church Austin, TX

The Dischord LP re-issue series continues with new cuts now available from Fugazi and Nation Of Ulysses, all featuring free MP3 download coupons.

FUGAZI End Hits w/ MP3
FUGAZI Steady Diet of Nothing w/ MP3 and updated artwork
NATION OF ULYSSES Plays Pretty For Baby w/ MP3

For a complete list of our Re-Issued LPs go: www.dischord.com/remastered-lp.

Edie Sedgwick has contributed an exclusive track to the Sockets Records Summer Mix-Tape compilation. The Mix Tape is available as a free download from the Sockets Records website and also features tracks from Food For Animals, Cornel West Theory, Andrew Black (from Title Tracks) and more.

On Thursday Sept 3rd filmmaker Jem Cohen (Instrument, Chain, Benjamin Smoke) presents an evening of films and discussion with musician and frequent collaborator Guy Picciotto (Fugazi, Rites of Spring, Vic Chesnutt Band) at the IFC in NYC. Cohen will screen new and old shorts and excerpts, including his recent Chinatown portrait, NIGHT SCENE NEW YORK. A number of the works will be New York premieres.

This presentation is the 3rd part of a 3 part series called, Movie Nights With Jem Cohen, which is being held at the IFC this summer. The program begins at 7:30 and tickets are 12:50 for non-members (The two previous movie nights sold out - please buy tickets in advance).

The Dischord Vinyl Re-issue Series continues with two more Fugazi releases, and full-lengths from Make-Up and Q And Not U. All vinyl was re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service and the full-lengths feature free MP3 Downloads.

130 FUGAZI The Argument (black vinyl)
043 FUGAZI 3 Songs (black vinyl, updated artwork)
099 MAKE UP Destination:Love ((black vinyl)
133 Q AND NOT U Different Damage (blue vinyl)

These records are available now from this website and will be in stores on August 24th. For a complete list of our re-issued LPs go: here

The Aquarium have a new 7" single, "Performer" b/w "Battle Of The Bands" that is available now on the Dischord website and will be in stores and from other download sites on August 24th. The two song single was recorded with Doug Kallmeyer, mixed by Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and produced by Benjy Ferree.

This single comes with a free MP3 Download when purchased from the Dischord website only. The MP3 tracks will also be available to purchase on the Dischord site with Digital Credits.

On Wednesday July 15th filmmaker Jem Cohen (Instrument, Chain, Benjamin Smoke) and special guests Ian MacKaye (Evens, Fugazi, Minor Threat) and John Cohen (That High Lonesome Sound, There Is No Eye) present an evening of screenings and discussion at the IFC in NYC exploring folk, punk and underground filmmaking as forms of homemade expression.

This presentation is part of a 3 part series called, Movie Nights With Jem Cohen, which is being held at the IFC this summer. The program begins at 7:30 and tickets are 12:50 for non-members.

Andalusians begin a trek along the east coast with a show Thursday July 9th in Baltimore at the Talking Head. The band will continue with shows in New Jersey, New York, and New England.

The Fort Reno Summer Concert Series begins tonight, June 22, with performances by Pash, Funk Ark, and The Sweater Set. Concerts are presented on Monday and Thursday evenings (weather permitting) from June 22 until July 30th. This year we will list all of the Fort Reno concerts in the tours section of the Dischord website.

As always these free Fort Reno Concerts are organized by volunteers and rely entirely on your donations to pay for permits, sound systems and expenses. Find the Fort Reno website here: www.fortreno.com
Find the Fort Reno Facebook group here: Facebook

Clark Sabine, our friend and fellow musician, died Tuesday evening after a short but intense last battle with cancer. He was 33 years old. Clark played in Statehood, Andalusians, and Motorcycle Wars, where his hilarious and ridiculous stage entrances are still legend around these parts. He was a character with manic creative energy who held a deep affection for all of us who shared his passion for music in the Washington, DC underground.

He will be missed.

Our hearts go out to his family, bandmates, and friends. They formed an incredible support network in the last few weeks of his life, surrounding him with love and comfort, as well as laughter... that joy that Clark shared with so many of us.

A "Celebration of Life" ceremony will be held for Clark on Sunday June 21st at 11:30am at the Fairfax Country Club.

Visit the Statehood website for more information on Clark and his music.

Here is a link to some Motorcycle Wars material we found.

The Fugazi 12" LP, In On The Killtaker, has been re-cut and re-mastered and is now available from our website and in stores.

The album was re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service from the Silver Sonya masters.

To view a complete list of our re-mastered LPs go here.

Joe Lally is following up on his recent West Coast tour dates with 2 weeks of shows on the East Coast and Mid-west of the United States starting May 31st. Joe is playing all but two of these shows with Geoff Farina's band Glorytellers.

The newest round of Dischord vinyl re-masters are now available from our web-store and will be available in stores on May 18th. They include: Marginal Man, Identity 12" EP (re-issued for first time on vinyl since the mid-80s); Black Eyes, Self Titled 12" LP; Minor Threat, Salad Days 7".

All titles were re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service.

The Fort Reno website was recently hacked but is now up and running, hosted on a new server. The web address remains the same, www.fortreno.com, and the concert series is scheduled to go on as usual with dates to be announced soon.

In the meantime, the continued success of the series is dependent on donations and the organizers need your help to meet the expenses for the upcoming season. You can donate at the Fort Reno website and you can also find more information by visiting or joining the Fort Reno Facebook Group.

Edie Sedgwick and Joe Lally both begin new tours on April 23rd, Edie in Europe and Joe on the West Coast of the United States.

Joe will play two weeks of shows on the west-coast and then two weeks on the east-coast and mid-west accompanied by Ricardo Lagomasino and Elisa Abela. Many of the shows on the second leg of the tour will be with Geoff Farina's band, Gorytellers.

Edie Sedgwick will be accompanied on this tour by Basla Andolsun (Andalusians), Chad Molter (Medications) and Jess Matthews (Gestures). You can follow Edie's progress on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ediesedgwyck

Nathan Bell (ex- Lungfish) will be touring in Brazil from May 1st - 10th, backed by Richard Ribeiro and Luciano Valério. Nathan has a new EP on West Main Development and also has material released under the name Human Bell. Dates listed after the jump.

May 1st @ CCJ, São Paulo SP
May 2nd @ Virada Cultural, São Paulo SP
May 3rd @ Divina Comédia, Mogi das Cruzes/SP
May 6th @ UFSCAR, São Carlos/SP
May 7th @ TBA, Curitiba/PR
May 8th @ Espaço +Soma, São Paulo/SP
May 9th @ Villa D' Assis, São Leopoldo/RS
May 10th @ Centro Cultural Santander, Porto Alegre/RS

Find more information at: www.desmonta.com

In mid 2008 Dischord Records began re-mastering and re-cutting much of our vinyl catalog here in the United States (after years of making our records in Europe). The first of these re-mastered LPs appeared at the end of 2008 and we will continue to roll out newly re-issued LPs throughout 2009. We began by re-pressing current titles, and later re-issuing older titles, all re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service (many from from the Silver Sonya masters). All the re-mastered albums feature complimentary MP3 album downloads.

For a complete list of our re-mastered LPs go here: Dischord re-mastered LPs

Dischord has always enjoyed very high quality vinyl mastering. For many years much of our vinyl was mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London by our friend and partner John Loder, who passed away in 2005. But the metal-work that is used to press vinyl LPs eventually wears out with use and we decided that with John's passing and with a renewed interest in vinyl that it was time to bring these projects back home and pass the torch to Bob Weston and Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service.

The long out of print United Mutation debut EP, Fugitive Family, originally released in 1983 as a split between Dischord and DSI Records, is available for the first time as an MP3 release on the Dischord website. United Mutation will join Malefice, RUSTBUCKiT, and more live at the Punk Rock Family Reunion presented by DSI Records Alumni at Jammin Java in Vienna, Virginia on April 5th.

DSI is also working on re-issuing the Fugitive Family/Rainbow Person EPs on CD and will have them available at the show on April 5th. This will be the first release on the DSI Archives Label, which will be re-releasing various projects from DSI bands as well as oddities from the same. Once these CDs are available we will carry them here at Dischord.

A note from Amanda at Fort Reno:
Fort Reno is getting ready for the summer, wading through an amazing amount of submissions. As I set about building a great line-up of concerts it comes time for me to shake the basket, so to speak.

Although we charge nothing, it actually costs us something to make the shows happen. And we are nowhere near our financial goal to get the concert series up and rolling this summer.

So, if you might take a moment and think about what you would pay to see three bands while you eat dinner or nap in the grass with your canine pal; then take another moment to donate that at www.fortreno.com. It will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for taking a moment. We look forward to seeing you this summer.

love,
Amanda

I can be found here: amanda[at]fortreno.com
or on Facebook under "Fort Reno – DC Summer Concert Series"

The Title Tracks single Every Little Bit Hurts is now available on this website (and will be in stores April 6th) along with the re-mastered edition of the Q And Not U LP No Kill No Beep Beep and a limited re-pressing of the Hot And Informed seven inch.

For a complete list of Dischord re-mastered LPs go here

Title Tracks, the new band featuring the songs of John Davis (Q And Not U, Georgie James) will release its debut single "Every Little Bit Hurts" b/w "Found Out" in stores on April 6th (it should be available here on the Dischord website about a week before that).

Title Tracks will be playing several shows around the release date including a record release show at Black Cat in Washington DC on April 7th.

The Shirks, who feature an ex-member of The Problematics and include Andy Gale from Dischord, just released their 2nd 7", DC is Doomed. The band has recorded an album worth of material but will be releasing the songs exclusively on various singles over the next year.

The Shirks will be playing some east coast and mid-west shows beginning the weekend of the 6th.

As part of our ongoing effort to update our vinyl catalog we now have the following 12" LPs back in stock - all have been re-cut, re-mastered and include a free MP3 Download:
Fugazi, Red Medicine 12" LP (Black Vinyl)
Embrace, Self Titled 12" LP (Red Vinyl)
Scream, Still Screaming 12" LP (White Vinyl)
Faith/Void, Split 12" LP (Purple Vinyl)

DFor a complete list of remastered LPs go here

We have several new albums that we are selling on our web-store, including the Mi Ami (ex Black Eyes) album, Watersports, Benjy Ferree, Come Back to the 5 and Dime..., Pancake Mountain Vol 6, as well as several old-school DC releases by Bad Brains,Black Market Baby and Government Issue.

Mi Ami, Watersports
Benjy Ferree, Come Back to the 5 and Dime...
Pancake Mountain, Vol 6
Bad Brains, Roir Sessions
Bad Brains, Rock For Light
Bad Brains, Black Dots
Black Market Baby, Coulda Shoulda Woulda
Government Issue, Complete History Volume 2

We found a stash of 7 Inch covers of the Q And Not U single X-Polynation and decided to run a one time only pressing of the single on clear vinyl. The single will feature a free MP3 download (when purchased from the dischord website).

We will also be re-issuing Q And Not U's first single, Hot And Informed, which should be available in April.

Asa Osborne from Lungfish will be touring with his solo project, Zomes, in the UK from February 27 until March 8th.

27/02 The Black Lion Salford, Greater Manchester
28/02 Cube Cinema Bristol
02/03 Cafe Oto London
03/03 The Pack Horse Leeds
04/03 Bridge Hotel Newcastle upon Tyne
05/03 The 13th Note Glasgow
06/03 Alexandra Vaults Saltburn-by-the-Sea
07/03 The Art Organisation Nottingham
08/03 The Royal Standard Liverpool

For more info about the tour go to www.the-thousand.co.uk

The new Andalusians single , Do The Work is now available on Dischord and will be availble in stores on February 16th. The band, which features Dischord's Basla Andolsun (Edie Sedgwick, Beauty Pill, Del Cielo), will celebrate the record release and begin a tour of the south and mid-west United States with a show in DC at Black Cat on February 5th.

Find all the Dischord tour dates here.

Our friends at The Vinyl District, Som Records, DC Soul Recordings and Civilian Art Projects are sponsoring a record fair on February 8, 2009 from 12-5pm at the Civilian Art Projects space, 406 7th Street NW, Washington DC.

The fair will have over 20 vinyl dealers from Richmond to NYC and will feature DJs Name Names, D-Mac, Nitekrawler and more. Admission is $2.

Note: Dischord will not have a table at this event, we just think it's cool!