- Pat and Ryan by Cynthia Connolly
- Photo by Cynthia Connolly
- Faith at The Chancery by Malcom Riviera
New Live(ish) Edie Sedgwick Video
The Edie Sedgwick band has released a new self-produced video for the song "Knocking On My Door"--culled from live performances in Italy, Germany, Poland, The Czech Republic, Austria, and Slovakia. Check it out here.
Brendan Canty's Trixie Films to Produce "The Liberation", A Film About DC Central Kitchen
Trixie Films directors Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Christoph Green are looking for backing via a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming film, The Liberation -- a documentary about two students who are going through the culinary job training program at DC Central Kitchen.
"DC Central Kitchen, two blocks from the US Capitol building, and in the basement of one of the largest shelters in America, is a revolutionary culinary training program that actively goes out searching for the people that need their help the most. People who have hit rock bottom, and are truly ready to turn their lives around. Over 14 weeks, DC Central Kitchen teaches them how to get along with others, how to get along with themselves, and how to cut and cook, serve and cater, and ultimately gain access to the nicest restaurants in DC."
"Full employment is the goal of the program, but along the way there are plenty who don't make it. Drug tests, old habits and, self destruction are always the elephant in the room."
"Join us as we follow 2 or 3 people through this program. It will change the way you view your city."
"I know it has done so for us." --Brendan Canty and Christoph Green
New Releases from Dischord Alumni: Daniel Higgs, Asa Osborne, & Ryan Nelson
The Lungfish band as a singular entity continues its slumber. But members Daniel Higgs and Asa Osborne continue to record and perform, perhaps more than ever, both as solo performers and together in Skull Defekts. Higgs latest solo LP release, Beyond & Between, is now available via Barcelona and La Castanya records and is being distributed exclusively in the States by Dischord. The album features Higgs on vocals and banjo, accompanied by percussionist Marc Clos.
Asa's latest Zomes release, Improvisations -- recorded entirely on cassette tape, is being released on January 24th on Thrill Jockey and will be available from Dischord (we are accepting pre-orders now). Both albums are available on LP with MP3 download cards inclosed.
Minutes are a band from Kalamazoo, MI that feature ex-members of Trocar and Dischord's Ryan Nelson (Soccer Team, Beauty Pill, Most Secret Method). The band's Self-titled 12 LP is now available in a limited edition of 300.
Scream to Tour Europe from January 19 to February 5
Scream, featuring the original line-up of Pete Stahl, Franz Stahl, Skeeter Thompson, and Kent Stax --and joined by newcomer Clint Walsh, will be touring in Europe for the first time in over 20 years. In the 1980s Scream were one of the first American punk bands to tour extensively in Europe and along with a handful of other bands helped open many of the underground touring circuits that punk bands rely on to this day. The tour begins on January 19th in Amsterdam and will cover select dates in Spain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria.
25 New Shows Added to the Fugazi Live Series on January 1st
The Fugazi Live Series web archive site kicked off with a bang on December 1st and we've been very encouraged by the positive feedback it has received. In keeping with our plan, we uploaded an additional 25 concert downloads on January 1st and we'll continue doing this each month until we reach our goal of making every Fugazi concert recording in our collection available.
The following concerts have been added to the site and are now available to download:
Beauty Pill to Debut "Immersive Ideal" Recording at Artisphere Jan. 7-22
Following the Washington, DC band Beauty Pill's summer 2011 open recording residency at Artisphere, the Immersive Ideal project returns with a multimedia installation designed by Kelley Bell and Stephan Moore. The installation will feature a user-interactive, monome-controlled array of photographs from the recording sessions by Nestor Diaz, Morgan Klein, Brian Libby, Jon Pack and PJ Sykes. From January 7-22, you can listen to Beauty Pill's new album --recorded at and presented exclusively at the Artisphere-- while immersed in the photographs that document the band's experiment in radical artistic transparency. The installation will run in the Black Box Theatre itself, where the recording took place, furthering the intimacy between the viewer/listener and the work. Opening reception Sat. Jan 7, 7-10 pm (free).
--text taken from Artisphere's press release
Regular Mail-Order Shipping Continues
After a brief breather in the mail-order department, we are back up and running and orders will be shipped as normal throughout the week. Thanks for your patience and for your support !
No Mailorder Shipments: Dec. 23rd–-26th
For all those who are considering placing orders online, please keep in mind ... Dischord’s mailorder service is about to slow to a crawl. Thursday, December 22nd, will be the last day we’ll be shipping individual orders for a little while. Of course, you're still welcome to place orders, but we won't be back in action until Monday, December 26th.
Fugazi Live Series Off and Running!
The Fugazi Live Series website officially launched on December 1, 2011. You can now click to the site from the main Dischord menu or navigate directly to www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series without any login restrictions (although purchases still require a free Dischord account).
We do expect some bumps along the road as traffic spikes and the site adjusts so don't be alarmed if you experience sluggish performance from time to time. As more traffic data comes through we will be making adjustments accordingly.
Fugazi played over 1000 concerts, covering all fifty United States, Europe, Australia, South America, Japan and many points in between. Over 800 of these shows were recorded by the band's sound engineers, often on high quality recording gear.
The Fugazi Live Series is a complete online archive of these concerts. Show pages will feature data from the concerts and (when available) related photos, flyers and MP3 downloads. The goal is to make the shows available to browse for free or to download for a small fee. Initially the band will release 130 downloads (101 new shows plus 29 of the shows released on the now out-of-print Fugazi Live CD series). Additional downloads, photos, flyers, etc. will be added regularly until the entire archive is available.
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About Dischord Records
Dischord Records was created in 1980 to document the music coming out of the Washington, D.C. punk community. The label has put out the work of over 50 bands, and has distributed hundreds of other releases connected to the D.C. area. We will continue our work as long as this community continues to create music that speaks to us. Thanks.
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