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- Faith at The Chancery by Malcom Riviera
- Stefano Guerici
Daniel Higgs Exhibition at Needles & Pens in SF
09.02.10
Daniel Higgs and Kyle Ranson will exhibit art from their book collaboration, "Morph Traits" at the Needles & Pens art gallery in San Francisco, CA. The opening is Thursday September 9 from 7-9pm.
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Story/Stereo w/ John Davis (Title Tracks, Q & Not U), Sept 3
08.31.10
On Friday September 3 Story Stereo will continue its run with poet Aryn Kyle (Boys and Girls Like You and Me), poet Allison Benis White (Self-Portrait with Crayon) and musician John Davis. John will be performing new interpretations of works from his canon, including Title Tracks, Georgie James, and Q And Not U.
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Shipping Now: Hoover, Ignition & Slant 6 Get Limited Re-Issue Treatment
08.03.10
(Updated) Every now and then when a storage space, warehouse or basement gets rearranged, we find random parts of records - empty sleeves, inserts, raw vinyl. As the '90s wound down and vinyl looked like it was going the way of the 8-track, most of this stuff began to look more like trash than treasure. But times have definitely changed, and discoveries like these now present opportunities to bring back old favorites that might otherwise remain out of print. In this case we are now shipping HOOVER, SLANT 6 and IGNITION all of which have received limited re-issues on vinyl thanks to the discovery of several boxes of empty sleeves (in stores on August 16th).
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Medications on the Road
07.22.10
Medications are heading out for another group of tour dates in support of their fine new album, Completely Removed. They will again be accompanied by mates, Deleted Scenes for these shows and you can find their dates on the tours page.
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Join Our New Dischord-Orders Newsletter & Twitter Account
07.05.10
Rebecca, our new mail-order guru, will be starting up a Dischord Orders Mailing List (separate from our general Dischord newsletter). The new mailing will focus more specifically on regular stock updates, new releases, and Mail-Order news. To join this new list, click here, and write "new mailing list" in the subject field.
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Vinyl Re-Issues From Scream & Nation of Ulysses Out June 28th (Updated)
06.06.10
The Dischord vinyl re-issue series keeps motoring along with 2 new re-issues due in stores on June 28th (and available NOW on the Dischord web-store) The Scream, This Side Up, and Nation of Ulysses, 13 Point Program to Destroy America albums have both been re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service and feature free MP3 Downloads. The Scream album features a new silver album cover and both albums come on colored vinyl.
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Transformer Gallery Presents Dischord Events June 3rd & 5th
06.01.10
Washington, DC's Transformer Gallery, in recognition of Dischord's 30th year, has invited the label to take part in their ongoing series, Sustainability Lab, taking place in the first weeks of June.
On Thursday, June 3rd at 6:30pm Ian MacKaye will participate in a panel discussion titled, Built to Last: Truths & Myths of Sustainable Cultural Production at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
On Saturday afternoon (June 5th) from 1-7pm Transformer will present, A Day of Dischord, featuring performances by Andalusians and The Aquarium (2-4:30pm) and a screening of the Fugazi/Jem Cohen film, Instrument (5-7pm), all at the gallery.
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Medications Kick Off East Coast Tour Dates On Thursday May 20
05.18.10
Medications kick off a week of east coast tour dates with a record release show at Black Cat in Washington DC on Thursday May 20th. The band continues on with pals Deleted Scenes. These shows will be the first since the release of their fine new album, Completely Removed, and feature their new drummer, Jesse Fox.
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Story Stereo With Don Zientara On Thursday May 20th
05.18.10
The Story/Stereo series continues on Thursday May 20th at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland with readings from authors William Archilla (The Art of Exile) and Alison Amend (Things That Pass for Love) and a musical Performance by Don Zientara (Inner Ear Studios, Dischord/Northern Liberties). This is a free event.
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Upcoming Shows
Title Tracks 09.15.10 The Rock Shop: Brooklyn, NY
Andalusians 10.02.10 Thomas Jefferson Community Center : Arlington, VA
Featured Releases
165 Medications Completely Removed
015.5 Scream This Side Up
057 Nation Of Ulysses 13 Point Program to Destroy America
008 Various Artists Faith/Void Split
tj240 Daniel Higgs Say God
Bands on Tour
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 40 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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