Fort Reno Summer Concerts Begin

06.22.09

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 1975-2009

06.18.09

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.

Fugazi "In On The Killtaker" Re-Mastered LP Now Available

06.05.09

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 Continues US Tour On East Coast & Mid-West

05.29.09

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.

New Re-Mastered Vinyl: Marginal Man, Black Eyes & Minor Threat

05.06.09

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.

Fort Reno Website Restored

04.29.09

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 To Tour Europe, Joe Lally In The USA

04.20.09

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 To Tour Brazil In May

04.13.09

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

The Dischord LP Re-Mastered Series

04.10.09

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.

United Mutation to Re-issue Debut EP

04.02.09

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.

The Fort Reno Summer Concert Series Needs Your Help

03.31.09

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"

Title Tracks Single & Q And Not U Re-issues Now Available

03.30.09

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

Dischord to Release Title Tracks Debut Single April 6

03.24.09

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.

Newly Re-mastered 12 " LPs From Fugazi, Embrace, Scream & Faith/Void

03.02.09

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

The Shirks Release "DC IS Doomed" Seven Inch

03.02.09

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.

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