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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.

The "Morph Traits" exhibition will display a collection of 44 drawings that are the result of a collaborative exercise between Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs. Consummated in 1991 and set aside, this back and forth practice continued intermittently over the next 16 years through brief encounters and the postal system. In 2007, the two geographically separated artists reinitiated the game and it was decided to create a volume of these works. Three years in the making, this assemblage evolved into what became known as the Morph Traits.

Needles & Pens is located at 3253 16th Street, San Francisco, California.

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. Story/Stereo is presented at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The shows begin at 8pm and are free.

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).

DIS89 HOOVER The Lurid Traversal of RT. 7
Even though Hoover was a short-lived band, it was a crucial part of of D.C.’s early ‘90s landscape and became a hit with a newer generation of punks. This re-issued edition of The Lurid Traversal of Route 7” (on green vinyl) was re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service from the original tapes and features an free MP3 Download coupon. the re-mastered CD is also still available.

DIS39 IGNITION The Orafying Mysticle Of...
Ignition features Alec & Chris of Faith, Dante of Gray Matter, and Chris Thomson of Circus Lupus. Their shows were chaotic and unpredictable - one ended before the band had finished even a single song because Chris Bald smashed his guitar and amp in a fit of frustration. The Orafying Mysticle Of..., the band’s second 12” release, originally came out in 1989. This re-issued edition was was re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service from the original tapes, is limited to only 300 copies, and features an free MP3 Download coupon.

DIS85 SLANT 6 What Kind of Monster Are You?
This 3-song single was recorded at Inner Ear Studios with Ian MacKaye in 1993. The band returned to Inner Ear with Ian later that year to record their first full-length, “Soda Pop Rip Off” (still available on CD) , which was released on Valentine’s Day 1994. Slant 6 toured in both the States and in the UK and broke up shortly after recording their 2nd full-length, Inzombia. This re-issued edition of What Kind of Monster Are You? was re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service.

For a complete list of our re-issued LPs click here

For a complete list of our re-mastered CDs click here

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.

Medications Dischord Page
Medications: band website

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. Rebecca has already launched a Dischord Orders Twitter Account for those of you looking for real-time stock and release news. The Dischord webstore carries tons of cool DC related stuff, in addition to all the Dischord stuff, so these options could be a good way to keep tabs on all that we have.

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.

Dischord has re-issued more than 35 albums from our catalog in the last year and a half (including the entire Fugazi catalog), for the complete list of re-issued LPs go here.

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.

Transformer Gallery is located at 1404 P Street, NW Washington, DC. For more information on the panel or the show please visit the Transformer website.

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.

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.

Program Begins at 8:00 PM
The Writer’s Center is located on the Red Line
at 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD

Daniel Higgs, "Say God" 2xCD/2xLP Now Available (updated)

05.05.10

Say God, the new album from Daniel Higgs on Thrill Jockey, is available to order from the Dischord web-store. Say God is being made available as a double CD or double LP (with a free MP3 download coupon).


M'Lady's Records Singles Now in Stock

04.29.10

We are now carrying all of the in-print singles from M'Lady's Records, the folks who brought you the brilliant Felt Letters single. We now have stock on the following releases:

City Center, Cops Don't Care single
Druid Perfume, Other Worlds single
Bad Thoughts, Oh Jena single
Explode into Colors, Coffins
Mutating Meltdown, Fantasy

See all M'Lady's stuff on the Dischord site: here
Visit the M'Lady's website: here

New Medications Album Available In Europe April 5, USA April 20th (updated)

04.01.10

The new Medications album, Completely Removed, is now available in shops, digital outlets and here at the Dischord webstore.

Completely Removed documents a new phase for Medications with Chad and Devin covering all the writing and most of the instrumental duties following the departure of Andy Becker. Not surprisingly the album represents a departure from the band's signature off kilter rockers. The advantage of being able to record and mix the album over several months at Devin’s home studio, Treehouse, enabled the band to focus more time on arrangements and production. This is not to say Medications have lost their edge -the new material dives headlong into new musical territory with thrilling results.

Medications also has a newly re-designed website: www.medicationsband.com

Previously Out Of Stock Items Now Available From Mail-Order

03.23.10

Dischord mail-order has several cool DC related CDs back in stock that have been unavailable for quite some time. Beauty Pill's first release, The Cigarette Girl From The Future, is back in stock as is the Embassy Tapes CD by Nation of Ulysses, The first Darkest Hour CD, Mark Of The Judas, on Art Monk and Mancake, We Will Destroy You on CD.

New Releases From Shortstack, Minutes, and More

03.23.10

We have several very good releases from DC area labels and bands available now from our web-store. Shortstack has a fine new album, Please Leave My Mind, available on CD and LP on Free Dirt Records. Free Dirt is also helping to release the new Nethers album, What The Wind Will Never Tell. Minutes, Ryan Nelson's (Most Secret Method, Soccer Team, Beauty Pill) new Kalamazoo based band has released a debut single that includes a lovely limited edition hand-screened cover. We also have a new book on Straight Edge, Sober Living For The Revolution, which looks at the phenomena from a progressive point of view.

Brassa Bell to Play Shows w/ M. Takara 3

03.17.10

Nathan Bell's (Human Bell, Lungfish) newest project, Brassa Bell, will be playing several shows, begining Friday April 26 at Bossa in DC (early show, 8:00PM), with M. Takara 3 from Brazil. M. Takara 3 features Mauricio Takara who accompanied Joe Lally on his Brazilian tour. These shows will feature two sets, the first featuring Brassa Bell accompanied by Takara and then a M. Takara 3 headlining set. Dates listed after the jump:

4/27: Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD w/ Lo Moda
4/28: Zebulon, N.Y.
4/29: Cake Shop, N.Y. w/ Invisible Circle
4/30: Now That's Class, Cleveland, OH w/Scarcity Of Tanks
4/31: Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL w/ Bruce Lamont

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