any good?
― emekars (emekars), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link
As for the bands you list? Channels is J Robbins' new(ish) band. I haven't heard them either, but they're probably not as good as Burning Airlines (who in turn weren't as good as Jawbox).
And French Toast is Fugazi-affiliated, though having not heard any of their stuff, I can't vouch for their quality.
I'm sure others can fill you in better.
― MacDara Conroy (MacDara), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link
VOID/FAITH SPLIT1981 The Year in 7 InchesFlex Your HeadGray Matter - Food For Thought/Take It BackDouble O - You've LostScream - Still Screaming/This Side Up
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link
"Dischord Surprised by Lack of Reviews" Washington City Paper Dec. 8th piece by Jessica Gould at bottom of link
an excerpt:Charles Aaron, music editor at Spin, however, says that in an era of CD- and cyber-saturation, a publicist has to be a little more aggressive. “And if there’s a band on Dischord that an editor’s not initially enthusiastic about, and then the editor gets no communication from a publicist about it, there’s a chance it might slip through the cracks,” he writes in an e-mail. Soccer Team must have fallen through Spin’s cracks, for example, since a search for the band on the magazine’s Web site only yields articles about the World Cup and sneakers. Or perhaps Dischord didn’t send Spin a CD to review. Several reviewers contacted by the City Paper, including Aaron, said they weren’t on Dischord’s mailing list.
Josh Jackson, editor-in-chief of Paste, wrote in an e-mail, “I have a ton of respect for what Dischord has done over the last 25 years.… But it’s unrealistic to expect national stories on low-profile bands because the competition is fierce.”
On Dec. 4, Bourgeois circulated a second e-mail, promising to be a little more outgoing. He decided to ditch the hard-to-get attitude, and promised “to check in on a more individual basis and make sure you have the materials you need.”
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link
RE: the first post, French Toast is Jerry Busher (aka 2nd Fugazi drummer) and James Canty (Nation of Ulysses/Ted Leo rx)... it's not my favorite. Soccer Team is the singer/guitar player from Most Secret Method, who were a Dischord/Slowdime band a few years ago.
― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
thats how Christopher M. True from allmusic sees it:
"It may seem too easy to constantly talk about how Dischord has changed over the last few releases, that since Fugazi went on hiatus or on break, but it's almost too hard not to. The brilliant low-key efforts of the Evens, the multi-faceted French Toast, Soccer Team, J Robbins revitalization with Channels — it's all notable. And with the debut from the duo The Aquarium, a new aspect is added to the label's recent development."
― mikei (emekars), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
that guy is called ris paul ric now or something and it's not too good.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Singer/Guitarist #1: Ris Paul Ric (Tim Hecker produced indie folk weirdness)/Rubber Bullets (Baltimore Club/Indie Rock mashup thing)Singer/Guitarist #2: President (good, dirty electro stuff)Drummer: Now singer/guitarist in Georgie James (very good 70s-style power pop group)
None of which are on Dischord.
― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
I have to give another thumbs up to Q And Not U. Different Damage is one of my favourite records from the past few years (shame about the dodgy mix, however - the levels are all over the place).
― MacDara Conroy (MacDara), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, I really dug Shudder To Think when they were still on Dischord. And of course the Nation Of Ulysses and Rites Of Spring stuff.
― Marty Innerlogic (marty innerlogic), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link
If that's a dis, it's kind of odd if you look at the first four years or so of the label, and to a lesser extent its whole history. I think if there's a common reason for a downturn it's the fact that all these people are self-consciously trying to move away from the stuff that they did on the label before (which started with, like, Rites of Spring but even so).
"Baltimore Club/Indie Rock mashup thing" makes me intrigued but kind of scared.
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
i doubt anyone else here has ever heard 'em. but beyond that, it wouldn't be my place to say anyway.
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link
i liked the joe lally album too, but maybe that's just nostalgia on my part. still haven't heard the new evens.
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
I wish the Evens effort had catchier melodies, although it has some energy to it that almost compensates.
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh and of course Jawbox and Fugazi..
― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link
At the same time, I guess if it's just the way things are, Dischord has to cave to it to some extent if they want to remain *relevant*
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Emmett_Stinson (Emmett_Stinson), Thursday, 18 January 2007 23:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 18 January 2007 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link
(cough)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 19 January 2007 02:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Emmett_Stinson (Emmett_Stinson), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:55 (seventeen years ago) link
i dug (and still do, pretty much) antelope, who are like one of the only dc bands left to still sound dischordy albeit in a very refined way. most of the bands around here worth paying attention to now don't really sound anything like trad-dischord groups.
― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― ewe never broke yr treo 4ever (ex machina), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― myopic_void (myopic_void), Friday, 19 January 2007 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Here's the all-DC music thread. In the DC go-go world the veterans still get most of the attention as well--Chuck Brown, Rare Essence, Backyard, and EU.
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― the wages of sin is death (Brian Miller), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
the singles comp is still great...."born on the floor" was their best song ever.
the smoked live too.
i keep meaning to check out scene creamers/wierd war/whatever else dude is up to.
― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link
cupid car club on the other hand=awesome as shit!
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― the wages of sin is death (Brian Miller), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link
infact, drummers in both bands, mmm mmm.
― george bob (george bob), Friday, 19 January 2007 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Antelope just finished a record for Dischord coming out soon.
I've mentioned this on at least 55 other threads, but please, Dischord, re-issue the Vile Cherubs records, por favor.
― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― manifestation of the information age taken to the max (Brian Miller), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Shudder to Think was rad 2
― UART variations (ex machina), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― UART variations (ex machina), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Emmett_Stinson (Emmett_Stinson), Saturday, 20 January 2007 01:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:50 (seventeen years ago) link
i too also liked black eyes' "cough"... vastly underappreciated album. 2006 was a very slow year for dischord, but i'm looking forward to the aquarium album, as well as more joe lally stuff. i'm still pretty sad that i missed the evens in boston a month or two ago.
― Emily Bjurnhjam (Emily Bjurnhjam), Saturday, 20 January 2007 08:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― am0n (am0n), Saturday, 20 January 2007 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Now on Bandcamp
https://dischord.bandcamp.com/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
Hoping / fearing that they might do a "full catalog at big discount" on bandcamp.
― Edward Bax, Monday, 8 August 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
We'll see. But I don't think so.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 August 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
They’re on Bandcamp, free to stream:https://dischord.bandcamp.com/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 October 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
Which I see was long since noted! But Mike Watt sent around a reminder so why not remind?
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 October 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.arlnow.com/2021/04/16/county-eyes-shirlington-property-for-future-arts-and-industry-district/
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 April 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link
Always read Inner Ear was a small studio, but everyone liked working with Don there.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 April 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_gcI7qZ_Q
― Maresn3st, Monday, 29 November 2021 22:38 (two years ago) link
Music biz remains permanently grody but please believe all the hype you’ve ever heard about Dischord RecordsRoyalty payments twice a year like *clockwork* — all on a 22-year-old handshake for meEvery music community should (and can) try to build something this excellent pic.twitter.com/qhULSBD8aL— Chris _ _ Richards (@Chris__Richards) December 15, 2022
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 December 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
Watched the Slint documentary the other night and thought then that, by the by, Ian MacKaye seems one of the most truly righteous people alive.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 15 December 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
Not that we needed much more evidence but always good to be reminded he's out there.
His most recent band Coriky seems to be on break for now. Ian’s brother Alec has been doing some touring with his band Hammered Hulls .
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
hi, reviving to say pleased to see the q and not u love. they really were something entirely different from their peers.
anyway, did you know they did a grungey neil young cover? me either, until today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooEGxvTZUEo
q and not u - "don't let it bring you down" (2003)
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 23:48 (eight months ago) link
Missed that too
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 January 2024 01:01 (eight months ago) link
Speaking of bands in the family tree, did yall see what I posted on Fugazi--Classic or Dud?
Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis's Eye of I, my most played album of current days, ends with this track feat. The Mezzthetics, who are Lally and Canty and guitarist Anthony Pirog---goes pretty well with the other tracks---then the guitar comes in:https://jamesbrandonlewis.bandcamp.com/track/fear-not-feat-the-messthetics-2
― dow, Thursday, 18 January 2024 03:30 (eight months ago) link
Light Beams - C/D?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 18:05 (six months ago) link
Eh , they’re ok. I like that they are trying to make their postpunk fresh, but nonetheless doesn’t always wow me
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 21:37 (six months ago) link
Yeah I was fine with their records but their live show was really great!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 14:53 (six months ago) link
That's true
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 March 2024 14:46 (six months ago) link
BED MAKER S/T OUT 5/1ON DISCHORD RECORDSLISTEN TO NEW SONG "BALLAD OF TOKITAE"https://bedmakerdc.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-tokitae(can also pre-order there)Bed Maker's origins date back to summer 2019, when bassist Arthur Noll (Light Beams, KidCongo Powers) and drummer Vin Novara (The Crownhate Ruin, 1.6 Band), each having playedin Alarms & Controls, invited guitarist Jeff Barsky (Insect Factory, Time Is Fire) to collaborateand see what might happen. By autumn, they invited Amanda MacKaye (Desiderata,Routineers) to join them, and the chemistry was immediate. In February 2020 at DC's Rhizome,Bed Maker played their first show and then paused their activities the following month, as didmost people.Due to the state of the world in 2020 and 2021, they continued writing music through sharingrecordings. Mike Schleibaum assisted by assembling home recordings of their individual partsinto working demos. This allowed them to keep momentum, and by the time in-personrehearsals resumed, a handful of songs and new ideas were close to fruition. Bed Makerresumed playing shows in November 2022.Following a self-released digital single ("Miss Dickens") and an EP (Three on the Tree) -- eachrecorded with Schleibaum and Matt Michel at Viva Studios -- Bed Maker began work on theirself-titled LP in May 2023 with Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara at the original Inner Ear Studio inhis basement in Arlington, VA, and with Mike Schleibaum at his home studio in Maryland.That their debut LP even exists is only possible thanks to the support of family and manyfriends, and also serves as an act of defiance to the horrors of the last four-plus years.TRACK LISTTwo Left FeetFool's ErrandArtful DodgerLoops/HolesTwo CaptainsCandy StriperBallad of TokitaeSeasonal RestitutionDouble DutchMiss DickensPon Pon PonBED MAKER ON TOUR5.4.24 – Chicago, IL @ Buckledown Brewing5.5.24 – Chicago, IL @ The Fallen Logpress contact: press at dischord.com
Bed Maker's origins date back to summer 2019, when bassist Arthur Noll (Light Beams, KidCongo Powers) and drummer Vin Novara (The Crownhate Ruin, 1.6 Band), each having playedin Alarms & Controls, invited guitarist Jeff Barsky (Insect Factory, Time Is Fire) to collaborateand see what might happen. By autumn, they invited Amanda MacKaye (Desiderata,Routineers) to join them, and the chemistry was immediate. In February 2020 at DC's Rhizome,Bed Maker played their first show and then paused their activities the following month, as didmost people.
Due to the state of the world in 2020 and 2021, they continued writing music through sharingrecordings. Mike Schleibaum assisted by assembling home recordings of their individual partsinto working demos. This allowed them to keep momentum, and by the time in-personrehearsals resumed, a handful of songs and new ideas were close to fruition. Bed Makerresumed playing shows in November 2022.
Following a self-released digital single ("Miss Dickens") and an EP (Three on the Tree) -- eachrecorded with Schleibaum and Matt Michel at Viva Studios -- Bed Maker began work on theirself-titled LP in May 2023 with Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara at the original Inner Ear Studio inhis basement in Arlington, VA, and with Mike Schleibaum at his home studio in Maryland.That their debut LP even exists is only possible thanks to the support of family and manyfriends, and also serves as an act of defiance to the horrors of the last four-plus years.
TRACK LISTTwo Left FeetFool's ErrandArtful DodgerLoops/HolesTwo CaptainsCandy StriperBallad of TokitaeSeasonal RestitutionDouble DutchMiss DickensPon Pon Pon
BED MAKER ON TOUR5.4.24 – Chicago, IL @ Buckledown Brewing5.5.24 – Chicago, IL @ The Fallen Log
press contact: press at dischord.com
― dow, Friday, 3 May 2024 17:31 (four months ago) link
that song rips
it's a bummer that the two shows listed are at a brewery in the suburbs with no events listed on their site and a matinee show at a vegan pizza place
― na (NA), Friday, 3 May 2024 17:41 (four months ago) link
Per their Instagram they’re just doing those 2 Chicago gigs which are make up ones for 2 that got cancelled earlier by winter weather
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 5 May 2024 20:22 (four months ago) link
On May 31, Dischord Records will release the debut record by Washington D.C.'s Bed Maker. Today, you can listen to the new song "Loops / Holes." The band will perform a hometown record release show on June 22 at Comet Ping Pong joined by Des Demonas.[On May 31, Dischord Records will release the debut record by Washington D.C.'s Bed Maker.
― dow, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 17:25 (four months ago) link
sorry for repeat of announcement.
― dow, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 17:26 (four months ago) link