Dischord Is Putting Its Entire Catalog On Bandcamp
This post has been updated. Except for a few rarities, it’s not hard to find music from Dischord Records. The seminal D.C. punk-rock label…
This post has been updated. Except for a few rarities, it’s not hard to find music from Dischord Records. The seminal D.C. punk-rock label…
Don’t let the name fool you. There is nothing sycophantic about D.C. post-punk band Puff Pieces. The trio’s forthcoming album,…
Rising from the ashes of Swiz and Sweetbelly Freakdown, Red Hare keeps the flames of D.C. hardcore burning. The band made…
This post has been updated. Last month, Portlandia co-creator Fred Armisen reportedly sang the praises of D.C. label Dischord Records during a taping of…
This post has been updated with the song’s lyrics. Back in the toddler years of D.C.’s hardcore scene, Georgetown venue the…
The thick new single from D.C. indie-rock group Soccer Team is called “Friends Who Know” — and bandleaders Ryan Nelson…
Nearly two decades after the band released its last album, there’s still a mythology around Jawbox. As one of the…
To followers of D.C. indie rock, John Davis and Chris Richards might be familiar names. They toured widely with their…
On its own, Zomes’ new album, Near Unison, is a thing of undeniable beauty, care and intelligence. Talk to band…
This post has been updated with a comment from the petition’s owner, Grayson Currin. The petition started today has a…
Right up there with Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins’ Dance Of Days, Banned In DC is one of the most vivid documents of…
When I was 17, I bought the legendary Dischord compilation Flex Your Head. Being obsessed with D.C. hardcore in my late…
Ian Svenonius is one of D.C.’s most magnetic frontmen. He’s also an admitted rock ‘n’ roll despot. The former vocalist for Nation…
Today Pitchfork published a piece by my pal Marc Masters about DC 85, a new outlet for the 1980s D.C….