any good?
― emekars (emekars), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 14:59 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:41 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:54 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:23 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:41 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:06 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:31 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh and of course Jawbox and Fugazi..
― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:45 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
― Emmett_Stinson (Emmett_Stinson), Thursday, 18 January 2007 23:38 (fourteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 18 January 2007 23:42 (fourteen years ago) link
(cough)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 19 January 2007 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
― Emmett_Stinson (Emmett_Stinson), Friday, 19 January 2007 05:55 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― ewe never broke yr treo 4ever (ex machina), Friday, 19 January 2007 06:57 (fourteen years ago) link
― myopic_void (myopic_void), Friday, 19 January 2007 12:43 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
― the wages of sin is death (Brian Miller), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:34 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
cupid car club on the other hand=awesome as shit!
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
― the wages of sin is death (Brian Miller), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
infact, drummers in both bands, mmm mmm.
― george bob (george bob), Friday, 19 January 2007 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:16 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
― manifestation of the information age taken to the max (Brian Miller), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Shudder to Think was rad 2
― UART variations (ex machina), Friday, 19 January 2007 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
― UART variations (ex machina), Friday, 19 January 2007 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
― Emmett_Stinson (Emmett_Stinson), Saturday, 20 January 2007 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 20 January 2007 04:50 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
― am0n (am0n), Saturday, 20 January 2007 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Now on Bandcamp
https://dischord.bandcamp.com/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:39 (four 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 (four years ago) link
We'll see. But I don't think so.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 August 2016 13:57 (four years ago) link
They’re on Bandcamp, free to stream:https://dischord.bandcamp.com/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 October 2020 13:05 (three months 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 months ago) link