Dischord records - S/D.

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.

VOID/FAITH SPLIT
1981 The Year in 7 Inches
Flex Your Head
Gray Matter - Food For Thought/Take It Back
Double O - You've Lost
Scream - Still Screaming/This Side Up

"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.”

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.

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."

that guy is called ris paul ric now or something and it's not too good.

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.

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).

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.

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.

i doubt anyone else here has ever heard 'em. but beyond that, it wouldn't be my place to say anyway.

i liked the joe lally album too, but maybe that's just nostalgia on my part. still haven't heard the new evens.

I wish the Evens effort had catchier melodies, although it has some energy to it that almost compensates.

Oh and of course Jawbox and Fugazi..

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*

(cough)

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.

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.

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.

cupid car club on the other hand=awesome as shit!

infact, drummers in both bands, mmm mmm.

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.

Shudder to Think was rad 2

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.

Now on Bandcamp

https://dischord.bandcamp.com/

Hoping / fearing that they might do a "full catalog at big discount" on bandcamp.

We'll see. But I don't think so.

They’re on Bandcamp, free to stream:

https://dischord.bandcamp.com/

Which I see was long since noted! But Mike Watt sent around a reminder so why not remind?

https://www.arlnow.com/2021/04/16/county-eyes-shirlington-property-for-future-arts-and-industry-district/

Always read Inner Ear was a small studio, but everyone liked working with Don there.