Dischord records - S/D.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_gcI7qZ_Q

Music biz remains permanently grody but please believe all the hype you’ve ever heard about Dischord Records

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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.

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 .

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)

Missed that too

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

Light Beams - C/D?

Eh , they’re ok. I like that they are trying to make their postpunk fresh, but nonetheless doesn’t always wow me

Yeah I was fine with their records but their live show was really great!

That's true

BED MAKER S/T
OUT 5/1
ON DISCHORD RECORDS
LISTEN 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, Kid
Congo Powers) and drummer Vin Novara (The Crownhate Ruin, 1.6 Band), each having played
in Alarms & Controls, invited guitarist Jeff Barsky (Insect Factory, Time Is Fire) to collaborate
and 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 did
most people.

Due to the state of the world in 2020 and 2021, they continued writing music through sharing
recordings. Mike Schleibaum assisted by assembling home recordings of their individual parts
into working demos. This allowed them to keep momentum, and by the time in-person
rehearsals resumed, a handful of songs and new ideas were close to fruition. Bed Maker
resumed playing shows in November 2022.

Following a self-released digital single ("Miss Dickens") and an EP (Three on the Tree) -- each
recorded with Schleibaum and Matt Michel at Viva Studios -- Bed Maker began work on their
self-titled LP in May 2023 with Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara at the original Inner Ear Studio in
his 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 many
friends, and also serves as an act of defiance to the horrors of the last four-plus years.

TRACK LIST
Two Left Feet
Fool's Errand
Artful Dodger
Loops/Holes
Two Captains
Candy Striper
Ballad of Tokitae
Seasonal Restitution
Double Dutch
Miss Dickens
Pon Pon Pon

BED MAKER ON TOUR
5.4.24 – Chicago, IL @ Buckledown Brewing
5.5.24 – Chicago, IL @ The Fallen Log

press contact: press at dischord.com

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

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

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.

I am going to stick with the Untouchables as my guess but we will see

NEW details on project
henryrollins and Ian MacKaye were working on w Don Zientara recently at Inner Ear Studio. It includes 1979 tapes from UK Subs.
nbc 4 Segraves
and I were talking w Don about his involvement w new release of 'Bad Brains: Live At The Bayou' for RSD.

https://bsky.app/profile/nealaugenstein.bsky.social/post/3m6fzv4zeuc2s

Seeing 3/4ths of Soulside, 1/4th of Ignition, 1/2 of Edsel, 1/2 of GVSB, 1/2 of Obits at a book release next week.

haven't done the math, but think I'm seeing the same folks today

Is that for the Rick Froberg art book, or something else ?

yes, the Froberg book

wait what

https://www.stereogum.com/2328620/henry-rollins-teases-new-record-with-ian-mackaye/news/

Weeks ago, I journeyed it to DC in order to work on a great project. Ian MacKaye and I went to Inner Ear Studios, where we made our first records decades ago and mixed a four song session with the great Don Zientara at the board. This is the same studio, where the Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, and many others recorded. It was amazing to be back there with Ian and Don. Part way through the mix, none other than Eddie Janney, he of the Untouchables, Rights Of Spring, One Last Wish, Happy Go Licky, Skewbald and other great bands joined us. The session benefited greatly by his presence. As to the tracks, I had them mastered several days ago, and I’m now working on the layout and design for the record. When it’s ready, I’ll let you know. We are extremely excited by this one.

― sleeve, Tuesday, November 4, 2025 12:25 PM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink

It is UK Subs demos coming out on In The Red Records

https://intheredrecords.com/products/u-k-subs-demo-kicks-12

Details on UK Subs release from Henry here is more specific than earlier comments

And they are doing a Cramps 77 record?

https://stereogum.com/2500226/ian-mackaye-henry-rollins-releasing-shelved-1977-cramps-album-produced-by-alex-chilton/news

see the Cramps thread!!!!!! so exciting

Beauty Pill's 'You are right to be afraid' is ace.