Dischord Records

26/07/2024

Fugazi - The Argument now available on color vinyl!

https://dischord.com/release/130/the-argument

24/07/2024

We got in some back stock from DeSoto including copies of Burning Airlines - Mission Control CD.

A few remaining original CD copies of the Burning Airlines debut album, made available to us by DeSoto in 2024.

22/07/2024

We have a new release on L.G. Records available now!

Hear the brutal anguish and aural suffering! LG Records has gathered out-of-print and unreleased recordings by two of San Diego’s more infamous and obscure punk bands from the very early 1990’s onto one blistering split LP.Often remembered merely as side-projects of He**in and End of the Line, S...

19/07/2024

We have left over copies from the Dischord box set of the Youth Brigade- Possible E.P. Limited and available from our website and bandcamp page.

LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER.

12/07/2024

we found 3 copies of the Oswego - S/T LP!

Oswego was formed in Washington, D.C. in 1999 by Erik Denno (Kerosene 454), Darren Zentek (Donora, Glendale, Kerosene 454), Chris Turco (Kukim), and Mike Markarian (Vita Bruno), and was later joined by Ryan Nelson (Most Secret Method) and Vin Novara (1.6 Band, Crownhate Ruin). The group recorded wit...

10/07/2024

We got in copies of the Bad Brains - I Against I LP repressed on ORG Music. We have color versions and the Punk Note one as well.

https://dischord.com/release/ORGM2187/i-against-i

https://dischord.com/release/ORGM2187PN/i-against-i-punk-note-edition

"I Against I" is the third studio album from Bad Brains, originally released in 1986 on SST Records. This "Punk Note" edition comes with alternate packaging artwork from designer John Yates (Stealworks). The artwork is a nod to Reid Miles and Francis Wolff, and their amazing work at the Blue Note la...

26/06/2024

also back in stock!

12″ on colored vinyl (clear)

25/06/2024

We got in more copies of the live Jawbox 2xlp!

After having (re-)released several Jawbox-related records throughout the last more than 10 years, Arctic Rodeo Recordings from Hamburg, Germany, is proud to announce the first release of the band since the it disbanded in 1997: Live at Metro Chicago has been recorded on the band’s Impartial Overvi...

17/06/2024

All My Friends Are Prizefighters is a 140 page book by Dan Treado. It started as a photo project in 1988 in which Dan conscripted his friends, most of them involved in the DC punk scene, to trick themselves out in thrift store boxing gear and pose as prizefighters in front of crudely painted scenic backdrops. The photos were taken in Dan’s studio, located directly above the much beloved, slightly sweaty, more than a little bent performance venue called d.c. space. Polaroids shot years later in Paris with willing artist friends round out the collection of images. Finally, writer Kevin Markey’s poignantly crafted fictional snapshots, peppered with the unique details and ripe memories of living in DC in the 80s, add a finely tuned tension to the whole endeavor.

Includes photos of: Brendan Canty, Guy Picciotto, Alec MacKaye, Ian Svenonius, Amy Pickering, Doug Birdzell, Steve Gamboa, and many more!

Available to purchase on our website.

All My Friends Are Prizefighters is a 140 page book by Dan Treado. It started as a photo project in 1988 in which Dan conscripted his friends, most of them involved in the DC punk scene, to trick themselves out in thrift store boxing gear and pose as prizefighters in front of crudely painted scenic....

14/06/2024

Slant 6 - Soda Pop​*​Rip Off is back in stock on red vinyl!

16 track album

12/06/2024

We got in copies of the Government Issue - "You" reissue released by Dr. Strange Records.

Originally released in 1987 on Giant Records and hot off the heels of the previous year's self-titled album, You was a turning point that saw the band moving in a more mature, melodic direction. Remastered by guitarist Tom Lyle.

31/05/2024

Tramuntanas, a new instrumental duo from Baltimore, features Asa Osborne (known for his work with Lungfish, the Pupils, and Zomes) and Canadian sound and video installation artist Shan Collis. Their debut LP was self-released and they have a video for one of their songs. You can purchase their LP on our site.

From Tramuntanas' debut self-titled LPDistributed by Dischord Records

31/05/2024

DC Friends!

Check out this event with author George Pelecanos on June 2 that will feature a short music set by a only-for-this-event group of various Dischord musicians: Johnny Temple, Pete Stahl, Brendan Canty, and Anthony Pirog.

killer pick up band with Brendan Canty, Pete Stahl, Anthony Pirog, and Johnny Temple...who doubles as George's publisher!

31/05/2024

Bats & Mice - PS: SERIOUSLY. is now out on Lovitt Records.

In 2012, two of the founding members of the seminal punk trio Bats & Mice stepped into the studio to start work on their follow-up to 2010's "Back In Bat" EP. Then, between babies and careers, life happened, and the project went dark for almost a decade.

Bats & Mice is a band that has quietly crept through the music world. Three members of Sleepytime Trio originally formed the band: Jonathan Fuller (Engine Down, Denali), Dave NeSmith (Rah Bras, Committees) and Ben Davis (MileMarker, Committees). They began writing songs together in a new style that pursued their hardcore roots coupled with a more dark and winding sense of melody. However, the music still maintained the energy and drive of their previous efforts. This line-up produced Bats & Mice's first work, a self-titled EP released on Lovitt Records in the fall of 2000, to critical acclaim. Friends Daron Hollowel and Ash Bruce from the band 400 Years joined for a stint in which 'Bats' wrote and released the full-length album entitled, "Believe It Mammals", on Lovitt in the spring of 2002. That line-up toured to support the LP across the US, playing with Fugazi, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, 90 Day Men, Denali, and Gregor Samsa. In 2004, Luke Herbst joined the band on drums, and the band toured Europe in support of a new EP titled "A Person Carrying a Handmade Paper Bag is Considered as a Royal Person". Jonathan Fuller rejoined the group and helped write and record the "Back In Bat" EP, released in 2010.

Soon after, Mark Oates (from Wailin' Storms) took over the drums for Jonathan and helped write new songs as the band headed into the studio to record the basic tracks for an LP in 2012.
Bats & Mice then shelved the material as life, marriages, children, and Covid ate away the years. In early 2023, the band reconvened in Chapel Hill's Warrior Sound to rework the original tracking and finish a 10-song full-length record. Named "PS: Seriously." the finished LP is finally coming to light in 2024

*Color Vinyl*Sometimes, the best things take time to finish. In 2012, two of the founding members of the seminal punk trio Bats & Mice stepped into the studio to start work on their follow-up to 2010's "Back In Bat" EP. Then, between babies and careers, life happened, and the project went dark f...

30/05/2024

The Worse Case Scenario LP is now available to order from L.G. Records!

Worst Case Scenario started out in 1994 with Justin Trosper and Brandt Sandeno from Unwound as another of the many bands they formed together. That summer was a little slow for Unwound’s hoped-for tour schedule so they decided to start another hardcore-influenced band while working day jobs. As they began practicing in the basement of the Olympia punk house “Lucky 7”, long time friend and roommate Chris Jordan jumped in as the vocalist. Sandeno soon recruited his college friend, Scott Larsen, that had recently moved from Minneapolis. They quickly wrote about an album’s worth of songs and recorded them with Tim Green at the Red House for a “demo tape” that Tobi Vail released on her tape label, Bumpidee. 1995 saw another Tim Green recording with 7-inch records on Lookout Records and Troubleman. This LP contains all of the forementioned material.

In 1996 they recorded a full length record with “Seasick” Steve Wold in Olympia for Vermiform which resulted in the self-titled vinyl LP and The Complete Works of Worst Case Scenario CD collection a year later.

WCS played a few random shows, mostly in Olympia, with friends’ touring bands from 1994-96 and set up a national tour for the summer of ’97. Shortly before the tour Jordan was injured in a random accident and then Larsen broke his wrist in a work accident, rendering the band unable to embark on the tour. To cap it off, the one sheet of paper that had all the venues’ contacts for the tour was destroyed in a laundry related incident and the band was unable to properly cancel the tour. Apropos to their name.

They disbanded amicably later that year with members moving away from town and taking on more demanding tour and work schedules.

Worst Case Scenario started out in 1994 with Justin Trosper and Brandt Sandeno from Unwound as another of the many bands they formed together. That summer was a little slow for Unwound’s hoped-for tour schedule so they decided to start another hardcore-influenced band while working day jobs. As th...

29/05/2024

Pre-order the Shudder To Think - 1987 Demo on L.G. Records.

A band with many chapters and an everchanging sound, Shudder To Think’s story began in 1986 in Glover Park, Washington DC. Bass player Stuart Hill and drummer Mike Russell had just recruited Chris Matthews to play guitar in their fledgling hardcore band Stüge (1984-86) when they suddenly found th...

22/05/2024

On May 31st, we 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.

from the album S/t

15/05/2024

We have some copies of the Slickee Boys - Here to Stay 7" in stock on our website:

Reissue on Vinyl Conflict.Black vinyl edition of 300.

07/05/2024

The Rites of Spring 12" is back in print!

Recorded at Inner Ear Studios Produced by Ian MacKaye & Mike Hampton

03/05/2024

Rollins Band - Lifetime is back on vinyl. This time pressed on Metallic Gold.

https://rollinsband.bandcamp.com/album/life-time

01/05/2024

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.

Today, you can listen to the new song "Ballad of Tokitae" on Bandcamp

https://bedmakerdc.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-tokitae

The LP is now available for pre-order on our website and Bandcamp page.

Band photo by Chris Grady.

29/04/2024

Scream "DC Special" is back in stock on CD!

Scream invited their extensive music community to help create a unique project that weaves the history of music in Washington DC into the story of the band. Recorded by Don Zientara just weeks before his studio was evicted from its longtime location, the record is rich with both the sounds of Inner....

25/04/2024

When Nathan Salsburg’s daughter was a baby, he often sang her to sleep in a rocking chair. At one point, he remembered a song he had taught himself as a teenager: “The Evidence” by Lungfish, the Maryland band who coined a singular brand of post-punk in the 90s and 00s. Salsburg realized he could play the guitar part with one hand, singing while holding Talya in his other arm. Though the original version of “The Evidence” is only five minutes long, it’s essentially a repetitive mantra, so Salsburg could extend it as long as he wanted–10 minutes, 20 minutes, even an hour. “It was therapeutic and calming and just lovely for me,” he says. “And it worked on her.” Eventually Nathan and Talya moved on from their ritual, but his lullaby cover stayed in his head. So he proposed to his fellow Louisville collaborators Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham) and Tyler Trotter that they record a version with Salsburg on guitar, Oldham singing, and Trotter adding drum machines and synths. They decided to pair it with a rendition of another Lungfish song, “Hear the Children Sing,” playing each tune for more than enough time to fill two sides of an album. The result is the beguiling Hear the Children Sing the Evidence, an album that displays the strengths and visions of the participants while showcasing how richly powerful Lungfish’s songs are.

CD/LP are available for pre-order now.

When Nathan Salsburg’s daughter was a baby, he often sang her to sleep. At one point, he remembered a song he had taught himself as a teenager: “The Evidence” by Lungfish. Salsburg realized he could play the guitar part with one hand, singing while holding Talya in his other arm. Though the or...

15/04/2024

We have copies of the Foreign Correspondents 7" in stock.

Sometimes the best music happens when a group of friends get together and discover that they’re mutual fans of the same artist. When that group of friends is Ted Leo on vocals and guitar, Brendan Canty from Fugazi on drums, Michael Hampton from Faith/Fake Names on guitar, and Sohrab Habibion from The Obits on bass then you know that the recording is going to be special, and when the inspiration is the early 70’s work of French-Canadian legend Michel Pagliaro then you can be certain that it’s going to be magical. Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy is the first 7” in a series of nuggets from the Foreign Correspondents, join them as they travel the world searching for lost classics! This 7” is on color vinyl.

Sometimes the best music happens when a group of friends get together and discover that they’re mutual fans of the same artist. When that group of friends is Ted Leo on vocals and guitar, Brendan Canty from Fugazi on drums, Michael Hampton from Faith/Fake Names on guitar, and Sohrab Habibion from ...

05/04/2024

Fidelity Jones broke up in 1990. In 2023, the four of them came together for the first time since then to do an interview for a podcast. In the conversation they were reminded that they often included different cover songs in their live performances. Onam (formerly Tomas) mentioned he heard a song that would have been a great candidate back in those days, which led to a joke about booking time at a studio. That joke evolved into a session. Two years spent honing two cover songs, one unrecorded old original, and one new song has resulted in the Magdeburg Lad EP (digital only). Fidelity Jones will remain an ongoing recording entity with plans on making more music in the future.

The full EP is out today!

Musicians on this EP.

Onam Emmet - vocals, guitar
Andy Charneco - guitar, keys
Dug E. Bird - bass, keys
Jerry Busher - drums, percussion
Ayanna Gregory - vocals
Kamyar Arsani - vocals, daf

05/04/2024

Embrace - “S/t" is now available on gold vinyl , Void “Sessions" is available on blue vinyl and Government Issue “Boycott Stabb” is available on white vinyl from our website and bandcamp page.

29/03/2024

Check out a track from the new Continuals LP

https://continualsdc.bandcamp.com/track/march-3rd

Continuals are a band from D.C. featuring Michael Honch, Ryan Nelson, and Darren Zentek, all of whom have played in numerous other bands before this one (Soccer Team, Alarms and Controls, Kerosene 454, The Most Secret Method, Hunger Artist, Channels, Office of Future Plans, Minutes, Routineers, etc.). They've released two digital EPs and a flexi-disc single prior to this self-titled LP. The album features 13 songs recorded at The Magpie Cage in Baltimore by J. Robbins, guest vocals by Melissa Quinley (Soccer Team) and Erin Nelson (Beauty Pill), a cover photo by Meredith Bragg, and illustrations by Ryan Nelson.

https://dischord.com/release/DIS197-5/st-74

from the album CONTINUALS

27/03/2024

We came across one copy of these left on vinyl.

Following the release of its second Dischord LP, Super/System, the members of El Guapo moved to Touch and Go and rechristened themselves as Supersystem. Always Never Again is the band's first effort under that name.

27/03/2024

You can pre-order the Continuals LP!

Continuals are a band from D.C. featuring Michael Honch, Ryan Nelson, and Darren Zentek, all of whom have played in numerous other bands before this one (Soccer Team, Alarms and Controls, Kerosene 454, The Most Secret Method, Hunger Artist, Channels, Office of Future Plans, Minutes, Routineers, etc.). They've released two digital EPs and a flexi-disc single prior to this self-titled LP. The album features 13 songs recorded at The Magpie Cage in Baltimore by J. Robbins, guest vocals by Melissa Quinley (Soccer Team) and Erin Nelson (Beauty Pill), a cover photo by Meredith Bragg, and illustrations by Ryan Nelson.

Continuals are a band from D.C. featuring Michael Honch, Ryan Nelson, and Darren Zentek, all of whom have played in numerous other bands before this one (Soccer Team, Alarms and Controls, Kerosene 454, The Most Secret Method, Hunger Artist, Channels, Office of Future Plans, Minutes, Routineers, etc....

22/03/2024

Fidelity Jones broke up in 1990. In 2023, the four of them came together for the first time since then to do an interview for a podcast. In the conversation they were reminded that they often included different cover songs in their live performances. Onam (formerly Tomas) mentioned he heard a song that would have been a great candidate back in those days, which led to a joke about booking time at a studio. That joke evolved into a session. Two years spent honing two cover songs, one unrecorded old original, and one new song has resulted in the Magdeburg Lad EP (digital only). Fidelity Jones will remain an ongoing recording entity with plans on making more music in the future.

You can listen to the new song "JOY" on Bandcamp. The full EP is out on April 5th.

https://fidelityjones.bandcamp.com/track/joy-2