Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Birthday Pony: Dischord Records Turns Thirty

My admiration for the Dischord label is already well documented here. As Dischord pulls up on its thirtieth anniversary, here comes another great opportunity to climb aboard and learn more about the scene in DC.

As of 1.28.10, Dischord will makes its box set anthology available at the extraordinary price of $16. The 3-CD retrospective (originally offered as a 2-CD set to mark Dischord's 20th anniversary in 2000) includes seventy-six songs from fifty-plus bands who have recorded their work on Dischord since the label was founded in 1980.


The box set comes with a 134-page booklet documenting the history of the label and the bands who have issues their music on the Dischord imprint. There are also six video clips and a coupon for .mp3 downloads of the "rare and unreleased" tracks included on disc three.

Full track listing is as follows:

Disc 1
  1. Teen Idles Get Up and Go
  2. The Untouchables Nic Fit
  3. State of Alert Public Defender
  4. Minor Threat Screaming at a Wall
  5. Void Dehumanized
  6. Youth Brigade Barbed Wire
  7. Government Issue Rock 'n' Roll Bullshit
  8. Scream Fight/American Justice
  9. Iron Cross Live for Now
  10. Red C Pressure's On
  11. Deadline Stolen Youth
  12. Artificial Peace Suburban Wasteland
  13. Faith Subject to Change
  14. Skewbald Sorry/Change for the Same
  15. Marginal Man Missing Rungs
  16. Gray Matter Oscar's Eye
  17. Rites of Spring Drink Deep
  18. Beefeater Just Things
  19. The Snakes Snake Rap
  20. Dag Nasty Circles
  21. Embrace Money
  22. Soulside Punch the Geek
  23. Egg Hunt We All Fall Down
  24. One Last Wish This Time
  25. Fire Party Cake
  26. Ignition Rebuilding
  27. Three Domino Days
  28. Shudder to Think Red House
  29. Happy Go Licky Twist and Shout
Disc 2
  1. Fugazi Blueprint
  2. Lungfish Friend to Friend in Endtime
  3. Fidelity Jones Destructor
  4. The Nation of Ulysses Spectra Sonic Sound
  5. Holy Rollers Perfect Sleeper
  6. Jawbox Motorist
  7. Severin People are Wrong
  8. The High-Back Chairs Summer
  9. Autoclave I'll Take You Down
  10. Circus Lupus Pop Man
  11. Branch Manager Mr. Weekend
  12. Slant 6 What Kind of Monster Are You?
  13. Hoover Cable
  14. Trusty Goodbye, Dr. Fate
  15. Smart Went Crazy A Good Day
  16. The Crownhate Ruin Piss Alley
  17. The Warmers Poked it With a Stick
  18. The Make-Up They Live By Night
  19. Bluetip Castanet
  20. Faraquet Cut Self Not
  21. Q and Not U Hooray for Humans
Disc 3
  1. Teen Idles Get Up and Go
  2. Teen Idles Deadhead
  3. Untouchables Stepping Stone
  4. State Of Alert Draw Blank
  5. Minor Threat Straight Edge (live)
  6. Minor Threat Understand
  7. Government Issue Snubbing
  8. Government Issue Asshole (with Ian)
  9. Minor Threat Asshole Dub
  10. Youth Brigade I Object
  11. Rozzlyn Rangers Rozzlyn Rangers
  12. Void Black, Jewish and Poor
  13. Void Authority (take 1 and 2)
  14. Scream Search for Employment
  15. Deadline No Revolution
  16. Faith No Choice
  17. Marginal Man Manipulator
  18. Dag Nasty All Ages Show
  19. Fugazi The Word
  20. Fugazi Burning (live)
  21. Shudder to Think Drop Dead Don't Blink
  22. Circus Lupus We Are The One (Rare)
  23. Slant 6 Are You Human?
  24. Interview 6 live video clips (Teen Idles, Untouchables, S.O.A., Faith, Void, and Deadline)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Alive, She Cried: D-E-V-O!

I've bitched and moaned endlessly about the return of the 1980s and the stupid profusion of synth-rock on the radio, but now I'm forced to eat my words.

A new Devo album to be released in spring 2010!

And a tour to boot!



See: http://www.clubdevo.com/home