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Click READ MORE for news about Beauty Pill, Black Eyes, and new band The Deep Six [ex-Discount, Jury Rig] among others.
Beauty Pill have finished their new album, "The Unsustainable Lifestyle." The album is scheduled to come out in the US on March 15, 2004. In the meantime the band will play some shows around DC and plan to tour regionally in the US once the record comes out.
El Guapo recently returned from their second European tour. The band was very positive upon their return, reporting very good shows, especially in Italy. Never ones to rest on their laurels El Guapo are now headed out for more US shows with Xui Xui and Ted Leo. Dates are posted on the tour page.
After their very successful US tour with Q and Not U the Black Eyes headed to Europe for their first overseas tour (dates are listed here). The band will be in Europe until mid December and then will get some much needed rest.
Antelope, featuring Justin from El Guapo and Mike and Bee from Vertebrates, have recorded two songs with Ian at Inner Ear Studios which will be released by Dischord on a CD single and limited edition 7" in early Feburary 2004. Antelope also have a fine CD/EP released as a joint venture between Dischord and their own label, Bug Records, available from this site and in stores.
Amanda MacKaye, Ryan Nelson and Todd McDonald (all formerly of Jury Rig) have joined with ex-Discount drummer Bill Nesper to form The Deep Six. They have recorded with Ian and Don at Inner Ear and will release a single early next year.
The Black Sea (Shelby and Jason from Frodus, Joe from Fugazi) have changed their name due to trademark issues. They are now known as Decahedron. Decahedron is finished with their full-length and it is due out in the Spring.
Chris Thomson (ex- Monorchid, Skull Kontrol, Circus Lupus) has a new band called Red Eyed Legends. They are on GSL and will be playing around here and there. check them out at: http://www.goldstandardlabs.com/red_eyed_legends/redeyedlegends.html.
Supine to Sit from Seattle is Lovitt's newest band. The band features ex-members of Sleepytime Trio and Roadside Monument, but have opted to step away from the harder rock styles of their previous bands in order to attain something more amiable and pensive. They have a 8 song CD due out this Spring on Lovitt.
[Dischord has] been slowly adding content to this website, including expanding the home pages of bands currently on Dischord who have previous releases available as 1/2 label releases. We have also added Northern Liberties and Sammich Records to our partners page. Our goal in the next year is to give more exposure and attention to the releases, not just of Dischord bands, but our DC label partners and 1/2 label bands as well.
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The Dischord News Page also announces that remastered reissues of classic or out-of-print records from Minor Threat, Jawbox, Shudder to Think, Lungfish, Gray Matter, Circus Lupus are now available direct from the site's Stuff We Sell section.