Owing to the closure of distributors and shops, we’ve decided to postpone the Coriky - S/T release date.

We will post the new release date as soon as we are able to establish it. Thanks for your trust and patience.

On March 27th, Dischord will release Coriky’s 11-song debut full length.

Coriky is a band from Washington, D.C. Amy Farina plays drums. Joe Lally plays bass. Ian MacKaye plays guitar. All sing.

You can hear the song “Clean Kill” here. The record is currently available for pre-order on LP/CD/Download via our site and also through Dischord’s Bandcamp page.

Blacks' Myths - Blacks' Myths II

The second full-length by Washington, D.C.-based duo, Blacks' Myths, who are bassist Luke Stewart (Low Ways Quartet, Irreversible Entanglements) and Warren G. Crudup. 13 tracks of blistering noise and rhythmic improvisation augmented via monologues from poet, professor, and Sun Ra-scholar Thomas Stanley. Recorded during a single marathon session in the summer of 2019 and out via Atlantic Rhythms. Recommended!

Dead Meadow - Feathers

A reissue of D.C.-bred heavy rock/psych band Dead Meadow's fourth album (fifth, if you count that one live record), Feathers. Originally released on Matador in 2005, Feathers found the band -- now a quartet with the addition of guitarist Cory Shane -- supplementing its churning riffs with heady atmospherics and effects, evoking Black Sabbath and also, somehow, Slowdive. Arriving via the band's own Tekeli-Li imprint, this double LP is an exact replica of the original pressing and comes with a supplementary CD of demos, rarities, and alternate mixes. Recommended.

Soulside - Soulside - Washington DC 1986-1989

A complete history of Washington, D.C. punk band Soulside as told through photos, flyers, and ephemera compiled by drummer Alexis Fleisig. The book is a tribute to the people who made that journey possible and a chronicle of the great eye-opening experiences those moments brought to the band and others.

On August 9th, Dischord will release the debut single by Hammered Hulls, a new D.C. band with Mark Cisneros (guitar), Alec MacKaye (vocals), Mary Timony (bass), and Chris Wilson (drums). It includes three songs that were recorded and mixed in one day at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA with Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara. You can listen to the A-side, "Written Words," here and pre-order the record via our site and Bandcamp.

On September 6th, The Messthetics -- Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, and Anthony Pirog -- will release their second full-length, Anthropocosmic Nest. Recorded throughout 2019, it includes 11 songs that more perfectly capture the trio’s current live dynamic, complete with improvisational tangents, abstract experimentation, and sprawl. The record is available for pre-order right now via our site and also via the Dischord Bandcamp page.

The Messthetics are also currently on the road playing dates throughout New England, Canada, and the Mid Atlantic. Find more information and ticket links here.

Cigarette - Light Blues

Light Blues is the long-in-the-works debut LP by DC-based quartet, Cigarette. Tuneful, moody, and pastoral songs with slow tempos and gallons of reverb. Recorded by Devin Ocampo (Faraquet) and mixed by Ben Green, the record follows the self-released Gush EP (2012) and a single, Warm Shadows/Love's Mirror, for Sister Polygon (2015). Recommended.

Mourning [a] BLKstar - Garner Poems

Ten compositions by Cleveland, Ohio's afrofuturist/neo soul collective, Mourning [a] BLKstar. A blend of lo-fi experimination, hip hop production, and call and response melody performed by a group that -- depending on the performance -- includes three singers, two horns, guitar, and two drummers. Released by Washington, D.C.'s Electric Cowbell Records in 2018.

This spring, Dischord will release J. Robbins' first-ever solo LP, Un-becoming. J. has been the guitarist/singer and primary songwriter in several bands since the early ’90s, including Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Office of Future Plans. For the bulk of that time, he has also been active as a recording engineer/producer, working with musicians from around the world at his Baltimore-based studio, The Magpie Cage.

Un-Becoming came together in short bursts of activity spread out over the long stretch between 2016 and 2019. On 11 of the LP’s 12 songs, J. is joined by Pete Moffett on drums, Brooks Harlan on bass, and Gordon Withers on cello and guitar. The record is available for pre-order now on our site and also via the Dischord Bandcamp page.

To say that that Dischord Records wouldn’t exist had it not been for Skip Groff isn’t really a stretch.

It was Skip that took The Teen Idles to Inner Ear Studio back in 1980 to record what would become Dischord #1 and it was Skip, having gone through the process with his own Limp Record label, that walked us through the steps of getting a record pressed. The very fact that he had his own label was a huge inspiration to a bunch of DC kids who had no idea how the music industry worked or that the ability to create records would be within our reach. And it was Skip’s record shop, Yesterday and Today, that first sold our records and it was Skip’s trust in us and belief in the label that led him to lend us money to press records when we were completely broke.

Making the trip to his shop became an instant ritual for young punk rockers like those of us who were discovering a new universe of music and culture in the late 70s and early 80s. Y&T blew our minds. The breadth of Skip’s knowledge about music, especially music from the 60s, was staggering and to this day I’ve never met any other person who, given a song title, was more able to name the artist, composer, producer, label, and year of release. He used to say that, while impressive, this talent didn’t really have much of a practical application outside of the record shop (for instance, try putting a fire out with that sort of information), but I don’t think it was merely a party trick. In my mind it something akin to proof of a higher power.

Skip clearly sought and found joy in music and it was through the vernacular of music that he empowered so many to experience the same.

Skip, we love you!

- Ian, Jeff, and Dischord Records