Dischord announced it has a few copies of Cynthia Connolly's seminal Banned in DC photobook available. So grab one while you still can.

In Dischord news, "Medications are soldiering on as a duo and have a show booked in March in Washington at DC9."We know that drummer Andrew Becker has left the band. But Dischord doesn't say what form the duo will take. Both of the remaining members, Devin Ocampo and Chad Molter, excel on multiple instruments.
Here's what [...]

Lungfish has had a lot of bassists–three, last time I counted. While I wouldn't count Nathan Bell as my favorite (I'm a Sean Meadows man) but he did play on both Necrophones and The Unanimous Hour, so....respect.
As it turns out, his new band, Human Bell–a duo with Arbouretum's David Heumann–has a self-titled album that just [...]

is here. [HT: Idolator]

A few days ago I was walking past Crooked Beat Records with some friends and one of them pointed out the promo poster for Nothing Is Underrated, the sophomore solo album by Fugazi bassist Joe Lally. He mentioned the image's similarity to Phil Collins' scarlet-tinted, egg-shaped visage as it appears on the cover of No [...]

Well, I guess I can scratch “Played the Last Show at the Wilson Center” off of the short list of musical accomplishments I oh-so-casually mention when wooing the womenfolk at the Black Cat’s Red Room or telling well-worn tales of indie-rock glory to a wide-eyed showgoer who has absolutely no idea who I am or [...]

Perhaps the best—or only good—aspect of Lungfish’s “not currently active” status is that singer Daniel Higgs is releasing solo records at an impressive clip. In just 13 months, the Baltimore trance-punk act’s heavily bearded frontman has released three full-lengths, one of which, Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot, comes with a hardcover book of his psychedelic artwork.
Higgs’ droney, [...]

According to one of yesterday's posts on the Baltimore Sun entertainment blog, Dischord founder and Evens frontman Ian MacKaye is very much alive:
A phone rings at 6:08 p.m. in Arlington, Va. A 45-year-old man picks up. The caller doesn't even have the chance to offer a greeting.
"I am still alive," reports Ian MacKaye, [...]

Joe Lally has been quietly working on a new album, and Dischord recently revealed some juicy details. The album will be called Nothing Underrated and boasts of some of D.C.'s finer musicians, including: Ben Azzara (The Capitol City Dusters, DCIC), Andy Gale (Haram), and Eddie Janney (Rites of Spring). Most awesomely, Lally jams with [...]

These are bleak times we're living in. War, environmental cataclysms, stuff like this.
So it's good to know that dreams can still come true–as long as you're willing to open up your deepest desires to public scrutiny via blog.
Local musician and City Paper contributor Justin Moyer has made no secret of his love for Philadelphia post-punk [...]