If there’s one tradition that defines the Washington’s Dischord Records, it’s the transience of many of its acts. With a few long-running exceptions, like Fugazi, Dischord bands rarely last long ...

In their four-year existence at the end of the last millennium, Washington, DC s Faraquet only released one album and played very few shows. Still, they were a highly influential band, combining jazzy ...

After lying low for the last 17 years, Washington, D.C.’s Faraquet is hitting the stage again. They’re making three East Coast stops with Brooklyn, New York indie rock band Savak, stopping in ...

Chad Molter, who you may know from Dischord band Faraquet and Medications, is currently making music as the decidedly more mellow Whisper States. He’s just announced the project’s self-titled debut ...

Legendary Washington DC label Dischord Records has had a pretty slow year in 2008, but that will all change with the CD, vinyl and digital release of Faraquet s Anthology 1997-98. Often overlooked, ...

SAVAK, the new band featuring Sohrab and Greg from Obits, will be going on a short, four-city tour with Washington DC’s The Effects. That tour wraps up in NYC at ...

This collection gathers stray tracks and singles from the short-lived and underrated D.C. band on Dischord that grew out of Smart Went Crazy. Save this story Save this story Faraquet's history reads ...

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Two-thirds of the now-defunct D.C. post-hardcore band Faraquet return as Medications on this self-titled, five-song Dischord debut. Save this story Save this story If you've followed D.C. music for ...

FARAQUET IS MORE POPULAR seven years after its final show than it ever was during its brief existence. The trio, which formed as an offshoot of D.C. post-hardcore pioneers Smart Went Crazy, recorded a ...

<3>When Fugazi appeared at Fort Reno in the summer of 1997, the band played a song called “Target,” which includes singer-guitarist Guy Picciotto’s observation, “I hate the sound of guitars.” It’s a ...