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The Evens – Everyone Knows

Ian MacKaye. American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and owner of DIY label Dischord. Enough said. One of my personal favorite artists and frontman of one of my favorite bands, Fugazi.

After Fugazi entered a hiatus, Ian MacKaye focused on ‘The Evens’, a two-piece, Washington, D.C. based band reveling in an unusual type of short-circuiting experimentation in the conventional realm of indie rock. Their self-titled album, ‘The Evens’, was released in March 2005 and was followed by ‘Get Evens’ in 2006. Both solid records. If you were to make up a genre, it would be post-post hardcore. Amy Farina holds it down on drums, and you might recognize her name from such bands as ‘The Warmers’, ‘Ted Leo’, and ‘The Pharmacists’.

The Warmers – Mad at the Man

Cut the excess.
‘Simple songs say all or nothing’. – Discord Records

‘The Warmers’ were a post-hardcore, Washington DC based band releasing two albums through Dischord Records. They recorded both albums in 1996.

Members. Alec Mackaye, younger brother of Ian MacKaye (‘Minor Threat’, ‘FUGAZI’), fronted the band on vocals and guitar. He also played in ‘The Untouchables’, ‘Faith’ and ‘Ignition’. Sidenote. He has appeared on the cover of Minor Threat’s self-titled EP, Minor Threat, and also on the cover of the Teen Idles’ Minor Disturbance EP.

Juan Luis Carrera (Bass and Vocals) also played in ‘Lois’.

Amy Farina (Drums, currently in The Evens) also played in ‘Mr. Candyeater’, ‘Moats Definitely’ and ‘Lois’.