1990: the reunification of East and Western Germany, the release of Nelson Mandela, the beginnings of the Gulf War / Desert Storm.
1990: Fugazi drop Repeater with the video posted here taking place a few months before the album’s release.
A band in a room along with people in that room, together. A document of this music from another place, misted over, hallucinatory and mysterious. Vibrating and alive.
In 1995 Fugazi released Red Medicine which to us here at AD was a radical shift in the band’s recorded trajectory. The arrangements grew more complex, the studio-as-instrument ethos becoming fully realized with more extreme textures. From lo-fi abstractions to widescreen feedback, to moments of tender beauty, the overall feel of the album felt more personal, even down to the packaging itself. To these ears it stands as a fulcrum which opened vistas in which the next records would further expand upon. Digging in, llyas Ahmed recently sat down with band member Guy Picciotto for a wide ranging talk about the album.
Monde UFO—the LA-based duo of Ray Monde and Kris Chau—put out one of our favorite records last year with 7171, a vibrant collection of free jazz and bossa nova inflected low-key psychedelia. For their inaugural Lagniappe Session, the duo covers three selections from Fugazi, meeting the seminal post-hardcore band’s skeletal manifestos with their own woozy bedroom-pop prescription.
As a glimpse inside the world of Fugazi, Cohen’s film is authoritative — an essential work that rewards repeat viewings.
Streaming in full – Now at AD.
I rediscovered the 1999 Jem Cohen Fugazi documentary, Instrument , while going through an old box of DVDs over the weekend. Watching it for the first time in a decade, and […]
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Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface is a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard that that takes a look at particularly interesting cover art choices.
Speaking of the old Dischord scene …Fugazi, December 11, 1988 – Peel Session… Download: MP3: Fugazi :: Waiting Room (Peel Session ’88) MP3: Fugazi :: Break In (Peel Session ’88) MP3: Fugazi :: Merchandise (Peel Session ’88) MP3:
I recently re-watched (and re-listened to) the Fugazi documentary Instrument from 1999. Unlike the majority of Discord artists, Fugazi remain one band whose music, despite having been a fan for close […]