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  13 Quotes: Highlights From Ian MacKaye's Library of Congress Lecture

  May 8, 2013 – Ian MacKaye has been diligently slaving over a massive archive of nearly all of Fugazi's 1,000-plus live shows over the past four years. So it was understandably difficult for the musician and Dischord Records owner to summarize his relationship with cataloging the past at his 90-minute talk at Washington, D.C.'s Library of Congress last night. …
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  See Jeff Mangum and Fugazi's Guy Picciotto Play 'Occupy' Telethon

  November 16, 2012 – It took years for Neutral Milk Hotel's magical Jeff Mangum to shake his Salinger mode and get back out on the road, and even now large-scale public performances remain elusive, but apparently all you've gotta do if you wanna hear the guy play is head down to Occupy Wall Street and shout out a cover request. …
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  Sisters Outsiders: The Oral History of the 'Bikini Kill' EP

  November 15, 2012 – Bikini Kill were more than a band — and intentionally so. They were a beacon and a call to arms. They were "Girl you can do this, too" writ large. The band initially began as a radical feminist trio comprised of vocalist Kathleen Hanna, scene-nexus drummer Tobi Vail, bassist Kathi Wilcox, and later, only boy Billy Karren on guitar. …
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  '80s D.C. Punk Scene's Story Will Be Told in 'Salad Days' Doc

  September 24, 2012 – The upcoming Salad Days documentary offers much more than a Steady Diet of Nothing. It aims to make The Argument that Washington, D.C.'s '80s punk scene was much more than a Repeater of what'd come before. Unfortunately, it's in the Waiting Room until Fall of 2013, but you can read about it now and help fund it via Kickstarter to make sure this thing doesn't just end up a Margin Walker. Okay, we're out of Fugazi puns. …
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  Arcade Fire Signed to Merge Records for the Food

  June 21, 2012 – As a company, we here at SPIN are particularly fond of music. As human beings, we are also particularly fond of food. When those two worlds interact, we are all over that business. Which is why we are kind of in love the recently launched podcast iteration of Food is the New Rock, the music-meets-munchies blog of Zach Brooks. …
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  SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

  May 3, 2012 – To celebrate the new generation of shredders profiled in our May/June "Loud Issue," the SPIN staff decided to find some wheedle in a haystack, taking on the impossible task of ranking our favorite guitar players of all time. …
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  A Suggestion: Dive Into Fugazi's Live Archive Now

  December 12, 2011 – "When we play, the challenge is there: Can we throw down? Can we return the favor? Because so many bands have blown our minds over the years, can we return that favor to people out there? …
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  Fugazi Ready Massive Online Live Archive

  November 28, 2011 – Fugazi's obsessive focus is the stuff of do-it-yourself music legend. Led by Dischord Records founder Ian MacKaye, formerly of hugely influential Washington, D.C., hardcore band Minor Threat, the taut, dub-inflected post-punk outfit kept its admission prices low — and, somewhat more controversially, its crowds safe for those who'd prefer not to mosh — from 1987 until an indefinite hiatus that began at the end of 2002. …
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  Hear the Wu-Tang Clan, Fugazi Mash-Up Album

  July 13, 2011 – From The Grey Album to Girl Talk to The Brothers of Chico Dusty, there's been no shortage of musicians mashing together unlikely musical pairs. But could you ever imagine the formula working between the kung-fu-obsessed hip-hoppers Wu-Tang Clan and straight-edge punks Fugazi? Thanks to two sharp-eared musicians, it does. …
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  Punk Icons Fugazi Finalizing Huge Concert Archive

  April 27, 2011 – It's been almost a decade since Fugazi announced an indefinite hiatus, but the veteran D.C. punks are in the homestretch of archiving every single live show from their 15-year career, which will be available online for fans. …
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