Though they didn’t go on hiatus until the following year, next month marks ten years since the release of the last Fugazi album, The Argument, more or less giving us a decade without one of post-punk’s most iconic bands. The Argument, if it indeed turns out to be, is a swan-song of the highest order [...]

What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years? Here at AD, [...]

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. By 1993 Fugazi was three EPs and two LPs into their career as a band. Usually this is a watershed moment [...]

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: Fugazi :: Glueman (Peel Session ’88) ———- + Download Fugazi via eMusic’s 25 free MP3 no risk trial [...]

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 to 17 years, never seems to lose its edge, nor my interest. I think this “staying power,” if you will, has to do primarily [...]