Soccer Team

Must admit, I've always wanted to have a 3hive soccer team. Many years ago, I scored over Jon's head straight from a kickoff while he was in goal. And my most vivid memory of playing against Sam is blocking one of his shots with my face, only for the ball to drop right back onto his foot so he could slam it into the back of the net anyway, leaving me with a red face (due, in part, to a bloody nose). So maybe it would be better to have 3hive sponsor a soccer team, you know with our logo plastered on the front of the team's jerseys.

Ryan and Melissa, both employees of Dischord at one point, included this little gem on their 2006 LP 'Volunteered' Civility and Professionalism. Yes, it's a bit old, but it's new to me and I'm kicking myself for missing it until now. The LP displays their very clever, lo-fi pop, moving from fuzzy and effects-laden guitar, to pounding drums, strumming acoustic guitars, and everywhere in between, recorded to 8- and 4-track tape. That resulting tape hiss? I think they wanted us to hear it.

Traffic Patterns [MP3, 2.7MB, 160kbps]

www.dischord.com

Jawbox

You'll have to forgive us if we geek out a bit on Dischord bands. It's more than slightly embarrassing that we've been running on at the mouth for over three-and-a-half years without featuring a Dischord artist (hats off to Clay for pointing this out and diggin' up the goods). For this bunch of music geeks the seminal, super-duper DIY label has had a huge influence on the projects we've worked on together over the years (AM 960 The S.U.N., Sonic Garden CD Exchange, and Grid Magazine—and no you haven't heard of any of these unless you were in college with us a good decade ago in a strange little corner of the country). I will forever associate Jawbox with our takeover of an AM signal, housed in a little shack in the middle of a cow pasture, tucked under the shadows of the Rocky Mountains. These tracks were in heavy rotation for the nine months or so we were on cloud nine, amazed we'd finagled our way into running a radio station. While the members of Jawbox have moved on to other projects and stages of life, Dischord continues its inspiring aesthetic.

Static [MP3, 3.8MB]
Impossible Figure [MP3, 2.7MB]

www.dischord.com
www.desotorecords.com/bands/jawbox

The Evens

To quote my friend Rick, "The best band ever."

Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina made this wonderful lo-fi pop (in punk rock style, of course), and frankly, we at 3hive have never featured a Dischord band until now. It was time to right this wrong.

Shelter Two [MP3, 3.6MB, 160kbps]
Pushed Up Against the Wall [MP3, 3.3MB, 128kbps]

www.dischord.com