DISSONANCE

DC punk music, interviews, and news 2006 - 2017

ABOUT DISSONANCE 02/15/2017

ABOUT DISSONANCE ***UPDATE 2-15-17*** After more than 10 years of documenting the DC punk and underground music scene, Dissonance is going off the air. The building in which Radio CPR has operated has been sold, and the station is being evicted at the end of February. Radio CPR may yet find a new home someday, and this show might return once again in a different form. But for now I'm calling an indefinite hiatus, Fugazi-style. It's been a wonderful decade sharing music and memories with so many amazing artists who call the DC/MD/VA area their home. If anything changes, I will post the news here. Thanks to everyone for listening, it's been a lot of fun. --Mike =========================== DISSONANCE is a biweekly music and talk show broadcasting Tuesday nights at 9:00 on community station Radio CPR, 101.7 FM in Washington, DC, hosted by Danger Mike. Each episode features a different guest from the DC music and creative community who serves as guest DJ, picking the show's playlist and answering questions. New episodes are available for free download here the following Wednesday: DISSONANCE in the press: Blogs, etc: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Elsewhere on the web: Contact for potential guests, etc: mpberg02 at hotmail dot com /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/4478404

2-14-17 Farewell to Dissonance 02/15/2017

2-14-17 Farewell to Dissonance Guests: Ian MacKaye (Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Embrace, Egg Hunt, Skewbald, Fugazi, The Evens, Dischord Records), Alec MacKaye (Untouchables, Faith, Ignition, The Warmers), Basla Andolsun (Beauty Pill, Warm Sun, the Andalusians, Del Cielo), Jason Hamacher (Frodus, combatwoundedveteran, Battery, Regents, Lost Origins Productions), Carlos Izurieta (Worn Thin, Police & Thieves), Gene Melkithesian (Lion of Judah, Give, Joint Custody Records), Dave Byrd (Striking Distance, Set to Explode), Jeff Barsky (Insect Factory), Travis Johnson (Asshole Parade, Outliers, False Flag), Reese Higgins (Gentle Reminder Records), Tad Peyton (Worn Thin, Set to Explode, Slumlords, Neurotiks, Jinx Proof Tattoos), Brien Stewart (Avail, Lickity Split, 22 Turns for the Worse, Key Figures, Ruin by Design) | Playlist: ... Minor Threat - Salad Days | Elvis Costello - Pump It Up | Jackson 5 - ABC | Talking Heads - Air | Paul Simon - The Obvious Child | Government Issue - Caring Line | Tipsy - Mr. Excitement | Converge - Plagues | Post Teens - Fucked Up Perception | Suicide - Rocket USA | Kathy Cashel - Suburbs' End | /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/5090031

1-24-17 Heavy Breathing 01/30/2017

10-29-16 Fury and friends 11/01/2016

9-13-16 From Gainesville to Birmingham 09/14/2016

8-23-16 Pete Stahl / Scream 08/24/2016

8-23-16 Pete Stahl / Scream Guest: Pete Stahl (Scream, Wool, Goatsnake, Earthlings?) | Intro: Scream - Ameri-Dub | Outro: Goatsnake - Juniors Jam | /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/4618814

06.28.16 THE KID AND I ZINE PRESENTED BY PUNK LIFE ZINE 06/29/2016

06.28.16 THE KID AND I ZINE PRESENTED BY PUNK LIFE ZINE With Kristen and Frankie of The Kid and I Zine >kiss off-violent femmes >heart shaped box-nirvana >northern whale-the good the bad and the queen >10th floor ghost girl-cibo matto >run fast-Julie ruin >king of carrot flowers pt.1- neutral milk hotel >I wanna go home-Shannon and the clams >psychic hearts-thurston moore >eau d' bedroom dancing-le tigre >blue jay way-the Beatles >something about space dude-Miley Cyrus and her dead petz >my terracotta heart-blur >don't talk like-sleater-kinney >for tammy rae-bikini kill >tea with j and t- read out louds /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/4478400

6-14-16 Jim Thomson / Electric Cowbell Records 06/15/2016

6-14-16 Jim Thomson / Electric Cowbell Records Guest DJ: Jim Thomson (Gwar, Alter Natives, Bio Ritmo, CSC Funk Band, Multiflora Productions, Electric Cowbell Records) | Playlist: ... Karthala 72 - Dans le Coeur du Feu | CSC Funk Band - Catcher's Mitt | The Sway Machinery feat. Khaira Arby - Youba | Los Ribereños - Silvando | Cheick Hamala Diabate - Sigi Diya | Super Hi Fi - Single Payer | Slavic Soul Party - Gangsta | Tèshomè Meteku - Gara Ser New Betesh | Flash and the Pan - Walking in the Rain | The Pyramids - Penetration | The Swinging Machine - Do You Have to Ask | The Beatles - You Know My Name | Angry Samoans - You Stupid Asshole | Public Enemy - She Watch Channel Zero | Nomeansno - Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue | /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/4445604

5-10-16 Loud Boyz 05/11/2016

In Memoriam: John Stabb 05/08/2016

In Memoriam: John Stabb DC and punk rock lost a legend yesterday. John Stabb, singer of Government Issue and the Factory Incident, passed away after a long battle with cancer. John was nice enough to come on this show twice, in 2006 and 2008. I was joined by DJ Stereo Faith, and we had two long (nearly 5 hours total) discussions about (first episode) the origins of Government Issue, the Unheard Music Fest, the St. Anselm's Valentine's Day show, and the GI reunion that "will never happen," and (second episode) marriage, cats, growing up in Wheaton, bumming out Jello Biafra with his outfits, his deep love of movies, and the GI reunion that eventually happened. John also was guest DJ for both shows and picked two great, wide ranging playlists, including a bunch of rare punk covers of and by the Beastie Boys, Naked Raygun, Lillian Furneaux, and of course GI. He was a true original, relentlessly upbeat, kind soul who embodied the spirit of punk rock. We will miss him dearly. Listen to the interviews here: /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/4352621

4-26-16 Les Rhinocéros 04/27/2016

3-8-16 Drop Electric 03/14/2016

2-23-16 Breakin' Even Fest 02/24/2016

2-23-16 Breakin' Even Fest Guest DJs: Bryan Flowers and Steve Rovery (American Television) /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/4172844

2-9-16 Caustic Casanova 02/10/2016

1-12-16 Holdfast 01/13/2016

12-8-15 Ain't No Mountain High Enough 12/09/2015

12-8-15 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Guest DJs: Chris Best, Mark Mitchell, and Brent Smith (Ain't No Mountain High Enough) |Playlist:...Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Robocopstabber |Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song |Dead Moon - Graveyard |Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Amfortas |Sparks - Propaganda / At Home At Work At Play |Love Unlimited Orchestra - Spanish Lei |Soul Brothers Inc. - Girl in the Hot Pants |Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Me Time |Tom T. Hall - Faster Horses |U.X.A. - U.X.A. |The Club - Who Wants Cock? |Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Emperor Anthony |Between the Buried and Me - Mordecai |Johnny Paycheck - I'm the Only Hell my Momma Ever Raised |Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Cut 'em Off / Sir / Mars |Sammy Davis Jr. and Buddy Rich - Come Back to Me |Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Pennies | /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/4006853

11-24-15 Outerloop Management 11/26/2015

11-10-15 Jack on Fire 11/11/2015

The Dirty Secrets of the Landmark Music Festival 10/30/2015

The Dirty Secrets of the Landmark Music Festival Presented by the Minister of Information of Punk the National Mall and Punk Life Zine. /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/3902229

10-13-15 The Cornel West Theory 10/14/2015

9-22-15 The Fridge Presents: Taxi Gang 09/23/2015

8-25-15 Maloso 08/26/2015

8-25-15 Maloso Guest DJs: KC Oden (From the Back of the Room, Hot Mess, Starve, Homosuperior, Maloso), Brandon Korch (Mop Attack, Dawntreader, Hobis, Monument, Polyon, Maloso), and Maurice Alvarado (Human Anger, Disdain, Gore-Ill-Ass, JFK, The Locos, Strong Intention, A Warm Gun, Magrudergrind, Lost Again, Lotus Fucker, Mind as Prison, Plaguewielder, Maloso) |Playlist:...Entombed - Full of Hell |Marked Men - A Little Time |Brainoil - Dark Eyes of My Past |Tenement - Earwig |Dirty Three - Doris |Hessan I Sabbah - Untitled 2 |Braid - Killing a Camera |Magnolia Electric Co. - Hammer Down |Brujeria - Narcos Satanicos |Obituary - I'm in Pain / Back to One |Eyehategod - Peace thru War thru Peace and War) |Filth - Today's Lesson |X - Your Phone's Off the Hook but You're Not |Nausea - Cybergod |Bikini Kill - Carnival |Hole - Plump |Cave In - Crossbearer |Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams from the Hill |Dillinger 4 - O.K. F.M. D.O.A. |Neurosis - The Tide | /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/3760563

8-11-15 Highway Cross 08/12/2015

7-28-15 Puff Pieces 07/29/2015

7-14-15 Hoover 07/15/2015

6-30-15 Syrian Violinist Bassel Hariri 06/30/2015

05/26/15 Alan Bishop 05/27/2015

05/26/15 Alan Bishop Guests Alan Bishop (Koes Barat, Sublime Frequencies, Sun City Girls) with Don Irwin from Punk Life Zine /episode/index/show/dissonance/id/3579659

5-12-15 Basque Radical Rock and more with Radio Alumbra 05/13/2015

4-28-15 Young Rapids 04/29/2015

4-9-15 Damaged City Fest 2015 feat. Fury (CA) 04/10/2015

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