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The Evens are a Washington , D . C . indie - rock duo , formed in the fall of 2001 , comprising partners Ian MacKaye ( guitars , vocals ) ( of Fugazi , formerly of Minor Threat ) and Amy Farina ( drums , vocals ) ( formerly of The Warmers ). After Ian MacKaye ' s band Fugazi entered a hiatus , The Evens began practicing extensively , and eventually played a few shows and recorded a self - titled ___MASK96___ , released in March 2005 on MacKaye ' s ___MASK56___ , ___MASK4___ . The Evens are known for their unusual choices in venues for performances and the stylistic change from what many have dubbed the " D . C ." or " Dischord " sound . " The Washington Post " has described the sound as " what happens when post - hardcore becomes post - post - hardcore ." ___MASK4___ is a Washington , D . C .- based independent record label specializing in the independent punk rock music of the D . C .- area music scene . The label is co - owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson , who founded Dischord in 1980 to release " Minor Disturbance " by The Teen Idles . Along with other independent American labels such as Twin / Tone , Touch and Go Records , and SST Records , Dischord helped to spearhead the nationwide network of underground bands that formed the pre - Nirvana indie - rock scene . These labels presided over the shift from the hardcore punk that then dominated the American underground scene to the more diverse styles of alternative rock that were emerging . Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye ( born April 16 , 1962 ) is an American singer , songwriter , guitarist , musician , ___MASK18___ ___MASK56___ owner and producer . Active since 1979 , MacKaye is best known as the co - founder and owner of ___MASK4___ , a Washington , D . C .- based independent ___MASK18___ ___MASK56___ and the frontman of the influential hardcore punk band Minor Threat and the post - hardcore band Fugazi . MacKaye was also the frontman for the short lived bands The Teen Idles , Embrace and Pailhead , a collaboration with the band Ministry . MacKaye is a member of The Evens , a two - piece indie rock group he formed with his wife Amy Farina in 2001 . Pailhead was a short - lived side project of the industrial metal band Ministry that featured ___MASK4___ founder and former Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye on vocals . The band ' s sound was a dark combination of menacing industrial beats and hardcore punk , predating what Ministry would later do with Jello Biafra in another side project , Lard . Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the ___MASK30___ in the 1980s . Indie rock encapsulates indie ___MASK3___ and lo - fi , among others . Originally used to describe record labels , the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock . As grunge and punk revival bands in the US , and then Britpop bands in the UK , broke into the mainstream in the 1990s , it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective . In the 2000s , as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet , some indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success , leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term . Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century ___MASK96___ sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . Q and Not U was a post - hardcore band from Washington , D . C ., signed to ___MASK4___ . Members John Davis , Harris Klahr , Christopher Richards , and Matt Borlik formed the band in 1998 . After Borlik ' s departure following the release of their first album , the band went on to record two more critically acclaimed LPs as a three - piece , exploring aspects of dance - punk , and other disparate musical styles . Q and Not U disbanded in September 2005 after completing their touring commitments and a short farewell stand at Washington , D . C . venue The Black Cat . Compact disc ( CD ) is a ___MASK64___ optical disc data storage format released in ___MASK47___ and co - developed by Philips and ___MASK37___ . The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data ( CD - ROM ). Several other formats were further derived from these , including write - once audio and data storage ( CD - R ), rewritable media ( CD - RW ), Video Compact Disc ( VCD ), Super Video Compact Disc ( SVCD ), Photo CD , PictureCD , CD - i , and Enhanced Music CD . Audio CD players have been commercially available since October ___MASK47___ , when the first commercially available CD player was released in Japan . Dance - punk ( also known as disco - punk or punk ___MASK6___ ) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s , and is closely associated with the post - punk and new wave movements . A book is a set of written , printed , illustrated , or blank sheets , made of paper , parchment , or other materials , fastened together to hinge at one side , with text and / or images printed in ink . A single sheet within a book is a ___MASK81___ , and each side of a ___MASK81___ is a page . A set of text - filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book , or e - book . MPEG - 1 and / or MPEG - 2 Audio Layer III , more commonly referred to as MP3 , is an audio coding format for ___MASK70___ which uses a form of lossy data compression . It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage , as well as a de facto standard of ___MASK70___ compression for the transfer and playback of music on most ___MASK70___ players and computing devices . No Kill No Beep Beep was the debut ___MASK96___ from Q and Not U that was released on October 24 , 2000 . It was produced and engineered by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara . Photography by Shawn Brackbill . The Teen Idles were an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington , D . C . in September 1979 . Consisting of teenagers Nathan Strejcek , Geordie Grindle , Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson , the Idles ' recorded two demo sessions and the 1980 " Minor Disturbance " EP before they broke up in November 1980 . The influential ___MASK26___ ___MASK4___ was originally created with the sole purpose of releasing the Teen Idles 7 " record . They were an early landmark in the D . C . hardcore movement , and MacKaye and Nelson would later form the seminal punk outfit Minor Threat . Hardcore punk ( often abbreviated to hardcore ) is a punk ___MASK31___ genre that originated in the late 1970s . It is generally faster , harder , and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock . Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant hippie cultural climate of the time and was also inspired by New York punk rock and early proto - punk . New York punk had a harder - edged sound than its San Francisco counterpart , featuring anti - art expressions of masculine anger , energy and subversive humor . Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism , the established music industry and " anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock " and often addresses social and political topics . Post - hardcore is a punk ___MASK31___ genre that derives from hardcore punk , maintaining hardcore ' s aggression and intensity , but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression initially inspired by post - punk and noise rock . Like post - punk , the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups . The genre took shape in the mid to late 1980s with releases by bands from cities that had established hardcore scenes , such as Fugazi from Washington , D . C . as well as groups such as Big Black and Jawbox that stuck closer to post - hardcore ' s noise rock roots . The LP ( from " long playing " or " long play ") is an analog sound storage medium , a vinyl ___MASK18___ format characterized by a speed of rpm , a 12 or 10 inch ( 30 or 25 cm ) diameter , and use of the " microgroove " groove specification . Introduced by Columbia in 1948 , it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire ___MASK18___ industry . Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound , it has remained the standard format for vinyl albums .