Decoy Deloy is back with a Friday news roundup, brought to you by Hello Merch. This week at Hello, a motherlode of goodies from songwriter Cass McCombs. Up for pre-order now, reissues of his EP Not the Way, his LPs A and Prefection, and perhaps coolest of all, a new cassette called 2000-2004 Demos. It’s all out September 6th but you can get your orders in now.
In other news: Viva PHX is BACK! That’s right, the festival is returning Saturday October 19th with 70 acts, including artists like Cuco Cannons, Freddie Gibbs, Crumb, pretty much every hardcore band in Phoenix on 10 stages downtown. Plus, food! Beer! Coffee! Check out details and get tickets here.
In other news, when the moment’s right, it’s right. Recently, a video went viral of TikToker @mitch_the_uwu, who decided to propose to his girlfriend right as Limp Bizkit tore into “Break Stuff” at Download Fest in the UK. It’s all about the he said/she said bullshit, but thankfully, she said yes. WASTOIDS wishes the couple a happy engagement.
And to close, on August 6th, Elliott Smith would have been 55, and members of bands like Grandaddy, Band of Horses, Illuminati Hotties, and artists like Aaron Lee Tasjan and Margaret Cho are teaming up to play tribute to Smith’s incredible body of work at The Regent in Los Angeles. Get more info here.
