WASTOIDS Archive

To celebrate Band Shirt Day 2023, Dylan Gette-King links up to the WASTOIDS feed to share the history of the band shirt, and stories from the movers and shakers of underground music, figures like Bill Mooney of Kung Fu, who joins us to discuss how he got started making band merch on Redd Kross' dirty laundry and inspired Sonic Youth's Washing Machine, and Steve DePace of Flipper, who tells us how Kurt Cobain's fandom ended up making the Flipper logo a band shirt icon. Read more.

Decoy Deloy shares all the important music news—like Jeff Rosenstock's bold stand against merch cuts—and some music news that just made him laugh: like the story about how Stephen King became obsessed with Lou Bega's "Mambo #5." Plus, an all-new Video Mixup feature, featuring videos from Ty Segall, Meat Puppets, Say She She, Shabazz Palaces, and David Eugene Edwards. Read more.

This time around, Marc and John delve into what may be the first true post-punk single: Magazine's 1978 7-inch "“Shot By Both Sides” backed with “My Mind Ain’t So Open." Led by Howard Devoto, the former Buzzcock who was already disillusioned with punk, Magazine truly ripped it up and started again, pulling the music of late 70s UK into the future. Find out how on this episode of The Spindle! Read more.

This week on WASTOIDS Highlighter, Jenny Nobody drops all the info you need about the latest fuzz-drenched episode of Click Vortex, the jazz meets skate vids sound of Joseph Shabason, and Chris Farren, taking your calls now via 1-877-WASTOIDS. Read more.

🎶 Ring! Ring! 🎶 Grab your phone and dial 1-877-WASTOIDS to leave a message for Chris Farren, and look out for his answers on the next episode of Hotline. Known for his work with Floridian punks Fake Problems, Farren has returned with the "optimistic nihilism" of Doom Singer, a record inspired by sixties girl groups, the apocalyptic conditions of the modern world, and Farren's sense of humor. "I love to reap, I hate to sow," Farren sings on the anthemic "Cosmic Leash," relatable as ever and supercharged by massive riffs. Call today! Read more.

indieplaza is once again coming to New York City on September 9th, presented by Rough Trade and Rockefeller Center in partnership with Dr. Martens. Members of the WASTOIDS crew will be hanging out at the official Band Shirt Day booth. Come say hello and check out music from Nation of Language, Narrow Head, Video Age, Death Valley Girls, Crime in Stereo, Debby Friday, Miss Grit, Sinkane, Purr, and Che onstage, plus DJ sets by Beach Fossils, Nothing, and Out.of.office Read more.

Decoy Deloy returns with music news for September 1, 2023: up first, Arizona metal titans Job For a Cowboy return with the hallucinogenic "The Agony Seeping Storm" on Metal Blade Records; Joseph Shabason announces a vintage skateboarding/Toy Machine inspired new jazz album Welcome to Hell on Western Vinyl; shredder Marnie Stern returns with The Comeback Kid on Joyful Noise; and Walker Lukens announces Accessible Beauty and contributes to Texas Wild. Read more.

This week Sam and Jason stomp on the topic of fuzz boxes, distortion pedals, gain, and direct-into-the-board breakup. It's a "distorted" episode, with weigh-ins from the Clickhead live chat and discussions of Neil Young, Marty McFly, Os Mutantes, Sonny Sharrock, and the mystical, mysteriously far-out visions of musical gear inventor, computer animator, and musician CCDB. Plus, the duo dish on Band Shirt Day and share their cover of The X-Files theme via Perpetual Doom. Originally taped live via the WASTOIDS YouTube, aired August 30, 2023. Read more.

Jenny Nobody recaps WASTOIDS weirdness: Fat Tony answers calls from the 1-877-WASTOIDS Hotline! Diners release the charming indie power pop album Domino! The Spindle digs into Chaka Khan's Prince cover! Video Mixup featuring Black Pumas, John Carpenter, Puddles Pity Party and more. Read more.

Fresh off the release of I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy (Carpark Records), Houston rapper Fat Tony joins us to answer fan questions from the 1-877-WASTOIDS Hotline. What's he love about Mexico City? Has Kathleen Hanna ever seen his Bikini Kill tattoo? Does he know the meaning of life? Learn all this and more on Hotline, brought to you by WASTOIDS. Read more.