WASTOIDS Archive

Ring-a-ling-a-ling. Call 1-877-WASTOIDS and after the beep, leave YOUR question for surf pop indie rockers LOS BITCHOS and subscribe to WASTOIDS on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts for their upcoming episode of Hotline. Dial now, leave your message, and subscribe to WASTOIDS on YouTube and your podcast feed to hear their answers on the next episode of Hotline. Read more.

We’re back with more rad stuff from WASTOIDS: Decoy Deloy talks Darker Waves and new music from Charly Bliss, Aphex Twin, Vagabon, and Oxbow, AJJ answer your questions' from the WASTOIDS answering machine and Click Vortex talks '90s movie soundtracks. Read more.

Clocking in at less than 20 minutes, The Side Eyes' What's Your Problem evokes classic Southern California but reflects the rage and malaise of 2023 with fresh urgency. Read more.

Are you ready to spot goths on the beach? This week, Decoy Deloy shares word of Darker Waves Festival, which features every ‘80s band you’ve ever heard of plus modern artists who take inspiration from the era. Plus, new music from legacy noise rockers Oxbow, Aphex Twin, Charly Bliss, and Vagabon—who's got a killer new album on the way now available to order from Hello Merch. Read more.

Ring ring. Fresh off the release of the rollicking and grimly hopeful new album Disposable Everything (Hopeless Records), Arizona-based power pop/folk punks AJJ answer YOUR questions from the 1-877-WASTOIDS Hotline. From Nicolas Cage to freakish dog and cat mutations, these are some of the most hilarious questions we've received yet, and the AJJ crew bring just as much skewed humor to their answers. Read more.

The '90s were a golden age for movie tie-in soundtracks. As the major labels practically minted money, it meant certain songs found strange homes when paired with summer blockbusters and genre films. On this new episode of Click Vortex, Sam and Jason remove the shrinkwrap of memory to discuss The Bodyguard, Batman Forever, That Thing You Do, The Crow, Forest Gump, Spawn, and much, much more—aided by the Clickheads in the Click Vortex live chat. Read more.

We’re back with more rad stuff from WASTOIDS: check out the new Weird Nightmare Ramones cover, the Spindle podcast on gay punk icons The Dicks, and music news about Mutoid Man. Read more.

This week on WASTOIDS Music News, Decoy Deloy details new music from Mutoid Man (featuring members of Cave In, High on Fire, and Converge), Paul McCartney has fired up the AI machine to isolate vintage John Lennon vocals for an upcoming Beatles project, Fender Musical Instruments and Kevin Shields of shoegaze icons My Bloody Valentine have teamed up to blow out your eardrums with a new guitar pedal, Devo announced the early days collection Art Devo: 1973-77 and Hello Merch welcomes avant-pop band Cherry Glazerr to the Hello family. Read more.

Fronted by legendary singer Gary Floyd, The Dicks started in Texas and ended in San Francisco, but their sound stayed steady: a rebellious strain of politically hard, musically diverse punk. Marc and John delve into their most anthemic 7-inch, the 1984 Peace? EP, featuring two anti-war screeds from the proudly leftist (and openly gay) Floyd. Read more.

Weird Nightmare, the solo project of Alex Edkins of METZ brings a woozy country and western charm to his jangle pop version of the Ramones classic "She's the One." Read more.