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An electro-pop gem steeped in Space Age charm, Pearl & The Oysters' Stones Throw debut Coast 2 Coast features members of Mild High Club, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Dent May, Neon Indian and legendary legendary Stereolab vocalist Lætitia Sadier. These pearls are worth diving for! Read more.

Brain A drops Yo! WASTOIDS, a retrospective mix condensing 15 years into 15 minutes. Featuring his beat juggling skills, sound collage edits, and collaborations with N8NOFACE, Sadat x, Myka 9, and more, it's a one of a kind WASTOIDS mixtape. Read more.

Coming at you each and every Friday, it's WASTOIDS Music News, brought to you by Hello Merch. Our stories this week: Animated metal band Dethklok announces tour with Babymetal and new Metalocalypse movie; Texas chill-psych trio Khruangbin launches live album series with Nubya Garcia, Men I Trust, Toro y Moi, and more.; Phoenix psych rockers Vid Nelson go viral at Home Depot; Circle Jerks and Descendents tour the midwest; and Billy McFarland kinda sorta announces a Fyre Fest 2, which will definitely happen and isn't at all another scam. All that plus a new Eels, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations boxset at Hello Merch and Decoy Deloy's 69th annual Freak Fest, featuring Buck Gooter and more, April 21 at the Lost Leaf. Read more.

Today on Click Vortex, Sam and Jason discuss the tangled saga of Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks, press play on The Avalanches "Frontier Psychiatrist" music video, and discuss The Format's music video history. Read more.

Indie rock duo Quasi answers 1-877-WASTOIDS voice mails on today's all-new episode of Hotline, where your favorite artists answer questions direct from their fans. Read more.

How does Utah-based artist Mickey Miles make his psychedelic pop cartoons? He explains today on Midnight Music Review in the Attic, exploring his videos for with John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Alex Izenberg, and music blog New Commute. He also riffs on the influence of psychedelic '70s artists Vince Collins & Ralph Bakshi. Read more.

Country-gaze rockers Wednesday return with Rat Saw God, a feedback scarred guided tour internal psycho-geography, with stops at Dollywood, Starbucks, and Dollar General scattered along the way. It's also one of the best rock & roll records of 2023. Read more.

WASTOIDS pal Matt "Favorite Vegetable" Durkin drops in to share a mix of his favorite tunes as of late. Just like his varied creations suggest, his mix is eclectic and far ranging, grouping together early electronic music from Raymond Scott, Japanese music-making twins, Satoshi & Makoto, XTC, the Louvin Brothers, and the recently departed avant-icon Ryuichi Sakamoto. Read more.

Every emo band you ever loved are heading out on tour. The All-American Rejects launch the Wet Hot All-American Summer Tour, power pop classic Guitar Romantic by The Exploding Hearts reissued, new music from ambient country duo North Americans, garage power pop duo Crocodiles share "Upside Down in Heaven" video, and John Vanderslice hooks up with WASTOIDS to answer YOUR questions. Read more.

Today on The Spindle, Marc and John dig into a purist 7-inch band: Minnesota's Halo of Flies, whose discography is practically all singles. Guitarist Tom Hazelmyer launched the Amphetamine Reptile label to put out music by the trio; it eventually became a home for noise rock stalwarts Helmet, Cows, and Unsane, but Halo of Flies stood out in the grunge era as a band unafraid to put catchy melodies inside swirling feedback. Dig it! Read more.