WASTOIDS Archive

Hey you holy rollers, tune into WASTOIDS Digs and watch garage pop duo Crocodiles string themselves "Upside Down in Heaven." Read more.

Dom and Duwaun of The Country Brothers podcast share a WASTOIDS mix featuring Soul Glo, the wonky art rock of Les Claypool, the soulful balladry of Jeff Buckley, a heavy dose of country, alt-country, and neo-traditional roots sounds, and much more. Read more.

Members of Operation Ivy, Rancid, Transplants, and Circle Jerks team up as Bad Optix, Spanish Love Songs cover Jimmy Eat World, Boygenius announces tour, Afroman vs the fuzz, and a urine filled record from Australia. Plus: DEATH GRIPS drop at Hello Merch. Read more.

You may find yourself going down a rabbit hole...from beyond the mind's eye, it's Click Vortex with Sam and Jason. This episode was recorded live on-stage at Crescent Ballroom Sunday, March 26th. Your intrepid Click hosts were joined by MC Decoy Deloy, Andy, Candy, Blake, and Nick of Astrologer, and Elmo and Cris Kirkwood of The Meat Puppets, who joined to discuss their history, future plans, and take a walk down memory lane via some incredible images Sam pulled up. Read more.

When avant-garde icon John Cale needed an animated video, he turned to Mickey Miles. Today, Mickey shares a blend of new wave, art rock, and AOR bliss from artists like Roxy Music, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Anna Domino, and Agnetha Fältskog with WASTOIDS. Read more.

Welcome to the 10th episode of WASTOIDS Music News. I’m Decoy Deloy, coming at you each and every Friday with music stories and news brought to you by Hello Merch. This week, Bandcamp forms a union, Ween's going on tour, there's a new Devo doc, Bully album, and Sly Stone book on the way—and maybe an alien mothership too. Read more.

You've probably heard Devo's "Whip It"—but have you heard all the stories behind it? On this all-new episode of The Spindle podcast, Marc and John welcome guest Evie Nagy, author of the 33.3 book Devo's Freedom Of Choice, to dive into the tales of this deep and weird single, which somehow made the top 20 despite people (wrongly) assuming that it was about masturbation. Find out what "Whip It" really means, this week on the Spindle! Read more.

Turn it up loud: Nick Florence of Knights of the Abyss assembles a crusty and searing mixtape for WASTOIDS, featuring Show Me the Body, Melvins, Jóhann Jóhannsson, and more. Read more.

Yo La Tengo sports drag, Metallica buys a vinyl pressing plant, Amyl and the Sniffers announce tour, Meg White haters work themselves up, and desert synth pop duo Body of Light share new single. It's music news just for, uh, you's. Read more.

That jangle, tho. It's time for an all-new, all-different Click Vortex livestream with Sam Means (The Format/Hello Merch) and Jason P. Woodbury (Aquarium Drunkard/JPW). This week, the guys (and all our friends in the live chat) discuss Arby's, Two-Lane Blacktop, Cleaners From Venus, Martin Newell, XTC, John Leckie, ulcers, and the tragic and outrageous history of Revolutionary Comics' unauthorized bootleg comics about rock stars. Read more.