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In 1988, legendary post-punk band Wire went pop - at least according to their critics. But according to Marc and John, their 7-inch "Kidney Bingos" b/w "Pieta" was a natural progression, not to mention just a great pair of songs! Dig into the catchy but heady sound of '80s Wire on the latest episode of the Spindle. 

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, That Thing You Do, The Crow, Forest Gump, Spawn, and much, much more—aided by the Clic...

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...

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.

Have you found yourself deloused in a comatorium? If so, you may be entitled to compensation. Sam Means (The Format) and Jason Woodbury (Aquarium Drunkard) hop in the time machine to visit June of 2003, riffing on Metallica's St Anger and S ome Kind of Monster , Radiohead's Hail to the Thief, Steely Dan's taxi-cab confessions, At the Drive-In, pop-punk, blood transfusion conspiracie...

Described as a cross between Johnny Cash and Black Sabbath, Davis, CA's Thin White Rope were a gnarly desert rock band whose growling vocals and intertwined guitars sounded both scary and profound. Marc and John delve into their 1991 Sub Pop 7-inch "Ants are Cavemen" b/w "Little Doll," giving you the lowdown on why Thin White Rope are one of the hidden treasures of 80s and...

What does Dr. Bronner's magic soap have to do with Jimi Hendrix and Don Bolles of The Germs and Astrologer? What '70s band benefitted from Rupert Holmes' cannibalistic pop chops? Find out the answers to these questions and more on an all-new Click Vortex. 

Vortex duo Sam and Jason settle in for a ramble heavy episode of Click Vortex, streamed live on the WASTOIDS YouTube channel Wednesday, May 10th. For his segment, Sam opens up with some primo Satanic panic, examining the hidden messages of Jeff Lynne and ELO, and the Trinity Broadcasting Network's Led Zeppelin reel-to-reel demonstrations. In the second half of the show, Jason asks: how many S...

In a previous life, Washington band Mystic 100's were known as Milk Music. But with the freaky and wild On a Micro Diet , they are reborn as a fire breathing, jam punk band, think Meat Puppets meet Crazy Horse, or the Dead had they signed to SST Records. In this episode of Hotline, the Mystic 100's answer your questions from the 1-877-WASTOIDS answering machine, discussing shirt sizes, f...

There are two sides to Kiss's 1976 single "Beth" b/w "Detroit Rock City", but there's only one side to Marc and John's take on this record: it sucks! Join us to hear all the ridiculous stories and painful lyrics behind this unfortunate mega hit.

Seffay feff seffa hi! You may know Vic Berger best as one of the internet's funniest video editors, as one third of the Office Hours Live Holy Trinity, or as a member of Tim Heidecker's Very Good Band . But this mixtape has us convinced we need to add "ace music selector" to Berger's list of bonafides, alongside drop master , songwriter , and proud dog owner . Drawing from...

Join Sam Means (The Format) and Jason P. Woodbury (Aquarium Drunkard) from the 850 W Lincoln loft, where they offer a deep dive on recording engineer, writer, musician & viral star Ethan Winer's 2007 viral magnum opus Tele-vision and get an early start on the summer with vape entrepreneur and rock star Mungo Jerry. 

John Vanderslice has been one of the most dynamic and interesting indie rock artists for decades, and a world class producer for artists like Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie, The Mountain Goats and more. With his new album Crystals 3.0 , he abandons the guitar in favor of pure electronic texture. In this episode of Hotline, Vanderslice answers your questions from the 1-877-WASTOIDS answering machine, s...

The notorious No Wave band Red Transistor didn't actually release anything in their short existence—but their posthumous single "Not Bite" / "We're Not Crazy," recorded in 1977 but released by Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label in 1990. The single showcases how ahead of their time this chaotic noise punk band was, both in the cutting riffs, repetition, and ran...

For the last decade plus, Will “Brain A” Currier has cooked up a curiously genre-defiant blend of electronic music and post-punk grind, delivered with lo-fi hip-hop ease. Known for his work with cyberpunk artist N8NOFACE and now defunct instrumental outfit The Analog Sweat, Currier is currently holed up in his desert lab fine tuning work on a forthcoming project named BRAINFIEND , a collaboration...

Click Vortex, our lucky number twenty-seventh episode. Tune in to the WASTOIDS livestream as Sam Means (The Format) and Jason Woodbury (Aquarium Drunkard) 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. 

Founded by Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks) and Sam Coomes (Heatmiser, Elliott Smith) in 1992, Quasi has become a Pacific Northwest rock & roll institution. The band's new album Breaking The Balls of History is out now on Sub Pop Records. On this episode of Hotline, they answer your questions from the 1-877-WASTOIDS answering machine, sharing their...

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 melo...

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...

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....

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...

Today on The Spindle, Marc and John drop the needle on the biggest single by Funkadelic, 1978's "One Nation Under A Groove" Parts I & II. Riding the top of the Billboard Soul charts for six weeks, this song was Funkadelic's National Anthem, a call for unity catalyzed by gigantic funk hooks. Devoted to hitting the "one," the group turns well-worn words into new man...

Among the crop of intentional communities and cults that sprang out of the counter culture of the late '60s and the '70s, few are as mythic as The Source Family . On this special installment of WASTOIDS With, we speak with Source Family historian Isis Aquarian and director Jodi Wille , who brought the family's story to the big screen with the 2012 documentary The Source Family.  Isi...

Click Vortex is back with Sam in NYC and Jason in PHX. Pardon the audio if you don't mind—as this chat about Madonna's "Ray of Light" at 25 and the Pavement discography is worth it. The episode takes a turn for the surreal when they try to get the Notion AI bot to tell us something interesting about The Velvet Underground. Will Skynet surprise us? Find out on this thrilling epi...

“Here's my secret, man: I don't tell anyone my secrets.” Today on The Spindle, Marc and John drop the needle on Miles Davis' 1972 single "Vote For Miles," parts I and II. Pulled from an On the Corner epic, this alternate version/sonic collage presents five and a half minutes of textural, mind blowing jazz fusion. Though the electric era found Miles seeking a wider audience...