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1973 was a pretty wild year for music. On this live installment of Click Vortex, Sam and Jason peruse the year's biggest hits and most interesting albums from the Beatles (together and solo), Yoko Ono, Todd Rundgren, Can, Alan Hull, and others. Plus, we're 100% live from the loft studio at 850 W Lincoln, broadcasting with videos and sound clips and a room full of rowdy commenters. Wanna...

Chances are you if you don't find Jesse Bass hanging with his kids, wandering in the Sonoran wilderness, or making celestial new age soundscapes as Mezatzal , you'll find him digging through dusty records at thrift shops. His vinyl hound tendencies serve his main project: Skull Valley Records , a YouTube channel and label dedicated to showcasing neglected Arizona private press releases f...

On this all-new episode of The Spindle podcast, Marc and John double their fun with a 2x7" EP from the Screaming Trees, 1989's "Change Has Come" b/w "Days" and "Time Speaks Her Golden Tongue" b/w "Flashes." Released on Sub Pop Records and produced by grunge pioneers Jack Endino and Steve Fisk, the Seattle band featured vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitar...

Do you wear blue blockers on your third eye? On this episode, special guest Mary Papenhausen of Zia Records drops by to discuss one of our all-time favorite topics: The Beatles . Extramarital affairs, experimental sound collages, sitars—all make appearances in this Fab Four-free-for-all chat, which bravely asks: What Beatles album counts as the band's Pinkerton ? All this and more. Just press...

YOU'RE GONNA LISTEN TO THE BASS PLAYER. The Spindle is back for the new year, and this week on the show Marc and John drop the needle on the Melvins' single "Night Goat" b/w "Adolescent Wet Dream." Released in 1992 by Amphetamine Reptile Records, this 7" exemplifies the odd sophistication of the Melvins, reveling in extreme volume, absurdist poetry, and overblown...

Everyone remembers Jack "Dr. Death" Kevorkian's controversial stance on euthanasia and subsequent murder conviction, but you never hear about his TV show and jazz flute chops. That all changes with this episode of Click Vortex, in which  Sam and Jason dig in on Kevorkian, Glenn O'Brien and Chris Stein (Blondie)'s pioneering public access show TV Party , Sex Pistols manager...

Led by brothers David and Hamish Kilgour, The Clean is one of New Zealand's defining bands. Reflecting on the band in light of the recent passing of drummer Hamish Kilgour, our own Marc Masters called the band's songs "charmingly rough and buoyantly catchy." That signature sound was in place from the very beginning, as this week's episode of the Spindle, dedicated to The C...

Click Vortex comes to a close for 2022 with a real roaster of the Kenny Rogers variety. This episode finds Jason tracing the journey of NYC punk guitarist Robert Quine , from the underground to the power pop mainstream, with digressions into the work Matthew Sweet, Lloyd Cole, string arranger Paul Buckmaster, Kelly Clarkson (!) and Mike Watt. Then Sam spins the dial on the ole satellite radio and...

Short songs, short shows, short-lived bands: Lydia Lunch was big on making a point quickly and moving on. For this episode of The Spindle, John and Marc drop the needle on 1978's "Orphans" b/w "Less Of Me" by Teenage Jesus & The Jerks . Led by Lunch on guitar and vocals with bassist Gordon Stevenson and drummer Bradly Field and produced by Robert Quine (Richard Hell &a...

We’re back with another episode of Nilsson Talks Nilsson . For this installment, we’re getting to The Point with Harry’s son, the talented singer, bassist and bandleader Kiefo Nilsson . A charming fairy tale about nonconformity delivered with a dose of Nilsson charisma and a touch of psychedelic inspiration, it’s a classic and a longtime favorite of the WASTOIDS crew, which is why we were excited...

Paul is dead...or is he? On this episode of Click Vortex, Sam and Jason picture themselves on a boat on a river and drift off into murky waters, discussing Wilco, The Byrds, Bob Dylan , and four Fab Beatles conspiracies. Plus, the debut of "Theme From Click Vortex," a new Astrologer jam that will open our show from now on. From beyond the mind's eye, here's Click Vortex: B-Bend...

Drawing on Jamaican dub, progressive rock, and outsider art traditions, Public Image Ltd was a band much more than the sum of its parts. Formed by John Lydon —shedding the "Johnny Rotten" persona he utilized with the Sex Pistols —along with bassist Jah Wobble , drummer Jim Walker, former Clash member Keith Levene , who passed away on November 11, 2022), the band's eponymous debut si...

Sam and Jason are deep in the record crates this week, with an episode focused on cult music icons, including the Judee Sill, Emitt Rhodes , sunshine popper Curt Boettcher , garage rockers from Mars ? & the Mysterians , and Stephen Kalinich —plus appearances by a few mega-stars including Meat Loaf and Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. Along the way, explorations of bank robbery, anti-ASMR train...

You're walking 'round like you're front page news, pressing play on a new episode of The Spindle. On this episode, the guys focus on The Monkees' 1967 hit "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone," with a couple detours into other versions of the song, including Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Sex Pistols, and Minor Threat. As post-modern as it gets, The Monkees were...

We're back with an all-new Click Vortex, featuring record store owner, local business advocate, and shoegaze drummer Kimber Lanning . With her underground-centric shop Stinkweeds and Local First Arizona , she's dedicated to telling under-discussed stories. Joining Sam and Jason in the 850 Lincoln loft studio, she discusses record store life, her beloved indie rock venue Modified Arts , a...

In 1982, Black Flag found themselves in the unlikely position of having what seemed like a potential "hit record." A satirical jab at the couch potato schlubs complete with peppy handclaps insisted on by their handlers, "TV Party" was released by SST and Unicorn Records, a division of the major label imprint MCA, in 1982. Backed with "I've Got To Run" and "M...

Today on WASTOIDS With, we talk with punk lifer and deep music head Keith Morris . Across the last four decades, he has fronted foundational hardcore bands like Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and more recently, OFF! That latter group just released a free-jazz/spazz punk epic called Free LSD on Fat Possum Records. Layered in fury and noise, it finds Morris and his musical foil Dimitri Coates joined by n...

From deep within the depths of the internet, it's Click Vortex. This episode is all over the map, focusing in on the 20th anniversary of Cody ChesnuTT 's profane and fuzzy lo-fi gem The Headphone Masterpiece , the TV theme song glory of Andrew Gold , Outkast 's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below , Quarterflash , garbage apple pies, and much more. And when you get done listening, check out...

Welcome to part one of Nilsson Talks Nilsson with Olivia Nilsson.  Along with her siblings, she runs the Harry Nilsson estate, and is dedicated to sharing interesting tidbits, unknown stories, and personal experiences related to the legendary singer, producer, interpreter, and composer. Nilsson Talks Nilsson is geared to the Hardcore Harry Heads out there, so dive in with Olivia and host Jason Woo...

This week on The Spindle, Marc Masters and John Howard drop the needle on Swell Maps, "Read About Seymour" b/w "Ripped and Torn" and "Black Velvet." Initially released on the band's own Rather Records and then reissued by the Rough Trade label in 1979, this single presents Nikki Sudden, Phones Sportsman, Epic Soundtracks, Jowe Head, along with D. Mint and Golden...

Welcome to part one of Nilsson Talks Nilsson with Olivia Nilsson.  Along with her siblings, she runs the Harry Nilsson estate, and is dedicated to sharing interesting tidbits, unknown stories, and personal experiences related to the legendary singer, producer, interpreter, and composer. Nilsson Talks Nilsson is geared to the Hardcore Harry Heads out there, so dive in with Olivia and host Jason Woo...

Your clicking duo is more than a little excited about WASTOIDS season one, our four-episode anthology series now streaming on Night Flight Plus . For this episode, Sam and Jason use Night Flight as a starting point and let their scrappy television production imaginations run wild. True crime, tragedy, children's shows, psychedelia, and art pop madness: this episode of Click Vortex from WASTOI...

" Hello? This is your mother, are you there? Are you coming home? " Welcome to a discussion of avant-pop artist Laurie Anderson's 1981 7" single "O Superman" b/w "Walk The Dog." Released by 1-10 Records, the record signaled the arrival of a fascinating, one of a kind sound creator. For this episode, your regular hosts Marc and John are joined by Alex Reed, a...

WASTOIDS is coming to our favorite streaming service, Night Flight Plus , on September 30th, with a four-episode anthology series baked and fried in the Sonoran Desert and New York City. Featuring some of our favorite live performances from bands like Wednesday, Supercrush, Portrayal of Guilt, Reptaliens, and more, oddball skits, video segments, demented fun, WASTOIDS lo-fi fever dream, available...

From Dick Clark 's unbelievable middle name to Jimi Hendrix to late night radio trips, this (Pace picante sauce-voice) New York City-centric edition of Click Vortex with special guest DJ Johnny Volume has it all. Dive into Will Hermes' Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever , Richard Lloyd of Television 's power pop gem Alchemy , legendary...