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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, sharing tips and tricks for managing vibes in a recording studio, his favorite places to eat, and how visiting Japan expanded his mind. Vanderslice's studio was recently looted—check out this fund to cover some losses.

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 rants of Rudolph Grey and Von Lmo and their legendarily destructive shows in which little on stage survived.

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 with rapper Mykr Fiend X of the longest running hip-hop collective in Phoenix, The Avenue of the Arts Crew, which features collabs with Myka 9 of Freestyle Fellowship, Grandmaster Caz, and Sadat X of Brand Nubian. His beats can also be heard in WASTOIDS season one.

For Yo! WASTOIDS, Currier offers a retrospective mix—15 years in 15 minutes—featuring his beat juggling skills, sound collage edits, and collaborations with N8NOFACE, Sadat x, Myka 9, and more.

Check out YouTube and Instagram for more Brain A goodness.

Tracklist: Brain A- Last Year’s Language/Awol One-Learning (Remix)/Myka 9-Systems (Remix)/Brainfiend-Try feat. Sadat X (Remix)/N8NOFACE-All That's Left/OHM-Father's Day/Craig G-Choose One

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 fantasy world, records they can't live with out and much 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!

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.  

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!

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.

Catch Click Vortex *Live* at Crescent Ballroom, Sunday, March 26 with Elmo and Cris of Meat Puppets. 

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 mantras, all in service of a groove that seemed like it could last forever.