Wastoids

Salvador Cresta checks in with lo-fi guitar wrangler Green Sahara, AKA Avery Chandler. From his Roland Jazz Chorus to his trusty Tascam, Avery shows us the tools he uses to build his fuzzy and blurry experimental pop.

Mind your head. Salvador Cresta speaks with Brooklyn based producer Zach Phillips of Fievel Is Glauque, Blanche Blanche Blanche, Perfect Angels—and many more projects—about touring with Stereolab.

Zully Adler of Banana Head joins Salvador Cresta to discuss his cult cassette label Goaty Tapes. An explorer of global DIY music culture, Zully’s tapes demonstrate his care for artifacts from artists like Discount Heaven House Band, The Savage Young Taterbug, and 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 John Cale of the Velvet Underground, ‘70s pop-style songwriter Alex Izenberg, and music blog New Commute. He also riffs on the influence of psychedelic ’70s artists Vince Collins and Ralph Bakshi.

From freak folk to computer music, Montague, Massachusetts-based artist Kurt Weisman creates strange, beguiling songs. Take a walk through Weisman’s history and learn everything about where he’s heading these days with your travel guide Salvador Cresta.

Artist, painter, animator, and musician John Andrews joins Salvador Cresta in the attic to share details of his process, discuss his videos for Woods, Cut Worms, and others, how to utilize out of date art supplies, and The Sun Ra Arkestra’s breakfast routine.

Pedrum Siadatian ventures up to the attic to explore the psychedelic pop sounds of his solo project, Paint, as well discuss his work with Los Angeles-garage rockers Allah-Las, the influence of "blues Kermit the frog" Kevin Ayers, the anti-influence of the Grateful Dead, his interest in Beat writers like William Burroughs, and his desire to create motion pictures and poetry.

Welcome back to the attic, where Argentinian wolf-man Salvador Cresta catches up with enigmatic experimental rock duo Kamikaze Palm Tree who discuss their work with Cate Le Bon, covering Led Zeppelin in their early days, touring with Wilco and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, nodding to The Doors, and their Drag City debut, Mint Chip.

Cartoonist Mark Neeley joins Salvador Cresta in the attic to discuss his primitive animation techniques, and inspiration. Includes music and projects by Michael Rault, Never Young Beach, John Andrews and the Yawns, Spencer Callum, Aquarium Drunkard, and 50 Watt Books.

Los Angeles-based animator Jamie Wolfe joins the wolf man Salvador Cresta for an attic hang out sesh, discussing her inky animations and videos with King Krule, Sneaks, Local Natives, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Adult Swim's Rick & Morty, The Rolling Stones, and much more.

Salvador Cresta reporting live from the attic in Argentina. This month, he welcomes us into the psychedelic world of some of the country's most interesting music, from cult artists like Los Siquicos Litoraleños, Pablo Picco, vlubä, and Los Waldos. Plus, an anti-war anthem from Doris Melton.

Adam Green pranced onto the indie rock landscape with The Moldy Peaches in the ’90s and early 2000s and has continued a streak of strange music and art ever since. On this episode of Midnight Music Review in the Attic, Salvador Cresta invites Adam to discuss his 2016 experimental film Adam Green’s Aladdin—starring Alia Shawkat, Zoe Kravitz, Natasha Lyonne, Jack Dish...Read More

Scraping your brain like resin. In the debut episode of WASTOIDS, your couch spud host Chris tunes into clips from Seattle power pop band Supercrush and psych-pop collective Astrologer, featuring Don Bolles of The Germs. Plus, Natasha calls into the 1-877-WASTOIDS hotline to discuss the arcane cheese smells of NYC, and the Shit4Brainz skate crew shares a clip from t...Read More

Remember that freaky movie Fire in the Sky, about the dude who got abducted by aliens? This one’s like that, only dumber. Join WASTOID Chris and his extraterrestrial pals as they check out music from Los Angeles garage rockers Smirk and Texas screamo/noise/hardcore band Portrayal of Guilt. Plus, a tour through the desert with far out photographer Autumn Kidd, and mo...Read More

There’s a problem with WASTOID Chris’ new amp—it’s haunted by a heavy metal ghost in search of his long lost stash. Hop on the couch with this friendly ghost and catch videos from Asheville country shoegazers Wednesday and Tacoma thrash titans Denial of Life. Then, Smokey calls 1-877-WASTOIDS hotline with a disturbing call and Uncle Remo shares a trippy animated cli...Read More

WASTOIDS Chris logs on to “Sleazy Match” to meet the girl of his dreams and winds up getting more than he bargained for. Plop down and tune into the smooth sounds of California’s Dante Elephante and the woozy psych pop of Seattle’s Reptaliens, recorded live in the 850 W Lincoln studio. Plus, Dave Parley (MeldAmor/Prayers) gives a tour of his funeral-theme coffee sho...Read More

An interview with the creator of Night Flight. The Wastoids team celebrates their launch on Night Flight Plus with Mr. Night Flight himself, Stuart S. Shapiro, in this bonus podcast episode and interview. He launched his career as a concept promoter and independent film distributor in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, working with movies like TunnelVision and Neil Young...Read More

Beneath his hilarious persona, Chris Farren conceals the heart of a romantic. On his latest record album Doom Singer (Polyvinyl Records) the former Fake Problems singer weds massive riffs with intimate and funny confessions. Tune into Hotline as he answers calls about Bruce Springsteen’s son and why one caller’s girlfriends always dump him after Chris’ gigs.

Will Anderson of Hotline TNT has traveled the off-roads and byways of the American rock underground for years. Fusing searching melodies, heartbreaking scenes, and layers of fuzzy noise, his latest album, Cartwheel, presents the band to a newfound audience via a new partnership with Jack White’s Third Man Records. Tune in for Will’s answers to fan questions about th...Read More

Belarusian post-punk trio Molchat Doma (translated as “Houses Are Silent”) answer calls from the 1-877-WASTOIDS hotline. Learn all about their favorite '80s bands, the influence of T.a.T.U., how they play their backing tracks, and their most cherished cheese.

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 mach...Read More

Fresh off the release of I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy, Houston rapper Fat Tony joins us to answer fan questions from the 1-877-WASTOIDS Hotline. What’s he love about Mexico City? Has Kathleen Hanna ever seen his Bikini Kill tattoo? Does he know the meaning of life? Tune in to find out!