Author Archives: Lattney B. Jones

Ball of Wax 70 Songs: Death Spa – “Cracked Eggs”

While I like to invent and toss around genre descriptions like I know something others don’t (but really because I want to coin a term that will one day become a hashtag and eventually a tired meme), I am struggling … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: The Gabes – “Life Without the Sun”

When I hear a jaunty strum, I get suspicious. Especially in this (still-new) century, when it seems pop radio stations have been flooded with the likes of Something & Sons, Of Somethings and Somethings, and a plethora of others. Don’t … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Venice Rover – “The Knife is the Hardest Instrument”

I love anything “off kilter,” and Venice Rover’s contribution to Ball of Wax 69 is all about that particularly unsettling state of existence that lies in that transitive valley between the hollow hills of backporch country jam and the cloud-cloaked … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Orion – “In the Wind”

Contradictory though it may seem, subtlety is the dominating theme in Orion’s contribution to Ball of Wax Volume 69. This edition is built upon duos, but you could almost imagine a solitary figure in a bedsit with a synth and … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Tom Dyer & The True Olympians – “It’s Mud”

The last time I reviewed a song by Tom Dyer & the True Olympians, I closed it by calling the song “just damn fun” and heck if they haven’t done it AGAIN. I still don’t know where Tom Dyer finds … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Colin Ernst – “The Point of No Return”

For some reason, I tend to think of Colin Ernst as being a part of Ball of Wax since Levi first started putting it together. This isn’t the case, so it must be that Colin’s material embodies something of the … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Darryl Blood w/Green Light Cameras – “A Hunter in Hiding”

I’m trying to determine what portion of the excitement I feel when listening to “A Hunter in Hiding” is due to this being a collaboration between two of my favorite Ball of Wax regulars (one of them a collaborator of … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Jason Sidney Sanford – “16 Oct. 2021_experiment 02”

It would be tempting to listen to this piece as a synth workout with all of the voices set to tones one wouldn’t normally use, say “sweet jam and dig that low-end groove,” and leave it at that. However, context … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 65 Songs: Chris Klepac – “Rinse and Repeat”

There is a statement and a question in Chris Klepac’s contemplative “Rinse and Repeat” that are timeless for people like me (these days, there seem to be lot more of you than ever before) and, if one thinks about it, … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 65 Songs: Anne Mathews – “The One That Makes Me Scream”

My first thought on reading the title of this song was, “I know that line.” But no, it couldn’t be any sort of connection to a beloved pop nugget by one of the most important bands of my youth, could … Continue reading

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