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Category Archives: Bands You Should Know
Ball of Wax 53 Songs: Poor Neighbors – “Tolle”
It isn’t often that I come across new music with such an overwhelming pull of nostalgia that I am compelled to stop what I am doing, find a quiet place, and consume it with an openness and willingness that only … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 51 Songs: great unwashed luminaries – Sunspace Quasar (for Miles)
My word, has it really been almost six years since we’ve heard from great unwashed luminaries? As far as I can tell, that name last graced a volume of Ball of Wax on #28, our excellent Dance Party volume. (Although … Continue reading
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Tagged great unwashed luminaries, kelly minnis
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Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Nachthexen – “NightWitch III/draft”
It’s been a while since I gushed about local guitar hero Bill Horist, and even longer since he graced a volume of Ball of Wax with his guitarical prowess, so I’m excited that both are happening again right now! I’ve … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 50 Songs: Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band – “Battle Cry”
Beth Fleenor – aka Crystal Beth – is an undeniable, unstoppable musical force, and one of Seattle’s treasures. She uses her voice and clarinet – not to mention the deep connections she forms with her collaborators – to channel strange, … Continue reading
Get On With It: Going Home with the Foghorns
The Foghorns – . . . on a Dog’s Ass Sometime (2017, Knick Knack Records) The older you get, the more the memories pile up. The Foghorns’ new album . . . on a Dog’s Ass Sometime (a companion piece … Continue reading
Let’s Live it Up While We’re Alive: Thoughts on the Foghorns . . . on a Dog’s Ass Sometime
The Foghorns – . . . on a Dog’s Ass Sometime (2017, Knick Knack Records) “Oh, the way you used to look at me / like an old Trans Am on the road” – so begins . . . on … Continue reading
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Sam Russell and the Harborrats release Born to Hurt single
Seattle-via-Kenosha, Wisconsin anachronistic troubadour Sam Russell just released a new single and it’s fantastic. The anthemic “Born to Hurt” feels like a defining statement for Russell, an artist with a body of work spans a live EP with his ace … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 45 Songs: Sindri Eldon/Electric Dylan
Maybe it’s because I’m most of the way through volume 5 of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s epic autobiographical novel My Struggle, but I find something very Knausgaardian about the solipsistic, manic intensity of Sindri Eldon‘s “I Can’t Feel Anything” – and … Continue reading
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Tagged Electric Dylan, Michael Sanchez, Sindri Eldon
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Ball of Wax 44 Songs: Karaoke Hottiez – Get on By
When I first wrote about Karaoke Hottiez (and that still-atrocious moniker) for volume 43, I had no idea that the band was the side project of one Matty P, he of the Foghorns choir, Plastic Jet Airline and all-around good … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 44 Songs: Heather Duby – Miles to Meters
There’s a lot packed into the less-than-two-minute running time of “Miles to Meters,” the first recorded music the world has heard from Seattle expat Heather Duby in several years. A first it sounds like a solo vocal, Heather’s husky alto … Continue reading
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