http://ballofwax.org new and obscure music, curated Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ballofwax.org/2012/04/genital-hospitals-plays-their-last-show-this-friday/#comment-10685 WILD CARD! Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:59:21 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2737#comment-10685 Thanks for the post! I can't stop listening!! See you at the ELKS #92! Thanks for the post! I can’t stop listening!! See you at the ELKS #92!

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2012/04/blues-revival-through-seattle-gravelroad-carrying-on-harry-smiths-legacy/#comment-10017 Joe Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:17:55 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2678#comment-10017 Taledragger blew me away when I heard it. GravelRoad is covering new ground in a genre you might think has been around the block too many times, but these guys really surprised me. Psychedelta is one of the best sounding albums in my collection. Call it acid blues, call it whatever, it's just one of those records that you can go back to again and again. Taledragger blew me away when I heard it. GravelRoad is covering new ground in a genre you might think has been around the block too many times, but these guys really surprised me. Psychedelta is one of the best sounding albums in my collection. Call it acid blues, call it whatever, it’s just one of those records that you can go back to again and again.

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2011/10/ball-of-wax-26-a-tribute-to-harry-smith-and-the-anthology-of-american-folk-music-1125-at-the-columbia-city-theater/#comment-9708 winston foster Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:36:33 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2127#comment-9708 emergency! if anyone could provide the french lyrics to joe falcon's 'acadian one step' asap ,it would be a 'life saver!' i have to sing this tune at a festival in 40 hours time ,& i just cannot make out the pronounciation from the recording. ...many thanks emergency! if anyone could provide the french lyrics to joe falcon’s ‘acadian one step’ asap ,it would be a ‘life saver!’ i have to sing this tune at a festival in 40 hours time ,& i just cannot make out the pronounciation from the recording. …many thanks

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2012/03/the-ball-of-wax-27-release-show-words-and-pictures/#comment-9023 André Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:32:56 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2604#comment-9023 t'was a magical night! t’was a magical night!

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/man-manifesto-waitress-sam-russell-at-columbia-city-theater/#comment-8922 Dave Moore Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:31:52 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2543#comment-8922 As Sam's father, I couldn't agree more. You should have heard him sing and play the bongos at the age of three! Great article and good luck tomorrow night, Son. As Sam’s father, I couldn’t agree more. You should have heard him sing and play the bongos at the age of three! Great article and good luck tomorrow night, Son.

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/check-out-this-song-oh-lo-lo-laundromat/#comment-8313 Phil Heron Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:21 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2496#comment-8313 Excellent stuff! Excellent stuff!

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/check-out-this-song-oh-lo-lo-laundromat/#comment-8287 Louis O'Callaghan Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:40:49 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2496#comment-8287 That's great, good opener. That’s great, good opener.

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/check-out-this-song-oh-lo-lo-laundromat/#comment-8285 Kelli Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:54 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2496#comment-8285 Laundo! Laundo!

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/glocal-scene-albuquerque-nm/#comment-8245 Levi Fuller Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:17:34 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2474#comment-8245 Albuquerque is a weird town for sure. I spent a very non-musical and pretty unstimulating weekend or so there a long time ago. It is (or was?), however, home to BoW alum Dominick Campbell of Luminous Craft/Church Animals, so there must be something great about it. Albuquerque is a weird town for sure. I spent a very non-musical and pretty unstimulating weekend or so there a long time ago. It is (or was?), however, home to BoW alum Dominick Campbell of Luminous Craft/Church Animals, so there must be something great about it.

]]> http://ballofwax.org/2011/12/2011-in-review-new-is-new-old-is-new-and-lulu-is-the-future/#comment-8121 Bart Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:19:28 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2267#comment-8121 Yeah, I come back to Lulu and try to listen to it once in a while. It's a challenge. There's substance and ambition in that work. When I was a kid in Wisconsin and fell in love with Lou Reed's recordings, his music was always a litmus test. As much as music journalists today say they love him, I swear that very few normal music listeners-- at least among people I encountered in Wisconsin, so maybe consider the source-- had the patience for even his popular work. (The first people I met from NYC, I immediately started playing Lou Reed on the stereo, asking about lyrics, and they begged me to turn it off because they liked music that sounded good. I had thought NYC was full of Lou Reeds.) I think Lulu is the litmus test for the current press. Not that they should automatically grant a five star review, but that they should at least be capable of considering its merits. Yeah, I come back to Lulu and try to listen to it once in a while. It’s a challenge. There’s substance and ambition in that work. When I was a kid in Wisconsin and fell in love with Lou Reed’s recordings, his music was always a litmus test. As much as music journalists today say they love him, I swear that very few normal music listeners– at least among people I encountered in Wisconsin, so maybe consider the source– had the patience for even his popular work. (The first people I met from NYC, I immediately started playing Lou Reed on the stereo, asking about lyrics, and they begged me to turn it off because they liked music that sounded good. I had thought NYC was full of Lou Reeds.) I think Lulu is the litmus test for the current press. Not that they should automatically grant a five star review, but that they should at least be capable of considering its merits.

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