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Tag Archives: The Vardaman Ensemble
Ball of Wax 68 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble – “Twilight Blue”
What happens if you throw This Heat and Chico Hamilton into a mixer, shake vigorously, and serve to a spirited group of musicians wielding drums, guitars, bass, french horn, trumpet, and other assorted instrumental oddities? Our Portlandian pals the Vardaman … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: No One Knows Who Did This and The Vardaman Ensemble
No One Knows Who Did This: “Shocker Docker Ocker” This band’s name is a lie, because I know, but I’m never telling. Ball of Wax Volume 60 (60 x 60 = 60) by No One Knows Who Did This The … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble – “TG’s Hug Machine (B)”
Ball of Wax over its now 57 quarterly releases has reserved a significant amount of its bandwidth and compact discs to music outside of the norm. One of these outsider tracks is the hypnotic “TG’s Hug Machine (B)” by Portland’s … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: The Fosbury Flops – “ape MAJOR”
“ape MAJOR,” by The Fosbury Flops (a Vardaman Ensemble/Harvey Girls side project), drops in with a chattering synth effect which fades in and out of the mix throughout its duration, but it’s the clipped and gently flanged vibraphone that washes … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 45 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble/Baylies Band
The Vardaman Ensemble does exactly as the song title “Kill the Jam. Kill It Like Custard.” promises, setting up a pleasingly skronky groove that you wouldn’t mind rocking out to for several minutes and then callously exploding it with no … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 43 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble – Hills & Monuments
If I were better at ever writing album reviews or composing year-end lists of favorite albums, you would have already heard me singing the praises of The Vardaman Ensemble, the skronky post-rock-and-jazz-in-a-blender side project of The Harvey Girls’ Hiram Lucke. … Continue reading
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