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Author Archives: Ken Cormier
Ball of Wax 65 Songs: Sparkbird – “Minor Holiday”
I’ve been living with Sparkbird’s “Minor Holiday” for a little more than a week—listening in my car, at my desk, in my earbuds as I drift off to sleep—and it’s been a real pleasure. The rhythmic backbone of the song … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Colin Ernst – “If I Were President (I’d Be Shot)”
It’s not a simple task to match up a spoken-word performance with music and make it all work, but Colin Ernst does it with ease in “If I Were President (I’d Be Shot).” This piece has a kind of King-Missile-meets-Spaulding-Gray … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Bryan Nicolas Brophy – “Killer Brother”
I know we all need to try and understand one another. And I guess there’s a pervasive feeling that we all need to figure out how to do that now more than ever. But it’s so hard. And it often … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Seth Howard – “The Understudy Caught the Cold”
The guitar strums for only a measure before the vocals enter. No exposition. The story begins in medias res. We see pixels flickering. We hear dishes jittering. If you type out the lyrics to Seth Howard’s “The Understudy Caught the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Darryl Blood and Phoebe Tsang
Darryl Blood and Gordon Withers “Outtakes in D (revisited)” Sharp piano notes meander their way through lazy cello slurs like raindrops on a lurid summer afternoon—a fine soundtrack for the intermission between dreams. Phoebe Tsang: “Dream (Cat Remix)” You pluck … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Greenhorn and Bluehorn
[Tracks 21 and 22 are from Chris and Brent Antal respectively, two halves of the now-geographically-separated former BoW stalwarts GreenhornBluehorn. -ed] Greenhorn: “Turnstile” With its ethereal keyboards, simple, descriptive lyrics, and slick vibrato croon, “Turnstile” manages to do in sound … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Levi Fuller and Bryan Brophy
Levi Fuller: “No Matter How Long” Sparse, sleepy, harmonious, “No Matter How Long” is a sweet love note scribbled in haste and left on an unmade bed, sentimental but not saccharine, heartfelt in its rough outlines—something lucky to find. Bryan … Continue reading