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Author Archives: Levi Fuller
Ball of Wax 57: 9/14 at the Blue Moon!
Ball of Wax 57 Release Show with Tekla Waterfield, The Foghorns, Cowboy Cold, and Colin Ernst Saturday, September 14th The Blue Moon Tavern, 712 NE 45th St. $8 / Ball of Wax 57 CD included with entry Ah yes, it’s … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 56 Songs: Electric Bird Noise – “Hearn-Roberts III”
With each new submission to Ball of Wax – this is their third – Electric Bird Noise has upped the ante, each time bringing in more instruments, more structure, and, dare I say it, more muscle. “Hearn-Roberts III,” from the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 56 Songs: The Foghorns – “Middle Class Art”
The Foghorns are not a folk band. Lead Foghorn Bart Cameron may have some folk-ish tendencies – a deft way with common language and a limited set of chord progressions, a propensity for storytelling and sticking it to the man … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 56: James Kelly Pitts – “Rose Colored Wine Bottle”
We’ve heard James Kelly Pitts in many modes: lo-fi weirdo, pissed-off polemicist, field-recording dronemonger, climate mourner, and more. “Rose Colored Wine Bottle” is possibly the most straightforward track I’ve heard from him – a slow, gorgeous, meditation for finger-picked guitar … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 56 Songs: Chris Moore – “Threads”
Our old friend Chris Moore (last heard on Volume 49, first heard on Volume 2) returns with the gorgeous “Threads,” from his new EP Sunday Painter. The song starts with a quiet, spare guitar part and Chris’s voice, quiet and … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 56 Songs: Holly Small – “Ghosted”
Longtime Ball of Wax friend Holly Small returns with “Ghosted,” a spare track that does a lot with a few ingredients. A minimalist electronic bed of beeps and boops backs up Holly’s jazz- and R&B-inflected riffs on life from the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 56: June 20th at the Blue Moon
Ball of Wax 56 Release Show with Frames in Motion, Sun Tunnels, Amanda Winterhalter, Holly Small, and Schruggs (Josh Schramm and Kevin Suggs) Thursday, June 20th, 8pm The Blue Moon, 712 NE 45th St. $8 / Ball of Wax 56 … Continue reading
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Jarrod Paul Bramson, RIP
As you have probably heard by now if you are connected with independent music in greater western Washington and are on any kind of social media, we lost a dear friend last week with the death of Jarrod Paul Bramson. … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 55 Songs: Behind These Scars – “This Is Just Dirt”
Ahhh, remember way back before 2016, when people weren’t screaming and foaming at the mouth about all the bad people trying to come across our border? Ha ha, just kidding. The origins of this current wave of xenophobia stretches way … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 55 Songs: Jacopo Andreini – “9 borders to cross”
Jacopo Andreini‘s “9 borders to cross” is, alas, the only track on Ball of Wax 55 to come from outside the US border. Jacopo is Italian, but the music he makes crosses many borders, as you might guess from the … Continue reading