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Author Archives: Levi Fuller
Ball of Wax 50 Is Nigh! 12/15 at LoFi
Ball of Wax 50 Release Show Friday, December 15, 9pm LoFi Performance Gallery 429 Eastlake Ave. E. with The Foghorns, Screens, Visceral Candy, The Laughing Group, and Jenni Potts $8 advance/$10 door (includes a copy of Ball of Wax 50 … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 50: An Update
As you probably know if you’re looking at this site, Ball of Wax Volume 50 (Autumn 2017) was supposed to be devoted to music by women, curated by me and Sharlese Metcalf. After much deliberation, Sharlese and I have decided … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 49 Songs: Eric Anders – “Big World Abide”
Just as we were releasing our “Songs of Resistance” volume (to benefit NW Immigrant Rights Project), California singer-songwriter Eric Anders was putting the finishing touches on Eleven Nine, his collection of artfully crafted anti-Trump songs (to benefit Lambda Legal). “Big … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 49 Songs: Anika Reichert & Matthew Brown – “Burn Down”
Ball of Wax newcomer Anika Reichert joins Seattle-to-Hamburg transplant Matthew Brown on “Burn Down,” a smoldering* piece of synth-and-drum-machine-based pop. The sedate, yet propulsive backing tracks are somewhere between John Carpenter and Depeche Mode (a pretty damn good place to … Continue reading
Ball of Wax Songs: Robert Deeble – “Uncertain”
Robert Deeble has been with Ball of Wax since the very beginning – Volume 3, to be precise – and over the past few years he’s been gradually sharing sneak peeks with us from his long-awaited and soon-to-be-released album, Beloved, … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 49 Songs: James Kelly Pitts – “Right Foot Blue”
“Right Foot Blue” is newish BoW regular James Kelly Pitts’s third appearance in these parts. I’ve admired his approach to songwriting and production since receiving his first submission, “Night Shift,” but two adjectives that I haven’t previously connected to his … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 49 Songs: The Heligoats – “Little Gain”
It starts quietly enough, crisp acoustic guitars strumming stereo left and right, then the vocals come in, plaintively wondering where the time went (tell me about it?). Two and a half minutes later, The Heligoats‘ “Little Gain” has gained quite … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 49 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “County K”
When he’s not flying to Seattle to squeeze the accordion with the Foghorns* or writing clever/righteous/wistful pop songs or DJing on Santa Clara college radio or rocking the keys with San Jose band Cola*, Peter Colclasure is sitting down at … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 49 Songs: Steven Arntson – “Minor Yodel”
Writer/musician Steven Arntson makes his Ball of Wax debut with the aptly titled “Minor Yodel,” a brief, tantalizing dollop of concertina and voice (Arnston is backed up by our pal Anne Mathews of the Lonely Coast) that leaves one wanting … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 49 Songs: Drew Danburry – “Mediocrity . . .”
The full title of this new song from our Utahan barber/songwriter pal Drew Danburry is “Mediocrity, for Denis Villeneuve (who is amazing and not mediocre),” which gives you some idea of the artist’s intentions. The song seems to be about … Continue reading