Author Archives: Levi Fuller

Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Lowmen Markos – “White City”

This recording – a sort of centerpiece to Ball of Wax 33 – is a wonderful example of what happens when you get a group of gifted musicians playing live together in a room with one of Seattle’s best engineers. … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: The Mantis Opera – “I Never Went Surfing”

Ball of Wax 33 features a few artists that I had never heard before receiving their submissions, among them The Mantis Opera. I don’t know how Mantis Opera mastermind Allister Kellaway found us all the way from Falmouth (Cornwall, UK), … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: The Elevator Boys – “When You’re With Him”

Volume 33 really is all over the map, both musically and geographically. We went through Arizona and California before we hit a couple Seattle artists, and then we jaunted through Nashville with Friendship Commanders. Well we’re back in the Southwest … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Friendship Commanders – “Bad to See You”

As Jon so astutely gleaned yesterday from my song “33 Slade St.,” I was once in a band that rehearsed in a house at that address – and in fact we took our name from it. This volume, as part … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Matt Lynott – “Stitch”

San Diego’s Matt Lynott sent me a link to his self-titled debut album a while back, and I am very pleased that he did.  Whether on  instrumentals or songs with vocals, his arrangements – the textures, instrumentation, dynamics, and melodies … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Territory & Hombre – “Autry”

As you might remember, for Ball of Wax 31 my esteemed colleague Jon and I wrote a blog post for each of the original versions of the songs that were covered for that volume. Jon had the brilliant idea that … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 33: 9/7 at Conor Byrne!

Ball of Wax Volume 33 Release Show The Luna Moth | Lowmen Markos Sun Tunnels | Michael Wohl Saturday, September 7th, 9pm Conor Byrne Pub 21+ / $7 (includes a free copy of Ball of Wax 33 CD) Ball of … Continue reading

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Submit to Ball of Wax 33!

The next volume of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly will be number 33; an evocative and compelling number indeed, I think you’ll agree. I’m a big fan of the number 33 (have been for a long time), but I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Corespondents: “Weltschmertz”

Sometimes I love the internet. Longtime Ball of Wax favorites Corespondents just posted the following on Facebook, with a link to a brand new song on Soundcloud: “Todd wasn’t feeling well last night so the 3 of us in lieu … Continue reading

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Bill Horist’s Got Talent

Local guitar genius (and national treasure) Bill Horist has a new web site! I’ve often had a hard time when referring to him on the internet, not knowing whether to link to this  out of date label page, or that … Continue reading

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