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Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Spritle – “Let Me Eat Cake”
Our newish friend Bryan Brophy has brought us something completely different for Ball of Wax 67 – a blistering, blown-out stack of heavy guitars and drum machines produced under the moniker Spritle. This is perfect Friday-afternoon-at-the-end-of-a-completely-fucking-ridiculous-week music, which is appropriate … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: E – “Any Information”
I feel like we’ve used the term ‘supergroup’ a bit too much around here of late (i.e., like, three times), but E is truly worthy of the title – at least to me and likely many others who spent much … Continue reading
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Tagged E, Gavin McCarthy, Jason Sidney Sanford, Thalia Zedek
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Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Guma – “Mud Doctor”
Has it really been over five years since we’ve shared a song from our Austin pals Guma? Apparently so. I was delighted to receive the band’s new album A List of Sightings in my inbox recently, and upon hearing “Mud … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Lacey Brown – “Thin Air”
[Editor’s note: Ball of Wax 67 is coming! And for the first time in two years we’re having a live, in-person, release show! Join us March 12th at 7pm at the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center in … Continue reading
Submit to Ball of Wax 67!
Now that we’ve reviewed all the tracks on Ball of Wax 66, it is of course time to get to work on the next volume! Ball of Wax 67 (winter 2022) will be the eighth volume of the (&$#*!) COVID … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Tom Dyer & The True Olympians – “It’s Mud”
The last time I reviewed a song by Tom Dyer & the True Olympians, I closed it by calling the song “just damn fun” and heck if they haven’t done it AGAIN. I still don’t know where Tom Dyer finds … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Keyboar – “Welcome to today forever”
Simple brilliant clean rockin’ execution. Keyboar‘s “Welcome to today forever” brings forth a straight forward catchy riff right off the bat, making your body rock right along with the beat. The bass sets the attitude and tone of the song, … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Strange Torpedoes – “Watching the Driveway (for Headlights That Never Came)”
I love instrumental song titles. The little bit of context they provide goes a long way in coloring our understanding of the piece. Strange Torpedoes’ “Watching the Driveway (for Headlights That Never Came)” might be about latchkey kids or a … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus on the moon, strange torpedoes, Terwilliger Curves
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defineartworks – “We Come in Peace”
A brief ambient interlude, a little under two minutes but suggesting a much greater span. We (they?) come in peace, but the arrival is also tinged with nostalgia for infinite time and endless space. Ball of Wax Volume 66 by … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: Colin Ernst – “The Point of No Return”
For some reason, I tend to think of Colin Ernst as being a part of Ball of Wax since Levi first started putting it together. This isn’t the case, so it must be that Colin’s material embodies something of the … Continue reading