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Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Medejin – “World’s Fair”
Our new friends Medejin are back with their new single “World’s Fair,” which they’ve graciously allowed us to include on Ball of Wax 57. Where their previous contribution, “Untitled 4,” was slow and contemplative, with lots of empty space and … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Bear Clouds – “With Us”
There is very little music that has come out of my region of the country that has inspired me to proudly wear its influence on my sleeve or to incorporate its touchstones into my own style, so it’s difficult for … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Bodies on the Beach – “Coaster”
Bodies on the Beach is a project from Planes On Paper‘s Navid Eliot, and “Coaster” is a dreamy, reverb-drenched slice of summertime indie pop. It’s a bouncy, well-structured and well-executed song; from the jangly, finger-picked electric guitars that suggest a … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Sex Hogs – “Bricks”
Our newest volume starts off with an appropriately summery track from Northern California trio Sex Hogs. “Bricks” is warm and breezy, like a perfect sunny day, with just enough grit to remind you you’ve been sitting in the sand all … Continue reading
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: Disinterested – “Sunlightwater”
You know that dream you have every six years or so in which you’re standing at the edge of the world, surveying all that man hath wrought and not in the sense that we accomplished great things but in the … Continue reading
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: Younger Youngest – “The Fire”
“The Fire” is mood music by San Francisco’s Younger Youngest. It moves along gently on dual-note chord forms and introduces in succession a handful of other guitars that each serve to color in the spaces of the mood. The first … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 56 Songs: Doug Hood and the Wholly Heathens – “Fire at Captain Mike’s”
The rapture, the apocalypse, the final battle between good and evil (too soon to namedrop Ragnarok without sounding like a total nerd), the Second Coming of Sam Russell: whatever you want to call it, Doug Hood (née the aforementioned Mr. … 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