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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Till the Teeth – “Quirquincho”

Long time Ball of Wax listeners following along here may be thinking right about now, “Sure, I’m digging all these songs, but when are you going to mix it up? When are you going to throw off the shackles of … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Green Light Cameras and Saint Nefarious – “Doctor”

Inveterate collaborators and Ball-of-Wax-contributors Green Light Cameras and Saint Nefarious have joined forces (maybe for the first time? Can I be totally honest here and say I’m not 100% sure on that count?) to bring us “Doctor,” which takes a … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Hyperbaric Slumber – “Glass Lake”

The duo Hyperbaric Slumber – composed of Jake Frye of Jesus on the Moon (btw, right about now is a fantastic time to crank that Festivus tune) and Mike Krushka of, well, many things – bring us “Glass Lake,” title … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Magic Genie – “Queen of the Forest”

Caroline Keys and Nate Biehl’s Magic Genie was not assembled specifically for this duo-centric volume of Ball of Wax. However, as far as I can tell it may well be true that their only recorded output is songs for various … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: JNA – “Gonna Fly”

When we last heard from JNA, she was making Domenica swoon with the premium grade ’80s style electro-funk track, “Tell Me Why.” Turns out that was just one Ball of Wax ago, but since we’ve had a longer gap than … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Mandy and Jeremy – “Simple Matters”

Ball of Wax 69 starts off with an erudite banger from the duo of Mandy and Jeremy,  of Season of Strangers and Summer Sleeves respectively (wow, that’s a lot of S’s), who came together specifically to create a song together … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69: December 17 at the Rabbit Box

It is time, at last, to celebrate the release of Ball of Wax Volume 69, featuring 20 dazzling duos to delight and, uh . . . defy? Discombobulate? Sorry, kind of ran out of steam on that one. Anyway: Ball … Continue reading

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Call for music from WA trans/non-binary musicians for Ball of Wax Volume 70

Greetings old friends, new friends, and strangers! First, a quick note: For those of you following along, work on Ball of Wax Volume 69 continues at the pace demanded by thoughtful collaboration and uncontrollable life events. Thanks to all who … Continue reading

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News from Ball of Wax – and submit DUOS for Volume 69!

To celebrate the 18th year of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly, and what I hope will be a new era of even deeper collaboration and community, I am excited to announce that we are seeking submissions for Ball of Wax … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Too Tired to Say Anything – “help : less”

Too Tired to Say Anything may be the only music project I know of that’s primarily a podcast. Every couple weeks its creator (I’m unclear if I’m supposed to name him or not) releases a piece of music created to … Continue reading

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