Category Archives: Live Music

Ball of Wax 24 release show: 5/11/11 at the Sunset

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Levi Fuller

This is going to be a good one! Through no particular planning of my own, the release show celebrating the next volume of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly (Volume 24, Spring 2011) will be quite the old-school BoW affair. Everyone … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Town: Isaac Pierce

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Colin J. Nelson

I first met Isaac Pierce trading mini-sets at Citizen Coffee in Lower Queen Anne. Mattie P (a totally unique soul who just left town last month) had invited me to join one of his periodic afternoon gatherings of songwriters playing … Continue reading →

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Slow Skate, again

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Levi Fuller

I know, I only just posted about Slow Skate a couple weeks ago, but a) they’re good people and good friends of Ball of Wax; b) they are an excellent band; and c) they’re playing their CD release show for … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Music Club

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Credit where credit is due: Seattle Weekly really hit one out of the park with their “Tuesday Night Music Club” feature in the issue currently (until the end of today) on newsstands. It’s so refreshing to read these words coming … Continue reading →

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Wesafari R.I.P.: Final Show April 17th at Neumos

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Levi Fuller

It’s no secret that Wesafari (heard on Ball of Wax volumes 1, 4, 6, 18, 20, and seen on the Volume 7 DVD) has been one of my favorite local bands for quite some time now, as well as being … Continue reading →

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Improvised Music: BYOBlindfold Tonight at Chapel Performance Space

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Caitlin Sherman

Free improvisation is inflection. Not purely about the notes (words), but how you say (play) them. A conversation between players, rather than a scripted interpretation. Minds bouncing ideas off of each other. The topic may be set, but the debate … Continue reading →

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Where I’ll Be Tonight (Plus More Free Music!): Cooper McBean and the Vested Interests

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Levi Fuller

The Devil Makes Three is a very popular band, and for that reason only you probably won’t find me writing about them much in this space (although they are popular despite the fact that they get little to no press … Continue reading →

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The Lovely Sparrows at SXSW 2011

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Jon Rooney

Even by Ball of Wax’s dubious conflict of interest standards, my writing about Austin’s the Lovely Sparrows constitutes some sort of grave transgression of conscience.  Not only did I release their debut EP and LP on my little label, I … Continue reading →

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Hollow Earth’s Light Rail/Dark Rail

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Levi Fuller

As mentioned previously, Hollow Earth Radio is currently in the midst of its annual, month-long Magma Festival. As part of that, on Saturday I attended Light Rail/Dark Rail, a concert on a Sound Transit Light Rail train. As might be … Continue reading →

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Hollow Earth Radio’s Magma Festival

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Hollow Earth Radio is a local institution which I am both thrilled at the existence of and honored to be a very small part of (I DJ a two-hour show every other Sunday and help out here and there with … Continue reading →

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