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Category Archives: Album Reviews
Album Review: Western Ghost House – Kaleidoscope Tower
Western Ghost House – Kaleidoscope Tower (2011, self-released) Western Ghost House‘s second release, Kaleidoscope Tower, is a tasteful, thoughtful collection of songs from a young Austin band that evokes the likes of Calexico, Shearwater, and Papercuts. Brooding, cowboy-esque opener “Varicose Veins” … Continue reading
Album Review: Tito Ramsey – Hi Lo EP
Tito Ramsey – Hi Lo EP (2011, self-released) I always find it fascinating when an artist chooses to make a stark stylistic change, making a sharp left turn in genre, feel, or instrumentation all at once rather than the usual … Continue reading
Album Review: Stray Kites
Stray Kites – Mieux (2011, self-released) I’ve found this to be true: lo-fi twee bedroom pop can be polarizing. I love the stuff, much of the time . . . for sure, the genre is littered with a lot of … Continue reading
Album Review: The Foghorns – To the Stars on the Wings of a Pig
The Foghorns – To the Stars on the Wings of a Pig (2011, Knick Knack Records) Count this review as another in a long line of conflicts of interest here at the Blog ‘o Wax. The Foghorns are a Seattle … Continue reading
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Album Review: Klak Tik – Must We Find a Winner
Klak Tik – Must We Find a Winner (2010, Safety First Records) Klak Tik’s textured Must We Find a Winner has a distinct taste for the theatrical, majestically carried out for just under an hour. The London-based band have produced … Continue reading
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Album Review: Shenandoah Davis – The Company We Keep
Shenandoah Davis – The Company We Keep (2011, self-released) Shenandoah Davis is a Ball of Wax alumnus (see volumes 16 and 18). In fact, she’s the first example I point to for the beauty of the concept of such a … Continue reading
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Album Review: Carlos Forster – Family Trees
Carlos Forster – Family Trees (2011, HUSH Records) Carlos Forster once led a fantastic, woefully unheralded band called For Stars, about which I’ve written wistfully elsewhere. It’s been 7 years since the release of For Stars’ swan song, It Falls Apart, … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] Album Review: Keith Haman – Camera
Keith Haman – Camera (2011, Melotone) Keith Haman hails from Oceanside, California, but resides in New York City, where he is now releasing albums with Brooklyn label/rehearsal studio Melotone. I’ve met Keith before, playing with the now defunct alt-country band … Continue reading
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Album Review: Can The Boy Tell Time – Tunia
Can the Boy Tell Time – Tunia (2011, self-released) Tunia is the kindly face-melting new album from Seattle band Can The Boy Tell Time. This music is by no means easy to describe, but I am eager to try. But … Continue reading
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Album Review: Man Man
Man Man – Self-titled EP (2004, Ace Fu Records) I got to see Philadelphia’s Man Man at New York’s Mercury Lounge in 2004.* Their set was a spectacle — everyone on stage was an excellent player, each attending to his own intricate … Continue reading
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