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Category Archives: Check Out This Song
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Elisa Flynn – “Stand Tall”
This song is reminiscent of something just at the tip of your tongue. It’s a song you already know and love. You haven’t actually heard it before. Yet it feels familiar. “Stand Tall” has a super ’80s vibe with the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Mike Votava – “Broken Heads”
To hear a Mike Votava song is to find yourself wanting to call him up immediately and bypass the whole “getting to know you” thing and go straight to hanging out and laughing about life’s ridiculous inanities. I don’t know … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Arthur C. Lee – “The Storm”
I guess I should start by saying you’re welcome and I’m sorry for bringing you Arthur C. Lee’s snappy new single, “The Storm.” You’re welcome, obviously, because this sweet and boppy little number will provide some much-needed spring to your … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: tidepools – “II. Yoyogi Park”
[Editor’s note: Ball of Wax 63 is available now for pre-order! Grab your copy now, and join us for a live streaming release show on Saturday, March 20th at 7pm PDT on Facebook Live!] I’ve found myself introduced to several … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: COVID-19 Performance Duo – “All the Same”
The last track on Ball of Wax 62 (to recap, this volume exclusively features music written in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election) is a blistering piece of sonic catharsis from Rache Riot and Nate Daly, aka COVID-19 Performance … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Colin Ernst – “If I Were President (I’d Be Shot)”
It’s not a simple task to match up a spoken-word performance with music and make it all work, but Colin Ernst does it with ease in “If I Were President (I’d Be Shot).” This piece has a kind of King-Missile-meets-Spaulding-Gray … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Bryan Nicolas Brophy – “Killer Brother”
I know we all need to try and understand one another. And I guess there’s a pervasive feeling that we all need to figure out how to do that now more than ever. But it’s so hard. And it often … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Seth Howard – “The Understudy Caught the Cold”
The guitar strums for only a measure before the vocals enter. No exposition. The story begins in medias res. We see pixels flickering. We hear dishes jittering. If you type out the lyrics to Seth Howard’s “The Understudy Caught the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Joshua Dennis – “Hold On Till Dawn”
Joshua Dennis – who has appeared on Ball of Wax under a few different monikers over the years – wrote this song the day after election day, after a restless night/morning. He’s based on the east coast now, so it … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 62 Songs: James Kelly Pitts – “God Is Not a Cop”
In hushed tones barely louder than a whisper, James Kelly Pitts exhorts the listener to “Do anything at all.” Simple guitar chords and minimalist percussion frame this quiet demand to break the inertia of the everyday and to think past … Continue reading