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Category Archives: Check Out This Song
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Sun Tunnels and Black Ends
Sun Tunnels: “Fall Forward” Deceptively simple and easygoing bedroom-pop instrumentation cleverly masks the twists and turns in this elegant slice of early ’90s sunny and self-aware nostalgia, complete with delightful toy piano and organ flourishes. Black Ends: “My Own Dead” … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Sarah Pasillas and Virgin of the Birds
Sarah Pasillas: “Hot Head” On the one hand, this song is a dreamy dive into a well of echoing vocals, lush guitars, and intricate basslines, while on the other hand you find all of that woozy sound contrasting fascinatingly with … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Hauras and Jose Bold
Hauras: “Theme for Winterrose” “Theme for Winterrose” is a stone cold rocker that I am convinced would sound even better if my speakers had literally any bass to speak of. Jose Bold: “Timothy” From the title, you might expect this … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: 4K and Sound Madrona
4K – “Glory to you, Dagon” Utterly unexpected and elegantly complex. Sound Madrona – “Out of Breadth” The title of this song is a very clever wordplay and that’s honestly enough for me.
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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Great Unwashed Luminaries and Red Weather Tigers
Great Unwashed Luminaries: “Warren Quarantino” Ambient spooky groove or groovy spooky ambience: the choice is yours. Red Weather Tigers: “The Lighthouse” Bells and Biblical law echo down through the fog-shrouded eons.
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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Tom Dyer and Pufferfish
Tom Dyer: “The Glass Cowell” When Robert Fripp is your grade one math teacher and Keith Emerson accompanies on piano. Pufferfish: “Thump60” This song makes me feel like I’m sitting on a grassy knoll watching the clouds while, underground, the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Amy Denio and THEATH
Amy Denio: “All Together Now” Seattle’s own brilliant and prolific Amy Denio spins a mystical and complex tonal landscape to perfectly present her simple and profound incantation, which is especially relevant these days: together. THEATH: “Helocentric World” Spend 60 seconds … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Holly & the Dead Saints and The Deep Cove
Holly & the Dead Saints: “A Clean and Faded Calico Dress” ’80s lo-fi is recalled in these mysterious goings-on about a court and broken sticks and a calico dress, sandwiched between spates of bass and catchy drumming. The Deep Cove: … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Hart Slights and The Ex-Optimists
[Ball of Wax 60 is made up of a lot of really short tracks. So we’ll be doubling up our blog posts for this one, with two one-sentence reviews each, between now and June 5th, the official release date. Enjoy! … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 59 Songs: Amanda Winterhalter – “Euptablisses”
At this point in my “music reviewing career” (I don’t think anybody appreciates more than me just how cool that sounds–in fact, it may only sound cool to me), there is no point in denying that I’m a fan of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Winterhalter, Frames in Motion
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