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Ball of Wax 57: Bundy – “LOA”
Seems like Ball of Wax 57 is the volume for new music from drummer side projects we haven’t heard from in way too long. In addition to blouseusa’s “Sisters,” we have this beauty from Bundy – aka Mike Bundy, who’s … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Doug Haire – “Holocene #5”
Doug Haire is a master musician and composer whose instruments are usually field recording devices, tape machines, and digital audio workstations. He has engineered and produced ten billion albums for other artists over the years, and has a deep catalog … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Russell Duke – “Misophonia”
From the first tympanum-tapping moments to the fadeout of the celestial rattlesnake that winds its way through Russell Duke’s “Misophonia,” I find myself struggling to identify exactly what I’m hearing. At more than twice the length of the standard pop … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 57 Songs: blouseusa – “Sisters”
If my records are correct (a big if), we haven’t had new music from Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy’s solo-experimental-mostly-electronic project blouseusa since volume 22 – a good nine years ago. This was when the project was called Blouse (u.s.a.), but after it … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble – “TG’s Hug Machine (B)”
Ball of Wax over its now 57 quarterly releases has reserved a significant amount of its bandwidth and compact discs to music outside of the norm. One of these outsider tracks is the hypnotic “TG’s Hug Machine (B)” by Portland’s … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Ken Cormier – “Kitchen Sink”
Everywhere I look lately, I see these comments, posts, and tweets that let me know everybody out there is “living their best life.” Some of them even encourage me to live mine. But you know what? I can’t. Ken Cormier … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Virgin of the Birds – “Saint Ursula”
Our dear friend Jon Rooney is back after his longest BoW hiatus in quite some time (has it really been a year?), and he’s brought us a perfect, less-than-two-minute nugget of Virgin-of-the-Birds-iness. Eighth-note chords chugged out on acoustic and reverbed-out … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: KPH & The Canary Collective – “Dam Dam”
Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm (KPH) is a young community organizer/social justice advocate who has spent the last several years mostly bedridden (read her story here). I bring this up not to garner sympathy for KPH’s plight—although much of her recent work has … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: Drew Danburry – “1996, For Luke Graham, Ryan Hibler and Aaron Mickelson”
Everyone’s favorite singer-songwriter/barber/fraudulent teen Drew Danburry is back after what feels like a long hiatus (or at least a long hiatus from my inbox). It’s been a couple years since Drew brought us “Mediocrity, for Denis Villeneuve (who is amazing … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 57 Songs: The Foghorns – “Night of the Comet”
“It’s the last arcade on the street / it’s the end of the 1980s / and somehow you’re alive” is one hell of a lyric from a band that’s had more than their fair share. As a latchkey kid from … Continue reading