Category Archives: Check Out This Song

Songs you should check out.

Ball of Wax 53 Songs: Caroline Keys – “Supplies”

If you’re like me, and pride yourself on being able to accurately judge a song within the first ten seconds, then I recommend throwing that out the window with Caroline Keys‘s “Supplies.” As soon as the track began I thought, … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 53 Songs: Meade Krosby – “Never a Sure Thing”

Longtime Ball of Wax listeners may remember Meade Krosby’s voice https://www.arabfinancials.org/بيتكوين and spellbinding guitar playing from way back on Volume 16, when her band Secret Highways shared their song “Ortolan” (which I think you can maybe still hear on Myspace? … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 53 Songs: Isaac Castillo – “Someday I’ll Be”

Isaac Castillo’s “Someday I’ll Be” is a fast paced, fingerpicking exploration of the post-life experience. The ever-expanding journey that Isaac takes us on in under two minutes reminds me of the iconic short film “Powers of Ten.” In his afterlife, … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 53 Songs: Chris Poage – “What a Gas”

Duane Eddy may have invented the reverbed tremolo twang, but Chris Poage opens up a whole new Ball of Wax with “What a Gas.” Busting out of the gate at an allegro clip, Chris (and what I believe are a … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 52 Songs: Patrick Wurzwallner and Kole Galbraith – “Hi friend, Good Morning!”

To close Ball of Wax 52, Seattle multi-instrumental dronemonger Kole Galbraith and Austrian drum-pummeler Patrick Wurzwallner bring us 5 or so minutes of joyful, improvised noise. I always think it’s funny when people use the term “noise rock” to describe … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 52 Songs: Ambrosia Bardos (Morher) – An Excerpt from the Official Soundtrack for jonCates’ Ghosttown

I’ve been trying to get Ambrosia Bardos on a volume of Ball of Wax for a while, and at last the stars have aligned! For this volume, Ambrosia has chosen to share an excerpt from their work on the soundtrack … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 52 Songs: A.F. Jones – “a charter”

The multi-faceted sound artist A.F. Jones makes his Ball of Wax debut with “a charter,” a sound collage created from audio gathered on a fishing charter. We start off with the motorized drone that must be a constant companion on … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 52 Songs: Virgin of the Birds – “I Fought a Turk”

Virgin of the Birds‘ “I Fought a Turk” makes its entrance on simple piano chords and quite possibly the gentlest strum ever put to record. The I-V progression in D Major is one the most-used in popular music; having 12 … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 52 Songs: Ken Cormier – “Almost Gone”

Connecticut’s Ken Cormier (I didn’t need to include his state – or I could have referred to him as a Nutmegger – but I just couldn’t resist the alliteration) has been an occasional contributor to Ball of Wax since at … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 52 Songs: Saint Nefarious – “Yr Only Friend”

Saint Nefarious (featuring Holly and the Dead Saints) is primarily the work of one Lattney B., who was one-half of lo-fi bedroom pop band Grumpy Bear a decade or so ago and also recorded under the name Holly and the … Continue reading

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