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Category Archives: Check Out This Song
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Double or Muffin – “Twilight in Seattle”
I’ve engaged in my share of harebrained musical schemes over the past couple decades (one of which you find yourself immersed in at the very moment), but somehow the idea of improvising a rock song feels like a step too … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Ainara LeGardon – “Agota”
Eerie, dark, and haunted is a constant throughout Ainara LeGardon‘s “Agota.” Immediately the artist opens up the main guitar theme that will carry you along for the next sixteen minutes. An uncannily spectral voice comes in and creates a commentary … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Perish the Island – “My False Sense of Power”
Anyone who has ever played music will tell you that “jamming” can be a cathartic experience. Essentially, jamming is what takes place when musicians get together and have no concrete plans for what they hope to accomplish. Any of those … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: James Kelly Pitts – “When It Happened I Got So Dizzy It Happened Again”
If I may pause briefly here to pat myself on the back, I’m really pleased with how Ball of Wax has often become a platform for people to branch out from their usual modes, to try new things they might … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Doug Haire – “Ilwaco”
When I was in college there were two compact discs that I particularly enjoyed going to bed to because of the way the songs fell in sequence and engaged with my drifting into sleep. Disc Two of the Lou Reed … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Niko Haritos – “The Collective”
I’ve known Niko Haritos for a while now as a drummer (I know he’s popped up on a Ball of Wax or two in that capacity over the years), so it’s interesting that his first contribution as a solo artist … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: electric bird noise – “stcesni eht fo ecnad”
I don’t know much about electric bird noise. I assume it’s one person with a guitar and a looper and a dream, but as far as I know it could be a duo, or even a whole ensemble. EBN has … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: The Fosbury Flops – “ape MAJOR”
“ape MAJOR,” by The Fosbury Flops (a Vardaman Ensemble/Harvey Girls side project), drops in with a chattering synth effect which fades in and out of the mix throughout its duration, but it’s the clipped and gently flanged vibraphone that washes … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Afrocop – “MOAB Shield”
Afrocop has been delighting Seattle with their idiosyncratically spacey, dubby, experimental grooves for several years now, but this is their first time gracing a volume of Ball of Wax, and I couldn’t be more delighted to have them aboard. I … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Long Form 1”
In this space I recently sang the praises of Peter Colclasure’s compositions for piano – which, as far as I know, are usually composed and performed in the traditional way of writing down music, and then playing it. “Long Form … Continue reading