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Category Archives: Check Out This Song
Friendship Commanders Cover the Ramones for a Good Cause
Our friends Friendship Commanders (you might remember their tune “Bad to See You” from BoW 33) have released a spooky new single just in time for Halloween, presenting their rendition of everyone’s favorite Ramones song from an ’80s horror movie … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Michael Wohl – “Lonesome No More”
Michael Wohl closes out Ball of Wax 33 with a meditative solo acoustic instrumental, “Lonesome No More.” “Lonesome No More” transitions from slowly strummed, partially arpeggiated chords to a more intricate, reverb-drenched figure to folk and country picking and back … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Boey Russell – “Fortune Teller”
I’ve known Boey Russell for over half of my life – he was the drummer in the previously mentioned band 33 Slade – and I always knew he was a gifted musician and singer, but it was only very recently … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 33 Songs: We Wrote the Book on Connectors – “Captain Dog”
We Wrote the Book on Connectors‘ breezy, goofy “Captain Dog” serves up a curveball to Ball of Wax 33‘s general seriousness. With lyrics about Beverly Hills 90210 told from the perspective of a dog and a bedroom acoustic pop arrangement, … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Whales/The Magic of Multiples – “Break Into My House”
Alexander Drum of Whales/The Magic of Multiples made himself a Ball of Wax regular pretty quickly, and for that I am grateful; it’s always a pleasure hearing whatever he’s been working on. He seems to be quite prolific, and while … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Three Minutes Thirty Seconds Is the Only Salvation You Can Expect, Alexander”
Peter Colclasure – current resident of California and erstwhile key-tickler for Ball of Wax friends Smile Brigade and The Foghorns – certainly wins the (nonexistent) prize for the 33-iest song of this intermittently-themed volume. When he first sent the rather … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Sun Tunnels – “Commit-Spike”
Sun Tunnels, the musical alter ego of Louis O’Callaghan, trades in the highest grade of indie rock classicism and singer-songwriter goodness. His songs do more than evoke everything you love about Built to Spill, Neutral Milk Hotel, or Elliot Smith … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Virgin of the Birds – “Victor Bockris”
I have to confess that listening to Virgin of the Birds songs occasionally leaves me feeling like I’m in a conversation with someone much smarter than I at a party. He keeps making these clever and obscure cultural references (not … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Olie Eshleman – “Gamma Progression Street”
Ball of Wax veteran and Corespondents founding member Olie Eshleman contributes a guitar-driven instrumental track to volume 33 with “Gamma Progression Street” The song is carried by a series of guitars (maybe 3?) vamping atop processed, stomping drums. Filling in the … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Lowmen Markos – “White City”
This recording – a sort of centerpiece to Ball of Wax 33 – is a wonderful example of what happens when you get a group of gifted musicians playing live together in a room with one of Seattle’s best engineers. … Continue reading