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Category Archives: Free Album of the Day
Lots of Ball of Wax Alums this Saturday at the Josephine
I will most definitely be in attendance at this show at the Josephine this Saturday. Of the four bands playing, three are Ball of Wax alumni, and the whole night should be filled with a diverse crop of great music. … Continue reading
Air Museum!
This is verging on being even more of a conflict of interest than my usual posts, but I’m excited about it and it’s certainly in the Ball of Wax wheelhouse, so I’m sharing. Those of you who own Ball of … Continue reading
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Album Review: Art Deco Cathedrals – Every Pain & Every Pleasure
Art Deco Cathedrals – Every Pain and Every Pleasure (2011, self-released) Portland’s Art Deco Cathedrals makes sparse, purely instrumental music with plucked strings, reverb, and the occasional drum machine. Rather than the quiet->less quiet->kinda loud->loud loud->quiet comedown arc of contemporary … Continue reading
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[glocal scene] Beast Reality
I love a band with intensity and ‘balls’. The latter is not a well-defined term, and can no doubt be argued to mean many a thing; ‘balls’ here means courageous. I don’t wish to get into the etymological origins of … Continue reading
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Discover the Magic of Multiples
Brooklyn-based the Magic of Multiples (heard on Ball of Wax Volumes 19, 23, and the forthcoming 24) is one Alex Drum, a lo fi classicist in possession of the indisputable formula for fuzzy, charming bedroom pop. The goodness found all … Continue reading
Welcome to Town: Isaac Pierce
I first met Isaac Pierce trading mini-sets at Citizen Coffee in Lower Queen Anne. Mattie P (a totally unique soul who just left town last month) had invited me to join one of his periodic afternoon gatherings of songwriters playing … Continue reading
Where I’ll Be Tonight (Plus More Free Music!): Cooper McBean and the Vested Interests
The Devil Makes Three is a very popular band, and for that reason only you probably won’t find me writing about them much in this space (although they are popular despite the fact that they get little to no press … Continue reading
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Free Album of the Day: Galapaghost – Runnin’ EP
I recently received a very nice e-mail from a fellow named Casey Chandler, who makes music under the moniker Galapaghost. Not only does he have a great band name, but I’m enjoying his music quite a bit as well. There’s … Continue reading
Free Album(s) of the Day: Virgin of the Birds
Oh yes, the conflict of interest train just keeps on rollin’, I tell you. Jon Rooney, one of this very blog’s very writers, also happens to be a very talented and prolific songwriter in his own right. Scratch that, there’s … Continue reading
Free Album of the Day: Brown Recluse – Panoptic Mirror Maze
Philadelphia’s Brown Recluse have a proper full-length, Evening Tapestry, coming out soon on the venerable Slumberland Records, which is currently home to indie pop darlings the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and the Dum Dum Girls but boasts a … Continue reading