Category Archives: Recorded Music

Ball of Wax 41 Songs: Bucky Fereke & the Pony Express – Please Don’t Wreck Up My World

Bucky Fereke, out of Lowell, MA, is yet another newcomer to the Ball of Wax fold (always happy to have more folks from my home state), and he brings us the delightfully low-fi “Please Don’t Wreck Up My World.” There’s … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 41 Songs: Future Fridays – I Am Not You

BoW newbies Future Fridays – the duo of Eric Padget and Sari Breznau – keep the punk rock energy going on track 3 with “I Am Not You,” a stripped-down, propulsive little number with just about everything you need for … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 41 Songs: Levi Fuller & the Library – You Could Have Died

Ball of Wax grand poobah Levi Fuller (along with his Library) was surprisingly absent from Volume 39 (the last “regular” release of the quarterly), though he returns with a fuzzy rumble on Volume 41. “You Could Have Died” opens with a … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 41 Songs: Low Hums – The Watermelon Sunn

Accomplished local psych practitioners Low Hums were apparently keeping this beautiful instrumental in their back pockets, waiting for just the right occasion to unleash it upon the world. I’m very happy that kicking off Ball of Wax 41 is that … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 40 Songs: M.I.K.E. Drop – Afterbertha

[Ball of Wax 40, as we’ve mentioned, is a little different. Given the unique nature of each of the bands and songs on this collection, we decided to eschew our usual track-review format for the blog in favor of letting … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 40 Songs: Lahar – One of These Days

[Ball of Wax 40, as we’ve mentioned, is a little different. Given the unique nature of each of the bands and songs on this collection, we decided to eschew our usual track-review format for the blog in favor of letting … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 40 Songs: Chasing Shell – Lonesome George

[Ball of Wax 40, as we’ve mentioned, is a little different. Given the unique nature of each of the bands and songs on this collection, we decided to eschew our usual track-review format for the blog in favor of letting … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 40 Songs: When You Start to Die (Don’t)

[Ball of Wax 40, as we’ve mentioned, is a little different. Given the unique nature of each of the bands and songs on this collection, we decided to eschew our usual track-review format for the blog in favor of letting … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 40 Songs: Lords of Eternity – Thirty Ten

[Ball of Wax 40, as we’ve mentioned, is a little different. Given the unique nature of each of the bands and songs on this collection, we decided to eschew our usual track-review format for the blog in favor of letting … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 40 Songs: Dirty Face – Olympia

[Ball of Wax 40, as we’ve mentioned, is a little different. Given the unique nature of each of the bands and songs on this collection, we decided to eschew our usual track-review format for the blog in favor of letting … Continue reading

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