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Category Archives: Recorded Music
Check Out This Song: Nic Masangkay – “Mothers”
New music from Nic Masangkay is always a reason to celebrate (you might remember their track “Diaspora Lover” from Ball of Wax 55, or their cover of Moe Provencher’s “Like Moon River” from #59) , and their newest single “Mothers” … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Drekka – “Without Revelation There Is No Love [Instrumental]”
In 1989’s Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music, Peter van der Merwe wrote “Of all harmonic devices, it [a drone] is not only the simplest, but probably also the most fertile.” Drekka’s “Without Revelation There … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Lys Guillorn – “Treeline”
Lys Guillorn‘s “Treeline” is a stark yet still somehow hopeful look at the new world we find ourselves in, a meditation propelled primarily by kalimba and Lys’s singular alto, with support from a variety of other percussion instruments and an … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Sun Tunnels – “Assad”
In 1972, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould published a paper developing a new evolutionary theory called punctuated equilibria, suggesting that the constant, gradual evolution proposed by Charles Darwin rarely occurs in nature. Instead, they stated that periods of … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 67 Songs: POST PUNK SELL OUTS! – “harlequin novel”
I think I just realized that we have not just one, but two super groups on this here volume of Ball of Wax. (And just when I was saying how overused this term was becoming around here.) POST PUNK SELL … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Summer Sleeves – “Want it Right Now”
Power pop is an eternal fountain of musical goodness, a synthesis of melody, repetition, and well-crafted simplicity that, when done right, is sturdy and sophisticated unlike really any other rock subgenre. From the Raspberries to Big Star to the Knack … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Icarus Phoenix – “Rebel Girl”
I’ll be honest: As much as I like this song, I hoped someone else would review it. Icarus Phoenix‘s “Rebel Girl” – whether they know it or not – is a new addition to the Wiki Rock genre founded by … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Sparkbird – “Metropolis of Eden”
I think it’s safe to say that optimism is in short supply these days. Politically, socially, ecologically, there is a darkness that has hung over us for a while now – even before the onset of this whole global pandemic … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Fathom – “The World to Breathe”
At long last, Ball of Wax has reached New Zealand! Or at least, New Zealand has reached Ball of Wax. This endeavor has been around long enough that I used to discover new artists on MySpace, but these days I’ve … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Ainara LeGardon & Ignacio Córdoba – “Noski”
Ainara LeGardon has brought us a wide range of sounds over the years, from pensive acoustic guitar-based songs to blistering rock, as well as more experimental fare that might challenge the listener’s definition of what constitutes music, or a song. … Continue reading