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Category Archives: Recorded Music
Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Time Pieces – “Boundary Problems”
Time Pieces is a new project featuring several recognizable NW rock names, most notably from my perspective being Allen Karpinski (of The Six Parts Seven, who were not a NW band, but hey, people move) and Chris Early (of many … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Monika Tiken – “The Opening”
From the dark fog of our imaginations, Monika Tiken‘s contemplative soprano sax emerges singing of the beginnings of things. Then just as quickly it is gone, back into hazy light (maybe it was never here at all?). We await what … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Joshua Dennis – “Take a Little Moment Back”
This volume of Ball of Wax has been quite a journey. 23 tracks of myriad genres, touching on post-apocalyptic optimism, dystopian paranoia, rebel girls, cardinal cats, and so much more. Joshua Dennis‘s “Take a Little Moment” back feels like the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: bequiet – “Где я?”
bequiet is Almaz Salikhov, a Russian music producer and artist living in Helsinki, Finland. He was one of over 100 musicians whose work appeared as part of TELEPHONE, the global online art game of whisper down the lane. A sampling … Continue reading
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