Category Archives: Recorded Music

Bad at Listening: Introduction

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

Good people are good: you give them a CD (or vinyl record, or download card, or a myspace link, carrier pigeon, whatever), and they listen to it almost instantly, and then tell you what they thought of it. Bad people … Continue reading →

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Album Review: This Is a Process of a Still Life

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

This Is a Process of a Still Life – self-titled (Firefly Sessions, 2004) [Note: this review is part of the Bad at Listening series.] This is the first review of this series and I’m already breaking a rule, in that … Continue reading →

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Check Out This Song: Prairie Empire – “Snow”

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Hey, check out this song! It’s another longtime friend of Ball of Wax. Seattle/Portland/New York’s Brittain Ashford has played for a long time under her own name, but for her next release, perhaps due to its collaborative nature, felt moved … Continue reading →

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Free Album of the Day: Friends for Heroes – Year in a Costume

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Levi Fuller

[As we all know, the old music business models have pretty much gone out the window, and some amazingly talented artists are giving their stuff away for free. We’ll use these occasional (not actually daily) posts to highlight some of … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Wesafari – Sea Survivors

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Wesafari – Sea Survivors (2010, self-released) How does one write objectively about an album that one has been anticipating for several years, created by one’s friends (and in which one even makes a tiny cameo appearance)? One starts, I suppose, … Continue reading →

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Check out This Song: Christina Antipa – “Lithium”

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Levi Fuller

Hey, check out this song! It’s longtime BoW friend Christina Antipa playing a song that might be familiar to you, called “Lithium.” Christina Antipa – Lithium I really wish I could include cover songs on Ball of Wax. Sadly, it’s … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Vinca Minor – Isolation

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Louis O'Callaghan

Vinca Minor – Isolation (2010, Second Shimmy) Vinca Minor’s Isolation is the latest project and release from Ball of Wax contributor and all-around prolific local artist Matt Menovcik. You might know him such diverse acts as Ms. Led, Roxy and Clark, … Continue reading →

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