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Category Archives: Videos
Cock and Swan: “Comfort Zone 2”
Hey, it’s new music from the wonderful Cock & Swan, presented, in the manner of our times, along with a series of moving images. Steel wool! Fire! Synthesizers! All with a brand new, delightful dose of sound from Cock & … Continue reading
Album Review: Klak Tik – Must We Find a Winner
Klak Tik – Must We Find a Winner (2010, Safety First Records) Klak Tik’s textured Must We Find a Winner has a distinct taste for the theatrical, majestically carried out for just under an hour. The London-based band have produced … Continue reading
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New York Guitarist Terrence McManus in Town Tonight and Tomorrow
If you like your music spare, unconventional, enthralling, and perhaps slightly unsettling, I recommend you head out to LoFi tonight and/or Gallery 1412 tomorrow to catch a performance from guitarist Terrence McManus, visiting us for a couple days from New … Continue reading
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Fulton Lights: Staring out the Window
As a person who enjoys the music of Andrew Spencer Goldman’s Fulton Lights and a well-documented fan of crows, this video was seemingly designed specifically by director Ninian Doff to make my brain happy. Apparently the delight rendered by seeing … Continue reading
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Album Review: Can The Boy Tell Time – Tunia
Can the Boy Tell Time – Tunia (2011, self-released) Tunia is the kindly face-melting new album from Seattle band Can The Boy Tell Time. This music is by no means easy to describe, but I am eager to try. But … Continue reading
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Live Video from the Ball of Wax 24 show (part 2)
I told you I was slow with the video. Back in May we had ourselves a little live show to celebrate the release of Ball of Wax Volume 24 (which you should just go ahead and buy right now if … Continue reading
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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
Ball of Wax Artists at NW Folklife This Weekend
As I mentioned a while back, I’m pretty excited about the Northwest Folklife Festival, occupying Seattle Center this weekend. Of course there’s the Ball of Wax showcase on Sunday, which features myself and four other fine artists that have graced … Continue reading
Live Video from the Ball of Wax 24 show (part 1)
As I hope you know, we recently released Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly Volume 24. If you don’t already own it, I do hope you will pick up a copy of your own for the low low price of $5 … Continue reading
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Trips and Falls: “And in Real Life He Wears Corduroy Pants”
Trips and Falls, whom we discovered with Ball of Wax Volume 23, have recently released a delightfully creepy video for their song “And in Real Life He Wears Corduroy Pants.” It’s a not-exactly-heartwarming tale of young love in its first … Continue reading
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