Each Ball Of Wax compilation has a theme behind it and this one is the thirteenth quarterly comp that Seattle artist Levi Fuller has done. What Fuller does is concoct a theme (at least on some… several have no theme other than being “music to enjoy”) then gather a mass of (usually) local Pacific Northwest…
Author: Andy Fenstermaker
Andy Fenstermaker (aka Fense) is a Marketing Manager, content creator, avid blogger, independent music lover, and social media enthusiast. He has run the music blog FensePost since its founding in 2006.
Smile Brigade: Sunset Tavern, Seattle [Live, 08.21.2008]
August 21, the night of the fourteenth Ball Of Wax CD release party. I dropped by Sunset Tavern here in Ballard at about 8:30, just in time to see Levi Fuller, the mastermind behind this quarterly compilation series, play his song from the album. But a highlight of the evening would come when I discovered…
School Of Seven Bells [Feature Band]
Written by Fense In 2007, Ben Curtis left Secret Machines, but he had a plan. His plan was to focus on his new project with former On!Air!Library! twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. That project is titled School Of Seven Bells (MySpace). While the band has toured with groups like Blond Redhead (you can hear the…
Yarn Owl [Feature Band]
Written by Fense Yarn Owl is another group from Pullman (the town, not the band) musical mastermind Ted Powers, who again can be found on percussion. Like his prior concoction Ether Hour, Yarn Owl is distinctly pop. But where Ether Hour dropped in some folk elements, Yarn Owl is a bit more jangly. The band…
Head Like A Kite: No Ordinary Caveman [Video]
Written by Fense My recent introduction to Black Daisy Productions found me checking out music videos for Feral Children and Head Like A Kite (MySpace). Upon viewing both, Black Daisy can be noted for piecing together excellent stories with the music videos the create and produce.
Oneida: Preteen Weaponry [Album Review]
Written by Fense Reading the history of the three-parts that make up the song and album Preteen Weaponry, it’s interesting to note that Oneida (MySpace) has been working on this for the past three years. Yet what can be heard on the album, simply including the following tracks “Preteen Weaponry†Parts 1 through 3, was…
Little Pictures: This House Can Fit Us All [Video]
Written by Fense Here’s the latest video from New Zealand’s very own Little Pictures (Homepage), an electro-pop outfit with affinity towards over-sized headphones, colorful cardigans, and robotic instrumentation. “This House Can Fit Us All†features, like much of Little Pictures’ music, lovable synth lines and male/female harmony vocals.
Goldcure [Feature Band]
Goldcure (MySpace) has the sound of Brit Daniels’ Spoon, both in voice and in backing instrumentation. Thus it should be no surprise that the band hails from Spoon’s hometown of Austin, TX. However, Goldcure injects a bit more country into the veins of their songs, from the title track of their upcoming Portugese Prince to…
Eux Autres: Anne Boleyn [Video]
Written by Fense My FensePost inbox is out of control. Recently, it topped 500 messages, most of which I had yet to read. Thanks to a bit more free time of late, I am finally beginning to tackle this mass of crap and get some shit done. One item that surprisingly slipped through the cracks…
The Moondoggies: Don’t Be A Stranger [Album Review]
Written by Fense Wow, everyone seems to be channeling 60s and 70s folk these days and you can add The Moondoggies to that ever-growing list of bands. Don’t Be A Stranger can be found somewhere between the folkier side of Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and country-ish side of Neil Young himself. All this is…
