Ball of Wax is a quarterly music anthology that combines
local and international talent on one overloaded CD.
The paltry entry fee for tonight’s release party buys
you one
copy of Ball of Wax, volume 12, and gets you
into a show
featuring BoW contributors Kate Tucker
& the
Sons of Sweden, a band that evokes the shimmery vocals and guitar
pop of ’90s bands like Belly and
Mazzy Star, and the grimy
reinvention of big-band country by up-and-comers the Crying Shame.
(Sunset
Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave NW, 784-4880. 9 pm, $6,
21+.)