Ball of Wax #11

Even though it sounds like an ancient, half-wrapped piece of butterscotch, Harry Candy is not what you find at the bottom of your grandma's purse. It's a musical game where musicians from several bands get together, form new bands, write, record, and mix down their love child of a track in a mere 24 hours. This melodious frolic (which I'm guessing gets mighty interesting around hour 17) produces some genre-bending results and serves as inspiration for the 11th Ball of Wax compilation, benefiting Hollow Earth Radio. Tonight's show features participating acts like Beast Please Be Still and Webelos among many others playing as themselves, but BOW mastermind Levi Fuller let me in on a secret, upcoming all-ages show (the location of which is disclosed at ballofwax.org) where the bands will be playing as their newly formed Harry Candy alter egos. With Webelos, Beast Please Be Still, Correspondents, the Luna Moth, Snowman Plan, Seth Howard, Sweet Potatoes, Mike Dumovich, and Virgin of Birds. Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., 784-4880. 9 p.m. $6.
Thu., Feb. 28, 9 p.m., 2008