Word: riff
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...Boston’s “More Than A Feeling”? Geographically pertinent and an awesome riff...
...somewhat uneven. When they’re weak, the music is tedious, derivative, and overwrought. But when Mogwai are on, their songs stir us in a way that few other things—musically or otherwise—can. Their strength lies in an ability to take a simple riff and slowly weave an epic arrangement around it, until every color of every note has been revealed. A single chord can be heartbreaking...
...been perceived both as a threat to the legitimacy of a once-underground movement, and as a victory for African-American culture. Those skeptical of the street cred of an organization that also manages the National Museum of American History should note the exhibit’s coy subtitle riff on the title of A Tribe Called Quest’s second-worst album. Despite this dubious pedigree—was there no room on exhibit posters for “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm”?—this project affirms...
Another of “Mimi’s” standout songs, “Circles,” expands upon “Mine Again’s” soul aesthetic. The song beings with a driving electric piano riff; a pulsating bass line kicks in soon after; and a cadre of background singers harmonize nicely while Mariah tears into the lyrics like a latter-day Aretha Franklin...
Congotronics 2,” a compilation featuring seven Kinshasa-area bands, the music gains a wider scope, which promises to expand the scene’s growing crossover appeal. Konono No.1 continues to sound the most familiar to western ears; the band’s beats and riffs are dense and quick-paced, introducing dissonance into supple vocals and generally submerging traditional melodies in a wash of sound that would be at home in any scenester dance club. Other bands on this album reflect varying degrees of similar fusion. On Masanka Sankayi’s track, electronic effects...