Word: riffs
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...Buck's resurgence that hits you first. The album opens with a yawping power riff that establishes a melody line, tells you who's in charge and hits the verse in a joyous explosion of fuzz. Egged on by the whomping of former Ministry drummer Bill Rieflin, Buck blows off 10 years of rust in 10 seconds on Living Well Is the Best Revenge and keeps right on flying through the first ecstatic third of the album...
...would have been enough to justify the Seeds’ dramatic shift in sound, but the album brandishes ten more tracks burning on the same brand of fuel. “Today’s Lesson,” a road-trip rocker, surges along on a foreboding bass riff while Cave croons about lust and violence jumping from dreams to the waking world. “Night of the Lotus Eaters” perverts the myth of a Mediterranean cult of hallucinogen-gorging island dwellers, casting them as post-apocalyptic street hunters; tension winds tight against a sparse arrangement...
...comedic talent, this paragraph is not interesting.Kevin T. Burrows ’10RR: Tell me about the Immediate Gratification Players.KB: IGP is a long-form improv comedy troupe. Usually what we’ll do is take a one-word suggestion and then we’ll kind of riff on that for about 45 minutes, just branching between scenes. It’s usually pretty fun.RR: Isn’t this supposed to be instant? I don’t feel gratified yet.KB: Alright, what about if I did a scene about me and my friend...
...Female Solo Artist went to witty singer-songwriter Kate Nash, while Kylie was crowned best International Female Solo Artist, reminding a nation that has so fully embraced her as one of its own that she is, in fact, Australian. International Male Solo artist went to Kanye West, who's riff on humility - "it doesn't feel natural, but I hear it works for a lot of celebrities" - made for one of the funniest speeches of the night. And super-producer Mark Ronson won British Male Solo Artist, ignoring the fact that he only ever does collaborations - Winehouse, Lily Allen...
...magnum opus, it presents an innovative new context for Merritt’s smirking brand of indie pop.Album-opener “Three-Way” jumps off with jangling fury, bursting to life with a shimmering lead keyboard and dueling guitars on a fuzzed-out new-wave riff. The instrumental din is completed by the echo of a toxic chromium scrape at the back of the mix, interrupted only by the chorus, a gregarious proclamation of the title.On previous albums, Merritt’s lyrics poked fun at contemporary conceptions of sex. “Distortion...