The Riff, Beat and Bassline That Blew Gollylagging's Minds

Boston shoegazers Gollylagging told us about the riff, beat and bassline that floats their boat... Riff Built To Spill "Some" Jules Skiffington: I really like the opening riff on "Some" by Built to Spill. It just reminds me of glass shattering or someone falling down the stairs in a really eloquent way where they fall down the stairs but land in a like ballerina style pose at the bottom. The first 9 or 10 notes are explosive both melodically and sonically but the melody itself is really pretty. I think Doug probably really liked that riff too when he recorded […] The post The Riff, Beat and Bassline That Blew Gollylagging's Minds first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.