time signature

There are times when the poetry, however evocative, could’ve used a little more prose, to keep the signposts and time signatures clearer.

While others stuck with power chords, simple rhymes and standard time signatures, Glassjaw has always been more of an art project for the duo rather than a commercial success.

It’s a hip-hop record with funky beats, provocative time signatures, soul grooves, free-jazz interludes and psychedelic dips that maintains core elements of West Coast rap.

From its 1974 debut album to 2015, when the band played a farewell show at the Forum, Rush was the standard-bearer for elaborate, multi-part songs full of falsetto hollers, time signature changes and drum solos.

“This is more like a six than a compound four,” Newman-Lessler said, referring to the segment’s tricky time signature.