high-hat
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The first half of the new LP steers into candid confessions, backed by heavy synth and incessant high-hat; in “Blue Days,” Clasen sings, “My ego is evil / It’s coming to get me.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022
When Metallica cuts an album, he asked, doesn’t the band go heavy on the high-hat?
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
My eyes digest the immensity of fallen trees bracketing the trail, the high-hat shaped fungi that spring from trunks and the thick folds of lichen hanging from branches that obscure the far-off canopy.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
For his part, Kingdom continues his exploration of experimental R&B. Opening song “What Is Love,” which features SZA, rumbles with a slow bass kick and relentless high-hat, with shards of melody ripping through the mid-range.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
Kettle drums, bass drums, xylophones, Chinese gongs, vibraphones, snare drums and high-hat cymbals paraded by in carts, banged and stroked and tinkled enthusiastically by crew after crew of maddened tympanists.
From Pagan Passions by Stanley, Robert
She was moving along with us, her face peering over the half-lowered window, growing suspicious of movie stars who high-hatted their fans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The high-hatted critic of the London Times meditated upon Durante's nose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marines, high-hatted bigwigs and sheepish ballplayers, shuffling out of step.
From Time Magazine Archive
The handsome, high-hatted romantic poured out novels as naturally and easily as she breathed.
From Time Magazine Archive
A fat, high-hatted, spatted gentleman runs out from the side street.
From The Hairy Ape by O'Neill, Eugene
