Its specialty was freak-sized emotions — rage, envy, glory — too big to be contained by a subtler genre; in classic camp style, it found ugliness in beauty, as well as vice versa.
Lush where Final Fantasy is spare, propelled by a prominent rhythm section, St . Vincentowes its charm as much to tradition as to the subtle inversions of genre that make its debut album, "Marry Me," sound new.
Its savviest inheritance from house music is the subtle warmth both genres share, but footwork has proved to be even bolder with these textures than its predecessor.
I know that the corporate world is not exactly the ultimate place to defy conventions, but a subtle mix of genres and trends can set looks ablaze.
But whereas those nods to genre were subtle, these days the only way is excess.
Shrift has snuck its smart and subtle record into a genre that is often happy to settle for wallpaper.
Forget the subtle nuances that the genre might have played with 40 or 50-odd years ago, modern thrillers go for the burn - and that includes bodies of female victims mutilated then set on fire.
"Spoon," my favorite of the quartet under consideration here, could almost be read as a sweet, subtle parody of the genre, but better yet it should just be read.
This new video from Sussex, England-based duo Menik & Sublok channels the medititative, subtle vibes of the genre's origins.
The production's clever and immediately gratifying, twisting Keys's vocals around narcotic electric piano lines, a surprisingly textured and subtle effort for the genre of R&B-sampling R&B-sampling.
