There’s no better evidence for why the band has stayed so relevant than their mind-altering new album 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips, an astounding slice of psychedelia-tinged noise-pop. Music is more than mere purpose to Jamie Stewart but intrinsic to their life just as it is to the listeners.
7xvethegenius — “Love” for the uninitiated — has one of rap’s unique flows. Poetic in rhythm and biting in delivery, 7xve’s wordplay is like a prize fighter, ducking jabs and delivering knock out blows. She spoke with Post-Trash’s Benji Heywood about perseverance, technology, and her new album, Death Of Deuce.
It’s hard to imagine a larger gulf between an artist’s persona—in Basinski’s case: joyous, bawdy, mischievous—and work. Basinski’s decaying tape loops are desperately lonely and beautiful, yielding one of ambient music’s most influential works, The Disintegration Loops, among many others. Attending a live performance of the work is akin to experiencing a new sense.
