archived brainwashed reviews
Diamanda Galás, “De-formation: Second Piano Variations” (Intravenal Sound Operations, 2025)
This latest EP from the ever-compelling Diamanda Galás has had quite an interesting journey, as it first began its life in an evolving larger work entitled “Das Fieberspital (The Fever […]
Rafael Anton Irisarri, “A Fragile Geography: Reworks” (Black Knoll Editions, 2025)
To celebrate the remastered tenth anniversary reissue of his 2015 opus A Fragile Geography, Rafael Anton Irisarri invited an eclectic murderers’ row of his friends and peers to work their […]
The Tear Garden, “Astral Elevator” (Artoffact, 2025)
I was definitely not expecting a new Tear Garden album this year, but Edward Ka-Spel and cEvin Key’s fitful four-decade collaboration has happily resurfaced once again after an eight-year hiatus. […]
Lea Bertucci, “The Oracle” (Cibachrome Editions, 2025)
This latest release from the New York-based composer saxophonist is a bold and deeply psychedelic departure from her usual terrain (aside from being partially recorded in a cave, of course). […]
Steve Hauschildt, “Aeropsia” (Simul, 2025)
This is the first new release from Emeralds’ former synth wizard in six years and marks a return to his DIY past with the unveiling of his new imprint Simul […]
Legendary Pink Dots, “Chemical Playschool 25” (Self-Released, 2025)
There is not a hell of a lot of background information about this latest installment of the Dots’ long-running Chemical Playschool series other than the fact that it was recorded […]
Weston Olencki, “Broadsides” (Outside Time, 2025)
This is the first solo album that I have heard from this Berlin-based composer, but I have previously enjoyed his collaborations with Tongue Depressor and Jules Reidy. Notably, the latter […]
OHYUNG, “You Are Always On My Mind” (NNA Tapes, 2025)
This is not my first exposure to this shapeshifting project from Brooklyn-based film composer Lia Ouyang Rusli, but it may as well be, as this inspired outsider pop album bears […]