archived brainwashed reviews
Josh Mason, “Kicking A Dark Horse” (Greyfade, 2026)
This boldly unconventional new release from Florida-based sound artist Josh Mason is the third installment in Greyfade’s FOLIO series (“a full-length music edition in hardcover book form”). The book, billed as […]
M. Geddes Gengras, “Guest List” (Hausu Mountain, 2026)
This ambitious and aptly titled new album from upstate NY synth wizard M. Geddes Gengras is something akin to a wild and eccentric game of the surrealist parlor game Exquisite […]
Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri, “Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun” (Black Knoll Editions, 2026)
This latest collaboration between Irisarri and Guido Zen’s Abul Mogard alias is billed as the duo’s second album, which admittedly makes sense from a “new material” standpoint, but gets a […]
Cloud Circuit (Watch That Ends The Night, 2026)
This deeply unconventional Montreal-based duo of poet Deanna Radford and sound artist Jeremy Young have been fitfully recording together since 2017, but this is their proper full-length debut. While I […]
Monolake, “Interstate” (Field Records (2026)/Monolake(1999))
Newly issued on vinyl for the first time ever, Interstate was arguably both Monolake’s full-length debut and the only fully collaborative release from the original duo of Robert Henke and […]
Lea Bertucci & Norbert Rodenkirchen, “The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity” (Cibachrome, 2026)
This latest release from NY-based saxophonist/composer Bertucci continues her bold expansion into improbable and adventurous new territory, as it is a commissioned collaboration with German flutist Norbert Rodenkirchen. The two […]
Mark Trecka, “Romance Wake Naming” (The Garrote, 2026)
The latest solo album from this NY-based avant-crooner is an impressively wild evolution from his previous work, as Romance Wake Naming feels like a heartfelt yet feral homage to “the […]
Loraine James, “Detached From The Rest Of You” (Hyperdub, 2026)
As evidenced by the many intimate and autobiographical passages about self-doubt, numbness, and creative frustration it contains, this latest album from James was “forged from the fire of internal struggles.” […]