archived brainwashed reviews
Julia Sabra and Fadi Tabbal, “Snakeskin” (Beacon Sound/Ruptured, 2022)
This is the first full-length collaboration between Sabra and Tabbal, but it is apparently also the sixth collaborative release between Portland’s Beacon Sound and Lebanon’s Ruptured Records (which was co-founded […]
Lucrecia Dalt, “¡Ay!” (RVNG Intl., 2022)
I was caught completely off guard by this latest opus from Dalt, as much of it sounds more like a three-way collaboration between Astrud Gilberto, Perez Prado, and Walter Wanderley […]
Raphael Loher, “Keemuun” (three:four records, 2022)
This may be Swiss pianist/composer Raphael Loher’s first solo album, but he has crossed my path before with his Baumschule trio (featuring Julian Sartorius and Manuel Troller). I am much […]
The Soft Pink Truth, “Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This?” (Thrill Jockey 2022)
When I first heard the thumping house/disco EP Was It Ever Real?, I had a very hard time believing that it could possibly be a teaser for something more substantial, […]
Cosey Fanni Tutti, “Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes” (Conspiracy International, 2022)
We seem to be in the midst of a long-overdue Delia Derbyshire renaissance at the moment due to the efforts of filmmaker Caroline Catz, Cosey Fanni Tutti, BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s […]
Darkroom, “Fallout 4” (Expert Sleepers, 2022)
This is my first encounter with this UK-based improv unit, but Fallout 4 is the latest installment of a series of live documents that began all the way back in […]
Ellis Swan, “3am” (Quindi, 2022)
This Chicago-based singer-songwriter is a bit of an enigma to me, as details about his discography are quite slim. As far as I can tell, however, 3am is his second […]
Oren Ambarchi, “Shebang” (Drag City, 2022)
Few artists have consistently fascinated and perplexed me quite like Oren Ambarchi, as I absolutely loved his early solo guitar albums like Grapes From the Estate, then witnessed him spend […]