archived brainwashed reviews
Talweg, “Des tourments si grands” (Up Against the Wall, Motherfuckers!, 2022)
This is my first deep immersion into Joëlle Vinciarelli & Eric Lombaert’s deeply unconventional “free metal” duo, but I have long been a fan of the pair’s noise/drone band La […]
Matmos, “Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer” (Thrill Jockey, 2022)
On this latest full-length, the perennially eclectic and boldly adventurous duo of Drew Daniel and MC Schmidt take a break from mining weird and esoteric source material to focus their […]
Zemi17, “Gamelatron Bidadari” (The Bunker New York, 2022)
Every now and then, I stumble upon a singular artist whose work has somehow managed to remain largely undocumented and entirely under the radar all but the most devout underground […]
Jeremy Young, “August Tape Sketches” (meakusma, 2022)
This latest release from Jeremy Young is quite a different album from last year’s eclectic Amaro, which is not surprising given the adventurous array of collaborators involved in the latter. […]
Nate Scheible, “Fairfax” (Warm Winters, Ltd., 2022)
Originally released on cassette back in 2017 on London’s seemingly now defunct ACR label, this absolutely brilliant album failed to reach enough ears to make much of an impact the […]
Kate Moore, “Revolver” (Unsounds, 2022)
This is my first exposure to Netherlands-based composer Kate Moore, but I probably would have encountered her much sooner if I paid more attention to the modern classical music scene, […]
Colpitts, “Music from the Accident” (Thrill Jockey, 2022)
This is the first album that drummer John Colpitts has released under his own name, but he has been a familiar and almost ubiquitous figure in underground music for years […]
My Cat is an Alien, “Music for Phantoms (IV)” (Elliptical Noise/Opax, 2022)
The Opalio brothers have been reliably surprising me with adventurous detours and evolutions for years, but this latest album is a creative leap into even more unexpected territory than usual. […]