archived brainwashed reviews
Ike Yard, “Night After Night” (Superior Viaduct, 2020)
Superior Viaduct’s Ike Yard reissue campaign continues (and presumably ends) with this, the band’s woefully underheard debut EP. Night After Night was recorded shortly after the band formed and was […]
Téléplasmiste, “To Kiss Earth Goodbye” (House of Mythology, 2020)
It has been three years since this eclectic duo last released a proper full-length, though they have released a few fitfully intriguing cassettes in the interim. While I enjoyed the […]
Enhet För Fri Musik, “Det finns ett hjärta som för dig” (Omlott (2017)/Grapefruit (2020))
Releases from this Swedish free-folk ensemble have historically not been particularly easy to obtain, as only their reissued debut (2015’s Inom Dig, Inom Mig) has thus far seen wide distribution […]
Ike Yard (Superior Viaduct, 2020)
Originally released back in 1982 on Factory America, Ike Yard’s debut full-length has been one of those rare records which rightfully lingers in the cultural consciousness as a very cool […]
Esplendor Geométrico, “Cinética” (Geometrik, 2020)
I am not sure which is more remarkable: the fact that these iconic industrialists are currently celebrating their 40th anniversary or the fact that they somehow seem to be getting […]
Severed Heads, “Clean” (Dark Entries, 2020)
I have been a Severed Heads fan for more than twenty years now, yet I somehow never got around to investigating this early album until it was reissued earlier this […]
TALsounds, “Acquiesce” (NNA Tapes, 2020)
It has been three years since Natalie Chami’s last solo album (2017’s dreamlike and seductive Love Sick) and quite a lot has changed in her life since then. Given that […]
I Feel Like A Bombed Cathedral, “W” (blindblindblind, 2020)
I am an enormous fan of this latest endeavor from Ulan Bator founder Amaury Cambuzat, as AmOrtH was easily one of my favorite albums of 2019. Notably, this latest release […]