archived brainwashed reviews
Ian William Craig, “Red Sun Through Smoke” (FatCat, 2020)
I am generally not someone who believes that everything happens for a reason or that tragedy breeds great art, but I do think that the emotionally fraught and unusual circumstances […]
Tongues of Mount Meru, “The Hex of Light” (Moving Furniture, 2020)
This latest release from Jon Wesseltoft and Lasse Marhaug’s long-running (if fitful) drone project was recorded all the way back in 2013, which makes for quite a perplexing mystery, as […]
His Name is Alive, “Return to Never (Home Recordings 1979 – 1986 Vol 2)” (Disciples, 2020)
The first foray into Warren Defever’s teenage tape archive (last year’s All The Mirrors in the House) was an absolute revelation that actively courted disbelief, but this second installment is […]
Nurse With Wound, “Trippin’ Musik” (United Dirter, 2020)
As a longtime NWW fan, the prospect of an ambitious, long-gestating triple LP release entitled Trippin’ Musik naturally filled me with glee and anticipation, as I envisioned another Soliloquy For […]
Big Blood, “Do You Wanna Have a Skeleton Dream?” (Feeding Tube, 2020)
If someone had told me twenty years ago that Cerberus Shoal would someday evolve into a ’60s girl group-style family band, I probably would have thought that I had fallen […]
“Mogadisco (Dancing Mogadishu – Somalia 1972-1991)” (Analog Africa, 2019)
It is difficult for me to imagine Analog Africa ever releasing a predictable or uninspired compilation, as Samy Ben Redjeb seems fundamentally incapable of ever focusing his attention on a […]
Pauline Oliveros-Stuart Dempster-Panaiotis, “Deep Listening” (New Albion (1989)/Important (2020))
Originally released back in 1989 on the New Albion label, this landmark celebration of extreme natural reverb has finally received a long-deserved reissue in honor of its thirtieth anniversary. Obviously, […]
Oval, “Scis” (Thrill Jockey, 2020)
I am hardly unique in this regard, but Markus Popp’s classic run of mid-’90s albums made a huge impression on me, acting as a Rosetta Stone that led me to […]