archived brainwashed reviews
Ana Roxanne, “~~~” (Leaving Records, 2020)
I always love scavenging the internet for interesting end-of-year lists every December, as I invariably find a handful of great albums and films that I slept on like a fool. […]
Celer, “Future Predictions” (Two Acorns, 2020)
Explaining why one Celer album is significantly better than another is no simple task, as Will Long is generally an extremely consistent artist who has released a huge volume of […]
Rrose, “Hymn to Moisture” (Eaux, 2019)
I suppose I have been probably been aware of Rrose since the project first appeared back in 2011, but the electronic music scene is teeming with hot new trends and […]
My Cat is an Alien/Jean-Marc Montera/Lee Ranaldo, “MCIAA XX Anniversary” (Antigravitational, 2019)
The Opalio brothers close an exceptionally productive year with this third and final release of 2019. I suppose just about every My Cat is an Alien release could be described […]
Jessica Ekomane, “Multivocal” (Important, 2019)
This debut full-length from the Berlin-based Ekomane shares a lot of conceptual common ground with Caterina Barbieri (one of Important’s previous break-out sensations), though the two artists have radically different […]
Maria W. Horn, “Epistasis” (Hallow Ground, 2019)
This Swedish composer earned a lot of attention with last year’s blackened drone opus Kontrapoetik, but Horn has been a significant figure in European underground music circles for quite a […]
Amulets, “Between Distant and Remote” (Beacon Sound, 2019)
Randall Taylor has quietly emerged as one of the most talented and distinctive tape loop artists in the world over the last few years, steadily releasing a prolific flow of […]
Bill Orcutt, “Odds Against Tomorrow” (Palilalia, 2019)
Bill Orcutt’s career admittedly had quite an abrasive and chaotic start with Harry Pussy, but it has always been abundantly clear that he is one of the more idiosyncratic and […]