archived brainwashed reviews
Black to Comm, “Seven Horses For Seven Kings” (Thrill Jockey, 2019)
Over the last several years, Marc Richter’s Black to Comm project has swelled considerably in ambition and scope, blossoming into a shape-shifting and idiosyncratic force with a strong propensity for […]
The Dead C, “Rare Ravers” (Ba Da Bing, 2019)
The Dead C have been on an impressive hot streak in recent years, so it was a reasonably safe bet that I would be delighted yet again by Rare Ravers. […]
Richard Skelton, “Front Variations (One & Two)” (Aeolian, 2019)
It occurred to me the other day that Richard Skelton’s artistic trajectory almost resembles the stuff of myth and folklore, as he was once akin to an enchanted bard who […]
Dead Can Dance, “Dionysus” (PIAS, 2018)
This second release from the recently reawakened Dead Can Dance is quite a delightful surprise, radically departing from its uneven predecessor and displaying a striking degree of creative reinvigoration. Rather […]
Ian William Craig, “Thresholder” (FatCat, 2018)
This latest slice of heaven from Ian William Craig has quite a curious provenance, as it was assembled from orphaned pieces dating all the way back to 2014’s landmark A […]
Carla dal Forno, “Top of the Pops” (Self-Released, 2018)
Originally only available on cassette during dal Forno’s summer tour, this EP of six eclectic covers is now available digitally. As anyone who has heard her occasional NTS Radio DJ […]
Puce Mary, “The Drought” (PAN, 2018)
Frederikke Hoffmeier has been a prominent and distinctive voice in the harsh noise scene for the last several years, releasing a steady stream of viscerally throbbing nightmares primarily on Denmark’s […]
Current 93, “The Light Is Leaving Us All” (The Spheres, 2018)
This long-gestating new release from David Tibet and his shifting orbit of collaborators is an unexpected late-career throwback to the dazzling and immersive epics of Current 93’s golden age. In […]