archived brainwashed reviews
Sean McCann, “Fountains” (Round Bale Recordings/Roll Over Rover, 2018)
Sean McCann’s output has greatly slowed in recent years, as he has become increasing focused on running the fine Recital Program imprint, yet he was easily one of the most […]
Orphax, “Saxophone Studies” (Moving Furniture, 2018)
While this is improbably the first Orphax release to be covered on Brainwashed, Amsterdam’s Sietse van Erve has been a significant figure in experimental music circles for nearly two decades, […]
Tim Hecker, “Konoyo” (Kranky, 2018)
While he has long been one of my favorite artists, Tim Hecker has truly blossomed into a creative supernova over the last several years, as each fresh album seems to […]
Klara Lewis and Simon Fisher Turner, “Care” (Editions Mego, 2018)
The news of this intriguing collaboration delighted me, as Klara Lewis has carved out quite a wonderfully idiosyncratic and incredibly constrained niche over the last few years by largely avoiding […]
Sarah Davachi, “Gave In Rest” (Ba Da Bing, 2018)
This latest album, Davachi’s second of the year, continues the compelling and accelerating evolution of her distinctive vision. In fact, Gave in Rest features some of her most experimental and […]
Drew McDowall, “The Third Helix” (Dais, 2018)
The trajectory of Drew McDowall’s recent resurgence as a solo artist continues to be a compelling and unpredictable one, as The Third Helix is quite a bit different from either […]
“Listen All Around: The Golden Age of Central and East African Music” (Dust-To-Digital, 2018)
There are a number of great labels unearthing and breathing new life into forgotten treasures these days, but it is truly rare for anyone to match Dust-to-Digital when it comes […]
Catherine Christer Hennix, “Selected Early Keyboard Works” (Blank Forms/Empty Editions, 2018)
It is quite rare for me to be interested in anyone’s archival rehearsal tapes, but Catherine Christer Hennix’s oft-fascinating career has been woefully under-documented until only recently. In fact, this […]