archived brainwashed reviews
La Morte Young, “A Quiet – Earthquake Style” (Doubtful Sounds, 2018)
I am ashamed to say that I slept on this volcanic French ensemble’s woefully underappreciated and face-melting debut album when it came out, but I have since embraced them as […]
Alva Noto/Ryuichi Sakamoto, “Glass” (Noton, 2018)
Carsten Nicolai and Ryuichi Sakamoto have a fairly lengthy history of collaborations, but this is an especially fascinating (if brief) one: an improvised performance in Philip Johnson‚Äôs legendary Glass House […]
Cam Deas, “Time Exercises” (The Death of Rave, 2018)
I have been casually familiar with London-based guitarist Cam Deas for years through his many “post-Takoma” releases on Blackest Rainbow, but the Cam Deas of the past bears virtually no […]
Seabuckthorn, “A House With Too Much Fire” (Bookmaker Records/La Cordillère, 2018)
For some reason, this long-running project from English guitarist Andy Cartwright has stayed largely under my radar until now, despite my occasional brushes with his work through various blogs and […]
Abul Mogard, “Circular Forms” (Ecstatic, 2018)
Recently given an much-needed reissue by Ecstatic, Circular Forms (2015) is Abul Mogard’s lone proper full-length album amidst a slow trickle of cassettes, splits, and compilation appearances. When I first […]
Expo ’70, “Mother Universe Has Birthed Her Last Cosmos” (Zoharum, 2018)
Polish label Zoharum take a very deep dive into Justin Wright’s exquisite solo guitar psychedelia with this sprawling 2xCD collection of various limited Expo ’70 releases. For the most part, […]
Lucrecia Dalt, “Anticlines” (RVNG Intl., 2018)
This album, Dalt’s sixth, is my first exposure to the iconoclastic Colombian’s work and it feels like an ideal entry point, as it is quite a beguiling album that is […]
“African Scream Contest Vol. 2: Benin 1963-1980” (Analog Africa, 2018)
Ten years ago, Analog Africa released the landmark African Scream Contest, an album that instantly established the fledgling label as one of the most intriguing and distinctive imprints in the […]