archived brainwashed reviews
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 […]
Träden (Subliminal Sounds, 2018)
It seemed like last year’s Tack för kaffet / So Long was the bittersweet swansong for a shape-shifting creative force that brought the world so much timeless psychedelia, but a […]
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 […]
Thomas Ankersmit, “Homage to Dick Raaijmakers” (Shelter Press, 2018)
I suspect I am far from alone in being unfamiliar with the music of Dutch composer Dick Raaijmakers, as there is not a hell of a lot of electronic music […]
Rudolf Eb.er, “Om Kult – Ritual Practice of Conscious Dying, Vol. 1” (Self-Released, 2018)
I have never been all that deeply immersed in the international noise scene, but I have certainly been aware of the scatological insanity of Rudolf Eb.er for a couple of […]
Julee Cruise, “The Voice of Love” (Warner Brothers,1993/Sacred Bones, 2018)
Newly reissued on Sacred Bones, The Voice of Love (1993) was Cruise’s second and final album with the singular songwriting team of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti. I suspect it […]
Ian William Craig, “A Turn of Breath” (Recital, 2014)
Recently reissued in expanded form, A Turn of Breath was Ian William Craig’s 2014 formal debut, though it was predated by a handful of digital-only and cassette releases. In fact, […]