archived brainwashed reviews
Kyle Bobby Dunn/Wayne Robert Thomas, “The Searchers/Voyevoda” (Whited Sepulchre, 2018)
It has been roughly four years since Dunn last surfaced with his sprawling Kyle Bobby Dunn and the Infinite Sadness triple LP and he clearly spent some of that long […]
Clarice Jensen, “For This From That Will Be Filled” (Miasmah, 2018)
I can think of few other artists who have amassed a body of work as impressive as Clarice Jensen before releasing their debut album, as she is the artistic director […]
Oren Ambarchi, “Grapes From The Estate” (Touch (2004)/Black Truffle (2018))
Newly reissued on his own Black Truffle imprint, this 2004 album (originally released on Touch) stands as one of the most enduring and transcendent gems in Ambarchi’s lengthy discography. Obviously, […]
Roberto Opalio, “Once you’ll touch the sky you will never return to dust” (Elliptical Noise, 2018)
Seemingly birthed from the same fascination with vinyl surface noise as The Sky With Broken Arms, Roberto Opalio’s solo companion piece is perhaps even more unique and consciousness-expanding than its […]
Bruce Gilbert, “Ex Nihilo” (Editions Mego, 2018)
Remarkably, this is the first Bruce Gilbert solo album that I have ever heard in its entirety and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it is radically different from […]
Ashley Paul, “Lost in Shadows” (Slip, 2018)
It has been roughly four years since Ashley Paul’s last album and I was beginning to despair, but she has been busy moving to London and becoming a mother. While […]
My Cat is an Alien, “The Sky With Broken Arms” (Elliptical Noise, 2018)
This latest opus from the Opalio brothers continues their restlessly experimental hot streak, taking inspiration from a characteristically bizarre event: two years ago, Roberto discovered that a bunch of his […]
Muslimgauze, “Mullah Said” (Staalplaat, 1998/2018)
Earlier this year, Staalplaat took a break from their plunge into Bryn Jones’ seemingly endless archive of unreleased/hyper-limited material to put out a double-LP vinyl reissue of this beloved landmark […]