archived brainwashed reviews
Aaron Dilloway, “The Gag File” (Dais, 2017)
Since releasing two stellar albums in 2012, Aaron Dilloway has been comparatively quiet, contenting himself with a steady stream of cassettes, collaborations, and reissues. Apparently, he also spent a bit […]
Andrew Chalk, “A Light At The Edge Of The World” (Faraway Press, 2017)
I was initially planning to write something like “somehow this wonderfully sublime 2015 release managed to slip by me completely unnoticed,” but immediately realized that there was no mystery at […]
Kara-Lis Coverdale, “Grafts” (Boomkat Editions, 2017)
This Montreal-based composer/producer/church organist has been quite hard to miss over the last several years, collaborating on Tim Hecker’s Virgins album, releasing a cassette on one of my favorite tape […]
Félicia Atkinson, “Hand in Hand” (Shelter Press, 2017)
Félicia Atkinson’s radical artistic transformation over the last several years has been quite an interesting one, as each new release seems to distance her further and further from her excellent […]
Mary Lattimore, “Collected Pieces” (Ghostly International, 2017)
Modestly billed as a counterpart to last year’s At The Dam album, the prosaically titled Collected Pieces is quite a big and very pleasant surprise, as my expectation was that […]
Caterina Barbieri, “Patterns of Consciousness” (Important, 2017)
Following a handful of elusive limited edition cassettes, Berlin-based composer Caterina Barbieri makes her formal debut in a big way with this massive and mesmerizing double LP epic. On one […]
Legendary Pink Dots, “Chemical Playschool 19 & 20” (Beta-Lactam Ring, 2016)
Over the last two decades or so, my Legendary Pink Dots fandom has gone through quite a few different phases, but my current self is most enamored with the Chemical […]
Gnod, “Just Say No To The Psycho Right-Wing…” (Rocket, 2017)
I had a very unfortunate false start with Gnod, as the first time I heard them, I mistakenly concluded that they were basically the UK version of White Hills rather […]