archived brainwashed reviews
Esplendor Geométrico, “Desarrollos Geométricos”(Geometrik, 2011)
I didn’t know quite what to expect from a new Esplendor Geométrico album, aside from a lot of relentlessly repeating percussion loops. However, I did know that I didn’t expect Desarrollos Geométricos to […]
Dean McPhee, “Son of the Black Peace” (Blast First Petite, 2012)
This English guitarist’s first full-length is just as impressive as last year’s excellent Brown Bear EP, but displays quite a significant and somewhat unexpected evolution. Rather than playing up the […]
William Basinski, “92982” (92982, 2009)
It seems that I badly underestimated William Basinski, as I stopped following his career several years ago out of frustration with his apparent creative stagnation. His methods and conceptual underpinnings […]
Isengrind, “Night of Raining Fire” (Blackest Rainbow, 2012)
Natural Snow Buildings seem to be currently locked in a rhythm in which they release one truly monster album each year and Solange Gularte’s latest solo effort seems to have […]
The Dead C, “Harsh 70’s Reality” (Siltbreeze, 1992)
This 1992 double LP has historically been regarded to be The Dead C’s zenith, though contention for that particular honor has gotten quite a bit more crowded with some of […]
Ensemble Economique, “Crossing The Pass, By Torchlight” (Dekorder, 2011)
Brian Pyle received a lot of attention with 2010’s Psychical (a creepy homage to schlocky slasher films), but it was much too blunt and raw for me to want to […]
Pete Swanson, “Man With Potential” (Type, 2011)
In the wake of the short-lived mid-2000’s noise explosion, many of the genre’s leading lights either moved on or began experimenting with clever ways to make dissonant chaos sound fresh […]
Chris Watson, “El Tren Fantasma” (Touch, 2011)
Roughly ten years ago, BBC’s Radio 4 sent Chris Watson to Mexico to record one of the final continuous cross-country trips for Mexico’s passenger rail system. The resultant album is […]