archived brainwashed reviews
Noveller, “No Dreams” (Important, 2013)
When she is at her best, Brooklyn-based experimental guitarist Sarah Lipstate is capable of creating work of almost breathtaking beauty. On this, her debut for Important, she is at her […]
The Legendary Pink Dots, “Chemical Playschool 15” (Rustblade, 2013)
Edward Ka-Spel’s recent hot streak arguably takes a bit of a break with this release, but that is at least partially by design, given the Chemical Playschool series’ role as […]
Huerco S., “Colonial Patterns” (Software, 2013)
This is the debut full-length from Brian Leeds’ Huerco S. nom de guerre, one of the most exciting projects to emerge from burgeoning scene surrounding Opal Tapes. While Leeds does […]
Natural Snow Buildings, “Daughter of Darkness” (Ba Da Bing, 2013)
Ba Da Bing have officially blown my mind yet again, following their 4LP reissues of the epic Night Coercion Into the Company of Witches and The Snowbringer Cult trilogy with […]
Fluxion, “Vibrant Forms” (Chain Reaction (1999)/Type(2013))
One of my favorite reissues of 2012 was Porter Ricks’ Biokinetics, a maddeningly hard-to-get dub techno classic from Chain Reaction’s golden age. Unbeknownst to me, that album was apparently just […]
Russian Tsarlag, “Gagged in Boonesville” (Not Not Fun, 2013)
I suspect Not Not Fun deliberately release one album every year that I would absolutely love, hoping that I will miss it in order to punish me for not paying […]
Tim Hecker, “Virgins” (Kranky, 2013)
It is hard to believe that Tim Hecker is still managing to pull fresh rabbits out of his hat seven solo albums into his career, but Virgins is an expectation-defying […]
Disappears, “Era” (Kranky, 2013)
This Chicago band’s career trajectory has been a singularly impressive and curious one, as they have somehow managed to continually reinvent their sound while still getting exponentially better with each […]