archived brainwashed reviews
Muslimgauze, “Satyajit Eye” and “Al Jar Zia Audio” (Staalplaat, 2013)
I have long felt that the best possible thing that could happen for Bryn Jones’ legacy would be for someone to brutally pare down his out-of-control discography to just the […]
Grouper, “The Man Who Died In His Boat” (Kranky, 2013)
To celebrate their reissue of 2008’s acclaimed, widely beloved, and charmingly titled Dragging A Dead Deer Up a Hill, Kranky has concurrently issued this surprisingly solid companion album of unreleased […]
Carter Tutti Void, “Transverse” (Mute, 2013)
Back in 2011, Chris and Cosey united with Factory Floor’s Nik Void (né Nikki Colk) for an improvised set during London’s Short Circuit Festival. Not very many people got to actually […]
“Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia-1964-1970” (Sublime Frequencies, 2013)
Sublime Frequencies’ first new compilation after a long dormant spell is quite an ambitious one, as compiler Carl Hamm spent almost 8 years researching this project. That effort shows, as […]
“Angola Soundtrack: Special Sounds from Luanda 1965-1978” (Analog Africa, 2012)
Hopelessly smitten by Buda Musique’s long-defunct series of albums devoted to Angola, Analog Africa’s Samy Ben Redjeb decided to try to pick up where his predecessors left off. Characteristically, he […]
Sand, “Golem” (Delta-Acustic (1974)/Rotorelief (2010))
Golem is widely regarded to be a lost psychedelic masterpiece among the sorts of people who are interested in such things, numbering David Tibet, Stephen Stapleton, and Julian Cope among […]
“Panama! 3- Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Tipica on the Isthmus 1960-75” (Soundway, 2012)
This is allegedly the swansong for Soundway’s excellent Panama! series—an unexpected choice, given that this rich vein of material doesn’t show the slightest sign of being exhausted (perhaps the compilers […]
Raime, “Quarter Turns Over a Living Line” (Blackest Ever Black, 2012)
After a tantalizing two-year trickle of 12″ singles and an EP, this unrelentingly bleak UK post-industrial duo have finally released a full album. It was an event that I awaited […]