archived brainwashed reviews
Sun City Girls, “Funeral Mariachi” (Abduction, 2010)
Over the course of their incredible 27-year career, Sun City Girls seemed to make a point of doing everything as triumphantly and aggressively wrong as possible, precluding any possibility of […]
Cyclobe, “Wounded Galaxies Tap at the Window” (Phantom Code, 2010)
There are very real reasons why Cyclobe albums are so infrequent, as Ossian Brown and Stephen Thrower seem to deliberately eschew or expertly conceal most of the tools that similar […]
“Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974” (Sublime Frequencies, 2010)
In characteristic Sublime Frequencies fashion, Mark Gergis’ latest compilation documents a truly unique and flourishing scene that very few people even knew existed. It is hard to think of many […]
“Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-1978)” (Analog Africa, 2010)
The origins of this compilation read like the plot to an quirky indie comedy: a German musicologist misplaces his passport, loses his luggage, misses his flight, and winds up taking […]
Muslimgauze, “Lazhareem Ul Leper” (Staalplaat, 2010)
This is already the 15th release in Staalplaat’s exhaustive Muslimgauze archive series, but it looks like Bryn Jones has not yet run out of minor posthumous surprises to share with […]
The Hafler Trio, “Kill the King” (Staalplaat (1991)/Korm Plastics (2003))
This 1991 release marked the beginning of the trilogy that many regard to be some of Andrew McKenzie’s finest and most inspired work. Appropriately enough, its 2003 reissue by devoted […]
Isengrind, “Modlitewnik” (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
The long-awaited (and almost instantly sold-out) vinyl debut from the less prolific half of Natural Snow Buildings continues Solange Gularte’s fine tradition of dreamlike, disquieting, and temporally dislocated ethno-ambience. While […]
Severed Heads, “Since the Accident” (Ink/Terse Tapes, 1983)
Severed Heads’ bizarre 1983 album has led one of the most improbable and ridiculous lives that an album could possibly hope to live. Although it began as a self-released cassette […]