Will Layman

Brandon Seabrook - Hellbent Daydream
PopMatters
80

Brandon Seabrook’s Hellbent Daydream suggests the logic of dreams with a musical precision that is more caffeinated than gauzy. It sparkles with originality.

The Messthetics - Deface The Currency
PopMatters
80
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis make fearless and non-smooth fusion with the clarity and dynamism of “post-hardcore” that wasn’t around in the 1970s.
Julian Lage - Scenes From Above
PopMatters
70

Scenes From Above is a comforting album, one that fills you up with warm sensation from the inside.

Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
PopMatters
80
Meshell Ndegeocello always creates a mood around the music that puts rhythm, harmony, and melody in delicious orbits. This is a real genre-crossing soul album.
Johnathan Blake - Homeward Bound
PopMatters
80

Johnathon Blake’s Blue Note debut, Homeward Bound, takes soulful jazz from the past, adds the complexity of the present with intelligence and adventure.

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