BEN LAMAR GAY

From Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders and Nala Sinephro's ambient jazz excursions, to Sons of Kemet and Damon Locks' Afrobeat-infused compositions, to Emma-Jean Thackray's electro-funk-psych-jazz opus, here are some the jazz albums that stood out to us most this year...

Always one of the more unique End of Year lists, The Quietus' Albums of 2021 include everything from The Weather Station and Little Simz to Divide and Dissolve, Scotch Reflex, The Bug, At the Gates and more.

Listen to new songs by Courtney Barnett, They Might Be Giants, The Sadies, Ben LaMar Gay, So Hideous, Caroline, Remedy (ft Conway, Ghostface & Cappadonna), Marissa Paternoster, and more.

NYC Winter Jazzfest will be back in 2022, and the lineup also features Questlove, Marc Ribot, Alan Braufman, Ben LaMar Gay, Jaimie Branch, Madison McFerrin, Makaya McCraven, Dave Harrington, Red Baraat, and lots more

Dos Santos explore and mix styles from across the Americas into their own lush, groovy, swirling sound on new album ‘City of Mirrors‘ which is out now via International Anthem.

Big Ears happens March 24-27 in Knoxville, TN with Low, John Zorn, Sparks,Yves Tumor, Bill Callahan, Annette Peacock, Meredith Monk, Moses Sumney, Kim Gordon and more.

Listen to new songs by The Dodos, Dean Wareham, Billy Bragg, Lonely Guest (Tricky), Sloppy Jane, Kylie Minogue, Naomi Alligator, Deep Purple (Love cover), Dan Andriano, Curtis Harding, Flock of Dimes, and more.

An evening of interpretations of songs from Mort Garson's cult classic 1976 electronic album ’Mother Earth’s Plantasia’

Listen to new songs by Damon Albarn, billy woods, Ben LaMar Gay, Gates, J. Cole, Wiki/Navy Blue, Underoath, Spice, Beach Fossils, Deerhoof, Boy Scouts, Penelope Isles, Hana Vu, and more...

This week's Notable Releases include Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble's bold, lively protest album, Spirit of the Beehive's anti-genre album, Brockhampton's psychedelic step forward, and more...