#NewMusicFriday: February 27, 2026

Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.

Bill Frisell: In My Dreams (Blue Note)

Pat Methany: Side-Eye III+ (Uniquity Music/Green Hill Productions)

Bill Callahan: My Days of 58 (Drag City Records)

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: GUSH Remixes (Nettwerk)

Mitski: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)

deathcrash: Somersaults (untitled (recs))

Iron & Wine: Hen’s Teeth (Sub Pop Records)

Deadletter: Existence is Bliss (So Recordings)

Nothing: a short history of decay (Run For Cover Records)

Gorillaz: The Mountain (Kong)

Blanck Mass: Crime 101 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Lakeshore Records)

Cheo Feliciano: Mi Tierra y Yo (Remastered 2026) (Craft Recordings)

Jeremy Pelt: Our Community Will Not Be Erased (Highnote Records)

Fabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra: Vila (Far Out Recordings)

Bim Sherman: Ghetto Dub (Week—End Records)