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.
Nia Archives: Emotional Junglist (UMG)
Helado Tropical: Helado Tropical (Psychic Hotline)
TRICKY: Different When It’s Silent (False Idols)
Syd: Beard (Free Lunch Records/Warner Music Group)
The Menzingers: Everything I Saw (Epitaph)
Eartheater: Heavenly Body: If I’m The Bottle You’re The Message (Chemical X)
Gi Gi: In Lieu (Mood Hut)
Adrian Younge: Afro-Disco Makossa (Linear Labs)
Orquestra Akokán: América! (Daptone Records)
Shonen Knife: Let’s Knife Re-Cut (Good Charamel Records)
Lido Pimienta: Caribenya (Anti- Records)
Lesley Mok: transient (American Dreams)
Darryl Jenifer: The Weather Channel (Org Music)
Lumtz: tesoros (We all speak in poems)
Steve Lacy: Oh yeah? (RCA Records)