#NewMusicFriday: October 16, 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.

Andrew Wasylyk, Tommy Perman: House With A Curse (Clay Pipe Music)

Fontaines D.C.: Dopamine Chamber (XL Recordings)

@: Autosmile (4AD)

Dummy: do you love the color of the sky? (Polyvinyl)

Gently Tender: This Was Once Fields (Todo)

Rachel Chinouriri: I think I spoke too soon (Parlophone Records)

Richard Thompson: Hippies, Thugs and Heroes (New West Records)

Bibio & Dorian Concept: Answers (Warp Records)

Jacques Greene: jg (LUCKYME)

Max Richter: While The Flood Rages (Deutsche Grammophon)

Matthew Herbert: theukhasmorefoodbanksthanbranchesofmcdonalds.com (Accidental Records)

Jimi Hendrix: Magic Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at Berkeley [First Show] (Sony Music)

Pan Amsterdam: Panarama (Def Pressé)

Mali Obomsawin: Automatic (Out of Your Head Records)

CHUWI: Liberated (Chuwi Music)

Rachel Podger,  Lucie Horsch, Jane Rogers, Alex Rolton: Duologues (Channel Classics / Outhere Music)

June McDoom: Follow The Light (Jagjaguwar)

heaven’s ho betsy: baby’s gone (Kill Rock Stars)

Robert Lester Folsom: Music and Dreams: 50th Anniversary Edition (Anthology Recordings)

Russell Gunn, Blackhawk: Afrikan Amerikan Book of the Dead (Vanglorious Arts)

Lamin Fofana: Corps Perdu (Shelter Press)