#NewMusicFriday: November 13, 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.

Radie Peat: No Human Tongue Can Tell (Rough Trade Records)

Royal Blood: Dead Company (Warner Music UK)

Fine Food Market: Alas Time Has Passed (Arbutus Records)

The Body , Cel Genesis: Whole Wide World (Thrill Jockey Records)

Artificial Brain: Antillia (Profound Lore Records)

Aesop Rock x Blockhead: Trouble Mountain (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

Kalia Vandever, Dave Harrington: Evergreen (Sudden Quarterly)

Krill: Secret Language (Exploding In Sound Records)

Schaefer Llana: Full Circle (Strolling Bones Records)

Armand Hammer: Snakes & Ladders (Backwoodz Studioz)

Anna Butterss, John Raymond, Ben Lumsdaine : Beginningless (Northern Spy Records)

Los Bitchos: Los Bitchos & Friends Vol 1 (!K7 Music)

Land Of Talk: LASTS (Saddle Creek)

Aphex Twin: Drukqs (Expanded Edition) (Warp Records)

Snoh Aalegra: Legendary Love (Stem)