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#New Music Friday: Year In Review
Happy 2022, I guess.
Music
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Album of the Week: Circuit des Yeux | -io
Imagine a mixture of Scott Walker and Nico. Now add bitters.
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Album of the Week: Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp | We’re OK. But We’re Lost Anyway
I enjoy heady music when there’s plenty of body mixed in.
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Album of the Week: Valentina Goncharova | Recordings 1987-1991 Vol. 2
Some of my favorite outsider art was created by people on the inside.
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#NewMusicFriday: December 17, 2021
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.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Mabe Fratti + Concepción Huerta | Estática
If you ever you meet someone who doesn’t at least like the cello, run.
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#NewMusicFriday: December 10, 2021
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.
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Album of the Week: Michael Hurley | The Time of the Foxgloves
There’s a lot to like, and more to love, about a new record from Michael Hurley.
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#NewMusicFriday: December 3, 2021
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.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Akira Rabelais | À la recherche du temps perdu
Memory is life’s best editor.
Art&Culture
Twittering Machines 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
If ever a year deserved a treat at its end, 2021 must be one. I hope you find something in this year’s Gift Guide that tickles your fancy.
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#NewMusicFriday: November 26, 2021
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.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Hedvig Mollestad Trio | Ding Dong. You’re Dead
Norwegian guitarist, vocalist and composer Hedvig Mollestad has been tearing up 2021 with not one, not two, but three new records. My current mood picked the most straight ahead ripper, a product of Mollestad’s long-standing Trio.
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Twittering Machines 21 Favorite Albums of 2021
2021 was a banner year for testing our ability to look ahead while finding pleasure amidst a storm. It should come as no surprise that artists reflect this push and pull in the music they share with us.
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#NewMusicFriday: November 19, 2021
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.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: KMRU | Logue
Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU, collects sounds from his native Nairobi and environs, weaving them into sonic-scapes of pure delight.
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#NewMusicFriday: November 12, 2021
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.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Lump | Animal
Lump is Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay (Tunnig) and Animal is their second full-length, released on Partisan Records in June of this year.
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#NewMusicFriday: November 5, 2021
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.
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Album of the Week: Snail Mail | Valentine
I envision the entire world acting as one, once they hear Snail Mail’s new record, Valentine. Its that good.
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#NewMusicFriday: October 29, 2021
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.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Grouper | Shade
When searching for words to describe the music Liz Harris makes as Grouper, I landed on spirit. Spirit music. This seemed the least restrictive while offering a broad choice of definitions to pick from, matching the music in its incorporeal flickering beauty.
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#NewMusicFriday: October 22, 2021
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.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Shannon Lay | Geist
On Geist, spirit in German, Shannon Lay has made an album that feels right, ripe, and timeless.
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#NewMusicFriday: October 15, 2021
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.
