#NewMusicFriday: April 12, 2024

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.

Metz: Up On Gravity Hill (Sub Pop Records)

English Teacher: This Could Be Texas (Nice Swan Records)

BODEGA: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis Records)

The Reds, Pinks and Purples: Unwishing Well (Slumberland Records)

Clarissa Connelly: World of Work (Warp Records)

Shabaka: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Verve Records)

Maggie Rogers: Don’t Forget Me ()

Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard: Skinwalker (Communion)

Connie Smith: Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches (Fat Possum Records)

Baby Rose (w/Badbadnotgood): Slow Burn (Secretly Canadian)

Meshell Ndegeocello: Red Hot & Ra : The Magic City (Red Hot Org)

Benjamin Samuels: Dissensation (Bridge the Gap)

Various Artists: My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall (Oh Boy Records)

Kenny Garrett, Svoy: Who Killed AI? (Mack Avenue)

James Elkington and  Nathan Salsburg: All Gist (Paradise of Bachelors)