#NewMusicFriday: April 18, 2025

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.

John Zorn and Ikue Mori: The Bagatelles Vol. 4 (Tzadik)

Julien Baker & TORRES: Send A Prayer My Way (Matador)

Chat Pile: Live at Roadburn 2023 (The Flenser)

Divide And Dissolve: Insatiable (Bella Union)

Adrian Younge: Adrian Younge Presents Something About April III (Linear Labs)

Melvins: Thunderball (Ipecac)

Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson: What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch)

Lucy Railton: Blue Veil (Ideological Organ)

quickly, quickly: I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)

Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop)

Soft Play: Heavier Jelly (BMG)

Årabot & Hifiklub: ARTAUD! (Pelagic Records)

Sun Ra: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (Strut)

Kneebody: Reach (Groundup Music)

Berlin Philharmoniker: Wilhelm Furtwängler Collection, Vol. 53 (Andromeda Gallery)