#NewMusicFriday: April 2, 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.

Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Gary Bartz JID006 (Jazz Is Dead)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee AT  STATE’S END! (Constellation Records)

No-No Boy: 1975 (Smithsonian Folkways)

Kishi Bashi: Emigrant EP (Joyful Noise Recordings)

La Femme: Paradigmes (Born Bad Records)

Nina Lejderman, Claron McFadden, Elan Sicroff: The Songs of Thomas de Hartmann (Nimbus Alliance )

Flock of Dimes: Head of Roses (Sub Pop)

Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg (4AD)

Mythic Sunship: Wildfire (Tee Pee Records)

Patrick Belaga: Blutt (PAN)

Fuoco Fatuo: Obsidian Katabasis (Profound Lore Records)

Facta: Blush (Wisdom Teeth)

Jaze Baqti: Secrets Of A Horizontal Lifestyle (Jaze Baqti)

Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band: Rare Dreams: Solar Live 2.27.18 (No Quarter)

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist: Haram (BackwoodzStudioz)