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)