#NewMusicFriday: August 25, 2023

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.

Open Mike Eagle: another triumph of ghetto engineering (Auto Reverse Records)

Daði Freyr: I Made An Album (AWAL)

The Armed: Perfect Saviors (Sargent House)

SPELLLING: SPELLLING & The Mystery School (Sacred Bones Records)

75 Dollar Bill: Power Failures (Thin Wrist Recordings)

Ratboys: The Window (Topshelf Records)

Buck Meek: Haunted Mountain (4AD)

Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)

Danger Mouse & Jemini: Born Again (Lex Records)

A Giant Dog: Bite (Merge Records)

Fay Victor: Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy Records)

Jay Rodriguez Sierra: Muthaflower (Jay Rodriguez Sierra)

Various Artists: My Words Are Music: A Celebration of Sun Ra’s Poetry (Omni Sound)

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Australian Carnage – Live At The Sydney Opera House (AWAL)

Be Your Own Pet: Mommy (Third Man Records)