#NewMusicFriday: August 9, 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.

Kali Uchis: ORQUÍDEAS PARTE 2 (UMG)

TORRES & Fruit Bats: A Decoration (Merge Records)

Oh Sees: SORCS 80 (Castle Face Records)

A Giant Dog: Raw (Merge Records)

Oso Oso: life till bones (Yunahon Entertainment Ltd.)

Bardo Pond: Melt Away (Matador Records)

Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding: Milton + esperanza (Concord Jazz)

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (Sony Music)

Belong: Realistic IX (kranky)

Mingus Big Band: The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions Vol. 2 (Candid Records)

Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus: Barefoot in Bryophyte (Hubro)

Louis Cole (with Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley): nothing (Brainfeeder)

Quivers: Oyster Cuts (Merge Records)

Thee Marloes: Perak (Big Crown Records)

Fucked Up: Another Day (Fucked Up Records)