#NewMusicFriday: August 1, 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.

Laura Groves: Yes (Bella Union)

The Armed: THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED (Sargent House)

Sofia Kourtesis: Volver (Ninja Tune)

Blanck Mass: She Rides Shotgun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Invada)

Buddy Guy: Ain’t Done With The Blues (RCA Records)

Fania All Stars: Live At Yankee Stadium Vol. 1 (Remastered 2025) (Craft Recordings)

Elvis Presley: Sunset Boulevard (RCA Records)

Tingvall Trio: Pax (Skip Records)

Sex Week: Upper Mezzanine (Grand Jury Music)

The Wood Brothers: Puff of Smoke (Honey Jar Records/Thirty Tigers)

Nadeem Din-Gabisi: OFFSHORE (Moshi Moshi Music)

Mats Lidström, Leif Kaner-Lidström: Swans (Hyperion Records Ltd.)

araabMUZIK: Electronic Dream 2 (Genre Defying Entertainment/D Productions)

Rosali: Slow Pain: Live and Solo from Drop of Sun (Merge Records)

Wevie Stonder: Sure Beats Living (Skam Records)