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.
Kirin J Callinan: If I Could Sing (Worse Records)
James Blake: Playing Robots Into Heaven (Endel Focus Soundscape) (UMG)
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey: Compassion (ECM)
Runnner: starsdust (Run For Cover Records)
Smerz, Allina: Allina (Shopping Records)
J Mascis: What Do We Do Now (Sub Pop Records)
Verbier Festival Orchestra, Daniel Harding: Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Live) (Verbier Festival Gold)
Vera Sola: Peacemaker (City Slang US)
Jahmal Padmore: The Wooz (telephone explosion records)
Hera Hyesang: Breathe (Deutsche Grammophon)
Lee “Scratch” Perry: King Perry (False Idols)
Ches Smith: Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic Records)
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer: The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem)
Britti: Hello, I’m Britti. (Concord)
The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy (UMG)