#NewMusicFriday: February 6, 2026

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.

Ron Carter & Ricky Dillard: Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Capital CGM)

Beverly-Glenn Copeland: Laughter In Summer (Transgressive)

Mandy, Indiana: URGH (Sacred Bones Records)

Puma Blue: Croak Dream (Play It Again Sam)

Maddie Ashman: her side (AWAL Recordings)

Charlotte Day Wilson: Patchwork (XL Recordings)

Ulrika Spacek: EXPO (Full Time Hobby Music)

Daphni: Butterfly (Jialong)

John Craigie: I Swam Here (Zabriskie Point Records)

Nick Schofield: Blue Hour (Backward Music & Nick Schofield)

Lord Byron & Ben Hixon: Absent Angels (Dolfin Records)

J. Cole: The Fall-Off (Interscope Records)

Karin Krog, John Surman, Ron Luft, Rob Waring: Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Meantime Records)

Gary Wong: Lost In The Wonder (Roundround Media LLC)

Ratboys: Singin’ to an Empty Chair (New West Records)

Godzilla Nether Portal: Going To Hell (Evil Gang)

PIGPEN: Cloth Mother (PIGPEN)

Perfect: BodeNote (Perfect)