#NewMusicFriday: July 11, 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.

Open Mike Eagle: Neighborhood Gods Unlimited (Auto Reverse Reccords)

Matt Jencik & Midwife: Never Die (Relapse Records)

Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson, Carlos Niño: Openness Trio (UMG)

Kokoroko: Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood Recordings)

Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)

Tim O’Brien, Bill Frisell, Dale Bruning: Life Lessons (Wendell World Records)

Barry Can’t Swim: Loner (Ninja Tune)

Gina Birch: Trouble (Third Man Records)

Jessica Winter: My First Album (Lucky Number)

Petey USA: The Yips (UMG)

Benjamin Dakota Rogers: This Ol’ Way (Good People Record Co.)

Sunking: I DON’T LIKE MY TELEPHONE (Anti- Records)

Ólafur Arnalds, Talos: A Dawning (UMG)

K. Yoshimatsu: Zentai: The Collected Works of K. Yoshimatsu [Volume I] (Phantom Limb)

Wet Leg: moisturizer (Domino Recording Co)

Sally Dige: Holding the Sun (Dige Records)