Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream.com columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Jesca Hoop: Stonechild (Memphis Industries)
Jaden: ERYS (MSFTSMusic/Roc Nation Records | Qobuz)
Dreamville, J. Cole: Revenge of the Dreamers III (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
K. Leimer: Irrational Overcast (First Terrace Records)
Mark Mulcahy: The Gus (Mark Mulcahy)
The Soft Cavalry: The Soft Cavalry (Bella Union)
Sanguine Eagle: Storm Mysticism/Shores of Avarice (Profound Lore Records)
Mac Wetha: MAC Wetha & Friends (Ponyboy Music)
Earthen Sea: Grass and Trees (Kranky)
Cagework: Cagework (Physical Education Records | Rough Trade)
Franco Ambrosetti Quintet: Long Waves (Franco Ambrosetti Quintet)
William Parker, In Order to Survive: Live/Shapeshifter (AUM Fidelity)
Whit Dickey, Tao Quartets: Peace Planet/Box of Light (Whit Dickey)
Hibou: Clarity (Barsuk Records)
Sigur Rós: Ágætis byrjun, 20th Anniversary Edition [Holy shit. I’m old.—Ed.] (Sigor Rós/KRUNK)
Félicia Atkinson: The Flower And The Vessel (Shelter Press)