#NewMusicFriday: May 2, 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.

Esther Rose: Want (New West Records)

Anysia Kym & Loraine James: Clandestine (10k)

Model/Actriz: Pirouette (True Panther)

1999 WRITE THE FUTURE: Timeless (88rising)

Blondshell: If You Asked For A Picture (Partisan Records)

Jenny Hval: Iris Silver Mist (4AD)

Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari: Journey to Nabta Playa (Spiritmuse Records)

Eli Keszler: Eli Keszler (LUCKYME®)

Lael Neale: Altogether Stranger (Sub Pop)

Car Seat Headrest: The Scholars (Matador Records)

Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin, Markku Ounaskari: Arcanum (ECM)

Loscil: Lake Fire (kranky)

Jordi Savall: Forgotten Symphonies (Alia Vox)

Kristina Murray: Little Blue (Normaltown Records)

Alune Wade: New African Orleans (enja & yellowbird records)