#NewMusicFriday: May 22, 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.

Visible Cloaks: Paradaessence (RVNG Intl.)

Eli Keszler: Bunnylovr (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Deeper Into Movies)

Hyd: Hold Onto Me Infinity (Cascine)

JPEGMAFIA: EXPERIMENTAL RAP (AWAL Recordings)

tUnE YaRdS: I love Boosters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Neon Rated)

Ecca Vandal: LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW (Loma Vista Recordings)

Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music (Thrill Jockey Records)

Thee Marloes: Di Hotel Malibu (Big Crown Records)

aja monet: the color of rain (drink sum wtr)

Oliver Coates: The History Of Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (UMG)

Bleachers: everyone for ten minutes (Dirty Hit)

Barbara Mason: The 1960s Archives Collection (Jamie Record Co.)

Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti: Almost Waking (TAR / MM / UOH)

Future Islands: From A Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth (4AD)

Various Artists: Bulayo – Guitar Songs From Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia and DR Congo (Mississippi Records)

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt; Ernst Theis: Franz Von Suppe: Fantasia Symphonica; Spanish Dances (CPO Records)