#NewMusicFriday: May 9, 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.

Kali Uchis: Sincerely, (UMG)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa: Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C Major “Il distratto” (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)

Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke: Tall Tales (Warp Records)

André 3000: 7 piano sketches (Sony Music)

Billy Woods: GOLLIWOG (BackwoodzStudioz)

Erika de Casier: Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)

The Vernon Spring: Under A Familiar Sun (RVNG Intl.)

Deradoorian: Ready for Heaven (Fire Records)

Nils Frahm: Night (LEITER)

Adult Mom: Natural Causes (Epitaph)

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Bees In The Bonnet (Rune Grammofon)

Kara-lis Coverdale: From Where You Came (Smalltown Supersound)

Various Artists: Planet Mu 30 (Planet Mu)

Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant (Arcade Fire Music)

Esthesis Quartet: Sound & Fury (Sunnyside Records)