#NewMusicFriday: September 25, 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.

Leon Bridges: Happiness Anytime (Columbia Records)

Blondshell: Violins (Partisan Records)

Julia Jacklin: The Gem (4AD)

Hermanos Gutiérrez: Los Ojos Del Cóndor (Easy Eye Sound)

Protomartyr: Hotel Usona (Domino Recording Co.)

Can: Live In Arles 1975 (Mute)

Joy Oladokun: Hope Is A Heavy Thing (Concord Records)

Gilla Band: Pugnello (Rough Trade Records)

Gurriers: Nobody’s Coming To Save You (play it again sam)

Patrick Shiroishi, Jason Nazary: here i am no i (We Jazz Records)

The Ocean: Solaris (Pelagic Records)

Tom Morello: Everyone Gets Everything They Want (Mom+Pop)

Actress: Radical Frame (Ninja Tune)

Agnes Obel: The Meaning of Flowers (Deutsche Grammophon)

Jean-Michel Blais: mirador (Arts & Crafts)

Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto: 12 Conversations (Noton)