#NewMusicFriday: September 5, 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.

Big Thief: Double Infinity (4AD)

Lucrecia Dalt: A Danger to Ourselves (RVNG Intl.)

David Byrne: Who Is The Sky? (Matador Records)

Harold López-Nussa: NUEVA TIMBA (UMG)

El Michels Affair: 24 Hr Sports (Big Crown Records)

Curtis Harding: Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (Anti- Records)

james K: Friend (AD 93)

Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Max Ruisi: Sleep Circle (Faded) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Cut Copy: Moments (Cut Copy Touring Pty Ltd)

Saint Etienne: International (Heavenly Recordings)

Lee Ranaldo: The System (Original Film Music) (Doxy/CControl Publishing)

Thea & The Wild: Truck Sized Asteroid (FysiskFormat)

JayWood: LEO NEGRO (Captured Tracks)

Fieldwork: Thereupon (Pi Recordings)

Dave Douglas: Alloy (Greenleaf Music)