Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 25 , 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Adele – 21 (XL/Columbia) — Joseph Viney
Architects – The Here And Now (Century Media)
Andre Afram Asmar – Harmonic Emergency (Mush)
Arafel – For Battles Once Fought (Noise Art Records) — Jared Ponton
Cloud Nothings – Cloud Nothings (Carpark Records)
Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours (Interscope) — Rudy Klapper
Tony Cook – Back To Reality (Stones Throw Records)
Deerhoof – Deerhoof Vs Evil (Polyvinyl Records)
Demdike Stare – Tryptych (Modern Love)
Destroyer – Kaputt (Merge Records) — Keelan H.
EkoTren – The Dead of Night (Burnhill Union Records)
The Gaddabouts – The Gaddabouts (Redeye Label)
Gang of Four – Content (Yep Roc Records)
The Get Up Kids – There Are Rules (Quality Hill Records) — Adam Thomas
Helene Grimaud – Resonances (Decca)
Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Bros.)
Talib Kweli – Gutter Rainbows (Javotti Media/3D)
Amos Lee – Mission Bell (Blue Note Records) — Monica Skoko
James Vincent McMorrow – Early in the Morning (Vagrant Records)
Mother Of Mercy – IV: Symptoms Of Existence (Bridge Nine Records)
Onry Ozzborn – Hold on For Dear Life (Fake Four Inc.)
Papercranes – Let’s Make Babies in the Woods (Manimal Vinyl)
Jaimee Paul – Melancholy Baby (GREEN HILL)
Petra – Back to the Rock (Sony Music Distribution)
Sirenia – The Enigma Of Life {EU} (Caroline)
Sam Sneed – Street Scholars (Death Row Records)
Tony Touch – Hip Hop #97: Freestyles (Tony Touch)
Ulcerate – The Destroyers of All (Willowtip Records)
Bob Wayne – Outlaw Carnie (Century Media)

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Album Streams (please inform us of any broken links/removed streams):

Architects – The Here And Now

Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours

Talib Kweli – Gutter Rainbows

James Vincent McMorrow – Early in the Morning

Mother Of Mercy – IV: Symptoms Of Existence

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SputnikMusic’s Most Played Artists of the Week (according to Last.FM):

Staff:

01) Yuck
02) Arcade Fire
03) Radiohead
04) Sufjan Stevens
05) Thrice
06) Deftones
07) Polar Bear Club
08) Vampire Weekend
09) Wilco
10) Glassjaw

General Users:

01) Kanye West
02) Radiohead
03) Deftones
04) The National
05) Arcade Fire
06) Thrice
07) Converge
08) Brand New
09) The Beatles
10) The Tallest Man on Earth

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