Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 22 , 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Adele – 21 (Columbia) — Joseph Viney
The Aviator Set – Better Days [EP] (Self Released)
Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place (Asthmatic Kitty) — Robin Smith
Bayside – Killing Time (Wind-Up) — Davey Boy
Before the Dawn – Deathstar Rising {EU} (Nuclear Blast)
Jonny Burke – Distance And Fortune (Dreamcar Records)
Civet – Love & War (Hellcat Records)
Darkest Hour – The Human Romance (eOne Music) — Jared Ponton
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows – D.R.U.G.S. (Sire/Decaydance)
DevilDriver – Beast (Roadrunner Records)
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Moral & Wahnsinn {EU} (Nuclear Blast Records)
Earth – Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1 (Southern Lord)
Eat Sugar – Levantense (Mush)
Evergrey – Glorious Collision (Steamhammer)
G. Love – Fixin to Die (Brushfire Records)
Handguns – Don’t Bite Your Tongue (Pure Noise Ent.)
I See Stars – The End of the World Party (Sumerian Records) — Davey Boy
Jamie xx/Gil Scott Heron – We’re New Here (XL)
Kerouac/The Long Haul – Split EP (Tangled Talk Records)
Komor Kommando – Oil, Steel & Rhythm (Alfa Matrix)
The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh (Nonesuch)
Luttenberger*Klug – Unsere Zeit (Universal)
Malakwa – Street Preacher (Alfa Matrix)
Mercenary – Metamorphosis (NoiseArt Records)
Moonsorrow – Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa {UK} (Spinefarm Records)
Optimus Rhymes – Optimus Rhymes Is Dead (jediknightscircle)
Joell Ortiz – Free Agent (Entertainment One Music)
Lauren Pritchard – Wasted In Jackson (Republic)
Quarterfly – Do You Believe (Rock Ridge Music)
Red City Radio – The Dangers of Standing Still (Paper + Plastick)
Sean Rowe – Magic (Anti-)
Rye Rye – Go! Pop! Bang! (N.E.E.T.)
Strong Arm Steady – Arms & Hammers (Element 9)
Svart Crown – Witnessing the Fall (LISTENABLE RECORDS)
Toro y Moi – Underneath the Pine (Carpark Records)
Transit – Something Left Behind (Mightier Than Sword)
Void Pedal – Omni Colour (Fieldwerk Recordings)
Water & Bodies – Light Year (EYOS Records)
Wolfchant – Call Of The Black Winds (Massacre Records)
Wolves & Thieves – 11 (Swagger City)

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

Before the Dawn – Deathstar Rising

Darkest Hour – The Human Romance

DevilDriver – Beast

Mercenary – Metamorphosis

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

Staff:

01) Radiohead
02) Glassjaw
03) Arcade Fire
04) Regina Spektor
05) Yuck
06) Protest the Hero
07) James Blake
08) Tyler, The Creator
09) Fugazi
10) The Get Up Kids

General Users:

01) Radiohead
02) Glassjaw
03) Arcade Fire
04) Kanye West
05) Protest the Hero
06) Brand New
07) Deftones
08) The National
09) Converge
10) Thrice

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