Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 4, 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Annie Crane – Jump With A Child’s Heart (Constant Clip Records)
Rodney Atkins – Take A Back Road (Curb Records)
James Blake – Enough Thunder (Universal Records)
Blessthefall – Awakening (Fearless Records)
Blotted Science – The Animation Of Entomology (EclecticElectric)
Bonnie – Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)
Danny Brown – XXX (Fool’s Gold Records)
Browning – Burn This World (Earache Records)
Dessa – Castor, The Twin (Doomtree Records)
DJ Shadow – The Less You Know The Better (Roc-A-Fella)
Dreamers Of The Ghetto – Enemy/Lover (Temporary Residence)
Emika – Emika (Ninja Tune)
Exile – 4 Track Mind (OULP)
Feist – Metals (Cherrytree/Interscope)
Merle Haggard – Working In Tennessee (Vanguard Records)
Indigo Girls – Beauty Queen Sister (IG Recordings/Vanguard Records)
Jack’s Mannequin – People & Things (Sire/WEA)
La Dispute – Wildlife (No Sleep Records) — Channing Freeman
Lights – Siberia (Last Gang Records)
Eliot Lipp – How We Do: Moves Made (Old Tacoma Records)
Loney Dear – Hall Music (Polyvinyl Records)
Lydia – Paint it Gold (Self Released)
Mayday Parade – Mayday Parade (Fearless/Mayday Parade)
Scott McCreery – Clear As Day (Mercury Nashville)
Misfits – The Devil’s Rain (Misfit Records)
Mutemath – Odd Soul (Warner Bros.)
New Found Glory – Radiosurgery (Epitaph)
Prince Rama – Trust Now (Paw Tracks)
S.C.U.M. – Again Into Eyes (Mute U.S.)
Wayne Static – Pighammer (Dirthouse Records)
Styles P – Master Of Ceremonies (Entertainment One)
Threat Signal – Threat Signal {EU} (Nuclear Blast )
Transit – Listen & Forgive (Rise Records)
Tom Vek – Leisure Seizure (Downtown)
We Are The In Crowd – Best Intentions (Hopeless Records) — Davey Boy
We Were Promised Jetpacks – In The Pit Of The Stomach (Fat Cat)
Zola Jesus – Conatus (Alternative Distribution Alliance)

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

Indigo Girls – Beauty Queen Sister

Jack’s Mannequin – People & Things

Mayday Parade – Mayday Parade

Misfits – The Devil’s Rain

Mutemath – Odd Soul

New Found Glory – Radiosurgery

Wayne Static – Pighammer

Styles P – Master Of Ceremonies

We Are The In Crowd – Best Intentions

Zola Jesus – Conatus

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

Staff:

01) Wilco
02) The Jezabels
03) Bon Iver
04) Thrice
05) Feist
06) Elliot Smith
07) Mastodon
08) M83
09) The Decemberists
10) Radiohead

General Users:

01) Mastodon
02) Thrice
03) Radiohead
04) blink-182
05) La Dispute
06) Brand New
07) Opeth
08) Bon Iver
09) Andrew Jackson Jihad
10) Pink Floyd

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