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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 5th, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 5, 2023 –

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Atmosphere: So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously
Genre:
Hip Hop
Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment

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The Bomboras: Songs From Beyond!
Genre:
Punk
Label: MuSick Recordings

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Billy Woods and Kenny Segal: Maps
Genre:
Hip Hop
Label: BackwoodzStudioz

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Blood Ceremony: The Old Ways Remain
Genre:
Hard Rock / Stoner Doom
Label:  Nuclear Blast

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Bloodgutter: Death Mountain
Genre:
Death Metal
Label: Trollzorn

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Burning Witches: The Dark Tower
Genre:
Power Metal
Label: Napalm

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Busdriver: Made In Love
Genre:
Hip Hop
Label: Temporary Whatever

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Cloth: Secret Measure
Genre:
Alt Rock / Indie Rock
Label: Rock Action

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Currents: The Death We Seek
Genre:
Metalcore
Label: SharpTone

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Dave Lombardo: Rites of Percussion
Genre:
Drums
Label: Ipecac

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Death Goals: A Garden Of Dead Flowers
Genre:


You guys probably get the gist of this by now, right? But just in case you haven’t or you’re new or GetLow this is where we vaguely cover “how to review an album”. That is to say in this segment we’ll be cross checking different staffers’ approaches to putting words together. Maybe you’re a budding reviewer, on the cusp of greatness, searching for that piece of the puzzle lost on the floor or maybe your mum just logged you on to the household’s singular trusty laptop and you don’t know what to do with your fifteen-minute screen allowance before the older sibling demands the computer for…research? Either way, you’ve come to the right place!

I want to chat with the guy who inspired a nutritious breakfast drink (we will take sponsorship if you’re out there Nestle). No? Rude. Anyways… Mr. M. Ruggles. The one and only ladies, man, ladies-man, jellybeans, lo-fi aficionados…

First off. Who are you and how did you get here?

Some bloke shook me awake and said, “This is the last stop.” I wasn’t entirely sure where I was, but once I alighted the bus, I grabbed the nearest man with lapels by his lapels and started screaming about how blackgaze was coming along just fine until Numenorean showed up, and then I thought I was being restrained but everybody was cheering, and they crowd surfed me to wherever this is.

Here’s another version of the truth. Picture a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed lad from a quaint wee


Hopefully by now you’ve figured out what’s going on here. In this segment we’ll be cross checking different staffers’ approaches to putting words together. Maybe you’re a budding reviewer, on the cusp of greatness, searching for that piece of the puzzle lost on the floor or maybe your mum just logged you on to the household’s singular trusty laptop and you don’t know what to do with your fifteen minute screen allowance before the older sibling demands the computer for…research? Either way, close that incognito tab and let’s deep dive into “how to write a review.” More seriously though, I was out hiking the other day and we found a guy stuck down a well. No, not the Batman kid. His name is Johnny and he sweeps legs. We told him we’d help get him out or toss down a roast chicken (just one of these, not both) if he answered a couple silly questions first.

First off. Who are you and how did you get here? If this does not conform; what are you?

kidnap vanI am a tall body in the back of a black van and I am asking many questions with my hands right now.

Is there anyone on this site you share high percentage tastes with? Well, enough to have a signature handshake with?

Are you trying to infiltrate my harem?

Ah, no. Call it a professional curiosity.

Well then, this being a bona fide *music site*, there are loads of people I have enough overlap


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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 28th, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: April 28, 2023 –

Corrosion Of Hearts - Grey/Black Marble
Austere: Corrosion of Hearts
Genre:
Black/Doom Metal
Label: Prophecy

Bebe
Bebe Rexha: Bebe
Genre:
Pop/R&B
Label: Warner Records

Belgrado
Belgrado: Intra Apogeum
Genre:
Post-Punk/Gothic
Label: La Vida Es Un Mus Discos

Bernice
Bernice: Cruisin’
Genre:
Indie-Pop
Label: Telephone Explosion Records

Euphoric Recall
Braids: Euphoric Recall
Genre:
Electronic/Psychedelic
Label: Secret City

Trouble And Their Double Lives
Cradle of Filth: Trouble And Their Double Lives
Genre:
Black Metal/Gothic
Label: Napalm

DOGMA
Crown The Empire: DOGMA
Genre:
Metalcore/Post-Hardcore
Label: Rise Records

The Damned
The Damned: Darkadelic
Genre:
Punk/Gothic
Label: earMUSIC

Defiled
Defiled: The Highest Level
Genre:
Death Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Enforced
Enforced: War Remains
Genre:
Thrash/Hardcore
Label: Century Media

Fires in the Distance
Fires in the Distance: Air Not Meant For Us
Genre:
Melodic Death Metal/Doom
Label: Prosthetic Records

Graveworm
Graveworm: Killing Innocence
Genre:
Black Metal/Gothic
Label: AFM

Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers: Uncertain Country
Genre:
Indie-Folk
Label: Great Lake Swimmers

Illenium
ILLENIUM: ILLENIUM
Genre:
Electronic/Dubstep
Label: Illenium, LLC

Indigo de Souza
Indigo De Souza: All of This Will End
Genre:
Indie-Rock
Label: Saddle Creek

That! Feels Good!
Jessie Ware:


Good morning and thank you for um…setting aside your schedule of busy Sputnikmusic debauchery and endless page refreshes to get to the nitty gritty of “how to review music”, hacks, roms and workarounds. In this segment we’ll be cross checking different staffers’ approaches to putting um… words together. Maybe you’re a budding reviewer, on the cusp of greatness, searching for that piece of the puzzle lost on the floor or maybe your mum just logged you on to the household’s singular trusty laptop and you don’t know what to do with your fifteen-minute screen allowance before the older sibling demands the computer for…research? Either way, you’ve come to the right place!

We hopped on a ship (it might be called Spunik #1) to visit a kid from Mars, the one and only Zapruder defender Mitch Worden. Let’s ambush him with the questions we maybe need some answers to.

First off. Who are you and how did you get here? 

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landscape on planet Mars, scenic desert scene on the red planet

I ask myself this question staring into the mirror every morning. Still don’t have an answer. Send help.

OK anyways, hello! I am MarsKid, otherwise known as Mitch or the single remaining Persefone fan on this godforsaken corner of the web. I write a lot, much of it pertaining to metal of varying degrees of quality, and I am a proud member of Sputnik’s core-fam.

How many reviews do you have on this site? No, disregard that. How


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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 21st, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: April 21st, 2023 –


Alfa Mist: Variables
Genre:
Jazz / Hip-Hop
Label: Anti-


As Everything Unfolds: Ultraviolet
Genre:
Alt Metal / Post Hardcore
Label: Long Branch Records


Astral Sleep: We Are Already Living in the End of Times
Genre:
Doom / Death / Psychedelic
Label: Saarni Records


Atavistia: Cosmic Warfare
Genre:
Melodic Death Metal
Label: Blood Blast Distro


Bella White: Among Other Things
Genre:
Bluegrass / Country
Label: Rounder


Bell Witch: Future Shadow Part 1
Genre:
Funeral Doom / Death
Label: Profound Lore Records


Blood Star: First Sighting
Genre:
Heavy Metal
Label: Shadow Kingdom Records


Brand of Sacrifice: Between Death and Dreams
Genre:
Deathcore / Metalcore
Label: Unique Leader Records


Dawn of Ouroboros: Velvet Incandescence
Genre:
Black Metal / Post Metal /Progressive
Label: Prosthetic Records


Decipher: Arcane Paths to Resurrection
Genre:
Blackened Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity


The Eating Cave: The Miscalculation
Genre:
Melodic Death Metal / Deathcore
Label: Independent Release


Enter Shikari: A Kiss


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Oh. Hi, and welcome back to yet another installment of “Staffers’ gone Wild!” or um…vague instructions on how to review music. In setting aside your schedule of busy Sputnikmusic comment posting and left click debauchery to get to the nitty gritty of “how to review music”, hacks, roms and workarounds we hope you still enjoy this little left-hand turn from visiting Tool threads. In this segment we’ll be cross checking different staffers’ approaches to putting words together. Maybe you’re a budding reviewer, on the cusp of greatness, searching for that piece of the puzzle lost on the floor or maybe your mum just logged you on to the household’s singular trusty laptop and you don’t know what to do with your fifteen-minute screen allowance before the older sibling demands the computer for…research? Either way, you’ve come to the right place!

I’ll do away with the small talk (or will I?) but you guys all know the power puff diddle of Sputnikmusic. The site’s Mr. Nice Guy. The El Primo himself, pimp-daddy Dewinged!

First off. Who are you and how did you get here?

That depends. In this version of the multiverse I’m the worldwide famous reviewer Dewingus Magnificus, well known for writing embarrassing 5/5 reviews for several hair metal albums, but what really brought me here was the scent of blood in the air. Also Mongi’s review of Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas’ “Mariner”.

Are you really a pimp?

I’ll admit I’ve pimped a couple of dwarves in the past


Good morning and thank you for um…setting aside your schedule of busy Sputnikmusic comment posting (we all know you’re just wasting time on your loo break) and left click debauchery to get to the nitty gritty of “how to review music”, hacks, roms and workarounds. In this segment we’ll be cross checking different staffers’ approaches to putting words together. Maybe you’re a budding reviewer, on the cusp of greatness, searching for that piece of the puzzle lost on the floor or maybe your mum just logged you on to the household’s singular trusty laptop and you don’t know what to do with your fifteen minute screen allowance before the older sibling demands the computer for…research? In short, thank you for coming to the right place!

Today (or sometime this week more likely) Ben stumbled into the wrong room. The door locked behind him (oh no!) and now he’s stuck to a chair until a rescuer appears at an undisclosed time. You guys can tell creative writing isn’t a strength of mine right? Um…

First off. Who are you and how did you get here? Are you asleep?

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Zzz.

In your own words, how does one review a piece of music?

Tl;dr: No idea lol.

Engaging brain … erm … ig there are two uncircumventable goals: (a) engage reader and (b) express self.

Importantly, (a) > (b): the audience must, necessarily, come first. Everything else is secondary. If, as a result of your words, you have convinced someone to listen to…


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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 14th, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: April 14, 2023 –

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1782: Clamor Luciferi

Genre: Doom
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds

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Abraham Alexander: SEA/SONS

Genre: Singer Songwriter / Soul
Label: Dualtone Music Group

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Atreyu: The Hope Of A Spark [EP]

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Spinefarm

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Baustelle: Elvis

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: BMG

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Black Orchid Empire: Tempus Veritas

Genre: Alt Rock
Label: Season of Mist

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Chat Pile and Nerver: Brothers in Christ [SPLIT]

Genre: Industrial / Hardcore / Noise Rock / Sludge
Label: Reptilian

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Chief Keef: Almighty So 2

Genre: Hip hop
Label: 43B

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Death & Legacy: D4rk Prophecies

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Art Gates

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Dodheimsgard: Black Medium Current

Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Label: Peaceville

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Domestic Terminal: The Flooded Basement [EP]

Genre: Midwest Emo / Alternative Rock
Label: Self released

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Eloise: Drunk on a Flight

Genre: Indie Pop

[Part I] // [Part II]

They say you were something in those formative years…

For many, our love of music begins with the influence of our family and friends. I can remember my mom blasting Hendrix so loud the windows shook and I could feel it through the stool I was sitting on. Or hunched by the kitchen window watching the spread of milky coldness on the glass while my father cooked with Paul Simon singing “Mother and Child Reunion”. Still later, I would remember my brother buying Bon Jovi patches for his denim jacket.

There does come a time when something we hear goes beyond our inheritance. When I consciously chose an artist that no-one else championed, it changed what music did for me — it became an expression of my personality. Musical taste, to me anyway, is sometimes an instinctual compass that unlocks a part of who we are. These are some stories about those moments, as told by our contributor team. –fog


Red Hot Chili Peppers

My first real love in life was skateboarding. From the age of 7 upward, it was all I would do with my time. I’d take my horrible factory-made deck out into the school carpark down the road from my house and spend hours on end trying to slappy curbs and ollie manhole covers. Eventually, when I’d skinned my knees enough or twisted my ankle so badly I…


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Darren Hayes @SEC Armadillo, Glasgow 31/3/23

For anyone who read my recent review on Hayes’ latest album, Homosexual, which was released at the end of last year, you’ll know that I didn’t pull any punches. Homosexual is so bad, it’s very likely to be one of my most reviled albums of the decade. The thing is, Hayes’ fifth album being bad isn’t that big an issue, right? He’s been out of the game for eleven years and writes a pretentious, out of touch synthpop stinker, it’s unfortunate but you just don’t have to listen to it again, no big deal. That is until you realise you’re going to see one of his shows. Of course, at the time I bought tickets to see his show, I didn’t even know he was making a new album. Considering how long he’s been out of the game, the tour being proposed, it seemed pretty obvious it was going to be a greatest hits celebration, and since I’d never seen him live and adored most of his recorded output, it seemed like a no brainer. Homosexual’s poor quality was set to threaten that assumption however; what went from elated excitement at the prospect of hearing these classic bangers live, turned into apprehension with the knowledge his abominable 2022 release was going to be smeared all over the setlist.

As it happens, Homosexual was present on the night but there were so many other glaring issues from the performance it diminished this…


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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 7th, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: April 7, 2023 –

Siren To Blight

Asystole: Siren To Blight

Genre: Death Metal
Label: I, Voidhanger Records

Covet

Covet: Catharsis

Genre: Math/Progressive Rock
Label: Triple Crown

Daniel Caesar

Daniel Caesar: Never Enough

Genre: R&B/Soul
Label: Hollace Inc.

Daughter

Daughter: Stereo Mind Game

Genre: Indie-Rock/Dream Pop
Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group

Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding: Higher Than Heaven

Genre: Indie Pop/Electronic
Label: Universal Music

Fire-Toolz

Fire-Toolz: I am upset because I see something that is not there.

Genre: Experimental/Electronic
Label: Fire-Toolz

Frenzal Rhomb

Frenzal Rhomb: The Cup Of Pestilence

Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Label: Frenzal Rhomb

HMLTD

HMLTD: The Worm

Genre: Post-Punk/Electronic
Label: Lucky Number Music

Stars & Embers

ISON: Stars & Embers

Genre: Ambient/Drone/Shoegaze
Label: Avantgarde Music

Linkin Park: Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition

Genre: Nu-Metal/Rock
Label: Warner Records

Mudhoney

Mudhoney: Plastic Eternity

Genre: Grunge/Punk/Alt-Rock
Label: Sub Pop

NF

NF: Hope

Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: NF Real…


You’re here! No, I mean you actually came. Someone please lock the door so you guys can’t get out. In this segment we’ll be cross checking different staffers’ approaches to putting words together. Maybe you’re a budding reviewer, on the cusp of greatness, searching for that piece of the puzzle lost on the floor or maybe your mum just logged you on to the household’s singular trusty laptop and you don’t know what to do with your fifteen-minute screen allowance before the older sibling demands the computer for…research? Either way, you’ve come to the right place!

Welcome to Part. 2 of an undisclosed number of mini interviews in this segment.

Today (or sometime this week more likely) we have Tyler White a.k.a. Tyman128. I lack basic witty comments here and enough back-story to dangle lazy liners and joyful familiarity. I shall fix that this year – consider that a late New Year’s resolution. 

 

First off. Who are you and how did you get here?

Yo, what’s up! I am Tyler, better known on this God forsaken website as tyman420 (I don’t know, some people sorta started adding that to my name and I have zero clue why). I showed up – lemme check, hold up – well… my join date now says January 1970, but I’m pretty sure it was early March 2018 and my first review was June 2018. I still don’t fully know why I even joined this site, pretty sure I just found a random review


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2023 :: Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4

Sputnikmusic Staff’s Q1 Playlist 2023

Welcome to the first installment for our 2023 quarterly playlist! Feel free to jam the playlist below while reading what our writers had to say about each selection. Tell us what your favorites are in the comments, any new artists you may have discovered here, or let us know what we missed!


Tracklist:

Acid Arab – “Habaytak”
٣ (Trois)

Acid Arab continue to infuse techno with Arabian music to great effect, with “Habaytak” offering a more aggressive groove sprinkled with catchy vocals and hypnotic keyboard leads. It might seem like an absurd mix at first, but the song (and the entire album) becomes addictive. –Raul Stanciu

Algiers – “A Good Man”
Shook

I like Algiers when they let loose and let that bit of Bad Brains take over. This is where this band shines. Their latest record Shook is an impressive display of experimental post punk — sometimes hard to follow, sometimes hard to let go — but it’s in short bursts like “A Good Man” where this band really proves there’s a wildfire still burning inside of them. –Dewinged

Asian Glow & sonhos tomam conta – “hangthemall”


Hello and welcome to the future of Sputnik’s recently rebooted, charm offending, hernia cleansing, fool hunting, wokeshopping mania avenue for the brave and brainless. Staff Wars is back! This is where we stick members of the Staff team against the wall and interview them within an inch of their livesSteel yourself as impossible questions are posed and the Staffers you’d never had the courage to approach before surpass your wildest expectations.

Today’s subject is an adorable young bean of Good Sput Stock, so fresh-faced that I originally misremembered the number of years he has been on Staff by a factor of 0.5 (this has been edited and I have been shamed). His penmanship is pointy, his reverence is zany and his charm is a gosh darned weapon. Please welcome: AsleepintheBack!

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AsleepintheBack hi. What day/time is it and how is your day?

I am somewhere in France on a Wednesday evening after a most adequate day thanking you I hope you are swell.

What are you jamming at this moment?

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Here Be Dragons (thank you MoM).

Hmm. Let’s break some ice: what can humans learn from birds?

How to fall with style (penguins exempted).

Love penguins. Which problematic historical figure do you find most attractive?

I’d bang Stalin tbh (he can Soviet my Union, wink wink etc.).

Yikes hot, great! Now, the question on everyone’s lips: why are you named after an Elbow album?

God knows lol. My dad likes Elbow. I like my dad. There was probably some further reasoning between those two…


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