Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 20, 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

12 Stones – The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday [EP] (Wind-Up)
The Acacia Strain – Wormwood (Prosthetic Records)
Birds of Tokyo – Birds of Tokyo (MGM Distribution) — Davey Boy
Black Veil Brides – We Stitch These Wounds (Stand By Records)
The Books – The Way Out (Temporary Residence)
Chimaira – Coming Alive [CD/DVD] (Ferret Records)
Sheryl Crow – 100 Miles From Memphis (A&M)
Brian Culbertson – XII (GRP Records)
Darkseed – Poison Awaits (Massacre Records) — Trey Spencer
Department Of Eagles – Archive 2003-2006 (101 DISTRIBUTION)
East of the Wall – Ressentiment (TRANSLATION LOSS)
Electric Wire Hustle – Electric Wire Hustle (BBE Music)
David Garrett – Rock Symphonies (Decca)
Jimmy Gnecco – The Heart (Bright Antenna)
The High Confessions (Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, Chris Connelly of Ministry, Revolting Cocks) – Turn Lead Into Gold With High Confessions (Relapse)
Honor Bright – Action! Drama! Suspense! (Triple Crown)
John Robinson+LewisParker – International Summers (Project Mooncircle)
Shawn Lee – Sing A Song (Ubiquity Records)
Lil Joe – Lil Joe High School Dropout (Thizz Nation/Romp’t Out)
Lower Dens – Twin-Hand Movement (Gnomonsong)
Lydia – Assailants (Self-Released) — Alex Silveri
Mad Caddies – Consentual Selections (Fat Wreck Chords)
Moka Only – Airport 4 (Legendary Entertainment)
Potluck – Greatest Hits w/ My Buds (Suburban Noize Records)
PVT – Church With No Name (Warp Records)
Rakaa Iriscience – Crown of Thorns (Decon)
Max Richter – Infra (FatCat Records)
Rick Ross – Teflon Don (Def Jam)
Zero 7 – Record (Atlantic)

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

 Max Richter – Infra

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

Staff:

01) Animal Collective
02) The Roots
03) Big Boi
04) M.I.A.
05) Wavves
06) Eminem
07) Frank Turner
08) The National
09) Letlive
10) Blink-182

General Users:

01) Radiohead
02) Thrice
03) Brand New
04) The National
05) Elliot Smith
06) Eminem
07) Minus the Bear
08) Deftones
09) Converge
10) The Beatles

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