Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 01 , 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Abysmal Dawn – Leveling the Plane of Existence (Relapse Records) — Jared Ponton
Amplifier – The Octopus (Self-Released)
Chase and Status – No More Idols (Mercury Records)
The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow (101 DISTRIBUTION)
Steve Cole – Moonlight (Artistry Music)
The Dirtbombs – Party Store (In the Red Records)
Aretha Franklin – The Great American Songbook (Arista)
Thomas Giles – Pulse (Metal Blade)
The Go! Team – Rolling Blackouts (Memphis Industries) — Robin Smith
Paul Hardcastle – Desire (TRIPPIN & RHYTHM)
Dave Hause – Resolutions ( Paper + Plastick Records)
Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs (Moshi Moshi Music)
The Insane Warrior (RJD2) – We are the Doorways (RJ’s Electrical Connections)
The JaneDear Girls – The JaneDear Girls (Reprise)
Lazarus A.D. – Black Rivers Flow (Metal Blade Records)
Bobby Long – A Winter Tale (ATO Records)
David Lowery – The Palace Guards (429 Records)
Manowar – Battle Hymns MMXI – Battle Hymns 2011 (MAGIC CIRCLE MUSIC)
Bob Marley – Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh PA [2 CDs] (TUFF GONG/UMGD)
Ricky Martin – Musica + Alma + Sexo (Sony U.S. Latin)
Matisyahu – Live at Stubb’s Vol.II (RED GENERAL CATALOG)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Go Down Under (Fat Wreck Chords)
North Mississippi Allstars – Keys to the Kingdom (RED GENERAL CATALOG)
RED – Until We Have Faces (Red Int/Red Ink) — Jared Ponton
The Rippingtons – Cote D’Azur (Peak Records)
Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde (Fat Possum)
Todd Snider – The Storyteller (RED GENERAL CATALOG)
Turisas – Stand Up And Fight {EU} (Jvc/Zoom)

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

Dave Hause – Resolutions

Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs

Lazarus A.D. – Black Rivers Flow

RED – Until We Have Faces

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

Staff:

01) Broken Social Scene
02) Thrice
03) Kanye West
04) Jimmy Eat World
05) Yuck
06) Destroyer
07) Sonic Youth
08) Mogwai
09) Onry Ozzborn
10) Ulcerate

General Users:

01) Kanye West
02) Radiohead
03) Brand New
04) The National
05) Thrice
06) Deftones
07) The Beatles
08) Animal Collective
09) Elliot Smith
10) Arcade Fire

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