Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 16, 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

All Pigs Must Die – God Is War (Southern Lord)
Awol One & Nathaniel Motte – Child Star (Fake Four Inc.)
Belle – Never Too Late (Ingenious Records)
Blue October – Any Man in America (RED GENERAL CATALOG)
The Bottle Rockets – Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening (Bloodshot Records)
Braid – Closer To Closed (Polyvinyl Records)
Breaking Benjamin – Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin (Hollywood Records)
Jeff Bridges – Jeff Bridges (Blue Note)
Chimaira – The Age of Hell (Entertainment One Music)
Cianide – Gods of Death (Hells Headbangers)
Guy Clark – Songs & Stories (Dualtone Music Group)
Ghost Brigade – Until Fear No Longer Defines Us {EU} (Season of Mist)
Gotye – Making Mirrors (Eleven)
The Cool Kids – When Fish Ride Bicycles (C.A.K.E./Green Label Sound)
Denial Fiend – Horror Holocaust (IBEX MOON RECORDS)
Kosha Dillz – Gina and The Garage Sale (Team Kosha)
The Duke & The King – The Duke & The King (Silva America)
Friday – It’s Finally Friday (Grind Season Ent.)
Gold Leaves – The Ornament (HARDLY ART)
Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs (Moshi Moshi)
Hexentanz – Nekrocrafte (Agonia Records)
Jewel – The Merry Goes ‘Round (Fisher-Price)
Mac Dre – Da Treasure (Thizz Nation)
Mister Heavenly – Out Of Love (Sub Pop)
Natalia Kills – Perfectionist (Interscope Records)
The New Rochelles – It’s New (Bright & Barrow Records)
Ollabelle – Neon Blue Bird (!K7)
Ana Popovic – Unconditional (Eclecto Groove Records)
Psychostick – Space Vampires Vs. Zombie Dinosaurs In 3D (Rock Ridge Music)
Jason Reeves – The Lovesick (A Beautiful Army of Trees)
Revocation – Chaos of Forms (Relapse)
Slaine – A World With No Skies 2.0 (!K7)
Sly Stone – I’m Back! Family & Friends (Cleopatra)
Maria Taylor [of Azure Ray] – Overlook (Saddle Creek)
Today Is The Day – Pain Is A Warning (!K7)
UGK – The Bigtyme Way (SoSouth)
Ursula 1000 – Mondo Beyondo (ESL Music)
Voices of Extreme – Break The Silence (Metalville)
V. Rose – V. Rose (Central South)
The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian) — Robin Smith
Yob – Atma (Profound Lore)
Z-Ro – Straight Profit (RBC Records)

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

Belle – Never Too Late

Blue October – Any Man in America

Breaking Benjamin – Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin

Jeff Bridges – Jeff Bridges

Chimaira – The Age of Hell

Guy Clark – Songs & Stories

Ana Popovic – Unconditional

Jason Reeves – The Lovesick

Slaine – A World With No Skies 2.0

UGK – The Bigtyme Way

Voices of Extreme – Break The Silence

Yob – Atma

Z-Ro – Straight Profit

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

Staff:

01) Bon Iver
02) Kanye West
03) The War on Drugs
04) Sonic Youth
05) Radiohead
06) Wilco
07) Sufjan Stevens
08) Broken Social Scene
09) Bjork
10) Wolves in the Throne Room

Contributors:

01) The National
02) Elliot Smith
03) Adele
04) Leonard Cohen
05) Touché Amoré
06) Hey Rosetta!
07) In Flames
08) The Throne
09) Eminem
10) The Tallest Man on Earth

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