Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 03, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Trace Adkins – 10 Great Songs (Capitol)
Atoma – Skylight (Napalm Records) — Trey Spencer
AU – Both Lights (Hometapes)
Bam Spacey – Vi Delar Samma Grab (Ceremony Recordings)
Beak – Eyrie (Someoddpilot Records)
Bear In Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool (Dead Oceans)
Kasper Bjorke – Fool (HFN Music)
Candlebox – Love Stories & Other Musings (Audionest)
Caracal – Isle Brevelle (Black Acre)
CeU – Caravana Sereia Bloom (Six Degrees)
Chris Clark – Iradelphic (Piccadilly Records)
The Cornshed Sisters – Tell Tales (Memphis Industries)
Cynic – Portal Tapes (Season of Mist) — Trey Spencer
Emily Danger – Paintings (Self Released)
Dr. John – Locked Down (Nonesuch)
ETHS – III {EU} (Season of Mist)
fIREHOSE – lowFLOWS: The Columbia Antholgy (Sony Legacy)
Great Lake Swimmers – New Wild Everywhere (Nettwerk Records)
Hello Lazarus – Hello Lazarus [EP] (Scylla Records)
High on Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis (Entertainment One) — Adam Thomas
Hush Arbors/Arbouretum – Aureola Split LP (PID)
Killing Joke – MMXII (Spinefarm Records) — SowingSeason
Kj-52 – Dangerous (Bec Recordings)
LHF – Keepers Of The Light (Keysound)
Lostprophets – Weapon (Epic) — Adam Knott
Love On A Real Train – Love On A Real Train (Aeronaut Records)
The Lumineers – The Lumineers (Dualtone Music Group)
Lux – We Are Not The Same (Lux)
Messy Marv – Shots Fired (SMC Recordings)
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Republic)
MXPX – Plans Within Plans (Red General Catalog)
Christy Nockels – Into the Glorious (Six Step Records)
Of Monsters And Men – My Head is an Animal (Republic) — SowingSeason
Orbital – Wonky (ACP Recordings) — Deviant
Outcast – Awaken the Reason (Listenable Records)
Morgan Page – In The Air (Nettwerk Records)
Pelican – Ataraxia/Taraxis (Southern Lord)
Lockett Pundt – Spooky Action at a Distance (Kranky)
Quantic & Alice Russell – Look Around the Corner (Tru Thoughts Records)
Rascal Flatts – Changed (Big Machine Records)
Ravens & Chimes – Holiday Life (Better Looking Records)
Marvin Sapp – I Win (Verity)
Screaming Females – Ugly (Don Giovanni Records)
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Stick Fingers in Love (Sound Fix Records)
Synkro – Broken Promise (Apollo Records)
Obie Trice – Bottoms Up (Black Market Entertainement)
The Vespers – The Fourth Wall (101 DISTRIBUTION)
White Fence – Family Perfume, Vol. 1 (Woodsist)
Whitejacket – Hollows and Rounds (Whitejacket)
Wilson Phillips – Dedicated (Sony Masterworks
Wishbone Ash – Live Dates II (Real Gone Music)
World Blanket – 2012 (No Applause Records)
Yppah – Eighty One (Ninja Tune) — Matt Wolfe

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Album Streams:

Bear In Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool

Candlebox – Love Stories & Other Musings

CeU – Caravana Sereia Bloom

fIREHOSE – lowFLOWS: The Columbia Antholgy

High on Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis

MXPX – Plans Within Plans

Wilson Phillips – Dedicated

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

Staff:

01) The Shins
02) The Tallest Man on Earth
03) Fleet Foxes
04) Thursday
05) Converge
06) Wilco
07) Iron Maiden
08) Weezer
09) OFWGKTA
10) Gorod

Contributors:

01) Bruce Springsteen
02) Into It. Over It.
03) Year of No Light
04) Gillian Welch
05) 808 State
06) Japandroids
07) Animal Collective
08) Orange Goblin
09) Anthrax
10) The Beatles

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