Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 17, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Absolute Monarchs – 1 (Good To Die Records)
Actress – R.I.P. (Honest Jon’s) — Deviant
Allo Darlin’ – Europe (Slumberland Records)
Anathema – Weather Systems {EU} (The End Records) — Trey Spencer
Battles – Dross Glop (Warp Records)
Clubroot – III-MMXII (Lodubs) — Deviant
Copperwire – Earthbound (Porto Franco Records)
Cowboy Junkies – Nomad Series [Box Set] (Razor & Tie)
DaiTribe – Epochalypse A.D. (True Gemini Records)
Daniel Johnston & Friends – Space Duck: Soundtrack (Eternal Yip Eye Music)
Deadborn – Mayhem Maniac Machine (Apostasy Records)
DJ Drez – Jahta Beat: The Lotus Memoirs (Black Swan)
DragonForce – The Power Within (Roadrunner Records)
Dry The River – Shallow Bed (RCA/RED)
Stik Figa – As Himself (Mello Music Group)
The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends (Restless)
Future – Pluto (Epic)
Gory Blister – Earth-Sick {EU} (AIS)
Grinderman – Grinderman 2 RMX (Alternative Distribution Alliance)
Mickey Hart – Mysterium Tremendum (360° Productions)
Hiss Golden Messenger – Poor Moon (Tompkins Square)
Horse Feathers – Cynic’s New Year (Kill Rock Stars) — SowingSeason
Eric Hutchinson – Moving Up Living Down (Warner Bros.) — Davey Boy
In Mourning – The Weight of Oceans {EU} (Spinefarm) — Kyle Ward
Jack Johnson & Friends – Best of Kokua Festival (Universal Republic)
Alan Jackson – The Essential Alan Jackson (Sony Legacy)
Kehlvin – The Orchard of Forking Paths (Division Records)
Tatiana Kochkareva – Infinity (Self Released)
Lightships – Electric Cable (Domino)
LoCura – Semilla Caminante (Locura)
Lushlife – Plateau Vision (Western Vinyl)
Maps & Atlases – Beware and Be Grateful (Barsuk) — Robin Smith
Moka Only & Ayatollah – Bridges (Greenstreets)
Moonface – With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery (Jagjaguwar) — Robin Smith
Jason Mraz – Love is a Four Letter Word (Atlantic)
Neon Trees – Picture Show (Island)
Newworldson – Rebel Transmission (Platinum Pop)
Nothing But Noise – Not Bleeding Red [Digital Only] (Future Noise Music)
Our Lady Peace – Curve (Entertainment One Music)
Primal Rock Rebellion – Awoken Broken (Spinefarm Records)
Racing Heart – To Walk Beside That Ghost (Move Mountains) — SowingSeason
The Rasmus – The Rasmus (Playground Music)
Sixo – Free Floating Rationales (Fake Four Inc.)
Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light (Fat Possum)
SWV – I Missed Us (Entertainment One)
Thousand Foot Krutch – End Is Where We Begin (TFK Music) — Observer
Yann Tiersen – Skyline (Alternative Distribution Alliance)
Train – California 37 (Columbia) — SowingSeason
Unleashed – Odalheim {EU} (Nuclear Blast)
Luther Vandross – Hidden Gems (Sony Legacy)
Logan Venderlic – Logan Venderlic (Logan Venderlic)
Vessel – Standard (Left Blank)
Vuohivasara – Perdition Reigns Supreme {EU} (Inverse Records)
Loudon Wainwright III – Older Than My Old Man Now (2nd Story Sound Records)
Dar Williams – In The Time Of Gods (Razor & Tie)
Hank Williams III – Long Gone Daddy (Curb Records)
Yanni – Live From El Morrom, Puerto Rico [CD/DVD] (Sony Masterwords)

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Album Streams:

Copperwire – Earthbound

DragonForce – The Power Within

Future – Pluto

Hiss Golden Messenger – Poor Moon

Horse Feathers – Cynic’s New Year

In Mourning – The Weight of Oceans

Jack Johnson & Friends – Best of Kokua Festival

Tatiana Kochkareva – Infinity

LoCura – Semilla Caminante

Maps & Atlases – Beware and Be Grateful

Our Lady Peace – Curve

SWV – I Missed Us

Train – California 37

Luther Vandross – Hidden Gems

Logan Venderlic – Logan Venderlic

Yanni – Live From El Morrom, Puerto Rico

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

Staff:

01) The National
02) Andrew Bird
03) Thrice
04) Manchester Orchestra
05) Beach House
06) Mew
07) Fanfarlo
08) The Shins
09) The Smashing Pumpkins
10) Thursday

Contributors:

01) Opeth
02) Joyce Manor
03) Bruce Springsteen
04) Gillian Welch
05) Grouper
06) Goatwhore
07) Raw Nerve
08) Iron Maiden
09) Sentenced
10) Arcturus

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