Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 31, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

The Alchemist – Russian Roulette (Decon Inc.)
Anchor And Braille – The Quiet Life (Tooth & Nail)
ASC and Sam KDC – Cold Spot/Kaleidoscope (Auxiliary)
Audio – Fall Back/Rust (Renegade Hardware)
The Black Swans – Occasion For Song (Misra Records)
A Bullet For Pretty Boy – Red Medic (Red Int/Red Ink)
Blur – Blur 21: The Box (Virgin Records)
Close To Home – Momentum (Razor & Tie)
Cold Blank – The Agenda (Burn The Fire Records)
D.O.A. – We Come In Peace (Sudden Death)
Darqwan – To The Fly (Texture Records)
Domo Genesis – No Idols (Odd Future Recordings)
Everyone Dies In Utah – +//- (Polarities) (Tragic Hero Records)
Evoken – Atra Mors (Profound Lore)
Erik Gundel – A Home To Keep You (Mecca Lecca Recording Co.)
Gaelic Storm – Chicken Boxer (Lost Again Records)
Gaza – No Absolutes In Human Suffering [Digital] (Black Market Activities)
Gloriana – A Thousand Miles Left Behind (Emblem)
Ice Choir – Afar (Underwater Peoples)
Jackyl – Best In Show (Mighty Loud)
Jesse Harris – Sub Rosa (Dangerbird)
Joshua Radin – Underwater (Mom & Pop Music)
Joss Stone – The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 (S-Curve Records)
Junk Culture – Wild Quiet (Illegal Art)
Korpiklaani – Manala (Nuclear Blast International)
L.P. – Into The Wild (Warner Bros.)
La Coka Nostra – Masters Of The Dark Arts (Fat Beats)
Limewax – Landing Bone/Hess29 (PRSPCT Recordings)
The Locust – Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs (Anti Records)
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again (Polydor)
Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine (Century Media)
Perverse – Cross Examination (Innamind Recordings)
Pitbull – I Am Armando (Sony U.S. Latin)
The Pond – The Pond (One Little Indian)
Ponderosa – Pool Party (New West Records)
Reel Big Fish – Candy Coated Fury (Rock Ridge Music)
Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t (Def Jam)
River City Tanlines – Coast To Coast (Fat Possum)
Seregenti – Kenny Dennis (Anticon)
Testament – The Dark Roots Of Earth (Nuclear Blast US)
thenewno2 – thefearofmissingout (Xenon)
Toadies – Play.Rock.Music (Kirtland Records)
Versus The World – Drink.Sing.Live.Love. (Red General Catalog)

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Album Streams:

Anchor & Braille – The Quiet Life

Close To Home – Momentum

Cold Black – The Agenda

Ice Choir – Afar

Joshua Radin – Underwater

Junk Culture – Wild Quiet

Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine

Ponderosa – Pool Party

Reel Big Fish – Candy Coated Fury

River City Tanlines – Coast To Coast

Toadies – Play.Rock.Music

Versus The World – Drink.Sing.Live.Love.

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

Staff :

01) Passion Pit
02) Swans
03) The Gaslight Anthem
04) Bon Iver
05) Thursday
06) The National
07) Frank Ocean
08) Om
09) The Antlers
10) The Beatles

Contributors:

01) Om
02) TNGHT
03) Swans
04) Burial
05) Hans Zimmer
06) Alrakis
07) Gregor Samsa
08) Marina & The Diamonds
09) Frank Ocean
10) El-P