Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 17, 2013. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

The Band In Heaven – Caught In A Summer Swell (Decades Records)
Bill Callahan – Dream River (Drag City)
Billy Currington – We Are Tonight (Mercury Nashville)
Carcass – Surgical Steel (Nuclear Blast America)
Chris Young – A.M. (Sony Nashville)
Cloud Control – Dream Cave (Votiv)
Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir (Sacred Bones)
Delorean – Apar (True Panther Sounds)
The Devil Wears Prada – 8:18 (Roadrunner Records)
The Dirtbombs – Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey (In The Red)
Factory Floor – Factory Floor (DFA Records)
Felix Martin – The Scenic Album  (Prosthetic Records)
Five For Fighting – Bookmarks (Wind-Up)
The Flatliners – Dead Language (Fat Wreck Chords)
Grouplove – Spreading Rumours (Atlantic)
Gwar – Battle Maximus (Metal Blade)
Islands – Ski Mask (Redeye)
Jack Johnson – From Here To Now To You (Universal Republic)
JD Eicher & The Goodnights – Into Place (Rock Ridge Music)
Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub)
Justin Moore – Off The Beaten Path (Valory)
Keep Shelly In Athens – At Home (Cascine)
London Grammar – If You Wait (1-2-3-4-GO!)
Mark Lanegan – Imitations (Vagrant Records)
Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands – Tess (Candy Cross)
Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 3 (Atlantic)
MGMT – MGMT (Columbia)
Múm – Smilewound (Morr Music)
The Naked & Famous – In Rolling Waves (Republic)
Nightmares On Wax – Feelin’ Good (Warp Records)
Placebo – Loud Like Love (UMe)
The Roots & Elvis Costello – Wise Up Ghost (Blue Note Records/Universal)
Saroos – Return (Alien Transistor)
Sebadoh – Defend Yourself (Joyful Noise Records)
Stray From The Path – Anonymous (Sumerian)
Tony Joe White – Hoodoo (Yep Roc Records)
Twin Forks – Twin Forks (Dine Alone Music)
Tyr – Valkyrja (Metal Blade)
Windhand – Soma (Relapse)
Yip Deceiver – Medallius (New West)

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Album Streams:

Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir

The Devil Wears Prada – 8:18

Elvis Costello & The Roots – Wise Up Ghost

Factory Floor – Factory Floor

Grouplove – Spreading Rumours

Islands – Ski Mask

Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back

Mark Lanegan – Imitations

MGMT – MGMT

Placebo – Loud Like Love

Sebadoh – Defend Yourself

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

Staff :

1. Arctic Monkeys
2. Janelle Monae
3. OutKast
4. Guided By Voices
5. Flying Lotus
6. Washed Out
7. Nine Inch Nails
8. Kayo Dot
9. Arcade Fire
10. Radiohead

Contributors:

1. Filter
2. Katatonia
3. Flatbush Zombies
4. Coldplay
5. Ataraxie
6. El-P
7. Oneohtrix Point Never
8. Killswitch Engage
9. Moving Mountains
10. Big Boi

Community:

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Arctic Monkeys
3. Arcade Fire
4. Radiohead
5. The National
6. Kanye West
7. Brand New
8. Janelle Monae
9. Deftones
10. Kayo Dot