Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 15, 2014. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

The Afghan Whigs – Do To The Beast (Sub Pop)
Amps For Christ – Canyons Cars And Crows (Shrimper Records)
August Alsina – Testimony (Island/Def-Jam)
Banner Pilot – Souvenir (Fat Wreck Chords)
Big Sugar – Yardstyle (Bread & Butter Productions)
The Birds Of Satan – The Birds Of Satan (+180 Records)
The Both – The Both (SuperEgo Records)
Brandon Michael Williams – The Pride Of Titanic (Brandon Michael Williams)
Breathe Carolina – Savages (Fearless Records)
Chet Faker – Built On Glass (Downtown)
Chuck E. Weiss – Red Beans And Weiss (Anti Records)
Cult Leader – Nothing For Us Here (Deathwish Inc.)
Dan Wilson – Love Without Fear (+180 Records)
Deleted Scenes – Lithium Burn (Park The Van)
Emmure – Eternal Enemies (Victory Records)
Heartsrevolution – Ride Or Die (OWSLA)
Ian Anderson – Homo Erraticus (Kscope)
Ingrid Michaelson – Lights Out (Cabin 24 Records/Mom + Pop Music)
Jack Bruce – Silver Rails (Esoteric)
Jamie O’Neal – Eternal (Shanachie)
Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (Warner Bros.)
Jim Byrnes – St. Louis Times (Black Hen Music)
Megafauna – Maximalist (Danimal Kingdom)
NEEDTOBREATHE – Rivers In The Wasteland (Atlantic)
Odonis Odonis – Hard Boiled Soft Boiled (Buzz Records)
Pharmakos – Nude (Pharmakos/Bandcamp)
Plague Vendor – Free To Eat (Epitaph)
A Pony Named Olga – The Land Of Milk And Pony (Saustex Media)
Rodney Crowell – Tarpaper Sky (New West Records)
The Secret Sisters – Put Your Needle Down (Universal Republic)
Sevendust – Time Travelers & Bonfires (7bros Records)
Shocking Pinks – Guilt Mirrors (Stars & Letters)
Shonen Knife – Overdrive (Good Charamel Records)
Sonic Avenues – Mistakes (Dirtnap Records)
Tuomas Holopainen – The Life And Times Of Scrooge (Nuclear Blast America)
Triptykon – Melana Chasmata (Century Media)
Woods – With Light And With Love (Woodsist)

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Album Streams:

The Afghan Whigs – Do To The Beast

The Birds Of Satan – The Birds Of Satan

The Both – The Both

Cult Leader – Nothing For Us Here

Pharmakos – Nude

Plague Vendor – Free To Eat

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

Staff :

1. Freddie Gibbs
2. Manchester Orchestra
3. The War On Drugs
4. Future Islands
5. The National
6. Dark Tranquility
7. The Hotelier
8. Real Estate
9. Boards Of Canada
10. La Dispute

Contributors:

1. Mobb Deep
2. Todd Terje
3. The National
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Drake
6. Cloud Nothings
7. Manchester Orchestra
8. Chevelle
9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
10. Modest Mouse

Community:

1. Radiohead
2. The National
3. Brand New
4. Opeth
5. Converge
6. Todd Terje
7. The Dillinger Escape Plan
8. Kanye West
9. Manchester Orchestra
10. Deftones