Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 17, 2014. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Alexis Taylor – Await Barbarians (Domino)
The Antlers – Familiars (Anti Records)
Big Freedia – Just Be Free (Queen Diva Music)
Boris – Noise (Sargent House)
Cannabis Corpse – From Wisdom To Baked (Seasons Of Mist)
Cerebral Ballzy – Jaded & Faded (Cult Records)
David Gray – Mutineers (+180 Records)
Death Has No Dominion – Death Has No Dominion (Sqe Music)
The Downtown Fiction – Losers & Kings (Fearless Records)
Ed Sheeran – X (Atlantic)
The Felice Brothers – Favorite Waitress (Dualtone Music Group)
For All Those Sleeping – Incomplete Me (Fearless Records)
Frog Eyes – Carey’s Cold Spring (Paper Bag Records)
Ghost Town – The After Party (Fueled By Ramen)
Glass Animals – ZABA (Harvest)
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer – A Real Fine Mess (Tonic Records)
How To Dress Well – What Is This Heart? (Alternative Distribution Alliance)
Jennifer Lopez – A.K.A. (Capitol)
Julian Velard – If You Don’t Like It, You Can Leave (Chloebro Records/Exodus Entertainment)
Klaxons – Love Frequency (Akashic Records)
Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence (Interscope Records)
Linkin Park – The Hunting Party (Warner Bros.) Irving Tan
Lone – Reality Testing (R&S Records) Hyperion
Lower – Seek Warmer Climes (Matador Records)
Martyn – The Air Between Words (Ninja Tune)
Matteah Baim – Falling Theater (Dream Drive Records)
Nazareth – Rock ‘N’ Roll Telephone (Conveyor)
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour (Capitol Records/Universal)
Soft Pink Truth – Why Do The Heathen Rage? (Thrill Jockey)
Swollen Members – Brand New Day (Battle Axe)
Trummors – Moorish Highway (Ernest Jenning Record Company)
Vanna – Void (Pure Noise Records)
Wo Fat – The Conjuring (Small Stone)

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Album Streams:

Alexis Taylor – Await Barbarians

The Antlers – Familiars

Big Freedia – Just Be Free

Boris – Noise

Cannabis Corpse – From Wisdom To Baked

Cerebral Ballzy – Jaded & Faded

David Gray – Mutineers

Death Has No Dominion – Death Has No Dominion

The Downtown Fiction – Losers & Kings

Ghost Town – The After Party

Julian Velard – If You Don’t Like It, You Can Leave

Klaxons – Love Frequency

Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence

Linkin Park – The Hunting Party

Lone – Reality Testing

Lower – Seek Warmer Climes

Martyn – The Air Between Words

Matteah Baim – Falling Theater

Nazareth – Rock ‘N’ Roll Telephone

Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour

Swollen Members – Brand New Day

Vanna – Void

Wo Fat – The Conjuring

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

Staff :

1. Death Grips
2. Laura Stevenson
3. First Aid Kit
4. Binary Star
5. St. Vincent
6. Nothing More
7. Liars
8. Sly & The Family Stone
9. Burial
10. Tom Waits

Contributors:

1. Opeth
2. Radiohead
3. Michael Jackson
4. The National
5. Muse
6. Burzum
7. mewithoutYou
8. The Black Keys
9. Glassjaw
10. LCD Soundsystem

Community:

1. Opeth
2. Converge
3. Radiohead
4. The National
5. Kanye West
6. Brand New
7. Deftones
8. Queens Of The Stone Age
9. Swans
10. Mastodon