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

Alberta Cross – Songs of Patience (Ato Records)
Angus Stone – Broken Brights (Nettwerk Records)
Baroness – Yellow & Green (Relapse) – Eli Kleman
The Be Good Tanyas – A Collection (2000-2012) (Nettwerk Records)
Believe You Me – Up From Here [EP] (Believe You Me)
Belle Histoire – Dreamers (Invogue Records)
Bermuda – The Wandering (Mediaskare)
Boys Like Girls – Crazy World [EP] (Columbia)
Bury Tomorrow – The Union Of Crowns (Nuclear Blast America)
Capital Lights – Rhythm N Moves (Tooth & Nail)
Chasing Morgan – Battlescars [EP] (Chasing Morgan)
Citizen Cope – One Lovely Day (Rainwater Recordings)
The Contortionist – Intrinsic (Entertainment One Music)
Conveyor – Conveyor (papergardenrecords)
Cosmo Jarvis – Think Bigger (The End Records)
The Drowning Men – All Of The Unknown (Borstal Beat Records)
Elton vs Pnau – Good Morning To The Night (Casablanca)
Enabler – All Hail The Void (Southern Lord Records/Halo Of Flies)
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo – Tree Of Tongues (Mediaskare)
The Farm Inc. – The Farm Inc. (Warner Bros.)
The Fixx – Beautiful Friction (Kirtland Records)
For The Fallen Dreams – Wasted Youth (Red Int/Red Ink)
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Def Jam) – Sobhi Youssef
Gatekeeper – Exo (Hippos In Tanks)
Hans Zimmer – The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (WarnerTower Music)
Hellyeah – Band Of Brothers (Eleven Seven Music – EMI)
A Hero A Fake – The Future Again (Victory Records)
Hot Panda – Go Outside (Mint Records)
Icky Blossoms – Icky Blossoms (Saddle Creek)
Indigo – Symbol #7 (Auxiliary)
Jack Ladder And The Dreamlanders – Hurtsville (Holloweyed Records)
Jacques Greene – Ready [EP] (3024 Recordings)
Jeff The Brotherhood – Hypnotic Nights (Warner Bros.)
Jimmy Cliff – Rebirth (UMe)
Marc Berger – Ride (Real Records)
Marcy Playground – Lunch, Recess & Detention (Capitol)
Matisyahu – Spark Seeker (Fallen Sparks Records)
Mike Viola – Acousto de Perfecto (Hornblow Records)
Milo Greene – Milo Greene (Chop Shop/Atlantic)
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (Vagrant Records)
Nas – Life Is Good (Def Jam)
Old Crow Medicine Show – Carry Me Back (Ato Records)
Pierce The Veil – Collided Sky (Fearless Records)
Shintaro Sakamoto – How To Live With A Phantom (Fat Possum)
Sodom – 30 Years Sodomized (1982-2012) (Steamhammer US)
Soul Asylum – Delayed Reaction (429 Records)
Supreme Commander – Paper Tigers (Basement Records)
Susanna Hoffs – Someday (Baroque Folk)
Tigers On Trains – Foundry (Tigers On Trains) – SowingSeason
The Very Best – MTMTMK (Moshi Moshi/Cooperative Music)
Verse – Bitter Clarity, Uncommon Grace (Bridge Nine Records/Lumberjack)
William Beckett – Winds Will Change [EP] (Yike Records)
Your Memorial – Redirect (Facedown)

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Album Streams:

Angus Stone – Broken Brights

Baroness – Yellow & Green

Boys Like Girls – Crazy World

Citizen Cope – One Lovely Day

The Contortionist – Intrinsic

Conveyor – Conveyor

The Drowning Men – All Of The Unknown

Enabler – All Hail The Void

The Farm Inc. – The Farm Inc.

Frank Ocean – Channel Orange

Hans Zimmer – The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Hot Panda – Go Outside

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders – Hurtsville

Jeff The Brotherhood – Hypnotic Nights

Milo Greene – Milo Greene

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

Staff :

01) Frank Ocean
02) Dirty Projectors
03) Thursday
04) J Dilla
05) Aesop Rock
06) Thrice
07) Baroness
08) Sigur Ros
09) Regina Spektor
10) Frightened Rabbit

Contributors:

01) Om
02) Rush
03) Baroness
04) Enabler
05) Serj Tankian
06) Xibalba
07) Wingnut Dishwashers Union
08) Exotic Animal Petting Zoo
09) Frank Ocean
10) The Purple Hulls