Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 18 , 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

The Afro Soultet – Afrodesia (Luv N Haight)
Gregg Allman – Low Country Blues (Rounder)
Aquabats – Hi-Five Soup! (Fearless Records)
Blackmore’s Night – Autumn Sky (Spinefarm/Fontana)
James Blunt – Some Kind Of Trouble (Atlantic)
Braids – Native Speaker (Kanine Records) — Adam Downer
Cobra Skulls – Bringing The War Home (Fat Wreck Chords)
The Decemberists – The King Is Dead (Capitol) — Adam Thomas
Elusive – Hip Hop For Hipsters (Elusive)
Brandon Heath – Leaving Eden (Provident)
Lady Lazarus – Mantic (Apartment Life Records)
Steve Lukather – All’s Well That Ends Well (Mascot Records)
Madlib – Low Budget High Fi Music (Madlib Invazion)
Moon Blazers – The Milky Williams Quintet (Domination Recordings)
Motorhead – The World Is Yours (Motörhead Music/UDR) — Joseph Viney
Amanda Palmer – Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under (Self Released)
Pearl Jam – Live On Ten Legs (Monkeywrench)
Roomful of Blues – Hook, Line & Sinker (Alligator Records)
The Sand Band – All Through the Night (Go To Hell/Deltasonic) — Keelan H.
The Script – Science & Faith (Phonogenic) — Davey Boy
Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum)
Social Distortion – Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes (Epitaph)
Stratovarius – Elysium (ARMOURY) — Mike Stagno
Tennis – Cape Dory (Fat Possum Records)
Times of Grace – The Hymn of a Broken Man (Roadrunner Records) — Jared Ponton
White Lies – Ritual (Fiction/Geffen) — Robin Smith

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Album Streams (please inform us of any broken links/removed streams):

Social Distortion – Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes

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

Staff:

01) Yuck
02) Arcade Fire
03) Radiohead
04) Sufjan Stevens
05) Thrice
06) Deftones
07) Polar Bear Club
08) Vampire Weekend
09) Wilco
10) Glassjaw

General Users:

01) Kanye West
02) Radiohead
03) The National
04) Thrice
05) Glassjaw
06) Brand New
07) Arcade Fire
08) The Tallest Man on Earth
09) Deftones
10) The Beatles

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