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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 24th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: February 24, 2023 –
Adam Lambert: High Drama
Genre: Pop
Label: BMG
Air Raid: Fatal Encounter
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: High Roller
Algiers: Shook
Genre: Post Punk / Experimental
Label: Matador
Begonia: Powder Blue
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Birthday Cake
Big | Brave: Nature Morte
Genre: Sludge
Label: Thrill Jockey
Bodyfarm: Ultimate Abomination
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Edged Circle Productions
The Church: The Hypnogogue
Genre: New Wave / Psychedelia / Alt Rock
Label: Communicating Vessels
Dope: Blood Money, Part Zer0
Genre: Industrial / Metalcore
Label: eOne
Elvis Depressedly: Who Owns the Graveyard?
Genre: Shoegaze / Indie Rock
Label: Self released
Funeral Winds: Stigmata Mali
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Osmose Productions
Godsmack: Lighting up the Sky
Genre: Alt Rock
Label: BMG
Gorillaz: Cracker Island
By Willie
Wednesday February 15, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 17, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: February 17, 2023 –
The Abby: Word of Sin
Genre: Doom Rock
Label: Season Of Mist
All My Shadows: Eerie Monsters
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Anna B Savage: In | Flux
Genre: Psychedelic Folk
Label: City Slang
Avatar: Dance Devil Dance
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Heavy Metal
Label: Thirty Tigers
Avery Tare: 7s
Genre: Indie / Electronic
Label: Domino Recording Co
The Black Moriah: Desert Hymns & Funeral Grins
Genre: Heavy Metal / Black Metal
Label: Folter Records
Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Genre: Electronic / Pop/ R&B
Label: Perpetual Novice
Depravation: IV:LETVM
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Lifeforce Records
Enisum: Forgotten Mountains
Genre: Black Metal / Ambient / Folk
Label: Avantgarde Music
Gravehuffer: …Depart From So Much Evil
Genre: Thrash / Punk / Grind
Label: Black Doomba Records
Gutted: A Path to Ruin
Genre: Tech Death
Label: Coyote Records
Hellripper: Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
Genre: Blackened Thrash
Label:
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By Sowing
Tuesday February 7, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 10, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
–List of Releases: February 10, 2023–
The Academic: Sitting Pretty
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Universal Music Operations
Amber Arcades: Barefoot on Diamond Road
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Fire Records
Andy Shauf: Norm
Genre: Alt-Rock/Indie-Folk
Label: Anti
Black Belt Eagle Scout: The Land, The Water, The Sky
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: Saddle Creek
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: The Future is Your Past
Genre: Psychedelic/Shoegaze/Indie-Rock
Label: ‘a’ recordings
Cadaver Shrine: Benighted Desecration
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: Chaos Records
 Carnosus: Visions of Infinihility
Genre: Tech Death
Label: Independent
Delain: Dark Waters
Genre: Metal/Gothic
Label: Napalm
Distant: Heritage
Genre: Metalcore/Death Metal/Deathcore
Label: Century Media
Elyose: Deviante
Genre: Industrial/Metal/Gothic
Label: Independent
In Flames: Foregone
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Isole: Anesidora
Genre: Doom/Progressive Metal
Label: Hammerheart
Kelela: Raven
Genre: R&B/Electronic/Garage
Label: Warp
Klone: Meanwhile
Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Kscope
Maps: Counter Melodies
Genre: Post-Rock/Shoegaze/Electronic
Label: Mute Artists Ltd.
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 3rd, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: February 3, 2023 –
All Out War: Celestial Rot
Genre: Black Metal / Hardcore / Thrash
Label: Translation Loss
Blackwülf: Thieves and Liars
Genre: Stoner Doom
Label: Ripple Music
Coffin Nail: The Hanged Man
Genre: Black Metal / Grindcore
Label: Self released
Dewolff: Love, Death and In Between
Genre: Southern Rock / Blues / Psychedelic
Label: Mascot Label
Elif: Endlich Tut Es Wieder Weh
Genre: Pop
Label: Jive
Fugit: Morphogenetic Fractal Hologram
Genre: Post Black Metal / Blackgaze
Label: Self released
FVNERALS: Let the Earth Be Silent
Genre: Doom / Dark Ambient / Post Rock
Label: Prophecy Productions
The Go! Team: Get Up Sequences part Two
Genre: Funk
Label: Memphies Industries
Godiva: Hubris
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Self released
John Frusciante: .I:
Genre: Electronic / Ambient/ Drone
Label: Acid Test
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By Nocte
Thursday January 26, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 27, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 27, 2023 –
… And Oceans: As in Gardens, So In Tombs
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
The Arcs: Electrophonic Chronic
Genre: Indie Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Easy Eye Sound
Ashen Horde: Antimony
Genre: Progressive Black/Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity
Ava Max: Diamonds & Dancefloors
Genre: Electro Pop
Label: Atlantic
Bizarrekult: Den Tapte Krigen
Genre: Post Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Complete Mountain Almanac: Complete Mountain Almanac
Genre: Folk / Indie Rock
Label: Bella Union
Elle King: Come Get Your Wife
Genre: Country / Pop
Label: RCA
Emarosa: Sting
Genre: Indie Pop / Electronic
Label: Out of Line
Fucked Up: One Day
Genre: Alternative / Folk
Label: Merge Records
Hammock: Love in the Void
Genre: Ambient / Post Rock
Label: Hammock Music
Kimbra: A Reckoning
Genre: Indie Pop / Soul
Label: Kimbra
King Tuff: Smalltown Stardust
Genre: Jam Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Sub Pop
Liv Sin: Kali Yuga
Genre:
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By Willie
Tuesday January 17, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 20, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 20, 2023 –
Atrocity: OKKULT III
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Massacre
The Bad Ends: The Power and the Glory
Genre: Rock
Label: New West Records
Biig Piig: Bubblegum
Genre: Hip-Hop / R&B
Label: Sony Music
The C.I.A.: Surgery Channel
Genre: Indie / Electronic
Label: In The Red
Dave Rowntree: Radio Songs
Genre: Indie / Electronic
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Designer Disguise: Radio Songs
Genre: Nu Metal / Metalcore
Label: InVogue Records
Dryad: The Abyssal Plain
Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal
Label: Prosthetic
Guided By Voices: La La Land
Genre: Indie Rock / Lo-Fi
Label: GBV Inc
Imperium Dekadenz: Into Sorrow Evermore
Genre: Black Metal / Shoegaze
Label: Napalm
John Cale: Mercy
Genre: Experimental Pop / Rock
Label: Domino
July Talk: Remember Never Before
Genre: Alternative / Indie Rock
Label: Six Shooter Records
Kali Malone: Does Spring Hide Its Joy
Genre: Drone / Classical
Label: Secretly Distribution
Katatonia: Sky Void of Stars
Genre: Progressive Metal / Dark
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By Sowing
Monday January 9, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 13, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 13, 2023 –
Ahab: The Coral Tombs
Genre: Doom Metal
Label: Napalm
Ashen: Ritual of Ash
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Bitter Loss
BabyTron: Bin Reaper 3: Nеw Testament
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: N/A
Belle and Sebastian: Late Developers
Genre: Baroque Pop / Indie Rock
Label: Matador Records
Beyond the Black: Beyond the Black
Genre: Power Metal/Classical
Label: Nuclear Blast
Billy Nomates: CACTI
Genre: Folk-Punk/Post-Punk
Label: Invada
Circa Waves: Never Going Under
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Lower Third
Cursed Excruciation: Arcane Diabolism
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Iron Bonehead Productions
Declaime & Madlib: In The Beginning (Vol. 3)
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: SomeOthaShip Connect/Fat Beats
Defy the Curse: Horrors of Human Sacrifice
Genre: Death Metal/Sludge Metal/Punk
Label: Hammerheart
Gabrielle Aplin: Phosphorescent
Genre: Folk/Pop
Label: Never Fade
Gaz Coombes: Turn The Car Around
Genre:
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 6th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 6, 2023 –
Anathematise: Bizarre Tales from the Past and the Future
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Awakening
Beatriz Ferreyra: Senderos de luz y sombras
Genre: Electronic / Modern Classical
Label: Recollection GRM
Cicada: 棲居在溪源之上 Seeking the Sources of Streams
Genre: Post Rock / Modern Classical
Label: flau
Charaxes: Color’s Tease
Genre: Electronic
Label: Self released
Confined: Eternal Fury of the Disillusioned Ones
Genre: OSDM
Label: Vargheist
Despicable: Meditations
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop
Label: Self released
Devouring Famine: Haunting Echoes
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Self released
Earth: Even Hell Has Its Heroes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Genre: Drone
Label: Thrones and Dominions
Fireworks: Higher Lonely Power
Genre: Indie Rock / Post Rock / Punk
Label: Funeral Plant Collective
Geolier: Il coraggio dei bambini
Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Columbia / Sony
Esoctrilihum: Funeral
Genre: Black Metal
Label:…
By Sowing
Thursday December 29, 2022
One of my goals in 2022 was to spend more time reading user content, which resulted in the monthly Best User Reviews lists. There is a a lot of talent hidden beneath the “official” ranks of this website, and below is a list containing many of those writers. Consider this a heartfelt thank you to everyone who put time and effort into creating worthwhile content over course of the past year. So without further ado, please join me in congratulating the below users for their efforts!
Category I: User Recognition
Tier 1: These reviewers made one appearance on the monthly “best-of” list for user reviews. We’d love to hear more from you!
anarchistfish, parksungjoon, ramon., Josh D., brendanstupik, Zig, TVC15, JayEnder, JamesW, untitled, theBoneyKing, Toad, deathofasalesman, TooManyFriends, SublimeSound, whitecastle142, brandontaylor, someone, arf, BrushedRed, AmericanFlagAsh, Valzentia, Shamus248, Batareziz, JayEnder, GiaNXGX, SitarHero, 0BSCURA, luci, SunBro, BlazinBlitzer, vult, gimo80, Toondude, nnpoc, thejoelsder, Romulus, 0range, MrToothbrush, combustion07, DePlazz, Poet, libraryofsalt, eMZ, BlackTemplarofAutism, TerraIncognita, SlothcoreSam, ChaoticVortex, nilsson, Boreque, victorhugotoffoli, pjquinones747, kaparoni, Slex, WoahHenny, johndavis33, trackbytrackreviews, Douglas, DoofDoof, MOYA, TheGreatEscaper, Invariance67, Gannoncannon, Edgehog61, LunaticSoul, JonWedge91, Maniac!, JoyfulPlaypus, Permafrost, Drbebop, shemson, GoldenGuy444, Chamberbelain, kildare, e210013, HstroX, ArsMoriendi, XfingTheSullen, counterparts24, Dizchu, frozencarl, claygurnz, pennyroyal22, davidwave4, Tundra, rabidfish, DeanBrown, daemonaria
Tier 2: Double Agents – These writers made the list twice!
PanosChris, NexCeleris, Biscuitborn, LemonBen, NicksMusicList, GarthAlgar, SandwichBubble, theBoneyKing, TheGlowingWeen, Get Low, hobblepot, YatMot, ConcubinaryCode, Purpl3Spartan, Scoot, SpiridonOrlovschi, DadKungFu, Minortimbo12
Tier 3: Triple
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By Sowing
Monday November 28, 2022
Here’s a list of major new releases for the entire month of December 2022. These releases have been condensed into one post as, historically at least, December is a slower time for new musical releases. In the meanwhile, our staff will be working on compiling their highly anticipated “Top Albums of 2022” feature, so stay tuned to see what we anoint as the album of the year. With regards to the below releases, please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums. From our staff and userbase to you, we wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday season. We’ll see you in January!
– List of Releases: December 2, 2022 –
brakence: hypochondriac
Genre: Hip-Hop/Pop/Electronic
Label: Columbia
Celestial Season: Mysterium II
Genre: Doom/Death
Label: Burning World Records
Galcher Lustwerk: 100% Galcher
Genre: Electronic/House/Techno
Label: Ghostly International
Hammers of Misfortune: Overtaker
Genre: Power/Progressive/Heavy Metal
Label: Metal Blade
Isafjørd: Hjartastjaki
Genre: Post-Rock
Label: Svart Records
John-Allison Weiss: The Long Way
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop-Punk
Label: Get Better
Leftfield: This Is What We Do
Genre: House/Techno/Electronic
Label: Virgin Music
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Republic
NOFX: Double Album
Genre: Punk/Pop-Punk/Hardcore
Label: Fat Wreck Chords
Olly Murs:…
By Sowing
Wednesday November 23, 2022
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 25, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: November 25, 2022 –
Black Lava: Soul Furnace
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Elder: Innate Passage
Genre: Stoner Rock/Progressive Rock/Doom Metal
Label: Armageddon Shop
Fievel Is Glauque: Flaming Swords
Genre: Indie-Pop/Jazz
Label: MATH
High Command: Eclipse Of The Dual Moons
Genre: Punk/Thrash/Hardcore
Label: Southern Lord
In The Woods…: Diversum
Genre: Progressive Metal/Black Metal
Label: Soulseller Records
Jamie Lenman: The Atheist
Genre: Folk/Metal
Label: Big Scary Monsters
Judicator: The Majesty Of Decay
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Prosthetic Records
Katia Krow: Julfar
Genre: Ambient/Drone
Label: N/A
Lykotonon: Promethean Pathology
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Profound Lore
Mylène Farmer: L’emprise
Genre: Pop
Label: Stuffed Monkey
Neptunian Maximalism: Finis Gloriae Mundi
Genre: Jazz/Psychedelic/Drone
Label: Utech Records
Ofdrykkja: After The Storm
Genre: Doom/Black Metal
Label: AOP
RZA: Bobby Digital In Digital Potions
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: MNRK HEAVY
The Smith Street Band: Life After Football
Genre: Folk Punk
Label: Pool House
SpiritWorld: Deathwestern
Genre: Death Metal/Thrash/Hardcore
Label: Century Media
Stormzy: This Is What I Mean
Genre: Grime/Hip-Hop
Label: Hashtag Merky Music 34 Limited
Thy Catafalque: Mezolit – Live at Fekete Zaj
Genre: Progressive Metal/Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Waajeed: Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Label: Tresor Records
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Tuesday November 15, 2022
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 18, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: November 18, 2022 –
Anna Mieke: Theatre
Genre: Folk
Label: Nettwerk
Candlemass: Sweet Evil Sun
Genre: Doom/Heavy Metal
Label: Napalm
Disturbed: Divisive
Genre: Nu-Metal/Hard Rock
Label: Reprise
Gatherers: ( mutilator. )
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Emo/Progressive Rock
Label: No Sleep
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record
Genre: Folk/Rock
Label: Reprise
Nickelback: Get Rollin’
Genre: Grunge/Pop-Rock
Label: BMG
Pole: Tempus
Genre: Electronic/Techno/Minimal
Label: Mute
Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord
Genre: Folk/Experimental
Label: Domino Recording Co
Roddy Ricch: Feed tha Streets III
Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
Label: Bird Vision Ent
Röyksopp: Profound Mysteries III
Genre: Electronic
Label: Dog Triumph
Ruby Haunt: Cures For Opposites
Genre: Dream-Pop/Indie-Rock
Label: Haunt
slowthai: UGLY
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Interscope
Tallah: The Generation of Danger
Genre: Nu-Metal/Hardcore
Label: Earache
Thaiboy Digital: Back 2 Life
Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
Label: YEAR0001
Threshold: Dividing Lines
Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic/Ambient
Label: Sub Pop
The Wombats: Is This What It Feels Like to Feel Like This?
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock
Label: The Wombats
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By Sowing
Friday November 11, 2022
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 11, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: November 11, 2022 –
Actress: Dummy Corporation
Genre: Techno/House/IDM
Label: Ninja Tune
Black Eyed Peas: ELEVATION
Genre: Pop/Hip-Hop
Label: BEP Music, LLC
Bruce Springsteen: Only the Strong Survive
Genre: Rock/Americana/Folk
Label: Columbia
Chelsea Grin: Suffer in Hell
Genre: Metalcore/Death Metal
Label: Chelsea Grin
Christine and the Queens: Redcar les adorables étoiles
Genre: Pop/Electronic/Indie-Pop
Label: Because Music
Colin Stetson: Chimæra
Genre: Jazz/Minimal
Label: Constellation Records
Constellatia: Magisterial Romance
Genre: Shoegaze/Black Metal/Progressive Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Dream Unending: Song Of Salvation
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin
Drowse: Wane Into It
Genre: Shoegaze/Ambient/Folk
Label: The Flenser
Drudkh: All Belong to the Night
Genre: Black Metal/Folk
Label: Season of Mist
Dysgnostic: Scar Echoes
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity
Epica: The Alchemy Project
Genre: Power Metal/Classical/Gothic
Label: Atomic Fire
Fitz & the Tantrums: Let Yourself Free
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Elektra
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 4th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: November 4, 2022 –
Anna Of The North: Crazy Life
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: PIAS Recordings
Big Joanie: Back Home
Genre: Post Punk
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Black Anvil: Regenesis
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
The Blue Stones: Pretty Monster
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: MNRK Heavy
Born Without Bones: Dancer
Genre: Alt Rock / Emo
Label: Pure Noise
Brkn Love: Black Box
Genre: Alt Rock
Label: Spinefarm
Cavetown: Worm Food
Genre: Indie Pop / lo-fi
Label: Warner
Coco Jones: What I Didn’t Tell You [EP]
Genre: Hip Hop / Soul
Label: Def Jam
Daniel Avery: Ultra Truth
Genre: Techno
Label: Phantasy Sound
Dayseeker: Dark Sun
Genre: Experimental indie Rock / r&b / Alternative
Label: Spinefarm
Decius: Decius Vol. 1
Genre: Techno / Acid…
By staff
Friday October 28, 2022
It’s with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Brandon Scott (aka TheSpirit), a longstanding member of the Sputnik community who lost his battle with addiction. Brandon was a member of Sputnik for over thirteen years, over which time he wrote frequently as a site Contributor and made an indelible mark on the site with his kindness, wit and unquellable positivity. He wrote prolifically across the internet for a variety of platforms, significantly InvisibleOranges, and was a talented musician involved in active creative projects. Our thoughts go out to his friends and family. If you are able to, please consider contributing to his funeral expenses here.
We have compiled a short list of testimonials below; please feel free to share any of your own in the comments (or contact us via sowingsputnik@gmail.com if you would like to be included in this piece):
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Though we were never close, I remember Brandon from my earliest days on Sputnik, and of all the people I’ve come across online, he was easily one of the best-humoured, affable and, no matter the scenario, room-brightening. The longer I spent on Sputnik, the more amazed I became at the way he maintained a cheerful spirit, brought the best out of everyone around him, faced personal hardships with vast openness and optimism, respected mutual differences, never took himself overly seriously, and yet – perhaps above all – did what he loved with total dedication without losing his heart to it. I know
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