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Weekly Releases 9.20.2019

By Sowing Monday September 16, 2019

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 20, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 20, 2019 –

Orphans

The Agonist: Orphans
Genre: Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal
Label: Rodeostar Records

Shaped by Fire

As I Lay Dying: Shaped By Fire
Genre: Metalcore/Thrash
Label: Nuclear Blast

blink-182: Nine
Genre: Pop/Punk
Label: Columbia

Jaime [Explicit]

Brittany Howard: Jamie
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: ATO

Chastity Belt

Chastity Belt: Chastity Belt
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Hardly Art

A Dawn to Fear

Cult Of Luna: A Dawn To Fear
Genre: Sludge/Post-Metal
Label: Metal Blade

The Bittereinders

Daedelus: The Bittereinders
Genre: Hip-Hop/Experimental/Electronic
Label: Brainfeeder

Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs

Darrin Bradbury: Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs
Genre: Folk/Americana
Label: Anti/Epitaph

For the Masses

Ecstatic Vision: FOR THE MASSES
Genre: Psychedelic/Progressive Rock
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds

Efterklang: Altid Sammen
Genre: Post Rock/Folk/Classical
Label: 4AD

Exhorder: Mourn The Southern Skies
Genre: Thrash/Death/Sludge Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

All The Feels

Fitz and the Tantrums: All The Feels
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Elektra

A Point Between

Floating Spectrum: A Point Between
Genre: Electronic
Label: Temporary Residence…

Weekly Releases 9.13.2019

By Sowing Monday September 9, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 13, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 13, 2019 –

Miami Memory [Explicit]

Alex Cameron: Miami Memory
Genre: Indie-Pop/Pop Rock
Label: Secretly Canadian

Breadcrumbs

Alice Cooper: Breadcrumbs
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Label: earMUSIC

Being as an Ocean: PROXY: An A.N.I.M.O. Story
Genre: Hardcore/Post-Rock
Label: Being As An Ocean

Days of the Bagnold Summer

Belle & Sebastian: Days Of The Bagnold Summer
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Matador

Dying On The Mountain

Big Scenic Nowhere: Dying On The Mountain
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner Rock
Label: Blues Funeral

Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs [Explicit]

Blood Cultures: Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs
Genre: Indie-Pop/Dream-Pop/Electronic
Label: Blood Cultures

The Siege

Capilla Ardiente: The Siege
Genre: Doom Metal
Label: High Roller

Charli [Explicit]

Charli XCX: Charli
Genre: Pop/Electronic/Indie Pop
Label: Asylum

Birth of Violence

Chelsea Wolfe: Birth Of Violence
Genre: Gothic/Experimental/Industrial
Label: Sargent House

Cloud Rat: Pollinator
Genre: Grind/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore
Label: Artoffact

Cold: The Things We Can’t Stop
Genre: Hard Rock/Grunge/Nu-Metal
Label: Napalm

The Ruins of Fading Light

Crypt Sermon: The Ruins of Fading Light
Genre: Doom/Heavy Metal
Label: Dark Descent

Weekly Releases 9.6.2019

By Sowing Wednesday September 4, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 6, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 6, 2019 –

Engine of Paradise

Adam Green: Engine of Paradise
Genre: Folk/Indie-Pop
Label: 30th Century

This Summer

Alessia Cara: This Summer
Genre: Pop/R&B
Label: Def Jam

Barns Courtney: 404
Genre: Indie-Folk/Alternative Rock
Label: Virgin EMI

Lost Girls

Bat For Lashes: Lost Girls
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Bat For Lashes

Another State of Grace

Black Star Riders: Another State of Grace
Genre: Rock
Label: Nuclear Blast

Energetic Mind

Bonniesongs: Energetic Mind
Genre: Indie-Rock/Alternative
Label: Small Pond

Valve Bone Woe

Chrissie Hynde: Valve Bone Woe
Genre: Jazz
Label: BMG

Malignant Dominion

Cognizance: Malignant Dominion
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Prosthetic

The Blue EP

Death Cab For Cutie: The Blue {EP}
Genre: Indie-Rock/Emo
Label: Atlantic

Disillusion: The Liberation
Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Progressive
Label: Prophecy

Ethereal Riffian: Legends
Genre: Stoner Rock/Psychedelic/Doom
Label: Robustfellow Productions

To Memphis

Foy Vance: To Memphis
Genre: Folk
Label: Atlantic

Close It Quietly

Frankie Cosmos: Close It Quietly
Genre: Lo-Fi/Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Sub Pop

Ghostface Killahs

Sputnik’s Best Labor Day Ever

By Jeremy Tuesday September 3, 2019

62 Comments

Site update: There was a large power outage in our server cluster. Although only 0.5% of servers were affected, our main web server + associated backup volumes were destroyed.

Thankfully, all text content was saved in another server, so all reviews, ratings, comments, etc. are fully preserved. We did, however, lose images uploaded to the site over the last 1.5 years. Scraping scripts are hard at work trying to recover most of the album art. However, some album art will be non-recoverable and will need to be re-uploaded by users.

Please accept my apologies for the downtime and for the lost images. In the event of a large hardware failure like this, there is unfortunately nothing that could have prevented data loss other than locally archiving copies of uploaded images. That will be done in the future to prevent any future outages.

Thanks for your patience, and please let us know in the forums if any new bugs beyond missing images have popped up.

Weekly Releases 8.30.2019

By Sowing Thursday August 29, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 30, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 30, 2019 –

Wallop

!!!: Wallop
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Warp

...but for the sun

Big Wreck: …but for the sun
Genre: Rock/Folk
Label: Warner Music Canada

Black Belt Eagle Scout: At the Party With My Brown Friends
Genre: Indie-Rock/Alternative
Label: Saddle Creek

Never Not Nothing

Black Futures: Never Not Nothing
Genre: Alt-Rock/Electronic
Label: Sony UK

Comforter

Bodywash: Comforter
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Luminelle

When We Are Inhuman

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bryce Dessner, & Eighth Blackbird: When We Are Inhuman
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk
Label: 37d03d

Free Company

Boy Scouts: Free Company
Genre: Indie-Rock/Lo-Fi
Label: Anti/Epitaph

Fare Trax

Campfires: Fare Trax
Genre: Indie-Rock/Lo-Fi
Label: Fire Talk

Chronologic

Caravan Palace: Chronologic
Genre: Jazz/Electronic
Label: Lone Diggers

Carter Tutti Void: Triumvirate
Genre: Industrial/Electronic
Label: Conspiracy International

Charlie Parr: Charlie Parr
Genre: Blues/Americana
Label: Red House

Happy Thoughts

City Silos: Happy Thoughts
Genre: Alternative/Indie-Rock
Label: City Silos

How Do We Stay Here?

Close Talker: How Do We Stay Here?
Genre:…

Sputnikmusic News: August 2019

By Sowing Thursday August 22, 2019

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Top News

Here are the most talked about news items right now:

(1) Tool’s first song in 13 years

(2) Ariana Grande Ain’t Your GF

(3) New Mgla Song

(4) Second Opeth Single

(5) Lana Del Rey reveals album date, tracklist

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(1) Shadow of Intent: Melancholy

(2) King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard: Infest The Rats’ Nest

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(4) Cloudkicker: Unending

(5) Touche Amore: Dead Horse X

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Sputnik Interviews:

State Faults Interview, by contributing reviewer Slex

State Faults is a band that hardly needs any introduction on this site. Coming off of a 6-year hiatus, they’ve received universal acclaim for their newest album, Clairvoyant. Lead singer and guitarist Johnny Calvert-Andrew was kind enough to correspond with me about their comeback. Enjoy, y’all.

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Weekly Releases 8.23.2019

By Sowing Thursday August 22, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 23, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 23, 2019 –

Guild of the Asbestos Weaver

Alexander Tucker: Guild of the Asbestos Weaver
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic
Label: Thrill Jockey

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Woe

Becky Ninkovic: Woe
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Paper Bag

Brockhampton: GINGER
Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
Label: RCA

Now Is The Time For Loving Me, Yourself & Everyone Else

Carriers: Now Is The Time For Loving Me, Yourself & Everyone Else
Genre: Pop/Psychedelic/Dream Pop
Label: Good Eye

In the Spirit World Now

Ceremony: In The Spirit World Now
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Label: Relapse

Television [Explicit]

City Calm Down: Television
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: I Oh You

Motherbrain

Crobot: Motherbrain
Genre: Blues/Rock
Label: Mascot

Songs from the Exile

Dalton Domino: Songs from the Exile
Genre: Country
Label: Lightning Rod

Line of Light

David Wax Museum: Line of Light
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: Nine Mile

De La Noche: Blue Days, Black Nights
Genre: Electronic
Label: Get Loud

Esther Rose: You Made It This Far
Genre: Country
Label: Father/Daughter

Renegades [Explicit]

Equilibrium: Renegades
Genre: Folk/Black Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

bunny

Ghost…

Weekly Releases 8.16.2019

By Sowing Monday August 12, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 16, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 16, 2019 –

The Neon Machine

Abram Shook: The Neon Machine
Genre: Electronic/Indie-Rock
Label: Western Vinyl

Destroy Nostalgia

Black Mekon: Destroy Nostalgia
Genre: Blues/Noise Rock
Label: PNKSLM

Blanck Mass: Animated Violence Mild
Genre: Electronic/Ambient/Industrial
Label: Sacred Bones

Conditions of the Gas Giant

Conrad Schnitzler: Conditions of the Gas Giant
Genre: Electronic
Label: Bureau B

Amongst The Flames Of A Burning God

Diocletian: Amongst The Flames Of A Burning God
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Profound Lore

Nobody's Happy. [Explicit]

Dying In Designer: Nobody’s Happy
Genre: Hip-Hop/Emo
Label: Hopeless

Gypsy

Eilen Jewell: Gypsy
Genre: Folk
Label: Signature Sounds

Meaning

Field Mouse: Meaning
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Topshelf

No Man's Land

Frank Turner: No Man’s Land
Genre: Folk-Punk/Rock
Label: Polydor

Friendly Fires: Inflorescent
Genre: Indie-Pop/Psychedelic/Electronic
Label: Polydor

HammerFall: Dominion
Genre: Power/Heavy Metal
Label: Napalm

No Ground To Walk Upon

Here Lies Man: No Ground To Walk Upon
Genre: Funk/Psychedelic/Rock
Label: RidingEasy

Thrashing Thru The Passion

The Hold Steady: Thrashing Thru Passion
Genre: Indie-Rock/Punk
Label: Frenchkiss

Kings Left Behind

Weekly Releases 8.9.2019

By Sowing Monday August 5, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 9, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 9, 2019 –

All You Have Is All You Need [Explicit]

Ainslie Wills: All You Have Is All You Need
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: Ainslie Wills

Our Bones

The Contortionist: Our Bones
Genre: Progressive Metal/Metalcore/Death Metal
Label: eOne

Electric Youth: Memory Emotion
Genre: Electronic
Label: Watts Arcade Inc.

Tallulah

Feeder: Tallulah
Genre: Alt-Rock/Grunge
Label: Feeder

Cala

Fionn Regan: Cala
Genre: Folk
Label: Abbey

Now, Not Yet

Half Alive: Now, Not Yet
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: RCA

Safer Off [Explicit]

Lilith: Safer Off
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Take This To Heart

Any Human Friend

Marika Hackman: Any Human Friend
Genre: Alternative Rock/Indie Folk
Label: Sub Pop

The Iliad is Dead and The Odyssey is Over [Explicit]

Murs & 9th Wonder: The Iliad Is Dead And the Odyssey Is Over
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Empire

Ra Ra Riot: Superbloom
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alternative Rock
Label: Ra Ra Riot

The Regrettes: How Do You Love?
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Warner

Port of Miami 2 [Explicit]

Rick Ross: Port of Miami 2
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Epic

Story's Start or End [Explicit]

SAFIA: Story’s Start or…

Weekly Releases 8.2.2019

By Sowing Monday July 29, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 2, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 2, 2019 –

Finding God Before God Finds Me [Explicit]

Bad Omens: Finding God Before God Finds Me
Genre: Metalcore/Nu-Metal
Label: Sumerian

Transcendance [Explicit]

Berlin: Transcendance
Genre: Pop-Rock
Label: Cleopatra

Clairo: Immunity
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk/Dream-Pop
Label: Fader

Cross Record

Cross Record: Cross Record
Genre: Indie-Pop/Noise Rock
Label: Ba Da Bing!

A Dream Is U

Francis Lung: A Dream Is U
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Memphis Industries

She Won't Make Sense [Explicit]

The Harmaleighs: She Won’t Make Sense
Genre: Singer-Songwriter/Pop
Label: Nettwerk

The Love Life

Have Mercy: The Love Life
Genre: Emo/Indie-Rock
Label: Hopeless

My Own Pool of Light

Holy Holy: My Own Pool of Light
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: Wonderlick

Jump

Little Boots: Jump
Genre: Electronic/Pop
Label: On Repeat

Mabel: High Expectations
Genre: Pop
Label: Polydor

Mauno: Really Well
Genre: Folk
Label: Muano Brand Music

The Return of House Music [Explicit]

Moksi: The Return of House Music
Genre: Electronic/House
Label: Barong Family

Ballads

Molly Burch: Ballads [Vinyl 7″ EP]
Genre: Indie/Folk
Label: Captured Tracks

Emergence [The Process of Coming Into Being] …

Sputnikmusic News: July 2019

By Sowing Tuesday July 23, 2019

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Top News

Here are the most talked about news items right now:

(1) New Opeth Song

(2) New Slipknot Song

(3) New Refused Track (Cyberpunk 2077)

(4) As I Lay Dying announce “Shaped By Fire”

(5) KSE are “Broken”

Need more music news? We have you covered here >>>

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(1) Tomb Mold: Planetary Clairvoyance

(2) Torche: Admission

(3) Fall of Rauros: Patterns in Mythology

(4) Lingua Ignota: Caligula

(5) Elder (USA-MA): The Gold and Silver Sessions

Check out all new releases here >>>

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Sputnik Interviews:

State Faults Interview, by contributing reviewer Slex

State Faults is a band that hardly needs any introduction on this site. Coming off of a 6-year hiatus, they’ve received universal acclaim for their newest album, Clairvoyant. Lead singer and guitarist Johnny Calvert-Andrew was kind enough to correspond with me about their comeback. Enjoy, y’all.

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Weekly Releases 7.26.2019

By Sowing Tuesday July 23, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 26, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: July 26, 2019 –

Crawl Among the Filth

All Out War: Crawl Amongst the Filth
Genre: Metalcore/Thrash
Label: Unbeaten

Dudu

B Boys: Dudu
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: Captured Tracks

Bill Ryder-Jones: Yawny Yawn
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Domino

1123 [Explicit]

BJ The Chicago Kid: 1123
Genre: Soul/R&B
Label: Motown

African Giant [Explicit]

Burna Boy: African Giant
Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop
Label: Bad Habit

Carnival [Explicit]

Bryce Vine: Carnival
Genre: Sire
Label: Hip-Hop

By and By

Caamp: By and By
Genre: Folk
Label: Mom+Pop

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Chance the Rapper: The Big Day
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: RCA

Kiri Variations

Clark: Kiri Variations
Genre: IDM/Techno/Electronic
Label: Throttle

De Lorians: De Lorians
Genre: Rock/Jazz
Label: Beyond

Datach’i: Bones
Genre: IDM/Breaks
Label: Timesig

Palm Trees and 80 Degrees

The Dualers: Palm Trees and 80 Degrees
Genre: Reggae
Label: Sunbeat

Falling

Dude York: Falling
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Hardly Art

Emily Alone

Florist: Emily Alone
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alternative Rock
Label: Double Double Whammy…

Sputnikmusic News 07.19.2019

By Sowing Thursday July 18, 2019

62 Comments

Top News

In case you missed it, here’s a list of the top 3 news items from this past week:

(1) New Opeth Song

(2) KSE are “Broken”

(3) New Menzingers song/album

Currently Trending

These albums are

(1) Torche: Admission
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(3) Thom Yorke: Anima
(4) Freddie Gibbs and Madlib: Bandana
(5) He Is Legend: White Bat

Featured Reviews

Notable Write-Ups for New Releases:

(1) Torche – Admission by DrGonzo1937

(2) Frightened Rabbit – Tiny Changes by SowingSeason

(3) Banks – III by PistolPete

(4) He Is Legend – White Bat by SitarHero

(5) Ed Sheeran – No. 6 Collaborations Project by granitenotebook

Featured Lists

Noteworthy lists from the past week:

(1) luci’s decade in pop

(2) A Decade of Heroism

(3) Best Music in Skate / BMX Videos

…

Sputnikmusic News 07.12.2019

By Sowing Thursday July 11, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 12, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: July 12, 2019 –

III [LP]

Banks: III
Genre: R&B/Downtempo/Pop
Label: Harvest

Hospodi

Batushka: Hospodi (Господи)
Genre: Black/Doom/Post Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Big K.R.I.T.: K.R.I.T. Iz Here
Genre: Hip-Hop/Jazz/Funk
Label: BMG

Don't You Think You've Had Enough?

Bleached: Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
Genre: Indie-Pop/Psychedelic
Label: Dead Oceans

Liquid Colours

CFCF: Liquid Colours
Genre: Electronic/Ambient
Label: INDIES

Dolls in the Dark

Drab Majesty: Modern Mirror
Genre: Post Punk/Gothic
Label: Dais

No. 6 Collaborations Project

Ed Sheeran: No.6 Collaborations Project
Genre: Pop
Label: Atlantic

Freya Ridings

Freya Ridings: Freya Ridings
Genre: Pop/Singer-Songwriter
Label: Good Soldier

Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's 'The Midnight Organ Fight' [Explicit]

Frightened Rabbit: Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’
Genre: Indie/Folk
Label: Atlantic

Gauche: A People’s History of Gauche
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Merge

Glitterer: Looking Through The Shades
Genre: Post Punk
Label: Anti/Epitaph

Now We Are Timeless

Imperial Teen: Now We Are Timeless
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Merge

Tracing Back The Radiance

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Tracing Back the Radiance
Genre: Ambient/Drone/Electronic
Label: Mexican Summer…

Sputnikmusic News 07.05.2019

By Sowing Tuesday July 2, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 5, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.