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Weekly Releases 11.01.2019

By Sowing Tuesday October 29, 2019

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 1, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 1, 2019 –

The Undivided Five

A Winged Victory for the Sullen: The Undivided Five
Genre: Ambient/Classical
Label: Ninja Tune

Anavae: 45
Genre: Alternative Rock/Electronic
Label: A Wolf At Your Door

Angel of Light

Angel Witch: Angel of Light
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Cannabis Corpse: Nug So Vile
Genre: Death Metal/Grind
Label: Season of Mist

New Age Norms 1

Cold War Kids: New Age Norms 1
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop
Label: Cwktwo Corp.

Nothing Left to Love

Counterparts: Nothing Left To Love
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore/Emo
Label: Pure Noise

Cruelty and the Beast - Re-Mistressed

Cradle of Filth: Cruelty and the Beast (Re-Mistressed)
Genre: Black Metal/Gothic/Death Metal
Label: SIN/MFN

Rehab (Bonus Tracks Version) [Explicit]

Eskimo Callboy: Rehab
Genre: Metalcore/Electronic/Post-Hardcore
Label: Century Media

One Of The Best Yet [Explicit]

Gang Starr: One of the Best Yet
Genre: Hip-Hop/Jazz
Label: Gang Starr Enterprises LLC

A Blemish In The Great Light

Half Moon Run: A Blemish In The Great Light
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Glassnote

MCID [Explicit]

Highly Suspect: MCID
Genre: Alternative Rock/Stoner Rock
Label: 300 Entertainment

Imperfect Circle

Hootie and the Blowfish: Imperfect…

Weekly Releases 10.25.2019

By Sowing Tuesday October 22, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 25, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 25, 2019 –

Boneshaker [Explicit]

Airbourne: Boneshaker
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Spinefarm

Spiritual Instinct

Alcest: Spiritual Instinct
Genre: Shoegaze/Black Metal/Post-Rock
Label: Nuclear Blast

[USA]

Anamanaguchi: [USA]
Genre: Electronic/Indie-Rock
Label: Polyvinyl

Ancient Shapes: A Flower That Wouldn’t Bloom
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: You’ve Changed

FIBS

Anna Meredith: FIBS
Genre: Classical/Electronic
Label: Black Prince Fury

Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2 [LP]

Ariel Pink: Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2
Genre: Psychedelic/Lo-Fi/Indie-Pop
Label: Mexican Summer

Balance [Explicit]

Armin Van Buuren: Balance
Genre: Trance/Electronic/House
Label: Armada Music Bundles

Bigger Than Life

Black Marble: Bigger Than Life
Genre: Post-Punk/Electronic
Label: Sacred Bones

Cry [Explicit]

Cigarettes After Sex: Cry
Genre: Dream-Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient
Label: PTKF

Vols. 11 & 12

Desert Sessions: Vol 11 & 12
Genre: Stoner Rock/Psychedelic
Label: Matador

The Sea of Tragic Beasts

Fit For An Autopsy: The Sea Of Tragic Beasts
Genre: Death Metal/Metalcore/Progressive Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Daylight

Grace Potter: Daylight
Genre: Pop
Label: Fantasy

Great Grandpa: Four of Arrows
Genre: Indie-Rock

Weekly Releases 10.18.2019

By Sowing Tuesday October 15, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 18, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 18, 2019 –

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Ali Barter: Hello, I’m Doing My Best
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Inertia Music

Fear Caller [Explicit]

The Almost: Fear Caller
Genre: Pop-Punk/Alternative Rock
Label: Fearless

Walk The Sky

Alter Bridge: Walk The Sky
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Label: Napalm

Juice B Crypts

Battles: Juice B Crypts
Genre: Math Rock/Electronic
Label: Warp

Caroline Polachek: Pang
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Columbia

There Existed an Addiction to Blood [Explicit]

Clipping: There Existed An Addiction To Blood
Genre: Hip-Hop/Industrial
Label: Sub Pop

On a Wave

Dave Monks: On A Wave
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Dine Alone Music Inc.

Primrose Path [Explicit]

Dream State: Primrose Path
Genre: Alternative Rock/Post Hardcore
Label: UNFD

Crush

Floating Points: Crush
Genre: Electronic/House
Label: Ninja Tune

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2)

Foals: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2
Genre: Indie/Math Rock
Label: Warner Bros.

Trillium Killer

Foxes In Fiction: Trillium Killer
Genre: Ambient/Dream-Pop/Lo-Fi
Label: Orchid Tapes

Dimly Lit

From Indian Lakes: Dimly Lit
Genre: Emo/Indie-Rock
Label: Little Shuteye

Heavy Lifter …

Weekly Releases 10.11.2019

By Sowing Monday October 7, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 11, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 11, 2019 –

Transmission Suite

808 State: Transmission Suite
Genre: House/Techno/Electronic
Label: 808 State

Metal Galaxy

Babymetal: Metal Galaxy
Genre: Pop/Metal
Label: Cooking VInyl

BATS: Alter Nature
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Math Rock
Label: Great Old Ones

You Know What They Mean

Bent Knee: You Know What They Mean
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOutMusic

Two Hands

Big Thief: Two Hands
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk
Label: 4AD

Blood Orange: Fields
Genre: R&B/Electronic
Label: Cedille

Open Reduction Internal Fixation

Blue Hawaii: Open Reduction Internal Fixation
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic
Label: Arbutus

Hallucinogen (North American Exclusive Transparent Purple with Milky Merge 2LP)

Blut Aus Nord: Hallucinogen
Genre: Black Metal/Industrial
Label: Debemur Morti Productions

Born Hot

Chris Farren: Born Hot
Genre: Punk/Indie-Rock
Label: Polyvinyl

Common Holly: When I say to you Black Lightning
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: Barsuk

Get Fixed [Explicit]

Cursive: Get Fixed
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Emo/Indie-Rock
Label: 15 Passenger

The Devil Wears Prada: The Act
Genre: Metalcore/Electronic
Label: Solid State

Giants of All Sizes

Elbow: Giants Of All Sizes
Genre: Britpop/Indie-Rock
…

Weekly Releases 10.4.2019

By Sowing Monday September 30, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 4, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 4, 2019 –

All Mirrors

Angel Olsen: All Mirrors
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Jagjaguwar

Closer Than Together

The Avett Brothers: Closer Than Together
Genre: Americana/Folk/Bluegrass
Label: Republic

Bayside: Interrobang
Genre: Pop-Punk/Emo
Label: Hopeless

LOVE & EVOL

Boris: LφVE & EVφL
Genre: Drone/Doom Metal
Label: Third Man

A Pill for Loneliness [Explicit]

City and Colour: A Pill For Loneliness
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: Still

uknowhatimsayin¿

Danny Brown: uknowhatimsayin¿
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Warp

Easter is Cancelled (Deluxe) [Explicit]

The Darkness: Easter Is Cancelled
Genre: Rock
Label: Cooking Vinyl

Deceiver

DIIV: Deceiver
Genre: Dream-Pop/Shoegaze
Label: Captured Tracks

Deserted

Gatecreeper: Deserted
Genre: Death Metal/Doom Metal/Hardcore
Label: Relapse

In Mourning: Garden Of Storms
Genre: Melodic/Progressive Death Metal
Label: Agonia

Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave
Genre: Melodic/Progressive/Doom Metal
Label: Century Media

Here, Right Now

Joshua Radin: Here, Right Now
Genre: Folk/Pop
Label: Nettwerk

Carrying On

Kacy & Clayton: Carrying On
Genre: Folk
Label: New West

White Noise / White Lines [Explicit]

Kelsey Waldon: White…

Weekly Releases 9.27.2019

By Sowing Wednesday September 25, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 27, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 27, 2019 –

replicr, 2019

65DAYSOFSTATIC: Replicr
Genre: Post-Rock/Electronic/Math Rock
Label: Superball Music

The Age of Entitlement [Explicit]

Acid Reign: The Age Of Entitlement
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Dissonance Productions

Alessandro Cortini: VOLUME MASSIMO
Genre: Ambient/Drone/Electronic
Label: Mute

Philophobia

Amber Run: Philophobia
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alternative Rock
Label: Easy Life Records

Anchorhold

Ana Caprix: Anchorhold
Genre: Electronic/Trance
Label: Ana Caprix

War In My Mind [Explicit]

Beth Hart: War In My Mind
Genre: Blues/Rock
Label: Provogue

True North

Borknagar: True North
Genre: Black Metal/Folk/Progressive Metal
Label: Century Media

The Afterlife

The Comet Is Coming: The Afterlife
Genre: Jazz/Jazz Fusion
Label: Impulse!

Traced in Air Remixed

Cynic: Traced In Air Remixed
Genre: Progressive/Death Metal/Jazz Fusion
Label: Season of Mist

Dayseeker: Sleeptalk
Genre: Metalcore/Post-Hardcore
Label: Spinefarm

DragonForce: Extreme Power Metal
Genre: Power Metal/Heavy Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Everywhere We Looked Was Burning

Emel Mathlouthi: Everywhere We Looked Was Burning
Genre: Folk/Electronic/Downtempo
Label: PTKF

The Talkies [Explicit]

Girl Band: The Talkies
Genre: Noise Rock/Punk/Post-Punk
Label: Rough Trade…

Weekly Releases 9.20.2019

By Sowing Monday September 16, 2019

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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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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

Full Album Stream

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.