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Weekly Releases 8.16.2019

By Sowing Monday August 12, 2019

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”

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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

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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

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(1) Torche: Admission
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(5) He Is Legend: White Bat

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Notable Write-Ups for New Releases:

(1) Torche – Admission by DrGonzo1937

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(3) Banks – III by PistolPete

(4) He Is Legend – White Bat by SitarHero

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

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(1) luci’s decade in pop

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(3) Best Music in Skate / BMX Videos

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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.

– List of Releases: July 5, 2019 –

METAWAR [Explicit]

3teeth: Metawar
Genre: Industrial
Label: Century Media

Outstrider

Abbath: Outstrider
Genre: Black/Heavy Metal
Label: Season of Mist

The Dharmas: Little Sunshine
Genre: Alternative/Rock
Label: 1001 Stoned

The Flower And The Vessel

Félicia Atkinson: The Flower And The Vessel
Genre: Ambient/Drone/Experimental
Label: Shelter Press

STONECHILD

Jesca Hoop: STONECHILD
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Memphis Industries

Let Me Know When You Give Up

Joey Cape: Let Me Know When You Give Up
Genre: Folk Punk/Indie-Rock
Label: Fat Wreck Chords

Fongola

Kokoko!: Fongola
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Trangressive

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Machine Gun Kelly: Hotel Diablo
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: EST 19XX

Cut Your Teeth

Necking: Cut Your Teeth
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Mint

Olympia: Flamingo
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: EMI

Oren Ambarchi: Simian Angel
Genre: Experimental/Ambient/Drone
Label: Editions Mego

Plug Talk [Explicit]

The Plug: Plug Talk
Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop
Label: The Plug Records

The Soft Cavalry

The Soft Cavalry: The Soft Cavalry
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Bella Union

Horizon

Trash Kit: Horizon
Genre: Post-Punk/Experimental
Label: Upset the Rhythm

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Westside Gunn: FLYGOD Is An Awesome GOD
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Griselda

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Sputnikmusic News 06.28.2019

By Sowing Thursday June 27, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 28, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 28, 2019 –

Voyager

311: Voyager
Genre: Reggae/Hip-Hop/Alt-Rock
Label: BMG

Brighter Than The Sun

The Alarm: Sigma
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Twenty First Century Recording Company

The Appleseed Cast: The Fleeting Light of Impermanence
Genre: Post-Rock/Emo
Label: Graveface

Absolution

Ashbringer: Absolution
Genre: Black/Ambient/Post-Metal
Label: Prosthetic

Beastwars: IV
Genre: Sludge Metal/Stoner Rock
Label: Destroy

The Black Keys: Let’s Rock
Genre: Blues/Rock/Psychedelic
Label: Nonesuch

Indigo [Explicit]

Chris Brown: INDIGO
Genre: Pop/Soul/R&B
Label: RCA

Chris Staples: Holy Moly
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Barsuk

Daughter Of Swords: Dawnbreaker
Genre: Folk
Label: Nonesuch

The Question [Explicit]

Eden XO: The Question
Genre: Pop
Label: AlphaOmega

Shadows & Silhouettes

Hugh Hardie: Shadows & Silhouettes
Genre: Drum and Bass
Label: Hospital

L'Âge Des Métamorphoses

I Hate Models: L’Âge des Métamorphoses
Genre: Techno/Electronic
Label: Perc Trax

Stranger Songs [Explicit]

Ingrid Michaelson: Stranger Songs
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Cabin 24

Wilderness

Jade Jackson: Wilderness
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: Anti/Epitaph…

Sputnikmusic News 06.21.2019

By Sowing Wednesday June 19, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 21, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 21, 2019 –

Exiled [Explicit]

Bad Breeding: Exiled
Genre: Hardcore/Noise Rock
Label: One Little Indian

Bird Songs of a Killjoy

Bedouine: Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: Spacebomb Records

Black Pumas: Black Pumas
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: ATO

Schlagenheim

Black Midi: schlagenheim
Genre: Noise Rock/Math Rock/Experimental
Label: Rough Trade

1958

Blick Bassy: 1958
Genre: Folk/World/Country
Label: Nø Førmat! / Tôt ou tard

Breakdown on 20th Ave. South

Buddy & Julie Miller: Breakdown On 20th Ave. South
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: New West

Foam

Divino Niño: Foam
Genre: Indie/Alternative
Label: Winspear

Fruit Bats: Gold Past Life
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Merge

Georgia Anne Muldrow: VWETO II
Genre: Hip-Hop/Soul
Label: Mello Music Group

Keepsake

Hatchie: Keepsake
Genre: Pop/Dream Pop
Label: Double Double Whammy

Work

Holy Ghost!: Work
Genre: Electronic/Indie-Pop
Label: West End

RISE

Hollywood Vampires: Rise
Genre: Rock/Heavy Metal
Label: Earmusic

A Bath Full of Ecstasy

Hot Chip: A Bath Full Of Ecstasy
Genre: Electronic/Indie Pop
Label:…

Sputnikmusic News 06.14.2019

By Sowing Wednesday June 12, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 14, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 14, 2019 –

Sticker on My Suitcase

Alle Farben: Sticker on My Suitcase
Genre: Pop
Label: b1

III

Bad Books: III
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk
Label: Loma Vista

Baroness: Gold & Grey
Genre: Sludge/Progressive Metal
Label: Abraxan Hymns

Doom Days [Explicit]

Bastille: Doom Days
Genre: Pop/Rock
Label: Virgin Records Ltd

Don't Give Your Life

Ben Vince: Don’t Give Your Life
Genre: Jazz/Experimental
Label: 33 33

Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest

Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Genre: Folk/Americana
Label: Drag City

Western Stars

Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars
Genre: Rock/Americana/Folk
Label: Columbia

Butcher The Bar: III
Genre: Indie/Alt-Rock
Label: Bobo Integral

Sunset

Christopher Willits: Sunset
Genre: Electronic
Label: Ghostly International

Jinx

Crumb: Jinx
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock/Jazz Fusion
Label: Crumb

Mother Nature

The Dangerous Summer: Mother Nature
Genre: Alternative Rock/Pop-Punk
Label: Hopeless

Didn't I Say So (Ep)

DONSKOY: Didn’t I Say So
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: record Jet

Between Us [Explicit]

Hayden James: Between Us
Genre: Electronic
Label: Future Classic

Years To Burn

Iron &…

Sputnikmusic News 06.07.2019

By Sowing Monday June 3, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 31, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 7, 2019 –

Scream Through the Walls

As Cities Burn: Scream Through the Walls
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Indie-Rock/Progressive Rock
Label: Equal Vision

A Different Kind Of Human (Step II)

Aurora: A Different Kind Of Human (Step II)
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic
Label: Glassnote

Carlie Hanson: Junk
Genre: Pop
Label: Warner Bros

Final Transmission

Cave In: Final Transmission
Genre: Metalcore/Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock
Label: Hydra Head

Chon

Chon: Chon
Genre: Progressive/Math Rock
Label: Sumerian

One Fire [Explicit]

Combichrist: One Fire
Genre: Industrial/Nu-Metal/Electronic
Label: Out of Line

I.C.

CVN: i.c
Genre: Experimental/Electronic
Label: Orange Milk

Dinosaur Pile-Up: Celebrity Mansions
Genre: Grunge/Alt-Rock
Label: Parlophone UK

Club Nites

Dumb: Club Nites
Genre: Punk/Indie-Rock
Label: Mint

Renegade

Dylan LeBlanc: Renegade
Genre: Country/Indie-Rock
Label: ATO

Grass and Trees

Earthen Sea: Grass And Trees
Genre: Ambient/Techno
Label: kranky

Abominate [Explicit]

Firespawn: Abominate
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Century Media

Duress

Froth: Duress
Genre: Psychedelic/Garage
Label: Wichita

They Get There (COLOR VINYL)

Haybaby: They Get There
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label:…

Sputnikmusic News 05.31.2019

By Sowing Tuesday May 28, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 31, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 31, 2019 –

Heartbreak City

Apex Manor: Heartbreak City
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Merge

Bad Timing EP

Arlo Day: Bad Timing
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Domino

Christelle Bofale: Swim Team
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Father/Daughter

État

Daniel Wohl: État
Genre: Experimental/Electronic
Label: New Amsterdam/Nonesuch

Old Star

Darkthrone: Old Star
Genre: Black Metal/Punk/Death Metal
Label: Peaceville

Humanicide [Explicit]

Death Angel: Humanicide
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

ZUU [Explicit]

Denzel Curry: ZUU
Genre: Hip-Hop/Psychedelic
Label: Loma Vista

Doug Tuttle: Dream Road
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic/Rock
Label: Burger

Piano Works

Eluvium: Pianoworks
Genre: Ambient/Electronic/Post-Rock
Label: Temporary Residence

Barriers [Explicit]

Frank Iero And The Future Violents: Barriers
Genre: Alternative/Indie/Emo Rock
Label: UNFD

Feeling's Not A Tempo

Gemma: Feeling’s Not A Tempo
Genre: Pop/Rock
Label: Double Double Whammy

REMEMBER THE FUTURE

ionnalee: REMEMBER THE FUTURE
Genre: Pop/Electronic
Label: To whom it may concern.

FOLK

Jesse Markin: Folk
Genre: Indie/Lo-Fi/Rock
Label: Vild

Mauga

King Hobo: Mauga
Genre: Blues/Stoner/Hard Rock

Sputnikmusic News 05.24.2019

By Sowing Wednesday May 22, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 24, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 24, 2019 –

Future Dust

The Amazons: Future Dust
Genre: Alternative/Indie-Rock
Label: Fiction

Destroyer

Black Mountain: Destroyer
Genre: Psychedelic/Hard Rock
Label: Jagjaguwar

Cate Le Bon: Reward
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic
Label: Mexican Summer

The Furnaces Of Palingenesia

Deathspell Omega: The Furnaces of Palingenesia
Genre: Black Metal/Progressive/Experimental
Label: Noevidia

The Chosen One [Explicit]

Destrage: The Chosen One
Genre: Progressive Metal/Math Rock
Label: Metal Blade

Full Upon Her Burning Lips

Earth: Full Upon Her Burning Lips
Genre: Drone/Doom Metal/Post-Rock
Label: Sargent House

Underwater Jams

Edward: Underwater Jams
Genre: House
Label: DFA

Faye Webster: Atlanta Millionaires Club
Genre: Pop/Country
Label: Secretly Canadian

Veleno

Fleshgod Apocalypse: Veleno
Genre: Death Metal/Classical
Label: Nuclear Blast

Sundries

Flower Crown: Sundries
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Label: Crafted Sounds

Flamagra (LIMITED EDITION)

Flying Lotus: Flamagra
Genre: ELectronic/Hip-Hop/IDM
Label: Warp

Am I

The Glow: Am I
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Double Double Whammy

Sticky

Halfsour: Sticky
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Fire Talk

Diviner

Hayden Thorpe: Diviner
Genre: Indie Rock
…

Sputnikmusic News 05.17.2019

By Sowing Monday May 13, 2019

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 17, 2019. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.