Sputnikmusic News: Wk 5.26.09

2009-05-24 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 63 Comments
Hello everybody, and welcome to the Sputnikmusic newsletter.

Any questions? No? Alright then! Let's get down to business.

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Sputnikmusic's Tyler Munro sat down earlier this week with multi-talented musician Devin Townsend to discuss the past, the present and his new solo release Ki. Check it out here:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/feature.php?id=5741

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As you may have noticed, we've spent much of the past 2-3 weeks expanding our social network: we now have a regularly updated Facebook page, as well as the more abrupt Twitter account. You can sign up to follow both via the links below:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sputnikmusic/98852079415

http://twitter.com/sputnikmusic

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Don't like Twitter or Facebook? Fixing bugs might be more up your street. We've also spent the past few days improving the usability factor of the site. Users who were encountering problems submitting news and reviews for artists/album containing ampersands and apostrophes should now be able to do so hassle-free. List-submitters will now be able to enter descriptions for all types of list, not just album lists.

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Additionally, we've responded to your interest and created a system for inline ratings editing: essentially, instead of canceling your rating and creating a new one, you can now edit your rating and sound-off on any album from the comfort of the album page by clicking the "(change)" link.

As there are bound to be teething problems, please submit any bugs to the following forum thread:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=574367

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We currently have three (count 'em, three!) competitions on the go, offering you chances to win tickets to P!nk's upcoming tour, PJ Harvey & John Parish's first (and hotly anticipated) US dates and copies of legendary punk band Flipper's discography. Click the links below for more information.

P!nk: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=9283
PJ Harvey & John Parish: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=9394
Flipper: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=9397

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Finally, here is a list of all the major release for the week of May 26. Please let us know if you'd like to see any of these albums covered by staff.

Ava Inferi - Blood Of Bacchus (Season Of Mist)
Azarath - Praise The Beast (Agonia)
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us (Graveface)
Bury Your Dead - It's Nothing Personal (Victory)
Cage - Science Of Annihilation (Music Buy Mail)
Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol 2 (APOS Music)
Electrik Red - How To Be A Lady: Volume 1 (Def Jam/Radio Killa)
Glittertind - Landkjenning (Napalm)
Gnostic - Engineering The Rule (Season Of Mist)
Graves Of Valor - Salarian Gate (Relapse)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp)
Loudness - Return To Forever (Tokuma Japan Communications)
Marilyn Manson - The High End Of Low (Interscope)
Minsk - With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone (Relapse)
Mandy Moore - Amanda Leigh (Storefront)
Mystic Prophecy - Fireangel (Prophecy)
Namemah - A New Constellation (Lifeforce)
Neaera - Omnicide - Creation (Metal Blade)
Pathosray - Sunless Skies (Frontiers)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (V2)
Primal Fear - 16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) [Europe] (Frontiers)
Pour Habit - Suiticide (Fat Wreck)
Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium (Frontiers)
Simple Minds - Graffiti Soul (Universal)
Stormhammer - Signs Of Revolution (Silverwolf Style)
Stratovarius - Polaris (Eagle Rock)
Devin Townsend - Ki (HevyDevy)
Varsity Fanclub - Varsity Fanclub (Capitol)
Wisin & Yandel - La RevoluciĆ³n (Universal/Machete)

Tagged: Sputnikmusic

Comments:Add a Comment 
Skyler
May 25th 2009
1084 Comments


I'd like to see someone review Ki.

Waior
May 25th 2009
11778 Comments


I'd like to see someone review Ki.


I think that Munro is doing that one.

Kiran
Emeritus
May 25th 2009
6133 Comments


I'd like to see Phoenix, Grizzly Bear and the new Passion Pit reviewed if anyone could get around to it


tinathefatlard
May 25th 2009
2051 Comments


Mandy Moore is still around?


Flyboy
May 25th 2009
395 Comments


Can someone from staff please review the new Marilyn Manson album? Thanks.

Willie
Moderator
May 25th 2009
20212 Comments


There's also a Myspace page for Sputnik that I've kind of slacked on (but I at least updated it to reflect the new look of the
site).

http://www.myspace.com/sputnik_music

Tyler
Emeritus
May 25th 2009
7927 Comments


Chan should do the new Manson.

elephantREVOLUTION
May 25th 2009
3053 Comments


i would like to see someone to do black moth super rainbow and grizzly bear

DruggieDougie
May 25th 2009
185 Comments


The Marilyn Manson needs to be reviewed.
Also, this band called, "Cage the Elephant" came out with their debut album recently. It's really good, and needs more votes. I want people to hear that album.

devsol
May 25th 2009
356 Comments


i request a staff review of the new Minsk

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


Devin Townsend and Gnostic would be cool. Willie will probably do Gnostic, i bet

scyther
May 25th 2009
1606 Comments


Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol 2 (APOS Music)

^^^ Somebody should review that.

Bfhurricane
May 25th 2009
6283 Comments


Someone can just tell me if the new Stratovarius is good or bad, I don't need a review.

Metalstyles
May 25th 2009
8576 Comments


Stratovarius was already covered by Fireaboveicebelow if you are interested, he did a great job reviewing that.

Spare
May 25th 2009
5567 Comments


new black moth super rainbow? excellent

Photon
May 25th 2009
1308 Comments


Minsk - With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone .....please!!

Wizard
May 25th 2009
20510 Comments


Fixing bugs might be more up more your street.

Hahahaha I think you might have a bug to fix there.

i request a staff review of the new Minsk

I think I might do that one if the staff doesn't get around to it. Underrated band.

BallsToTheWall
May 25th 2009
51219 Comments


Ava Inferi hmmm....

KYZAR
May 25th 2009
513 Comments


Plz review the new minsk

IsItLuck?
Emeritus
May 25th 2009
4957 Comments


I'm reviewing Grizzly Bear fyi

FistfulOfSteel
May 25th 2009
898 Comments


ya new minsk

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


When is the Used's new album?

Willie
Moderator
May 25th 2009
20212 Comments


Supposed to be July, but I haven't seen a specific date yet.

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


Lazy bastards keeping us in the dark...

NOTINTHEFACE
May 25th 2009
2142 Comments


Mega thanks for fixing the inline ratings system. As someone who tweaks their ratings regularly, I really appreciate it.

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


sweet avatar zipper. needs to be more violently slashed, however.

Poet
May 25th 2009
6144 Comments


New additions to the site are great, but there is still one little bug that annoys the hell out of me: the stupid album rating for the news articles.

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


that bug is insane, it's this phantom user who reviewed 16 albums then his account mysteriously disappeared, and you are sent to a strange phantom review which has over 30 million views, and Dark Tranquillity in related reviews. when you rate it, your rating wierdly appears on news articles and i don't understand why.

Poet
May 25th 2009
6144 Comments


lol I know what it is since I was here long before the weird rating started showing up on people's names. It's just my biggest pet peeve about the site.

On a side note, I just found out that one of my bestest friends became a fan of sputnik on Facebook. She's awesome for doing that.

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


PLEASE DONT DELETE IT

promise you wont if i link you to it?

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


+ more violent slashing.

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


ok ok, wise guy

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=&page=1

you aint seen the last of me

and zipper, muuuuch better

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


Excellent...

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


this is also interesting:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=25666
a staff review, on a seemingly non - existent album

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


it burns.

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


hmm.
moar:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=11934
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=4145
i think i've found a wormhole =O

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


I was about to say, there is nothing wrong with this... wait wtf.

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


ITS THE MILLENNIUM BUG

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


The fate of sputnik is in your hands...

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


really? cool. i vote we become a drug smuggling ring then

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


I'm not into drugs.

CrazyFool84
May 25th 2009
1083 Comments


Tyler, you have incured the wraith of my jealously

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


nor am i, but i'm into money

hey Dave, what exactly is that review, and what ever happened to it's creator?

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/user_reviews.php?memberid=

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


Leave Dave alone, he is angry.

Fugue
May 25th 2009
7371 Comments



Leave Dave alone, he is angry.


really, he never seemed the angry sort to me

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


right us spamming this thread probably isnt going to help either.

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


Yeah, but I think it would be fun to see how far we can tempt fate. Then again, this is my third account.

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


haha oh yeah i remember zippermouth2

imperialblackness
May 25th 2009
8 Comments


I'd like to see the new Minsk reviewed

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


Good times...

willfellmarsy
May 25th 2009
3847 Comments


Nahemah****sputnik spellcheck
is kage still around? If not i'd giv coke a tap on da butt for a ki review...sputnikmusic.com still needs a my discussions tab asap...

lauriej
May 25th 2009
1713 Comments


are you drunk?

Zip
May 25th 2009
5312 Comments


Child alcohol abuse... what a shame.

OllieS
May 25th 2009
2280 Comments


Great job on the newsletter guys!

Waior
May 25th 2009
11778 Comments


You'd be surprised.

Aaron
May 26th 2009
685 Comments


I'd love someone to review the new catfight on a hotdog


Not enough love for Catfight


Catfight On A Hotdog is just bullshit noise.


These guys know their stuff.

Waior
May 26th 2009
11778 Comments


This thread isn't about you

BSX
May 26th 2009
1650 Comments


Oooo Mandy Moore!


Avirov
May 26th 2009
1206 Comments


Someone please review Black Moth Super Rainbow. I'd really like these guys to get some sputnik support.

lauriej
May 26th 2009
1713 Comments


someone needs to review Exivious' debut.

burnafterbreeding
May 26th 2009
1529 Comments


as an epileptic I'm highly offended by your avatar laurie. I'll speak my mind more when I get up off of the floor from my series grand maul seizures.

WARisalliknow91
May 27th 2009
493 Comments


I don't know about you all but I am ready to punch somebody because there will be a new album from BURY YOUR FUCKING DEAD

Zeromus Dark
May 27th 2009
45 Comments


Is anyone going to do Gorod when it drops?



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