Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 26, 2014. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Basement Jaxx – Junto (PIAS Amercia)
Battle Trance – Palace Of Wind (Naxos Of America, Inc.)
Brad Paisley – Moonshine In The Trunk (Sony Nashville/Arista)
The Bug – Angels & Devils (Ninja Tune) – Will Robinson
Cassie Ramone – The Time Has Come (Loglady Records)
Claude Speed – My Skeleton (LuckyMe)
Cold Specks – Neuroplasticity (Mute)
Cymbals Eat Guitars – LOSE (Barsuk)
Dry The River – Alarms In The Heart (PIAS America)
Elephant Stone – The Three Poisons (Caroline/Universal)
Frnkiero And The Cellabration – Stomachaches (Ingrooves)
Gemma Ray – Milk For Your Motors (Bronzerat Records)
In The Valley Below – The Belt (Capitol Records)
Merchandise – After The End (4AD)
Mono/Poly – Golden Skies (Brainfeeder)
Music Blues – Things Haven’t Gone Well (Thrill Jockey)
New Medicine – Breaking The Model (Imagen Records)
The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers (Matador Records)
Opeth – Pale Communion (Roadrunner Records)
O-Town – Lines & Circles (All About The Melody)
The Rentals – Lost In Alphaville (Polyvinyl Records)
Robyn Hitchcock – The Man Upstairs (Yep Roc Records)
Rustie – Green Language (Warp Records) – Will Robinson
Tinnarose – Tinnarose (Nine Mile Records)
Ty Segall – Manipulator (Drag City)
The Young – Chrome Cactus (Matador Records)

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Album Streams:

Basement Jaxx – Junto

The Bug – Angels & Devils

Cassie Ramone – The Time Has Come

Elephant Stone – The Three Poisons

In The Valley Below – The Belt

Merchandise – After The End

Mono/Poly – Golden Skies

The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers

Opeth – Pale Communion

The Rentals – Lost In Alphaville

Robyn Hitchcock – The Man Upstairs

Rustie – Green Language

Ty Segall – Manipulator

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SputnikMusic’s Most Played Artists of the Week (according to Last.FM):

Staff :

1. Spoon
2. White Lung
3. Mastodon
4. Caribou
5. Eminem
6. Kanye West
7. The Hotelier
8. Adramelech
9. Porcupine Tree
10. Insomnium

Contributors:

1. Brand New
2. The National
3. Defeater
4. Trophy Scars
5. The Menzingers
6. Opeth
7. Modest Mouse
8. mewithoutYou
9. Thou
10. La Dispute

Community:

1. The National
2. Converge
3. Radiohead
4. Spoon
5. Brand New
6. Mastodon
7. Kanye West
8. Opeth
9. Every Time I Die
10. Modest Mouse