Sputnikmusic News Wk 03.10.2017

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 10, 2017.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.  As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.

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–Featured Release: The Shins: “Heartworms”–

Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Columbia Records

Background:

The Shins have long been a cornerstone of their genre, going all the way back to their 2001 smash hit “New Slang” from Oh, Inverted World.  You could fashion a convincing argument that the band peaked too early, as we’ve yet to really see them top that album which helped launch new millennium indie-pop.  Chutes Too Narrow and Wincing The Night Away both proved to be worthy entries in their own right, but more recently, Port of Morrow saw the group at its most commercial and least appealing from an artistic standpoint.  Everything about Heartworms screams for a return to form, from the classic indie-as-hell artwork to the singles released in advance of the record.  The question of whether or not it is a ploy or a triumph remains to be answered however – an opinion that you can begin to form by streaming “Dead Alive” below.

Stream “Dead Alive” in advance of Heartworms‘ release:

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Amelia Curran: Watershed
Genre: Singer-Songwriter/Alternative Folk // Label: Six Shooter Records

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Black Map: In Droves
Genre: Alt-Rock/Post-Hardcore // Label: Entertainment One

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Bush: Black And White Rainbows
Genre: Grunge/Alt-Rock // Label: Caroline

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Cameron Avery: Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Anti

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Can’t Swim: Fail You Again
Genre: Rock // Label: Pure Noise Records

Stream Fail You Again here.

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Cellador: Off The Grid
Genre: Power Metal // Label: Scarlet Records

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Circa Waves: Different Creatures
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock // Label: Virgin EMI

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Damaged Bug: Bunker Funk
Genre: Alternative Rock/Electronic // Label: Castle Funk

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Darkest Hour: Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora
Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: Southern Lord Recordings

Stream Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora here.

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Fen: Winter
Genre: Black Metal/Post-Rock // Label: Code666

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Flagship: The Electric Man
Genre: Indie-Rock/Alternative // Label: Bright Antenna Records

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Greg Graffin: Millport
Genre: Folk/Alt-Country // Label: Anti

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Havok: Conformicide
Genre: Thrash Metal // Label: Century Media

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Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Navigator
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: ATO Records

Stream The Navigator here.

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Hydrogyn: Redemption
Genre: Rock // Label: HighVol

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Jacques Greene: Feel Infinite
Genre: Electronic // Label: LuckyMe

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Jay Som: Everybody Works
Genre: Dream Pop // Label: Polyvinyl Record Co.

Stream Everybody Works here.

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Jim O’Rourke and Kassel Jaeger: Wakes On Cerulean
Genre: Electronic/Post-Rock // Label: Editions Mego

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Knox Hamilton: The Heights
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic // Label: Prospect Park Records

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Laura Marling: Semper Femina
Genre: Indie-Folk // Label: More Alarming

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Lunar Shadow: Far From Light
Genre: Heavy Metal // Label: Cruz Del Sur

Stream Far From Light here.

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Nathan Fake: Providence
Genre: Electronic // Label: Ninja Tune

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The Picturebooks: Home Is A Heartache
Genre: Rock/Blues // Label: Another Century

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Planning for Burial: Below the House
Genre: Shoegaze/Post-Rock // Label: The Flenser

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The Shins: Heartworms
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Columbia Records

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Shobaleader One/Squarepusher: Elektrac
Genre: Electronic // Warp Records

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sir Was: Digging A Tunnel
Genre: Electronic // Label: City Slang

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Sunny Sweeney: Trophy
Genre: Country // Label: Thirty Tigers

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Sweat Lodge: Tokens For Hell EP
Genre: Hard Rock/Psychedelic // Label: Brutal Panda

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Tennis: Yours Conditionally
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock // Label: Mutually Detrimental

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Unwill: Past Life
Genre: Rock // Label: eOne/Lifeblood

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Valerie June: The Order of Time
Genre: Folk/Blues/Soul // Label: Concord

Stream The Order of Time here.

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