Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be listening to? C’mon, now. Sharing is caring. Don’t hold out on us.
See also: Heavy Rotation archive of what we’ve been listening to
A.H. GOLDSTEIN
Statler Brothers – “I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You”
Bob Dylan – “Arthur McBride”
Planxty – “Arthur McBride”
Gregory Alan Isakov – Songs for October
Blind Faith – “Do What You Like”
DAVE HERRERA
Calder’s Revolvers – “See to Believe”
Anchorage – “Truth”
Crypticus – The Barrens
The Circus House – Flesh
The Wild After – “Lesson Learned”
Prime Element – Welcome to the Future
JOSIAH HESSE
Lou Reed and John Cale – “Work”
Lou Reed – “Kicks”
Lou Reed – “I’m So Free”
The Velvet Underground – “I’m Beginning To See The Light”
The Velvet Underground – “Pale Blue Eyes”
NOAH HUBBELL
Flatbush Zombies – “222”
Lily Allen – “Everyone’s At It”
Neutral Milk Hotel – “King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1”
Rapsody – She Got Game
Danny Brown – “Red 2 Go”
BRAD LOPEZ
In The Company Of Serpents – “Of The Flock”
Cellador – “Unchained”
Seeker – “When Hope Fails”
Run With The Hunted – “Magna Cum Laude”
Revocation – “The Grip Tightens”
TOM MURPHY
Swans – “In My Garden”
Dean Wareham – “Love is Colder Than Death”
Black Hearted Brother – “This Is How It Feels”
Jesu – Everyday I Get Closer To the Light From Which I Came
Pop. 1280 – Imps of Perversion
ADAM ROY
The Range – Nonfiction
Yo-Yo Ma – “The Ecstasy of Gold”
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi feat. Norah Jones – “Season’s Trees”
Los Campesinos! – No Blues
Tinariwen – “Imidiwan ma tenam”
LESLIE SIMON
Lo Fine – “All We Need is Hell”
Ty Segall – “The Man Man”
Those Darlins – “Optimist”
Blank Realm – “Falling Down the Stairs”
The Griswolds – “Heart of a Lion”
JON SOLOMON
Lou Reed – Transformer
William Onyeabor – World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who is William Onyeabor?
Lou Reed – Magic and Loss
Johnette Napolitano – Scarred
Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets