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
Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart
Ray Price – Golden Hits
London Symphony Orchestr – Holst The Planets
Planxty – After the Break
The Chieftains – “Peggy Gordon”
NOAH HUBBELL
Ka – The Night’s Gambit
Pusha T – My Name Is My Name
The Cool Kids – The Bake Sale
Eddie B – Horsepower
Vince Staples – “Sleep” featuring Dash, Ab-Soul and Mac Miller
ISA JONES
Haim – “Forever”
Black Lips – “Boys In The Wood”
The National – “Don’t Swallow The Cap”
Coconut Records – “Nighttiming”
Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”
TOM MURPHY
Glaxo Babies – Nine Months to the Disco
The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World
Sonic Youth – “Mildred Pierce”
Whitehouse – “Rock and Roll”
The Residents – “Aircraft Damage”
ASHLEY ROGERS
Angelo Badalamenti – “Falling (Twin Peaks Theme)”
Julee Cruise – “The World Spins”
Julee Cruise – “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart”
Angelo Badalamenti – “Just You”
Angelo Badalamenti – “I’m Hurt Bad”
ADAM ROY
Night Drive – Position I
Talkdemonic – “Midcentury Motion”
Falcon Punch and Black Amex – “Backstroke”
The Album Leaf – In a Safe Place
Charles Bradley – “The World is Going Up in Flames”
LESLIE SIMON
Courtney Barnett – “Avant Gardener”
St. Vincent – “Birth in Reverse”
Guerilla Toss – “Pink Elephant”
Menace Beach – “Fortune Teller”
Cayetana – “Hot Dad Calendar”
JON SOLOMON
Jim Hall – Jazz Guitar
Cecile McLorin Salvant – Womanchild
Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quntet – Tough Tenors
The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
Chocolate Genius – Black Music
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