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
Beck – Mutations
Irving Aaronson and His Commanders – “Let’s Misbehave”
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Zach Heckendorf – The Cooldown
The Pogues – “Maggie May”
NOAH HUBBELL
¡Mayday! – “Shots Fired”
MIA – Matangi
Tree – “Jager Bomb”
Pictureplane – “Goth Star”
Shad – “I Heard You Had A Voice Like An Angel”
BRAD LOPEZ
This Or The Apocalypse – “Hayseed”
Haste The Day – “Invoke Reform”
Rise Against – “The First Drop”
Face To Face – “Handout”
As I Lay Dying – “My Only Home”
TOM MURPHY
Chelsea Wolfe – Beauty is Pain
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
Suicide – “Wild In Blue”
Old Dirty Bastard – “Brooklyn Zoo”
Soundgarden – “Heretic”
ADAM ROY
Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Start a People
Emancipator – Dusk to Dawn
Carlo Gesualdo – “Belta, poi che t’assenti”
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
LESLIE SIMON
Superfood – “Melting”
Pontiak – “Innocence”
Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones – “Long Time Gone”
Elf Power – “Darkest Wave”
The Wayside Shakeup – “Optimistic”
JON SOLOMON
Andras Schiff – Bach: Goldberg Variations
Blossom Dearie – Blossom Dearie
Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Live From KCRW
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