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
Fats Waller – “What’s the Matter With You”
The Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still
Louis Armstrong – “Stardust”
Blind Faith – Blind Faith
Slim Gaillard – Slim Gaillard Rides Again
DAVE HERRERA
Ibis Giant – Fatez Relik
Bianca Mikahn – Nightdreams & Daymares
Inner Oceans – Inner Oceans
R.Kelly – Black Panties
Schoolboy Q – “Man of the Year”
TOM MURPHY
Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
FC Kahuna – “Hayling”
Arcade Fire – “It’s Never Over (Oh Orpheus)”
Chelsea Wolfe – Pain Is Beauty
Wolf Eyes – Human Animal
ADAM ROY
Dosh – Naoise EP
A Silver Mt. Zion – He Has Left Us Alone, But Shafts of Light…
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Start a People
The Octopus Project – Hello, Avalanche
Black Sleep of Kali – Our Slow Decay
LESLIE SIMON
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – “Cinnamon and Lesbians”
Natural Child – “Saturday Night Blues”
The War on Drugs – “Red Eyes”
Magik Markers – “Mirrorless”
Dead Waves – “Instead”
JON SOLOMON
Jim Hall & Friends – The Complete Town Hall Concert
Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius
Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming
Lenny Breau – Cabin Fever
Aaron Parks – Arborescence
AMBER TAUFEN
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Jets to Brazil – Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Aphrodite – Aphrodite
Tosca – No Hassle
Mos Def – Black on Both Sides
SHAWN WHITE
Buika – La Nave del Olvido
will.i.am – “Feeling Myself”
Vampire Weekend – “Horchata”
Nancy Wilson – “That’s What I Want for Christmas”
Jimmy Fallon & The Roots feat. Mariah Carey – “All I Want for Christmas”
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