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
Pete Seeger – “Titanic”
Pete Seeger – If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle
The Weavers – The Weavers at Carnegie Hall
Trampled By Turtles – Palomino
Holly Herndon – “Chorus”
DAVE HERRERA
2MX2 – GMO (Genetically Modified Oppression)
Native Daughters – Native Daughters (3 Song EP)
Megan Burtt & Friends Vol. 1 – In Good Company – The Colorado Sessions
Inner Oceans – Inner Oceans
déCollage – déCollaboratory
BRAD LOPEZ
Slayer – “Dead Skin Mask”
Ghost B.C. – “Elizabeth”
Moonspell – “Axis Mundi”
Erimha – “Condemned to Desolation”
No Use For A Name – “Pacific Standard Time”
TOM MURPHY
Swans – “In My Garden”
Space Team Electra – The Intergalactic Torch Song
Broadcast – Tender Buttons
Helen Money – Arriving Angels
Body/Head – Coming Apart
ADAM ROY
Murs – Murs for President
Best Coast – Fade Away
Mogwai – Rave Tapes
Akira Kosemura – How My Heart Sings
STS9 – 2013.09.06 :: Red Rocks Amphitheatre :: Morrison, CO
JON SOLOMON
Overwhelming Colorfast – Overwhelming Colorfast
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Give the People What They Want
Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life
Organic Grooves – Black Cherry
William Parker & Hamid Drake – Piercing the Veil
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