Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of November 9, 2009

As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all...

By Dave Herrera

November 11, 2009

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As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

MARK BLIESENER
Kristina Train - "Spilt Milk"
The Beatles - "Mono Masters"
John Common - "Why Birds Fly"
BJ Cole - "Lush Life"
Ian Dury - "Reasons to be Cheerful"

CHRIS CALLAWAY
Paul McCartney - solo / Wings songs
The Kinks - various songs
Sunny Day Real Estate - The Rising Tide
The Who - Who's Next
Wellwater Conspiracy - Wellwater Conspiracy

CORY CASCIATO
pH10 - Well Connected
Fabio Frizzi - City of the Living Dead score
Ukulele Loki's Gadabout Orchestra - Self Titled
Vitamin D - Hard Times
Brian Eno - Before and After Science

BRIAN FREDERICK
Pennywise - Unknown Road
Limp - Pop and Disorderly
K7 - Swing Batta Swing!
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
I Hate Kate - Embrace The Cure

ADAM GOLDSTEIN
They Might Be Giants - The Else
They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science
Ween - Live at Red Rocks - Sept. 6 (iClips footage)
Raymond Scott - Soothing Sounds for Baby
The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come

DAVE HERRERA
Flashbulb Fires - songs from Glory (forthcoming album)
Fresh Breath Committee - CPR
Kill Paradise - The Second Effect
Pretty Lights - Passing By Behind Your Eyes
Lizzie Huffman and Her Brother Band - Lizzie Huffman and Her Brother Band

NICK HUTCHINSON
Oh My God - The Night Undoes the Work of the Day
Warren Zevon - Live at The Tower Theater (Philadelphia, Pa) 4.22.80
Peter Rowan and Tony Rice - Quartet
The Allman Brothers Band - Where it all Begins
Kiss - Sonic Boom

KIERNAN MALETSKY
Brothers O'Hair - Shifters, Cowards & Drifters
Deer Tick - Elephant War
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Houses - Summer EP
Candy Claws - In the Dream of the Sea Life

TOM MURPHY
Sleepy Sun - Embrace
Lover! - No Dreams Please EP
Evangelicals - The Evening Descent
White Rabbits - It's Frightening
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague

JEF OTTE
The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (Remastered)
Converge - Jane Doe

ADAM PERRY
Fool's Gold - Fool's Gold
Motorhead - "Whiplash"
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Ego Vs. Id - Vol. II
The Black Angels - Passover

DUTCH SEYFARTH
Micky & the Motorcars - Careless
Boombox - Stereo
Roe - Letters & Lights
Octopus Nebula - Garden in the Shade
Auto Tune the News - #9 Smell the Hope. Nobel. Health Care. United Nations.

KYLE SMITH
Boris - Pink
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Erase Errata - Other Animals
Fennesz - Endless Summer
Talking Heads - Remain In Light

JON SOLOMON
Love - Forever Changes
Tom Waits - Swordfish Trombones
Aakash Mittal - Videsh
Flaming Lips - Eymbryonic
Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings

ANDY THOMAS
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
Boy Sets Fire - Tomorrow Come Today
Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
NBA Today - Podcast

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