Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of March 8, 2010

As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of...

By Dave Herrera

March 31, 2010

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As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Of our ninety total picks, only one album appeared more than once:Teen Dream by Beach House. We were all over the place this past week. See our top spins and feel free to weigh in with picks of your own after the jump.

MARK BLIESENER Johnnie Coolrock - "Rock n' Roll Dancing" The Big Motif - The Big Motif Johnnie Coolrock - "King of Siam" Muddy Waters - "Sad Letter Blues' Johnnie Coolrock - "Teenage Love"

CHRIS CALLAWAY Rogue Wave - Permalight The Kinks - Face to Face Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs Editors - The Back Room The Smiths - various songs

CORY CASCIATO Ten and Tracer - Cold Finishes the Monk Spoon - Transference Spoon - Kill the Moonlight Wentworth Kersey - "Sun and Moon" Stadenco - BM Mix 2009

BRIAN FREDERICK OK Go - Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky PolyJane - PolyJane The Bug - London Zoo Civet - Hell Hath No Fury Flipsyde - We The People

A.H. GOLDSTEIN Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo Cannonball Adderly and Ernie Andrews - Live Session! BoomBox - Visions of Backbeat Ween - "Kim Smoltz" Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

JASON HELLER Dead Meadow - Three Kings Public Image Ltd. - Happy? Rifoki - Rifoki EP Shellac - At Action Park Steve Brodsky - Here's To Your Future

DAVE HERRERA Flawless - "Pops" Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights - Pardon Me Jonsi - Go Grieves - Confessions of Mr. Modest Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt 2., Return of the Ankh

NICK HUTCHINSON Otis Taylor - Clovis People Vol. 3 Dewey Paul Band - Ancient Heart Wilson Pickett - Funky Midnight Mover: The Atlantic Studio Recordings 1962-1978 SvenSson - Perdition Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More

THORIN KLOSOWSKI Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn Flaming Lips - Embryonic Silver Apples - Contact

KIERNAN MALETSKY Steely Dan - Aja Houses - Fall EP Titus Andronicus - The Monitor The Sunset Curse - Artificial Heart Drake ft. The-Dream - "Shut It Down"

TOM MURPHY The Olivia Tremor Control - Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night Yo La Tengo - Painful The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge Voivod - The Best of Voivod

ADAM PERRY Leonard Cohen - "Waiting for the Miracle" Cotton Jones - Paranoid Cocoon Beach House - Teen Dream Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music The Smothers Brothers - "My Old Man"

CHARLES RUSSELL Danzel Park - Filter Freak (Dcup Remix) Butthole Surfers - Jingle of a Dog's Collar Disposable Heroes of Hipocrasy - Everyday Has Become A Health Risk Box Tops - The Letter Babylon System - Everyday Hustle

DUTCH SEYFARTH Trivium - Becoming The Dragon Greenland is Melting - Our Hearts are Gold, Our Grass is Blue Evers McGee - Love MUSE - Live @ SXSW 2010 John Prine - Fair & Square EP

KYLE SMITH Liars - Sisterworld Beach House - Teen Dream Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself Various Artists - The Minimal Wave Tapes, Volume One Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

JON SOLOMON Brad Mehldau - Highway Rider Art Tatum - The Best Of Art Tatum: The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - Into The Wind Brian Eno - Apollo (Atmospheres and Soundtracks) Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

AMBER TAUFEN LTJ Bukem (featuring MC Conrad) -- Progression Sessions 8 The Flaming Lips -- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots RJD2 -- Deadringer Dieselboy -- projectHUMAN Mr. Oizo -- Lamb's Anger

ANDY THOMAS The Riot Before - Rebellion Frank Turner - First Three Years A Wilhelm Scream - EP Drive by Truckers - Blessing and a Curse Andrea Ball - Dial Tone

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