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The National, Bassnectar, Sleigh Bells, the Slits filled our playlists this past week

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?" 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...
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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?" 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. Click through to see which albums and songs dominated our playlists this week. The National appears on multiple lists, but otherwise our tastes were all over the map this week.

MARK BLIESENER

Jeff Finlin - The Tao of Motor Oil
The Kinks- "Waterloo Sunset"
The Smiths - "Everyday Seems Like Sunday"
Boulder Acoustic Society - "Song for 3am"
The Pogues - "Dark Streets of London"

CHRIS CALLAWAY

The Posies - Blood/Candy
The Choir - Burning Like the Midnight Sun
Brendan Benson - Lapalco
The Beatles - White Album
7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out

BRITT CHESTER

Get Busy Committee - My Little Razorblade
Mt Eden - Sierra Leone (remix)
Aloe Blacc - Loving You is Killing Me
Talking Heads - This Must be the Place
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy

NICOLE CORMIER

The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Camp Lo - Let's Do It Again
Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
Eminem - Recovery
Big L - The Big Picture

BEN DAYTON

Moderat - A New Error
Soap&Skin - Thanatos
The Knife - Got 2 Let U Go
Four Tet - Smile Around The Face
Mason Jennings - Where The Sun Had Been

BREE DAVIES

Trey Songz Featuring Nicki Minaj - "Bottom's Up"
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Sickboy - Tweencore 1-6
King Tubby - "Drop Dub"
Lil Wayne - "Bill Gates"

KYLE EUSTICE

Gorillaz - Demon Days
Zion I - Atomic Clock
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
Alaska In Winter - "Berlin"

MARISSA GAVEL

Erykah Badu - "Call Tyrone"
B.o.B. - "Satelite"
The Beatles - "Because"
Cee Lo - "Fuck You"
Bruno Mars - "Move On"

A.H. GOLDSTEIN

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Leonard Cohen - Songs
Claude Debussy - La Mer
The National - High Violet
Born in the Flood - "Hey"

JASON HELLER

The Slits - Peel Sessions
The Slits - The Return of the Giant Slits
The Slits - Cut
The Slits - Trapped Animal
The Slits - Live at the Gibus Club

DAVE HERRERA

Sleigh Bells - Treats
Meg & Dia - It's Always Stormy In Tillamook
Overcasters - The Whole Sea is Raging
Cults - Cults 7"
Blue & Exile - Below the Heavens

RU JOHNSON

Marvin Gaye - "Anger"
Prince Rakeem - "Oooh We Love you Rakeem"
Curren$y - "King Kong"
FOE and Whygee - "Upside Down"
Maino feat. T-Pain - "All of the Above"

THORIN KLOSOWSKI

Tobacco - Maniac Meat
Holy Fuck - Latin
Add N to (X) - Loud Like Nature
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
The Books - The Way Out

DOMINICK LEDEZMA

Sene - Eye M Sorry
Falside ft. PackFM & RADIx - Cold Season
The Left - Scared
Co$$ & Numonics - Free
The Outlines ft. The Rza - Visions

NICK LUCCHESI

Crazy Spirit - Crazy Spirit 7"
Urban Blight - Total War 7"
Nomos - Notes From The Acheron 12"
Acid Reflux - Moves EP
Long Pigs - Demo CS

KIERNAN MALETSKY

Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern
Lissie - Catching A Tiger
Tennis - Tennis 7"
Kanye West - "Christian Dior Denim Flow"
Young Coyotes - Basement EP

CHRIS MEEHAN

The Raconteurs - "Consoler of the Lonely"
Cee Lo Green - "Fuck You"
Black Keys - "My Mind is Rambling"
Armchair Martian - "Xenophobe"
Mission of Burma - "All World Cowboy Romance"

SEAN MERRELL

Pink Floyd - The Wall
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - No Pussyfooting

MATT MINER

Paul Simon - Graceland
The Beatles - Rubber Soul [2009 Mono Remaster]
The Beatles - Revolver [2009 Mono Remaster]
Jay Reatard - Jay Reatard: Singles 06-07
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08

TOM MURPHY

Best Coast - Crazy For You
Indian Jewelry - Totaled
PS I Love You - Meet Me at the Muster Station
Future Islands - In Evening Air
The Legendary Pink Dots - Seconds Late for the Brighton Line

ADAM PERRY

Mountain Man - Made the Harbor
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Alela Diane - To Be Still
Deer Tick - Black Dirt Sessions
Ego vs Id - "National Disaster"

DUTCH SEYFARTH

The National - Mistaken For Strangers
Mechanical Dan - Flood
Blackstar - Definition
The Frozen Movement - Smile More
Tickle Me Pink - Strange Life

KYLE SMITH

Christian Fennesz - Endless Summer
Yob - The Great Cessation
Brian Eno - Before and After Science
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club

JON SOLOMON

The National - Boxer
The National - High Violet
Miles Davis - The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
Jon Wirtz - Sea Level
John Coltrane - Crescent

AMBER TAUFEN

Thievery Corporation - It Takes a Thief
Lil Sum'n Sum'n - Released
TV On the Radio - The Interface (Acoustic)
Scott Thomas - Green Eggs and House
Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy

AARON THACKERAY

Mad Season - Above
Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
Sparta - Porcelain
Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Failure - Comfort

ANDY THOMAS

Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town
Young Cities - Young Cities
Dawes - North Hills
Trees - Demo

NOAH VAN SCIVER

Arthur Russell - Love is Overtaking Me
Bardo Pond - Lapsed
Monoland - Monoland
Film School - Film School
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear is on Our Side

SHAWN WHITE

Fonda Rae - Over LIke A Fat Rat
The Source feat Candi Staton - You've Got the Love
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Patrice Rushen - Remind Me
Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation

D. WILLIAMS

Jason Caesar - "Beyonce (Lucky)"
K-Os ft. Nelly Furtado and Saukrates - "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman"
The Pirate Signal w/ Andrea Ball - "Automatic"
ONCUE - Cuey Sings The Blues
B.o.B. - "Don't Let Me Fall"

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