Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?

As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off...

By Westword Staff

December 5, 2012

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As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it's not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: "What are you listening to right now?" Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn't you know it, off we go, on and on about this new song we can't stop listening to, or this new album flipping our wig, or an old favorite we rediscovered. 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've been listening to this week. Keep reading to see which albums and songs were in heavy rotation, and then, of course, feel free to weigh in with your picks.

CORY CASCIATO Danny Howells - Global Underground Miami Morriconez - Cloud of Dust, Cry of Death Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out Joy Division - Closer Enon - High Society

A.H. GOLDSTEIN The Sword - Warp Riders Frank Zappa - The Dub Room Special Todd Snider - East Nashville Skyline Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf

DAVE HERRERA Pries - The Lonely Kid Show Ghetto Brothers - Power Fuerza (deluxe re-issue) Mary Lambert - "I Know Girls (Body Love)" Forgotten Tomb - And Don't Deliver Us from Evil Myke Charles & Spoke In Wordz - "Miss Fly"

JOSIAH M HESSE The Muppets - "The Rainbow Connection" The White Stripes - "Walking With A Ghost" Yoko Ono - "Will You Touch Me" The Good the Bad and the Queen - "Green Fields" The Smiths - "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me"

NOAH HUBBELL Game - "Rollin'" Epoch Win - GRIM A-1 - Afterschool Special Homeboy Sandman - "Gggrrraa!!" No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

BRAD LOPEZ NOFX - The Decline Rotting Out - "Laugh Now, Die Later" No Bragging Rights - "Not My Salvation" Moonspell - "Grandstand" Goatwhore - "When Steel and Bone Meet"

TOM MURPHY Panabrite - Soft Terminal Crystal Castles - III Napalm Death - Utilitarian Ice Cube - Death Certificate Beach House - Bloom

JON SOLOMON Tom Harrell - Number Five John Zorn - The Gnostic Preludes Erkin Koray - The Best of Erkin Koray The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash Patti Smith - Banga

AMBER TAUFEN Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions Eminem - Encore Zero 7 - The Garden Tosca - Delhi 9 Lyrics Born - As U Were

ANTONIO VALENZUELA Cheff Premier & TC Crook - "Candy" Young Doe & J. Stalin featuring Mr. Midas - "Clean Ass Car" Big Boi featuring Kid Cudi - "She Hates Me" Daz Dillinger - Dillinger & Makaveli Tribute Fabolous - The Soul Tape 2

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