Audio By Carbonatix
As music critics — and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music — the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to right now?”
The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious and to give you a feel for our individual sensibilities, 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
Jeff Finlin – Unreleased Demo
MC5 – “Tonight”
Nicole Atkins – Neptune City
Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love
Hound Dog Taylor – “Walking the Ceiling”
CORY CASCIATO
LSG – The Black Album
Mike Weitz – Old
Yeasayer – Odd Blood
Spoon – Transference
Time for Trees – Sometimes Always
BRIAN FREDERICK
Story Of The Year – The Constant
Semi Precious Weapons – Semi Precious Weapons EP
Regret Night – Living The Night LIfe
We The Kings – “Paparazzi”
Portugal. The Man – “The Dead Dog”
A.H. GOLDSTEIN
Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Snake Rattle Rattle Snake
Langhorne Slim – “I Love You, But Goodbye”
Ain’t That Love – Ray Charles
Gustave Holst, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – The Planets
JASON HELLER
Dillinger Escape Plan, Option Paralysis
Born Against, The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure
The Clash, Sandanista!
Eddie and the Hot Rods, Life on the Line
The Afghan Whigs, Black Love
DAVE HERRERA
American Trash Republic – Scumbags mixtape
DJ Bedz & Spoke In Wordz – Western Conference mixtape
Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
Liars – Sisterworld
Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave
KIERNAN MALETSKY
Sade – Soldier of Love
Sour Boy, Bitter Girl – Songs about the Landscape or Songs about the Wolf Army
Blackhearts – “Bloodlines of that Gangsta Shhhh”
Scout Niblett – The Calcination of Scout Niblett
ABBA – Gold
TOM MURPHY
Huun Huur Tu and Carmen Rizzo – Eternal
The Legendary Pink Dots – Plutonium Blonde
Clipd Beaks – To Realize
Bailter Space – Robot World
764-Hero – Weekends of Sound
CHARLES RUSSELL
Lewsor – Musical Pirate
Mindless Self Indulgence – Uncle
The Prodigy – Breathe (Numbernin6 rmx)
Die Antwoord – Zef Side
Wumpscut – Boneshaker Baybee
KYLE SMITH
Beach House – Teen Dream
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Sunn O))) – Dømkirke
Buried At Sea – Migration
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
JON SOLOMON
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
Todd Rundgren – Runt
The Clash – Sandinista
The Clash – London Calling
Bill Frisell – Live
ANDY THOMAS
Joe Pug – Messenger
Aziz Ansari – Intimate Moments for a Sensual Eveneing
Tim Barry – 28th and Stonewall
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – EP
Andy Shauf – Dark Days
AMBER TAUFEN
Radiohead – Amnesiac
The Flaming Lips – Clouds Taste Metallic
DJ Cam – The French Connection
LTJ Bukem – Journey Inwards
Greyboy – Mastered the Art
