Audio By Carbonatix
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’ve been listening to this week. Click through to see which albums and songs were in heavy rotation, and then, of course, feel free to weigh in with your playlist this week.
MARK BLIESENER
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Untitled
Gil Scott Heron and Jamie xx – “My Cloud”
John Legend and the Roots – “Compared to What”
Anakhi – “Lok Boliyan ”
3ology with Ron Miles – “AwDude”
CHRIS CALLAWAY
Sloan – The Double Cross
U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
The Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
Cold War Kids – Mine is Yours
Vampire Weekend – Contra
BRITT CHESTER
Beats Antique – Collide
Project Aspect – “Put This World on Hold”
Trampled by Turtles – “Wait So Long”
Bassnectar – Cozza Frenzy
Method Man and Redman – Blackout!
BREE DAVIES
Big Black – Atomizer
Hideous Men – “Sirens”
Babes in Toyland – “He’s My Thing”
Chris Brown featuring Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne – “Look at Me Now”
L7 – “Wargasm”
BEN DAYTON
Steve Reich – Proverb
Girls – Carolina
Burial – Spaceape
Blue Hawaii – Dream Electrixra
The Knife – Pass This On
KYLE EUSTICE
Wolf Parade – “Call It a Ritual”
Wu Tang Clan – “Protect Ya Neck”
Arcade Fire – “Haiti”
Windmill – “Flourescent Lights”
Zion I/The Grouch – “Drop It on the 1”
BRIAN FREDERICK
The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
Bad Rabbits – Stick Up Kids
DMX – It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot
The Royal Heist – The Scene
Serious Moonlight – Serious Moonlight
MARISSA GAVEL
Melanie Fiona – Aye Yo
R Kelly – Love Is
Christina Aguilera – You Lost Me
Selena – Como La Flor
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
A.H. GOLDSTEIN
Joanna Newsom – “’81”
Alasdair Roberts – Too Long in This Condition
Betty Davis – They Say I’m Different
David Bowie – A Reality Tour
A. Tom Collins – Oh No!
JASON HELLER
Mamiffer – Mare Decendrii
Monument – Goes Canoeing
King Crimson – Red
Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising
Locrian – The Crystal World
DAVE HERRERA
Greenland Is Melting – Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue
Y La Bamba – Lupon
A. Tom Collins – Oh No!
Bare Bones – Bare Bones
Serious Moonlight – Serious Moonlight
NICK HUTCHINSON
Ivan Julian – The Naked Flame
Tracey Nelson – Victim of the Blues
Amy Speace – Land Like a Bird
Diana Jones – High Atmosphere
The Band of Heathens – Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster’s Son
RU JOHNSON
DJ MU$A – My Robot Girlfriend
Kanye West, feat. Lil Wayne – Barry Bonds
Nas and Damian Marley – Land of Promise
Muthawit – Rawk
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
NICK LUCCHESI
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Much Worse – Absolute Nightmare 7-inch
J Mascis – Several Shades of Why
Innumerable Forms – Dark Worship 7-inch
UV Race – Homo 12-inch
CHRIS MEEHAN
No Means No – “The Land of the Living”
Queens of the Stone Age – “3’s & 7’s”
Fugazi – “Number Five” (apparently I have a thing about numbers this week)
Tom Waits – “The Piano has Been Drinking (Not Me)”
Lightnin’ Hopkins – “Baby Don’t You Tear My Clothes”
MATT MINER
Monolake – Silence
Atom™ – Music Is Better Than Pussy
Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go
Audio Injection – CLR Podcast 109
Time for Trees and steofan – the Cloak
TOM MURPHY
Holy Sons – Survivalist Songs
Holy Sons – Decline of the West
Yoga – Megafauna
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
ADAM PERRY
Cass McCombs – “County Line”
Bjork – “Unravel”
Little Screams – The Golden Record
Phish – “Lawn Boy”
Motorhead – “Rock ‘n’ Roll”
CRAWFORD PHILLEO
Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
Babe, Terror – Preparing A Voice to Meet the People Coming
Psychedelic Horseshit – Laced
Kyle Bobby Dunn – Ways Of Meaning
RACHEL ROMERO
Kanye West – Good Friday Bootleg
Eric Lau – Quadrivium
Gorillaz – Revolving Doors / Amarillo
Reks – Rhytmatic Eternal King Supreme
Boombox Saints – Boombox Saints
JON SOLOMON
Wanda Jackson – The Party Ain’t Over
Fretwork – The Fantazias & In Nomines
Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome
Sonny Rollins – The Blue Note Recordings
Shane Endsley & the Music Band – Then the Other
KYLE SMITH
Cold Cave – Cherish the Light Years
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
Eyehategod – In the Name of Suffering
Blut Aus Nord – The Mystical Beast of Rebellion
Neurosis – Through Silver in Blood
AMBER TAUFEN
The Roots – The Tipping Point
Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Dieselboy – The 6itxh Session
DJ Krush – Zen
RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke
AARON THACKERAY
Rise Against – Endgame
Blitzkid – Five Cellars Below
The Smiths – The World Won’t Listen
The Vindictives – Muzak for Robots
Bright Eyes – The People’s Key
ANDY THOMAS
Lil Thunder – Lil Thunder
Dinosaur Jr. – Without a Sound
Arliss Nancy – Truckstop Roses
Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots
Red Fang – Murder the Mountains
SHAWN WHITE
Childish Gambino – The Longest Text Message
Gretchen Parlato – The Lost and Found
Anthony David – 4evermore
Kid Cudi/LCD Soundsystem – All Talk
King Fantastic – The Art of Killing
D. WILLIAMS
Emilio Rojas – “So Alive”
Lupe Fiasco – “Never Forget You” feat. John Legend
Linkin’ Park – “When They Come for Me”
Gubment Cheese – “Daddy’s Gone,” feat. Carmen Hayes
BBlacc – “My DJ’s (Mile High City)”
