Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of May 18, 2009

As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a...
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As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we’ve compiled a list of all the things we’re listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with your own picks after the jump.

MARK BLIESENER
Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
Hank III – Damn Right Rebel Proud
Au Revoior Simone – The Bird of Music
June Christy – Something Cool
Bob Dylan – Together Through Life

CHRIS CALLAWAY XTC – Black Sea Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank U2 – The Best of 1980 – 1990 The Pale – Gravity Gets Things Done Quiet Company – Every You Love Will Be Happy Soon

CORY CASCIATO Eric Skiff – Resistor Anthems Darren Emerson – Global Underground Bogota Ideal Fathers – A Complete Waste of Time Travel Royale – “Invisible Pink Unicorns” Fiat Lux – various tracks

ERYC EYL Nick Lowe – Quiet Please: The New Best of Nick Lowe Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (deluxe edition) Wonderlick – “A Different Kind of Love” Isha – “Head Over Heals” Tim Easton – “Stones Throw Away”

A.H. GOLDSTEIN Ghost Buffalo – the Magician Ween – “Kim Smoltz” Akron/Family – Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free Flight of the Conchords – “Carol Brown” Cloud Cult – The Meaning of 8

DAVE HERRERA [LOCAL] Piggies – Rusted Bullets Rocky Mountain Low – the Colorado Musical Underground of the late 1970s The Mighty 18 Wheeler – Stimulus Package Blue Million Miles – Of Building Walls

DAVE HERRERA [NATIONAL] Jeremy Enigk – OK BearThe Bittersweets – Goodnight, San FranciscoPhoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Andy Shauf – Darker Days Zee Avi – Zee Avi

NICK HUTCHINSON Booker T – Potato Hole Buddy Guy – the Definitive Buddy Guy Bob Dylan – Together Through Life Otis Taylor – Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs Seth Walker – Leap of Faith

CICILY JANUS Ted Nash – The Mancini Project Rudder – Matorning Daniel Sadownick – There Will Be a Day Rene Marie – Experiment In Truth Tyler Gillmore – Ninth & Lincoln

TOM MURPHY Death in June – The Guilty Have No Pride Napalm Death – Time Waits for No Slave Wolves In the Throne Room – Black Cascade Napalm Death – Noise for Music’s Sake Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours

JEF OTTE Widowers – “Interstate Eighty” Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela Good Housekeeping – “Hanging in the Hollow” Bob Dylan – Desire P.J. Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Eminem – Relapse N*E*R*D* – Seeing Sounds Maxwell – “Pretty Wings” The Cool Kids – Gone Fishin’ Mixtape Julian Marley – Awake

DUTCH SEYFARTH Green Day – “Know Your Enemy” Pretty Lights – “Cold Feelings” Matt clark Band – “Can’t Stay Long” MC Subconcious – The Antitoxin Full Belly – “2 Blessed 2 Be Stressed”

KYLE SMITH Merzbow – Pulse Demon Neurosis – Times of Grace Camera Obscura – My Mauldlin Career Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octagonecologyst Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

JON SOLOMON Gregory Alan Isakov – This Empty Northern Hemisphere Wilco – Wilco (the Album) Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling The Clash – London Calling Minutemen – Double Nickles on the Dime

AMBER TAUFEN Massive Attack – “Tear Drop” Jets to Brazil – “King Medicine” And Difference – “Talk to Me” The Roots – Things Fall Apart Folk Imploring – “Kingdom of Lies”

ANDY THOMAS Cobra Skulls – Sitting Army The Who – Who’s Next Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys – Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys Cheap Girls – Find Me a Drink Home The Rouge – Heat & Light EP

NOAH VAN SCIVER Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home Again Angst – Mending Wall The Sonics – The Savage Young Sonics Daniel Johnston – 1990 J. Spaceman / Sun City Girls – Mister Lonely

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