What we’re all listening to right now

Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be listening to? C’mon, now. Sharing is caring. Don’t hold out on us.

See also: Heavy Rotation archive of what we’ve been listening to

A.H. GOLDSTEIN Beck – Mutations Irving Aaronson and His Commanders – “Let’s Misbehave” Arcade Fire – Reflektor Zach Heckendorf – The Cooldown The Pogues – “Maggie May”

NOAH HUBBELL ¡Mayday! – “Shots Fired” MIA – Matangi Tree – “Jager Bomb” Pictureplane – “Goth Star” Shad – “I Heard You Had A Voice Like An Angel”

BRAD LOPEZ This Or The Apocalypse – “Hayseed” Haste The Day – “Invoke Reform” Rise Against – “The First Drop” Face To Face – “Handout” As I Lay Dying – “My Only Home”

TOM MURPHY Chelsea Wolfe – Beauty is Pain Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks Suicide – “Wild In Blue” Old Dirty Bastard – “Brooklyn Zoo” Soundgarden – “Heretic”

ADAM ROY Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends Black Moth Super Rainbow – Start a People Emancipator – Dusk to Dawn Carlo Gesualdo – “Belta, poi che t’assenti” Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

LESLIE SIMON Superfood – “Melting” Pontiak – “Innocence” Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones – “Long Time Gone” Elf Power – “Darkest Wave” The Wayside Shakeup – “Optimistic”

JON SOLOMON Andras Schiff – Bach: Goldberg Variations Blossom Dearie – Blossom Dearie Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Live From KCRW

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