This is a new column. Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I’ve collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their “song obsessions of the week.” Maybe you’ll become obsessed with one of these.

I wrote the following to a few friends/ DJs, etc that have similar musical tastes:

I get in these cycles where I listen to a song obsessively for a week or two. Two weeks ago it was Beatbeat Whisper’s “Lulu.” Last week it was Andrew Bird’s “Plasticities.” Does this happen to you?

Here’s the “panel’s” song obsessions for this week:

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Adrian (me):
It was a close one, but I think it’ll have to be
Cloud Cult - Take Your Medicine (mp3)

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Chris:

I didn’t listen to her album for a few months, then rediscovered it a last week. All the songs are really great, but this one stands out. Never gets boring even after numerous 16 minute listenings.

Joanna Newsom - Only Skin (mp3)

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Scott:

i’ve been obsessively listening to the album ‘Raccoo-oo-oon Is Night
People’ by Raccoo-oo-oon (label Release the Bats)…specifically, the
song “Stamped From The Stump”.

Raccoo-oo-oon - Stamped from the Stump(mp3)

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Dave, store manager of Crossroads Music:
Beirut - Scenic World (mp3)

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Natalie:
Cat Power - The Greatest (mp3)

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Rob:

I don’t know how frequently I’ll have a song that I’ve been
legitimately obsessed with in the past week, but for the past couple
it’s definitely been Billy Bragg / Wilco’s rendition of “Eisler on the
Go” off of Mermaid Avenue.

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Eisler on the Go (mp3)

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And there you have it!

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