The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Monsters,” Hurricane Bells, from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack.”

When the lineup for “New Moon” soundtrack was announced, the inclusion of indie-rock stars such as The Killers, Thom Yorke, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver and St. Vincent drew tons of attention. One of the names that few recognized: Hurricane Bells.

But Brooklyn musician Steve Schiltz, the sole member of Hurricane Bells, has contributed my absolute favorite song on the soundtrack, the rollicking, fuzzy-guitar-filled “Monsters.”

For better or worse, the “New Moon” soundtrack fits…

Carney

Reeve Carney (Associated Press photo)

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Testify,” Carney, from www.myspace.com/carneytheband.

Truth be told, I’ve had just the general blues-rock sound of Los Angeles-based band Carney going through my head all week. I’ll pinpoint “Testify” in particular because it’s my favorite of their songs, a sonic trip that sounds just a bit as if someone mashed together Metallica’s “Ronnie” and Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.”

Of course, the reason this song and Carney’s music in general has been jamming its way through my head is simple:…

Milla Jovovich getting scared out of her wits in “The Fourth Kind.” Hey, Milla, are you sure you wouldn’t rather make another folk-rock album?

The song that has been in my head the most this week:

- “Gentleman Who Fell,” Milla Jovovich, from her 1994 debut album “The Divine Comedy.”

After a couple of weeks’ hiatus, I’m returning with the weekly BAM’s Blog music spotlight the Friday Featured Track.

This week’s selection came out of a discussion this week with my colleague George Lang. We were bemoaning Milla Jovovich’s propensity for starring in cheap,…

Garth Brooks (Associated Press photo)

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Ain’t Goin’ Down (’Til the Sun Comes Up),” Garth Brooks, from his 1993 album “In Pieces.”

With all the news breaking this week about the Oklahoma superstar, it’s hard to imagine that I wouldn’t have significant portions of his discography running through my head.

Brooks announced Thursday that he is coming out of retirement to become a headline performer in Las Vegas. On Saturday, he will be honored as one of the 2009 inductees into the Oklahoma State…

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Message in a Bottle,” The Police, from the 1979 album “Reggatta de Blanc.”

With it’s distinctive guitar riff and thumping bassline, it’s easy to get this song, the band’s first No. 1 hit in the U.K., stuck in your head. This song is the trio of Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar, vocals) and Stewart Copeland (drums, vocals, percussion) at its finest.

Plus, this song is awfully fun to play on “Rock Band.”

And if you need another reaon, with all…

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Summertime Clothes,” Animal Collective, from their 2009 album “Merriweather Post Pavilion.”

Here’s how my brain works: I’ve been covering copious volumes of country music news all week, with Miranda Lambert’s new CD coming out on Tuesday, Toby Keith’s new album due out next Tuesday, Vince Gill announced as the Will Rogers Spirit Award winner and Jason Aldean playing this weekend’s Orange Peel concert at Oklahoma State. Country music has been at the forefront of my brain all week.

So, what’s been…

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall,” Ann Wilson with Rufus Wainwright and Shawn Colvin, from Wilson’s 2007 solo album “Hope and Glory.”

This song has stuck with me all week, but it’s an even more appropriate choice for FFT since Tulsa’s Brady Theater announced today that Bob Dylan will perform there Oct. 24.

This sweeping, poignant rendition of the Dylan classic is the best track on Wilson’s 2007 album “Hope and Glory.” That’s saying something since it was one of my…

- “The Foolish Frog,” by Pete Seeger, from the 1971 animated film of the same name.

One of the biggest advantages of having two sons 12 years apart is the abundance of hand-me-downs. My younger boy, Gabe, 2 1/2, often wears clothes, listens to CDs and watches movies passed down from his older brother, Chris, 14.

As all parents know, toddlers have a tendency to watch the same film over and over and over again, and Gabe’s newest obsession is the Scholastic animated adaptation of the storybook “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” He found…

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Here Comes the Sun,” The Beatles, from the 1969 album “Abbey Road.”

“Here Comes the Sun” has long been among my favorite Fab Four songs, and the Beatles have been on all music lovers’ minds frequently this week. Remastered versions of the band’s entire catalog were released Wednesday, the same day the anticipated game “The Beatles: Rock Band” made its debut.

But this hopeful song also has been on brain since today is the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11,…

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Pretty Lady,” by Cross Canadian Ragweed, from the band’s new album “Happiness and All The Other Things.

Oklahoma-Texas country rockers Cross Canadian Ragweed released their seventh studio album this week, and I have not been able to stop listening to this song. Frontman Cody Canada penned it as a tribute to famed 1950s pinup model Bettie Page, who died in December 2008 at age 85.

The track’s meaty electric guitar and insistent piano give it a modern red dirt sound, but it also has…