What’s playing on AFI’s tour bus? We knew you wanted to know; click through the jump for Mike D., Adam Levine and more.Davey Havok “Nick Cave, Grinderman [the self titled debut from Cave’s newest side project]. I love Nick Cave. This record is fantastic. It really reminds me of Birthday Party. The reason I love it so much — and I was thinking about this last night when I recommended this album to a friend — is that Nick Cave doesn’t give up a fuck. He really, truly doesn’t. He’s doing what he wants because he loves it. That sentiment is overriding in Grinderman. It’s gritty, it’s raw, it’s dark, it’s bluesy. And he’s such a great storyteller.”
Mike D “All the songs that M.I.A. has released, she’s put a bunch out there on the Internet prior to her album release. I like all of them, especially “Bird Flu.” I’m a big fan of that one.”KT Tunstall Cat Power, The Greatest. “I was so impressed. It’s so much more accessible than I expected. In a brilliant way. It’s a really fantastic episode that really grew on me. She’s got an absolutely inimitable voice.”Adam Levine “I was listening to the new Kings of Leon record yesterday, and I like it a lot. I didn’t know what it was, a friend of mine was playing it, and I was like, ‘That’s really great, what is that?’ ‘Kings of Leon,’ [Levine’s friend replied]. I said, ‘Okay, good. Download.’ They’ve got something really special happening.”Blake Lewis “I could name 10 bands right now that should be signed to a major label,” the singer said of the plethora of talented acts back home in Seattle. Lewis listed his current favorites: Mob Law, Doxology, and Common Market. “Hopefully, some people are going to come out to Seattle and take some good notes, because there’s a lot of talent. I’m very lucky and fortunate that I got to get on this show and I try and rep my homies as much as possible.”