the playlist: MAY 2023

1. Thundercat & Tame Impala - "No More Lies"

2. Allen Stone - "Magic"

3. Andy Frasco & The U.N. - "You Do You"

4. Gregory Alan Isakov - "The Fall"

5. Joy Oladokun (featuring Noah Kahan) - We're All Gonna Die"

6. Happy Landing - "Don't You Worry"

7. Matt Costa - "Katabatic Wind"

8. Goth Babe - "Alone In The Mountains"

9. Veni Sun - "Mojave"

10. Deer Tick - "The Real Thing"

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2019

1. Guster - Look Alive
2. The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
3. Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride
4. Bon Iver - i,i
5. Brittany Howard - Jaime
6. Caamp - By & By
7. Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
8. O.A.R. - The Mighty
9. Beck - Hyperspace
10. Trey Anastasio - Ghosts Of The Forest
11. The Hip Abduction - To The Ends Of The Earth
12. Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
13. The Lumineers - III
14. The Black Keys - Let's Rock
15. Allen Stone - Building Balance
16. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - Dragons
17. The Head And The Heart - Living Mirage
18. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
19. Noah Kahan - Busyhead
20. Coldplay - Everyday Life
21. Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos - Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos
22. Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
23. Hozier - Wasteland, Baby!
24. Joseph - Good Luck, Kid
25. Alice Merton - Mint
26. The Cat Empire - Stolen Diamonds
27. The Avett Brothers - Closer Than Together
28. Citizen Cope - Heroin & Helicopters
29. The Raconteurs - Help Us Strangers
30. Iya Terra - Coming To Light

the playlist: OCT 2019

1. Pete Francis - "Belong To The Band"

2. Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos - "Chaska"

3. Current Swell - "Bring It On Home"

4. The Milk Carton Kids - "The Only Ones"

5. Vetiver - "To Who Knows Where"

6. Bedouin Soundclash - "Salt Water"

7. Allen Stone - "Sunny Days"

8. Andrew Combs - "Stars Of Longing"

9. Sturgill Simpson - "Sing Along"

10. Vida Blue - "Analog Delay"

the playlist: MAY 2018

1. Flight Facilities (featuring Nika) - "Need You"

2. Allen Stone - "Brown Eyed Lover"

3. Jason Mraz - "Have It All"

4. Ray LaMontagne - "Such A Simple Thing"

5. Jim James - "Just A Fool"

6. The Wild Feathers - "Big Sky"

7. The Record Company - "Life To Fix"

8. Nicki Bluhm - "To Rise You Gotta Fall"

9. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - "Bad Dreams"

10. Matt Costa - "Sharon"

the playlist: FEB 2017

1. Dispatch - "Only The Wild Ones"

2. Ryan Montbleau - "Bright Side"

3. Chase McBride - "On The Other Side"

4. Guthrie Brown - "Stay Gold"

5. Allen Stone - "American Priviledge"

6. Robert Randolph & The Family Band (featuring Darius Rucker) - "Love Do What It Do"

7. ALO - "Bizarre Love Triangle"

8. Thievery Corporation - "Let The Chalice Blaze"

9. Chaz Bundick & The Mattson 2 - "Star Stuff"

10. The Weeknd (featuring Daft Punk) - "I Feel It Coming"

BURN THIS / June 2016

1. Michael Franti & Spearhead "Crazy For You"
2. The Hip Abduction "Lifted"
3. Rebelution "Know It All"
4. The Dirty Heads "That's All I Need"
5. Pepper "Vacation"
6. Zach Heckendorf "High Force"
7. Brett Dennen "Cassidy"
8. Nahko & Medicine For The People "Love Letters To God"
9. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals "Finding Our Way"
10. Michael Kiwanuka "Black Man In A White World"
11. Allen Stone "Voodoo"
12. JP Cooper (featuring Avelino) "Five More Days"
13. Jack Garratt "Worry"
14. Javier Colon "Gravity"
15. Matt Wertz "Lemonade"
16. Margaret Glaspy "Emotions And Math"
17. Joseph "White Flag"
18. Needtobreathe "No Excuses"
19. The Avett Brothers "True Sadness"
20. Mike Doughty "I'm Still Drinking In My Dreams"

BURN THIS / March 2016

1. Mason Jennings "Arma"
2. Roo Panes "The Original"
3. Matt Corby "Knife Edge"
4. The Hip Abduction "Before We Lose Our Mind"
5. Pepper "Start You Up"
6. Iration "867"
7. The Movement (featuring Mr. Williamz) "Dancehall"
8. The Cat Empire "Bulls"
9. Allen Stone "Perfect World"
10. Gabrielle Aplin "Sweet Nothing"
11. The Saint Johns "Lost The Feeling"
12. Parachute "Crave"
13. Ryan Cabrera "House On Fire"
14. Matt Wertz "Slow Motion"
15. Matthew Mayfield "Wild Eyes"
16. Anderson East "Learning"
17. JD McPherson "Precious"
18. The Hunts "Illuminate"
19. The Lumineers "Ophelia"
20. The Milk Carton Kids "The City Of Our Lady"

BURN THIS / February 2016

1. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals "Pink Balloon"
2. The Record Company "Off The Ground"
3. Ray LaMontagne "Hey, No Pressure"
4. White Denim "Holda You (I'm Psycho)"
5. The Revivalists "King Of What"
6. JD McPherson "Bridgebuilder"
7. Anderson East "Only You"
8. Allen Stone "Love"
9. Chris Velan "Un-American Gothic"
10. Cas Haley (featuring Trevor Hall) "Hold Up My Heart"
11. The Hip Abduction "Come Alive"
12. The Cat Empire "Que Sera Ahora"
13. Jack Garratt "Breathe Life"
14. Gabrielle Aplin "Light Up The Dark"
15. Grace Potter "Nobody's Born With A Broken Heart"
16. Greg Laswell "Dodged A Bullet"
17. Josh Ritter "Where The Night Goes"
18. Rayland Baxter "Rugged Lovers"
19. Bobby Long "Ode To Thinking"
20. Stephen Kellogg "26 Seconds (Of Silence)"

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2015

1. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
2. Guster - Evermotion
3. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
4. Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
5. Trey Anastasio - Paper Wheels
6. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
7. Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind
8. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
9. Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi
10. Chadwick Stokes - The Horse Comanche
11. Matt Nathanson - Show Me Your Fangs
12. Allen Stone - Radius
13. G. Love & Special Sauce - Love Saves The Day
14. The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes
15. Rayland Baxter - Imaginary Man
16. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
17. The Revivalists - Men Amongst Mountains
18. James Bay - Chaos And The Calm
19. JJ Grey & Mofro - Ol' Glory
20. Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter
21. Jarryd James - Thirty One
22. Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim
23. Trevor Hall - Kala
24. Disclosure - Caracal
25. Anderson East - Delilah
26. ALO - Tangle Of Time
27. Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - Loved Wild Lost
28. Tame Impala - Currents
29. Galactic - Into The Deep
30. JD McPherson - Let The Good Times Roll

BURN THIS / October 2015

1. The White Buffalo "Modern Times"
2. Bobby Long "I'm Not Going Out Tonight"
3. Rayland Baxter "Oh My Captain"
4. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats "Howling At Nothing"
5. Gary Clark Jr. "Cold Blooded"
6. The Revivalists "Move On"
7. Houndmouth "Say It"
8. Judah & The Lion "Kickin' Da Leaves"
9. Matt Nathanson "Giants"
10. Eric Hutchinson "Good Rhythm"
11. Allen Stone "Symmetrical"
12. Kopecky "Talk To Me"
13. Madi Diaz "Control"
14. Jarryd James (featuring Julia Stone) "Regardless"
15. Vance Joy "Straight Into Your Arms"
16. Trevor Hall "Back To You"
17. Rebelution "Count Me In (Acoustic)"
18. ALO "Not Old Yet"
19. Trey Anastasio "Sometime After Sunset"
20. Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers "Mr. Saturday Night"

BURN THIS / July 2015

1. Matt Nathanson "Gold In The Summertime"
2. Family Of The Year "Make You Mine"
3. Moon Taxi "All Day, All Night"
4. The Revivalists "Keep Going"
5. Anderson East "Satisfy Me"
6. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats "I Need Never Get Old"
7. Tim Rogers & The Bamboos "Easy"
8. Allen Stone "Freedom"
9. Leon Bridges "Better Man"
10. Alabama Shakes "Sound & Color"
11. Dawes "Right On Time"
12. Rayland Baxter "Yellow Eyes"
13. Angus & Julia Stone "From The Stalls"
14. The Staves "Make It Holy"
15. William Fitzsimmons "Pittsburgh"
16. Chadwick Stokes (featuring Lucius) "New Haven"
17. Xavier Rudd & The United Nations "Flag"
18. Slightly Stoopid "The Prophet"
19. Blues Traveler (featuring The Dirty Heads & Rome) "Vagabond Blues"
20. JJ Grey & Mofro "Ol' Glory"

BURN THIS / May 2015

1. Ryan Montbleau Band "Pacing Like Prince"
2. Bhi Bhiman "Moving To Brussels"
3. Allen Stone "Upside"
4. Leon Bridges "Coming Home"
5. Tom Freund (featuring Ben Harper) "Angel Eyes"
6. Jose Gonzalez "Open Book"
7. The Lone Bellow "Watch Over Us"
8. Good Old War "Tell Me What You Want From Me"
9. Rhett Miller "Kiss Me On The Fire Escape"
10. Bob Schneider "Han Solo"
11. Hollis Brown "3 Shots"
12. Elenowen "Desert Days"
13. JD McPherson "Head Over Heels"
14. Grace Potter "Alive Tonight"
15. Keller Williams "Mantra"
16. Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers "Waiting On Love"
17. Dawes "Things Happen"
18. Alabama Shakes "Future People"
19. My Morning Jacket "Spring (Among The Living)"
20. Sam Roberts Band "Counting The Days"

BURN THIS / December 2014

1. Paolo Nutini "Let Me Down Easy"
2. Madi Diaz "The Other Side"
3. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness "High Dive"
4. Tristan Prettyman "Who We Are"
5. Allen Stone "Million"
6. The Staves "Blood I Bled"
7. Ben Ottewell "Red Dress"
8. Vance Joy "Georgia"
9. James Bay "Hold Back The River"
10. Monica Heldal "Boy From The North"
11. Joshua Hyslop "Living & Dying"
12. Beta Radio "East Of Tennessee"
13. Lowell Thompson "Rose Petals"
14. The Barr Brothers "Even The Darkness Has Arms"
15. Sarah Jaffe "Leaving The Planet"
16. Guster "Endlessly"
17. Ben Howard "Conrad"
18. Damien Rice "The Greatest Bastard"
19. Rocco DeLuca "Colors Of The Cold"
20. Nathaniel Rateliff "Closer"

BURN THIS / May 2013

1. G. Love (featuring Jack Johnson) "Early Rising"
2. Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite "I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone"
3. Shovels & Rope "Birmingham"
4. Brandi Carlile "Raise Hell"
5. Escondido "Cold October"
6. Dawes "Someone Will"
7. Griffin House "Guns, Bombs, And Fortunes Of Gold"
8. Patrick Dethlefs "Done & Done"
9. Rayland Baxter "Dreamin'"
10. Allen Stone "Celebrate Tonight"
11. Jim James "Of The Mother Again"
12. Alabama Shakes "I Found You"
13. moe. "The Bones Of Lazarus"
14. Moon Taxi (featuring Matisyahu) "Square Circles"
15. Wild Belle "Keep You"
16. Rogue Wave "College"
17. Walk The Moon "Shiver Shiver"
18. Churchill "The War Within"
19. Milo Greene "Don't You Give Up On Me"
20. Lord Huron "Time To Run"

BURN THIS / April 2013

 

1. Joshua Radin "Beautiful Day"
2. Josh Rouse "Julie (Come Out Of The Rain)"
3. Courtney Jaye "Say Oh Say"
4. Matt Costa "Ophelia"
5. Current Swell "For The Land"
6. Kopecky Family Band "Heartbeat"
7. Caitlin Rose "Menagerie"
8. Bobby Long "Devil Moon"
9. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Good Light"
10. J.J. Grey & Mofro "99 Shades Of Crazy"
11. Jesse Dee "On My Mind, In My Heart"
12. Allen Stone "Satisfaction"
13. Andrew Ripp "Cool Ya (Nobody Loves You Like I Do)"
14. Matt Nathanson "Mission Bells"
15. Ben Howard "Keep Your Head Up"
16. The Staves "Tongue Behind My Teeth"
17. Jay Nash "Wander"
18. Wake Owl "Gold"
19. Rayland Baxter "Willy's Song"
20. Carbon Leaf "Bloody Good Bar Fight Song"

BURN THIS / February 2013

 
1. Josh Ritter "Joy To You Baby"
2. Jay Nash "Sailor"
3. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Tennessee"
4. Caitlin Rose "I Was Cruel"
5. Bobby Long "In Your Way"
6. Alabama Shakes "Be Mine"
7. Trey Anastasio "Valentine"
8. Allen Stone "Contact High"
9. Jim James "A New Life"
10. The Avett Brothers "February Seven"
11. Good Old War "Loud Love"
12. Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons "Old Love"
13. Phillip Phillips "Where We Came From"
14. Kris Allen (featuring Meiko) "Loves Me Not"
15. Tristan Prettyman "Say Anything"
16. Benjamin Gibbard (featuring Aimee Mann) "Bigger Than Love"
17. Jukebox The Ghost "Don't Let Me Fall Behind"
18. Walk The Moon "I Can Lift A Car"
19. OneRepublic "Feel Again"
20. Paper Route "Two Hearts"

BURN THIS / December 2012



1. Matt Costa "Good Times"
2. The Lumineers "Submarines"
3. The Avett Brothers "Pretty Girl From Michigan"
4. Phillip Phillips "Gone, Gone, Gone"
5. Kate Earl "One Woman Army"
6. Harper Blynn "Knife"
7. Benjamin Gibbard "Teardrop Windows"
8. Trey Anastasio "Pigtail"
9. Suite 709 "I Like It"
10. The Bamboos (featuring Tim Rogers) "I Got Burned"
11. Allen Stone "Say So"
12. Michael Kiwanuka "I'll Get Along"
13. Ben Howard "Diamonds"
14. Current Swell "Long Time Ago"
15. Pete Kilpatrick Band "American Dream"
16. Joshua James "Queen Of The City"
17. Willy Mason "I Got Gold"
18. Jim James "Know Til Now"
19. Angus Stone "End Of The World"
20. State Radio "Take Cover"

REVIEW: Allen Stone

Allen Stone's self titled debut album for ATO Records is a thing of beauty. Not many artists are putting out such organic and funky in this way. The entire album is indie soul, which is not really a defined genre. It's true, there are many musicians who have mastered soul music, but Stone, a son of a preacher from Seattle, WA is not your typical soul artist. In fact, one look at him, and you'd expect to see him fronting an indie rock or alternative reggae band. The album's lead track and lead single "Sleep," is already making itself a huge presence on the airwaves, and rightfully so, as it is an upbeat, horn-filled, funky soul rock song that's easy to sing along and dance to. The most well written track closes out the album. "Unaware" is a lyrical masterpiece and is delivered well with the prominence of Stone's smooth and jazzy vocals and the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. Stone also enlisted some musician friends (Dave Barnes, Andy Grammer) to help cowrite some of the album's other standout, but makes a case for himself as a superior songwriter and vocalist. This is the type of music that doesn't really fit into any one classification, making it very much accessible to a plethora of music fans.

New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• Jesse Harris - Sub Rosa
• Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
• Joshua Radin - Underwater
• Allen Stone - Allen Stone
• Tyrone Wells - Beautiful World

BURN THIS / July 2012



1. Dispatch "Not Messin'"
2. Zach Heckendorf "Tye Dye March"
3. Rayland Baxter "Driveway Melody"
4. Beta Radio "Either Way"
5. Ben Kweller "Full Circle"
6. Good Old War "Better Weather"
7. Brandi Carlile "Save Part Of Yourself"
8. The Romany Rye "My True North"
9. Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons "I've Been Accused"
10. Robert Francis "Heroin Lovers"
11. Bahamas "Your Sweet Touch"
12. ALO "Dead Still Dance"
13. Ryan Montbleau "Head Above Water"
14. Rich Price "Words Hang Heavy"
15. Dan Curcio "Out To Sea"
16. Three Legged Fox "Sweet Hurricane"
17. SOJA "Not Done Yet"
18. Rebelution (featuring John Popper) "Closer I Get"
19. Allen Stone "Sleep"
20. Dave Matthews Band "Gaucho"