the playlist: FEB 2021

1. Ben Howard - "What A Day"

2. David Gray - "Heart And Soul"

3. Thad Cockrell - "Swingin'"

4. Jon Foreman - "Education"

5. Joshua Radin - "Better Life"

6. Rag'n'Bone Man - "All You Ever Wanted"

7. Foo Fighters - "Waiting On A War"

8. Royal Blood - "Typhoons"

9. Glass Animals - "Heat Waves"

10. Gorillaz (featuring Beck) - "The Valley Of The Pagans"

BURN THIS / January 2015

1. Ben Howard "Rivers In Your Mouth"
2. Vance Joy "First Time"
3. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Here We Go"
4. Shakey Graves "Dearly Departed"
5. JD McPherson "Bossy"
6. Benjamin Booker "Happy Homes"
7. The Revivalists "When I'm Able"
8. O.A.R. "Favorite Song"
9. SOJA "Tear It Down"
10. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad "Whatever Cost"
11. Rebelution "Fade Away"
12. Blue King Brown "All Nations"
13. The Beautiful Girls "Until My Kingdom Comes"
14. Tristan Prettyman "Waves"
15. Guster "Never Coming Down"
16. Ray LaMontagne "Ojai"
17. Piers Faccini & Vincent Segal "Cradle To The Grave"
18. The Mattson 2 "Dif Juz"
19. Tommy Guerrero "The Lone Pistolero"
20. Adam Topol "Bumping At The Breakwater"

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014

1. Phish - Fuego
2. G. Love & Special Sauce - Sugar
3. John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood
4. Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone
5. moe. - No Guts, No Glory
6. SOJA - Amid The Noise And Haste
7. Ray LaMontagne - Supernova
8. Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain
9. Broken Bells - After The Disco
10. Beck - Morning Phase
11. Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away
12. Maroon 5 - V
13. Bahamas - Bahamas Is Afie
14. Ben Howard - I Forgot Where We Were
15. Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland
16. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
17. The Black Keys - Turn Blue
18. Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker
19. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
20. O.A.R. - The Rockville LP
21. Rebelution - Count Me In
22. Trevor Hall - Chapter Of The Forest
23. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Half The City
24. Jack White - Lazaretto
25. Hozier - Hozier
26. Tweedy - Sukierae
27. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
28. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
29. The Belle Brigade - Just Because
30. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

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 / November 2014

1. Chadwick Stokes "Our Lives Our Time"
2. Brad Corrigan "Anything New"
3. Tristan Prettyman "Perfect Storm"
4. Trevor Hall "Green Mountain State"
5. Roo Panes "Tiger Striped Sky"
6. James Bay "Let It Go"
7. Ben Howard "I Forget Where We Were"
8. Damien Rice "I Don't Want To Change You"
9. Angus & Julia Stone "Get Home"
10. Charlie Mars "Hell Yeah"
11. Lera Lynn "Standing On The Moon"
12. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "American Beauty"
13. Gregory Alan Isakov "Amsterdam"
14. The Head And The Heart "Let's Be Still"
15. The Lone Bellow "Then The Morning Comes"
16. The Belle Brigade "Back Where You Began"
17. The Avett Brothers "Bring Me Your Love"
18. Trey Anastasio Band "Bounce"
19. Rebelution "Invasion"
20. SOJA (featuring Alfred The MC) "Promises & Pills"

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 / 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"

BURN THIS / September 2012

1. Tristan Prettyman "My Oh My"
2. Citizen Cope "Something To Believe In"
3. Charlie Mars "How I Roll"
4. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals "Runaway"
5. Churchill "Change"
6. Sarah Jaffe "Mannequin Woman"
7. Julia Stone "It's All Okay"
8. Ben Howard "Only Love"
9. Ed Sheeran "Small Bump"
10. Neil Halstead "Full Moon Rising"
11. Joshua Radin "Underwater"
12. Joshua Hyslop "Nowhere Left To Go"
13. John Mayer "Fool To Love You"
14. Dispatch "Josephine"
15. Pete Murray "Let You Go"
16. Angus Stone "Wooden Chair"
17. Rayland Baxter "The Mtn Song"
18. The Lumineers "Stubborn Love"
19. Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons "Laura"
20. Brandi Carlile "That Wasn't Me"

BURN THIS / June 2012

1. Dirty Heads "Spread Too Thin"
2. The Movement "Something To Say"
3. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad "Love You More"
4. Matisyahu "Sunshine"
5. Cris Cab (featuring Marc Roberge) "Going Home"
6. SOJA "Everything Changes"
7. Rebelution "Route Around"
8. Trevor Hall "All I Ever Know"
9. Citizen Cope "One Lovely Day"
10. Mat McHugh "Love Come Save Me"
11. Donavon Frankenreiter "A.I."
12. Xavier Rudd "Follow The Sun"
13. Ben Howard "Old Pine"
14. Bahamas "I Got You Babe"
15. Jon Solo "In My View"
16. ALO "Storms And Hurricanes"
17. Eric Hutchinson "Talk Is Cheap"
18. Tyrone Wells "Run Away With Me"
19. Jason Reeves (featuring Colbie Caillat) "Wishing Weed"
20. Allen Stone "Unaware"

New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• Joachim Cooder - Love On A Real Train
• Tyler Hilton - Forget The Storm
• Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
• The Lumineers - The Lumineers

BURN THIS / April 2012

1. Pete Kilpatrick Band "Heavy Fire"
2. Yates Dew "Everyone Can Sing"
3. Dave Barnes "Mine To Love"
4. Scott James "Waiting"
5. Bhi Bhiman "Eye On You"
6. Rob Drabkin "For You I Would Die"
7. Angus Stone "Bird On The Buffalo"
8. Matt Corby "Brother"
9. Ben Howard "The Wolves"
10. Julia Stone "Let's Forget All The Things That We Say"
11. Michael Kiwanuka "Home Again"
12. Bahamas "Lost In The Light"
13. Release The Sunbird "I Will Walk"
14. The Shins "It's Only Life"
15. Soft Swells "Overrated"
16. Ben Kweller "Mean To Me"
17. Pete Murray "Free"
18. The Fray "The Fighter"
19. Greg Laswell (featuring Sara Bareilles) "Come Back Down"
20. Paper Route "Better Life"

BURN THIS / December 2009

1. Mike Doughty "(You Should Be) Doubly (Gratified)
2. Tim Williams "I Hit Another Wall"
3. Elizabeth & The Catapult "Race You"
4. Akiva "I Keep Calling You"
5. Marie Moreshead (featuring Pete Kilpatrick) "Hello There"
6. Bleu "Come 'N Go"
7. Kris Allen "Red Guitar"
8. Mat Kearney "All I Have"
9. Whitley "Head, First, Down"
10. Chris Velan "A Year Can Change A Lot"
11. Newton Faulkner "If This Is It"
12. Kings Of Convenience "Mrs. Cold"
13. Ben Howard "The Wolves"
14. Jon And Roy "Little Bit Of Love"
15. The Avett Brothers "Kick Drum Heart"
16. The Elms "Long Gone"
17. Will Hoge "Favorite Waste Of Time"
18. Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons "Angel Of Mine"
19. Charlie Mars "Meet Me By The Backdoor"
20. Monsters Of Folk "Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)"

CD REVIEW: Ben Howard "These Waters"

A guy and a guitar seems to be everywhere these days. So, why not another one, right? Well, in Ben Howard's case, this guy with a guitar has something that not many others have: uniqueness. He's not a copycat version of every other pop songsmith out there. He's truly got a sound all to himself. He combines his British descent with simplistic tunes and clever production to unleash a subtle, mellow, and yet complex debut EP. Sure you can draw comparisons to Chris Martin, David Gray, and even Newton Faulkner, but that is only to say that his sound and his music can be put in the same league and fans of those will surely be fans of Howard. Ben, on this EP, delivers an outstanding performance of intimate and lyrically beautiful songs that transcend the stereotype that he is surely going to be pushed into. Standout songs include "Cloud Nine," which is by far one of the best songs this year, and the lead off track "The Wolves."