the playlist: SEP 2023

1. The Killers - "Your Side Of Town"

2. Future Islands - "Deep In The Night"

3. Death Cab For Cutie - "An Arrow In The Wall"

4. Ethan Tasch - "Holdup"

5. Margaret Glaspy - "Get Back"

6. Grace Potter - "Good Time"

7. The Record Company - "Dance On Mondays"

8. Black Pumas - "More Than A Love Song"

9. Ray LaMontagne - "It Takes Me Back"

10. Stephen Marley (featuring Jack Johnson & Bob Weir) - "Winding Roads"

Top 30 Albums Of 2022

1. Cannons - Fever Dream
2. Kavinsky - Reborn
3. Jack Johnson - Meet The Moonlight
4. Artikal Sound System - Welcome To Florida
5. Dawes - Misadventures Of Doomscroller
6. Mihali - Effection
7. O.A.R. - The Arcade
8. Stick Figure - Wisdom
9. Satin Jackets - Reunion
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love
11. Marcus Mumford - (self-titled)
12. Noah Kahan - Stick Season
13. Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
14. Caamp - Lavender Days
15. Phoenix - Alpha Zulu
16. KBong - Smile With The World
17. Matisyahu - Matisyahu
18. Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance
19. The Dip - Sticking With It
20. Trey Anastasio - Mercy
21. Mt. Joy - Orange Blood
22. The Lumineers - Brightside
23. Goose - Dripfield
24. Surfer Girl - Sunrise
25. Ocean Alley - Low Altitude Living
26. Dirty Heads - Midnight Control
27. Young The Giant - American Bollywood
28. Mason Jennings - Real Heart
29. The White Buffalo - Year Of The Dark Horse
30. Wilco - Cruel Country

the playlist: JUN 2022

1. O.A.R. - "In The Clouds"

2. Stephen Kellogg - "Keep It Up, Kid"

3. Graham Colton - "Because Of You"

4. Gavin DeGraw - "Summertime"

5. Paolo Nutini - "Through The Echoes"

6. Death Cab For Cutie - "Roman Candles"

7. James Vincent McMorrow - "Hurricane"

8. Virginia Man - "Snow In The Desert"

9. S.G. Goodman - "All My Love Is Coming Back To Me"

10. Larkin Poe - "Bad Spell"

the playlist: APR 2020

1. Phish - "Sigma Oasis"

2. John Craigie - "Part Wolf"

3. Trevor Hall (featuring Brett Dennen) - "Put Down What You Are Carrying"

4. G. Love (featuring Ron Artis II) - "Diggin' Roots"

5. Moon Taxi - "Hometown Heroes"

6. Ripe - "First Time Feeling"

7. Lime Cordiale - "Addicted To The Sunshine"

8. The Hip Abduction - "All Night Long"

9. Rome & Duddy - "And It Stoned Me"

10. Benjamin Gibbard - "Life In Quarantine"

the playlist: JUL 2018

1. Death Cab For Cutie - "Gold Rush"

2. Cordovas - "This Town's A Drag"

3. Gorillaz (featuring George Benson) - "Humility"

4. Mike Shinoda - "Crossing A Line"

5. Iration - "Press Play"

6. Rubblebucket - "Fruity"

7. St. Paul & The Broke Bones - "Apollo"

8. M. Ward (featuring Jim James) - "Miracle Man"

9. Amos Lee - "No More Darkness, No More Light"

10. Weezer - "Africa"

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 / April 2015

1. Trey Anastasio Band "Never"
2. Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers "High Neck Lace"
3. Andrew Combs "Pearl"
4. Brandi Carlile "Murder In The City"
5. Joe Pug "If Still It Can't Be Found"
6. Josh Rouse "New Young"
7. Taylor Berrett "Those Days"
8. Mat Kearney "Billion"
9. SOJA "Shadow"
10. Xavier Rudd & The United Nations "Come People"
11. Trevor Hall "Unpack Your Memories"
12. Chadwick Stokes "I Want You Like A Seatbelt"
13. My Morning Jacket "Big Decisions"
14. Alabama Shakes "Gimme All Your Love"
15. Kopecky "Quarterback"
16. Milo Greene "Lonely Eyes"
17. Death Cab For Cutie "No Room In Frame"
18. Lord Huron "The World Ender"
19. Jose Gonzalez "Leaf Off/The Cave"
20. Jarryd James "Do You Remember"

BURN THIS / March 2015

1. Andrew Combs "Foolin'"
2. Will Hoge "Middle Of America"
3. Brandi Carlile "The Eye"
4. Joe Pug "Bright Beginnings"
5. Tony Lucca "Delilah"
6. Cary Brothers "Lovin' On You"
7. Mat Kearney "Just Kids"
8. Jessie Baylin "To Hell And Back"
9. Josh Rouse "Some Days I'm Golden All Night"
10. Trey Anastasio Band "Speak To Me"
11. The Jason Spooner Band "Red & Green"
12. Chadwick Stokes "Mother Maple"
13. JD McPherson "Shy Boy"
14. Dwayne Shivers "Black Tar Heart"
15. Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight"
16. Little Hurricane "Hold Me Back"
17. The Lone Bellow "Take My Love"
18. Houndmouth "Sedona"
19. Lord Huron "Fool For Love"
20. Death Cab For Cutie "Black Sun"

THE 30 BEST ALBUMS OF 2011

1. Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong
2. Brett Dennen - Loverboy
3. The Head And The Heat - The Head And The Heart
4. O.A.R. - King
5. G. Love - Fixin' To Die
6. Dispatch - Dispatch EP
7. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
8. Matt Nathanson - Modern Love
9. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors - Chasing Someday
10. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
11. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
12. Sam Roberts Band - Collider
13. Trevor Hall - Everything Everytime Everywhere
14. Bahamas - Pink Strat
15. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
16. The Black Keys - El Camino
17. Mat Kearney - Young Love
18. Release The Sunbird - Come Back To Us
19. Bob Schneider - A Perfect Day
20. Needtobreathe - The Reckoning
21. William Fitzsimmons - Gold In The Shadow
22. Amos Lee - Mission Bell
23. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
24. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
25. Chadwick Stokes - Simmerkane II
26. Barefoot Truth - Carry Us On
27. Mike Doughty - Yes And Also Yes
28. Zee Avi - Ghostbird
29. Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
30. James Vincent McMorrow - Early In The Morning

If you'd like to view and/or purchase albums on this and previous top 30 lists click here.

New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
• Greg Holden - I Don't Believe You
• Dave Matthews Band - Live At Wrigley Field
• My Morning Jacket - Circuital
• Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs

BURN THIS / April 2011

1. William Fitzsimmons "The Tide Pulls From The Moon"
2. Matt Duke (featuring Cara Salimando) "Love You Anymore"
3. Ari Hest "Sunset Over Hope Street"
4. Brooke Fraser "Coachella"
5. Trey Lockerbie "Moving To Montauk"
6. Matt Wertz "Running Back To You"
7. Cary Brothers "Break Off The Bough"
8. Andrew Belle "The Ladder"
9. Greg Laswell "You, Now"
10. Bleu "How Blue"
11. James Vincent McMorrow "If I Had A Boat"
12. Ben Ottewell "Lightbulbs"
13. Nathaniel Rateliff "A Lamb On The Stone"
14. Middle Brother "Middle Brother"
15. Good Old War "Get Some"
16. The Head And The Heart "Lost In My Mind"
17. Jukebox The Ghost "Schizophrenia"
18. Walk The Moon "Anna Sun"
19. The Lonely Forest "Turn Off This Song And Go Outside"
20. Death Cab For Cutie "You Are A Tourist"

Listen live to the entire playlist in the music player in the right sidebar all month long during April.

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