the playlist: MAR 2019

1. John Mayer - "I Guess I Just Feel Like"

2. White Denim - "Shanalala"

3. X Ambassadors - "Boom"

4. Ben Kweller - "Heart Attack Kid"

5. Cass McCombs - "I Followed The River South To What"

6. Ghost Light - "Best Kept Secret"

7. Galactic (featuring David Shaw & Nahko) - "Everlasting Light"

8. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - "Change My Way"

9. Judah & The Lion (featuring Kacey Musgraves) - "Pictures"

10. Gesaffelstein (featuring Pharrell Williams) - "Blast Off"

#reviewoftheweek / Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - New Ammo

KDTU are back and delivering potentially their best release to date. Karl Denson has released music with many backing bands, but it's this incarnation of his Tiny Universe that seems to deliver the best yet. Starting off, they have the uncanny ability to present new takes on great songs, and on this album they take on three great alternative songs. Their renditions of the Beastie Boys' "Sure Shot," the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army," and the Cold War Kids' "Hang Me Up To Dry" showcase how much of a party bad they are, while also solidifying themselves as great musicians at the same time. The album rocks from beginning to end just like a live show and has danceable moments throughout. Styles from funk to reggae are represented throughout the collection and are highlighted on tracks like "Three Trials Of Strength" and the title track. The hands down stand out on the album is the jam rock and blues influenced track "My Baby" which features vocals by Denson and Nicki Bluhm. These songs will surely translate well to the live stage, but if you can't make it out to a show, pumping these jams out of your stereo will surely transport you there in spirit.

BURN THIS / March 2014

1. William Fitzsimmons "Fortune"
2. James Vincent McMorrow "Gold"
3. Jose Gonzalez "Stay Alive"
4. Lord Huron "The Ends Of The Earth"
5. Roadkill Ghost Choir "Beggars' Guild"
6. Nathaniel Rateliff "Still Trying"
7. Jamestown Revival "California (Cast Iron Soul)"
8. Vance Joy "From Afar"
9. John Butler Trio "Spring To Come"
10. G. Love & Special Sauce (featuring Ben Harper) "Nothing Quite Like Home"
11. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe "Sure Shot"
12. Rustic Overtones "The Show Must Go On"
13. The Revivalists "When I'm Able"
14. Moon Taxi "The New Black"
15. Kongos "Come With Me Now"
16. Sam Roberts Band "Too Far"
17. Graham Colton "Mixed Up"
18. Andrew Ripp "Falling For The Beat"
19. Rosi Golan (featuring Johnny McDaid) "Give Up The Ghost"
20. O.A.R. "Peace"

BURN THIS / February 2014

1. Eric Hutchinson "Tell The World"
2. Brett Dennen "When We Were Young"
3. Courtney Jaye "Love And Forgiveness"
4. Graham Colton "Hands Untied"
5. Needtobreathe "The Heart"
6. Little Hurricane "Sheep In Wolves Clothes"
7. Swear And Shake "Fire"
8. The Belle Brigade "Ashes"
9. Pete Francis "Nosedive"
10. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (featuring Nicki Bluhm) "My Baby"
11. The Bamboos "Avenger"
12. Rustic Overtones (featuring Eric Krasno) "Martyrs"
13. Wake Owl "Candy"
14. James Vincent McMorrow "Cavalier"
15. Greg Laswell "Comes And Goes (In Waves)"
16. Gregory Alan Isakov "Saint Valentine"
17. Mason Jennings "Wilderness"
18. Jamestown Revival "Fur Coat Blues"
19. Lee DeWyze "Like I Do"
20. Ben Fuller "Love Song For The People"

New Release Tuesday

New music out today that is worth checking out:

• Rob Blackledge - Inside These Walls
• John Butler Trio - Live At Lollapalooza
• Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - Brother's Keeper
• The Elms - The Great American Midrange
• Kyle Hollingsworth - Then There's Now
• Mason Jennings - Blood Of Man
• Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
• Passafire - Everyone On Everynight
• Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up