Electric Mile
Seemingly growing more content with his outsider status with  each new release, former Sony great white hype Garrett "G. Love" Dutton  appears in no hurry to update his band's back-porch hip-hop-and-blues  sound. On his fifth studio album with Special Sauce--bassist Jim  Prescott and drummer Jeff Clemens--themes of positivity and spiritual  satisfaction remain at the fore, while the laidback grooves sound more  effortless than ever, particularly on the '70s-drenched title track and  the tender "Sara's Song." There is a breezy nod to Bob Marley on the  ska-inflected "Praise Up," and "Night of the Living Dead" features a  fractured falsetto vocal, but major diversions are rare onElectric  Mile, an album that is virtually interchangeable with the trio'sself-titled 1994 debut.  And that's no bad thing.--Jaan Uhelszki