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WV Playlist 046: Cellophane World – Intangible Intimacy

Posted on November 2, 2026 by Very Warm

The second playlist in my fall 2026 trip hop series goes into a more dreamy, ethereal territory compared to the last entry, Brutalist Kiss. This one dips a bit into the pop and shoegaze zone, with names like Fiona Apple, Madonna … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Beauty's Confusion, Björk, Bows, Cibo Matto, Club 11, Cocteau Twins, Dido, Dot Allison, Emilie Simon, Esthero, Everything But The Girl, Fiona Apple, Frou Frou, Harmony Index, Isabel's Dream, Locust, Madonna, Mandalay, Martina Topley-Bird, Now Always Fades, Oklou, Playlist, Portishead, Sade, Tricky, Underworld, Zero 7 | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 045: Brutalist Kiss – Y2K Forum Meet Cute

Posted on October 26, 2026 by Very Warm

We’re now securely into the fall and with that comes another wave of Warm Visions playlists, hopefully delving into a theme + genre that is somewhat appropriately seasonal to our current temperament. Thanks to inspiration to my friend Olivia, we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged a.s.o., Acopia, andy stott, Bowery Electric, Car Culture, CFCF, Curve, DJ Shadow, Doss, Dregs, Erika de Casier, FKA Twigs, Gorillaz, Guitar, Hysterial Love Project, Madonna, Maria Somerville, Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Playlist, Public Memory, Seefeel, Smerz, Terranova, Tryphème, UNKLE | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 044: WVNY10 – Songs From My Decade In New York City

Posted on October 19, 2026 by Very Warm

Earlier this year I celebrated a decade living in New York City. 10 years just like that. As you can imagine, living in a city like NYC and listening to the amount of music I do (along with my penchant … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Arthur Russell, Badge Époque Ensemble, Cassandra Jenkins, Charli XCX, Dinosaur L, dirty beaches, Doss, Evan J Cartwright, Fcukers, Jenny Hval, julie byrne, Massive Attack, Miles Davis, Mr Twin Sister, Nicolas Jaar, Oneohtrix Point Never, Patti Smith, Playlist, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Sofia Kourtesis, Television, The Avalanches, The Blue Nile, The Velvet Underground, Tidiane Thiam, Weyes Blood, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 043: From My Windowsill – Autumnal Sighs

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Very Warm

I made this playlist in November 2025, but hadn’t gotten around to posting it officially on the blog until now. I was a bit unhappy with how it flowed at first, and also because it was so deeply an autumn … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Alela Diane, Bedouine, Bridget St. John, Buck Meek, Cat Power, Devendra Banhart, Emahoy Tsegue Mariam Gebru, Emily Hines, Feist, Jessica Pratt, joan shelley, Jonny Nash, Jose Gonzalez, Judee Sill, Karen Dalton, Linda Perhacs, Loving, Marina Allen, Mazzy Star, Mr Twin Sister, Nick Drake, North Americans, Playlist, Silvana Estrada, The Velvet Underground, Vashti Bunyan, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 042: Swamp Ceremony – Deep Gurgles From The Bog

Posted on October 5, 2026 by Very Warm

The second in my Sun Araw worship playlist series zones into his more blown-out, hectic and deeply psychedelic tendencies. Whereas the last playlist went into more happy, dubby and sweetly psych textures, this one digs deeper into more guitar freakouts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Atlas Sound, Bardo Pond, Bill Orcutt, Black Dice, Boredoms, Can, Castanets, Dissolve, Dustin Wong, Foodman, Fuck Buttons, Goat, Grouper, LA Vampires Goes Ital, M. Geddes Gengras, Mark McGuire, Miles Davis, Playlist, psych rock, Sun Araw, Water Damage, Weyes Blood, Winged Wheel, Wooden Shjips, yes/and, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 041: Natural World, Birthed Anew – Psychedelic Precursor

Posted on September 28, 2026 by Very Warm

Well, the Garage Rock Summer 2026 may be over, but the spirit of psychedelia remains. This playlist and the following that arrives next week stem from a longtime appreciation of the musician Sun Araw, specifically his output from around 2008 … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged African Head Charge, Alice Cohen, Animal Collective, Blues Control, Broadcast, Dumbo Gets Mad, forest swords, gang gang dance, Glen Brown, Gorillaz, Hailu Mergia, Harald Grosskopf, Horace Andy, James Holden, Julia Holter, Kieran Hebden, King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry, M. Geddes Gengras, Maral, Mike Cooper, Mouse on Mars, Panda Bear, Peaking Lights, Phillip Fullwood, Playlist, Prince Rama, psych rock, Steve Reid, Sun Araw, The Congos | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 040: Baked in the Bermuda Triangle – Alone and Stoned… in Paradise

Posted on September 21, 2026 by Very Warm

Well, the summer has to end sometime. The final installment of Garage Rock Summer 2026 is here, and it’s a jammer. This is like riding out into the sunset. Although in this case, the plane taking off into the sunset … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Akron/Family, Beach Fossils, Best Coast, Cate Le Bon, Deerhunter, Dum Dum Girls, Garage Rock, Hinds, Hunx and His Punx, Jessica Lea Mayfield, King Tuff, Kurt Vile, La Luz, Melody's Echo Chamber, Playlist, Real Estate, Sea Pinks, Seapony, Shannon and the Clams, Smith Westerns, Tacocat, Ty Segall, Ultimate Painting, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Veronica Falls, Vivian Girls, Wild Nothing | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 039: My Summer Job And Subsequent Romance Got Interplanetary And Weird – A Crush Can Take You Places

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Very Warm

Getting deeper into September and Garage Rock Summer 2026 and still no end in sight (spoiler alert: next week is the last playlist of Garage Rock Summer 2026). This time we’re zoning back around to sounds previously heard on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Allah-Las, Chastity Belt, Cherry Glazerr, cloud nothings, Colleen Green, Cotton Jones, Cults, Gap Dream, Garage Rock, girls, Helen, Jaill, Peach Kelli Pop, Playlist, Ringo Deathstarr, Shannon and the Clams, Splashh, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, The Aquadolls, The Beets, The Drums, The Limiñanas, Tomorrows Tulips, tops, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Wavves, Young Prisms | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 038: Shredders Only – The Need For Speed

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Very Warm

September may still contain a few days of summer, it doesn’t feel quite right. I should be pivoting to dreamy fall playlists, right? However, Garage Rock Summer 2026 must continue on, and it’s honestly heating up quite a bit with … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Balkans, Bass Drum of Death, Disappears, Eagulls, FIDLAR, Garage Rock, girls, Holograms, Hookworms, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Ovlov, perfect pussy, Playlist, priests, Protomartyr, Screaming Females, Sleigh Bells, Speedy Ortiz, The Lovely Bad Things, The Marked Men, Thee Oh Sees, together PANGEA, Tony Molina, Ty Segall Band, White Lung, Yo La Tengo, Yung | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 037: Slime Road Truckerz – The Scuzzier The Better

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Very Warm

We’re onto my fourth part of my 2010s garage rock playlist series, this time diving into a bit of fuzzy, scuzzy and buzzy territory on Slime Road Truckerz. I don’t know where the name came from, it just seemed appropriate … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Black Lips, Crystal Antlers, Digital Leather, Fergus & Geronimo, Garage Rock, Gauntlet Hair, Grave Babies, Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, Holy Wave, Hooded Fang, Hunx and His Punx, Iceage, Japanther, King Khan & The Shrines, Love Is All, Male Bonding, METZ, Naomi Punk, Nude Beach, Playlist, Sic Alps, Thee Oh Sees, Twin Peaks, Ty Segall, Unnatural Helpers | Leave a comment

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WV Playlist 046: Cellophane World – Intangible Intimacy

WV Playlist 045: Brutalist Kiss – Y2K Forum Meet Cute

WV Playlist 044: WVNY10 – Songs From My Decade In New York City

WV Playlist 043: From My Windowsill – Autumnal Sighs

WV Playlist 042: Swamp Ceremony – Deep Gurgles From The Bog

WV Playlist 041: Natural World, Birthed Anew – Psychedelic Precursor

WV Playlist 040: Baked in the Bermuda Triangle – Alone and Stoned… in Paradise

WV Playlist 038: Shredders Only – The Need For Speed

WV Playlist 037: Slime Road Truckerz – The Scuzzier The Better

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