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Listen: Uh Huh – “Redemption Pause” [2023]

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Very Warm

Sometimes when you run a blog on your own you get caught up by stupid, limiting factors that hold you in place when you really want to post about new music. That could be life tasks or chores (boring!), other … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged 2023, Dub, Listen, rock, Uh Huh | Leave a comment

Listen: Kate NV – “mi (we)” [2023]

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Very Warm

In the summer of 2017, I happened to see Kate NV perform in Brooklyn three times in a two week span. Once by chance (opening for Jessy Lanza @ House of Yes), and twice by seeking out her gigs since … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2023, experimental, Kate NV, Listen, pop | Leave a comment

Listen: Meernaa – “I Believe In You” [2023]

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Very Warm

Holy smokes, is that what I think it is? A standalone post about new music on Warm Visions? That’s right folks, I’m willing up the effort to post about music on my own personal music blog. It’s true, I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2023, Listen, Meernaa | Leave a comment

30 Years: Warm Visions’ #1 Albums of 1992-2022

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Very Warm

On October 24th, 2022, I turned 30. I didn’t have any big plans for the momentous date which is convenient for me since I also came down with covid the day of. While marinating in a fever-addled haze, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Arca, Beck, Best of, Best of the 1990s, Best of the 2000s, Best of the 2010s, Big Thief, Björk, Boards of Canada, Built To Spill, Burial, Cassandra Jenkins, Charli XCX, Cindy Lee, Destroyer, Grouper, Hop Along, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, Laurel Halo, Madvillain, Mr Twin Sister, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, reckless listmaking, Slowdive, Sophie, sufjan stevens, The Avalanches, The Books, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: January 2023

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Very Warm

Welcome to 2023! Okay, we’ve already been in the year for over a month, but Warm Visions Recommended Albums is back for another round: my eighth year of this feature! Feels wild to even think that. Keeps me honest, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged ANIMA!, Chaba Fadela, Cheb Khaled, Everything But The Girl, Exodus, girls, Jonah Yano, Lyle Mays, m83, Meg Baird, Nona Hendryx, Orange Folder, Overmono, Pat Metheny, Pearl and the Oysters, poolblood, Radiohead, recommended albums, Rozi Plain, Say She She, Television, The Books, The Chameleons, The Drin, The Tubs, To Rococo Rot, Weval, XTC, Y La Bamba, Yunè Pinku | Leave a comment

Listen: Aashid Himons – “The Gods & I” [1984]

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Very Warm

Can it be?? Warm Visions posting something other than a list? It’s true, folks. After a long absence of individual posts, I have struck inspiration with this amazing Aashid Himons track, “The Gods & I”, off his 1984 album Kosmik Gypsy. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 1984, Aashid Himons, groove, Listen, WV Does the 80s | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: December 2022

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Very Warm

Ope – one more 2022 post for ya. December Recommended Albums posts always feel so redundant and uncool, despite there being legitimately good music coming out during the month. So don’t shy away, friends and listen to some bomb tunes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Best of 2022, Leland Whitty, MIKE, Moriah Bailey, recommended albums, Shirley Hurt, Shovel Dance Collective, Suss, SZA | Leave a comment

2022 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Very Warm

For the eighth year running, I’ve kept track of the songs that impacted my year as it happened, building a playlist from January to December and keeping it at 100 songs. If I was obsessed with a certain song that … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Aaron Dilloway, alex g, Alvvays, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Badge Époque Ensemble, Belle and Sebastian, Best of 2022, Beth Orton, Beyonce, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Blunt Chunks, Bolis Pupul, Braxe and Falcon, Can, Caroline, Charli XCX, Charlotte Adigéry, Chat Pile, Claude, Dan Deacon, Daniel Avery, Daniel Bachman, Daphni, Deftones, Dehd, Denzel Curry, Depeche Mode, Destroyer, Divino Niño, Dungen, Evan J Cartwright, Evanescence, Fairuz, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Florist, Fontaines D.C., Frank Harris, George FitzGerald, Grouper, Harald Grosskopf, Hatchie, Indigo Sparke, jack j, jens lekman, Jessie Ware, joan shelley, Just Mustard, Khruangbin, King Crimson, KOKOROKO, Kornel Kovacs, Kraftwerk, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Lali Puna, Lucrecia Dalt, Machine Girl, Malibu, Maria Chiara Argirò, Maria Marques, Men I Trust, MJ Lenderman, Monoton, MUNA, Nu Genea, Old Saw, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Palm, Patrice Rushen, Pep Llopis, Pet Shop Boys, Pharoah Sanders, retrospective, Shirley Hurt, Shuggie Otis, Shygirl, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sophie and Peter Johnston, Stevie Wonder, Tallies, TDJ, Tess Roby, The A's, The Go-Go's, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Primitives, The Range, the sea and cake, Thee Sacred Souls, Tim Bernardes, TSHA, Two Shell, Vieux Farka Touré, Voivod, Winged Wheel, X, Yukihiro Takahashi, Zapp | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2022

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Very Warm

I returned to live music in a big way in 2022. I witnessed 109 different performances by 105 different artists, as opposed to last year where I saw 44 performances by 43 artists (granted shows really didn’t start back up … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 1010 Benja SL, Acid Dad, alex g, Allison Russell, Altin Gün, Alvvays, Animal Collective, Armand Hammer, Ata Kak, Automatic, Belle and Sebastian, Benee, Best of 2022, Beth Orton, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Blondshell, Bolis Pupul, Bonobo, Brush, Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Caroline, Cassandra Jenkins, Charley Crockett, Charlotte Adigéry, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Cindy Lee, Claire Rousay, Contour, Craig Finn, Destroyer, Disq, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Ebo Taylor, Erika de Casier, Eyedress, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Fly Anakin, FlySiifu's, Fontaines D.C., Four Tet, Geese, Grouper, Hannah Jadagu, Hatchie, Hiatus Kaiyote, Horsegirl, Indigo De Souza, Indigo Sparke, Injury Reserve, Jake Blount, Jamie xx, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Jessie Ware, Jo Schornikow, Jordan Rakei, Julia Blair, julie byrne, Just Mustard, Katie Von Schleicher, L'Rain, Lifeguard, Live Review, Los Bitchos, Low, Lunar Vacation, Maia Friedman, Marlon Williams, Mary Lattimore, Metronomy, Miss Grit, Mitski, Myd, Nikki Lane, NoSo, Ouri, Preoccupations, Preservation, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Rosali, Sasha and the Valentines, sessa, Sharon Van Etten, Shygirl, Sofie Royer, Softee, Sudan Archives, The A's, The Beths, The Black Angels, The Vacant Lots, The Weather Station, They Hate Change, Thus Love, Tilden, Tim Bernardes, Tirzah, Twisting, V.V. Lightbody, Vanishing Twin, Water From Your Eyes, Weval, Wild Nothing, Winter, Yaya Bey, Yo La Tengo, Youbet | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2022

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Very Warm

Moving further through my favorite music of 2022, here we feature my Top 100 favorite songs of the year. Like previous years, I’ve picked out 90 I loved and organized them alphabetically, and then ranked my top 10 favorites at … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 070 Shake, alex g, Allegra Krieger, Alvvays, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Automatic, Badge Époque Ensemble, Best of 2022, Beyonce, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Bitchin Bajas, Black Country New Road, Blunt Chunks, Bolis Pupul, Braxe and Falcon, carly rae jepsen, Caroline, Cate Le Bon, Charli XCX, Charlotte Adigéry, Chat Pile, Claude, Courtesy, Daniel Avery, Daniel Bachman, Dawn Richard, Dehd, Destroyer, Divino Niño, Dry Cleaning, Dungen, Eli Winter, Erica Eso, Evan J Cartwright, Floating Points, Florist, Fontaines D.C., George FitzGerald, George Riley, Guerilla Toss, HAAi, Hatchie, Horsegirl, Ibibio Sound Machine, Indigo Sparke, jack j, joan shelley, Joseph Shabason, Julia Jacklin, Julianna Riolino, Just Mustard, Khruangbin, KOKOROKO, Kornel Kovacs, Lil Silva, Mabe Fratti, Maia Friedman, Mali Obomsawin, Marci, Maria Chiara Argirò, MJ Lenderman, Molly Nilsson, MUNA, natalia lafourcade, Nicholas Krgovich, Nilüfer Yanya, Nu Genea, Obongjayar, Palm, Panda Bear, Plains, Pool Kids, Primer, PVA, Rachika Nayar, Renata Zeiguer, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Rosalía, Sault, Shabason & Krgovich, Shirley Hurt, Shygirl, Sofie Royer, Sonic Boom, Spencer Zahn, Sudan Archives, SZA, Tallies, TDJ, Tess Roby, The A's, The Beths, The Range, Tomberlin, tops, TSHA, Two Shell, Vieux Farka Touré, Weyes Blood, Widowspeak, Winged Wheel, Yunè Pinku, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

Author Archives: Very Warm

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Listen: Uh Huh – “Redemption Pause” [2023]

Listen: Kate NV – “mi (we)” [2023]

Listen: Meernaa – “I Believe In You” [2023]

30 Years: Warm Visions’ #1 Albums of 1992-2022

Recommended Albums: January 2023

Listen: Aashid Himons – “The Gods & I” [1984]

Recommended Albums: December 2022

2022 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2022

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2022

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