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Listen: Yuki Nakayamate – “Secrets (9 to 4)” [1982]

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Very Warm

Continuing my trawl through a trove of rare groove nuggets I recently pulled in. I’m obviously always drawn to Japanese records from the late 70s and 80s, and Yuki Nakayamate’s Octopussy definitely does not disappoint. Luxurious, high-class pop with world-class … Continue reading →

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Listen: Harry Case – “Jam (At Your Party)” [1989]

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Very Warm

Recently came across a big trove of groovy records that I’ll hopefully be sharing on the blog. Just snagged a vinyl rip of this Harry Case album In A Mood, which I don’t recommend you look up on Discogs unless you’ve … Continue reading →

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The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Very Warm

In what might be the vainest of my vanity projects, I decided to plunder the music of the 1990s, the decade of my birth, to “rank” my favorite albums. Why? It’s not like anything I list here is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 1990s, A Tribe Called Quest, American Football, Angelo Badalamenti, Aphex Twin, Arto Lindsay, Bark Psychosis, Beck, best of the decade, Björk, Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Buena Vista Social Club, Built To Spill, Cocteau Twins, D'Angelo, Daft Punk, David Lynch, Depeche Mode, Digable Planets, Dirty Three, Dismemberment Plan, DJ Shadow, Duster, Elliott Smith, Emmylou Harris, Erykah Badu, Everything But The Girl, Fiona Apple, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Guided By Voices, GZA The Genius, Insides, Jeff Buckley, Jim O'Rourke, Lauryn Hill, Liz Phair, Lucinda Williams, Madonna, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Modest Mouse, Mos Def, Mulatu Astatke, My Bloody Valentine, Nas, Neurosis, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Outkast, Pavement, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Red House Painters, Ride, Sade, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, Sleater-Kinney, Slint, Slowdive, Smog, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Stereolab, talk talk, Teenage Fanclub, The Breeders, The Flaming Lips, The Fugees, The Prodigy, The Sundays, Tortoise, Unwound, Weezer, Wilco, Wu-Tang Clan, Yo La Tengo | 1 Comment

Listen: Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett – “Oddball” [1974]

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Very Warm

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a friend of yours visits Dubai and goes to a record store. He finds an interesting looking piece in the “Highly Recommended” section. He then recommends it to you. What he found … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged 1974, Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett, funk, jazz, Listen | Leave a comment

2012 Retrospective

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Very Warm

The self-indulgent Retrospective series continues, this time diving into 2012, maybe THE year that my music taste fully broke and I went from a dedicated listener + hunter of new music to a depraved lunatic. Wild times here, y’all. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged A$AP ROCKY, Amber Coffman, Andrew Bird, andy stott, Aphex Twin, Baroness, Beach House, Beck, Best of 2012, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boris, Burial, Captain Murphy, CFCF, chairlift, Chromatics, Clams Casino, cloud nothings, Cocteau Twins, Daisuke Tanabe, Dan Deacon, Dean Blunt, death grips, DIIV, El Polen, Elite Gymnastics, Father John Misty, Fiona Apple, Frank Ocean, Frankie Rose, Glocca Morra, Grimes, Grizzly Bear, Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, Have A Nice Life, Hop Along, hot chip, Hundred Waters, Jai Paul, Japandroids, Jessica Pratt, John Talabot, Julia Holter, Kendrick Lamar, Kidkanevil, Killer Mike, Kindness, King Tuff, Koh Ohtani, Korallreven, laraaji, Laurel Halo, Le Tigre, Lemonade, Liar, Light Asylum, Lone, mac demarco, Macintosh Plus, Major Lazer, Marina, Marina and the Diamonds, Meadowlands, Melody's Echo Chamber, Memory Tapes, Merchandise, Miguel, Mister Lies, Moons, Mount Eerie, Mustafa Ozkent Orchestre, Parquet Courts, Perfume Genius, pictureplane, Purity Ring, Pylon, retrospective, Royal Headache, Ryan Hemsworth, Schoolboy Q, Sleigh Bells, Snowing, Solange, Stardust, Submerse, Swans, Taken By Trees, Tame Impala, Tennis, The Field, the men, The Microphones, The Velvet Underground, TNGHT, tops, TR/ST, Trailer Trash Tracys, Trash Talk, Ty Segall, Wild Nothing, Wu Fei, Yo La Tengo, Zero 7 | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: October 2020

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Very Warm

October felt like nothing at all. Despite housing my birthday and a big holiday, nothing much seemed to have happened. Even the weather wasn’t super fall-like. 2020 really does have to do it to us like that I guess. What … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Actress, Adrianne Lenker, Azymuth, best of 2020, Better Person, Cut Worms, Deep Sea Diver, Eartheater, Ela Minus, Emma Ruth Rundle, Gorillaz, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Helena Deland, Isola, Joel Ross, Machinedrum, Magik Markers, Mary Lattimore, North Americans, Róisín Murphy, recommended albums, Salem, sam amidon, Sea Oleena, Surprise Chef, The Budos Band, Thou, Tobacco, Wendy Eisenberg, Working Men's Club | Leave a comment

Listen: Surprise Chef – “The Limp” [2020]

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Very Warm

I feel like we’ve been blessed with a lot of great jazz/funk this year. Seems like it’s become a VERY cool thing to post about on blogs + listen to in playlists. Not gonna lie, I’m in that group! I’ve … Continue reading →

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2011 Retrospective

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Very Warm

Cruising along through the missing pieces of my 2010s musical experience (previously, the 2010 Retrospective) and going into a very pivotal year that was 2011. To make any reader feel baby, old or just right: in 2011 I graduated high … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2011, A$AP ROCKY, araabmuzik, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Azealia Banks, Battles, Beat Connection, Best of 2011, Beyonce, Björk, Boards of Canada, bon iver, Born Gold, brian eno, Burial, Charli XCX, Clams Casino, Cold Cave, Crystal Antlers, CSS, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Dan Deacon, Das Racist, death grips, Destroyer, Dinosaur Jr., Discovery, Elite Gymnastics, Fleet Foxes, Ford & Lopatin, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, Future Islands, gang gang dance, Gauntlet Hair, girls, Gorillaz, Grimes, Grouper, Handsome Furs, Holy Ghost!, Hooray For Earth, jacques greene, Jai Paul, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Julianna Barwick, Kanye West, King Krule, Korallreven, Kurt Vile, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Lemon Demon, Little Dragon, Lykke Li, m83, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine, Neon Indian, Oneohtrix Point Never, Panda Bear, PJ Harvey, Purity Ring, Radiohead, Real Estate, retrospective, rustie, shabazz palaces, Sleep ∞ Over, Slint, Smith Westerns, St. Vincent, The Black Keys, the caretaker, The Decemberists, The Dodos, The Flaming Lips, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, The Joy Formidable, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Rapture, The Strokes, The Weeknd, Tim Hecker, Toro Y Moi, Tune-Yards, Ty Segall, Tycho, Tyler the Creator, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Washed Out, When Saints Go Machine, White Denim, Wild Beasts, Young Galaxy, Youth Lagoon, Yuck, Zoo Kid | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 015: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Very Warm

Last year I made a fall-themed playlist “Mauve Malaise” that leaned heavily into heavy, distorted sounds of shoegaze interspersed with droning, trance-like folk, an attempt to balance the sonic cacophony of deeply-processed guitars and sheets of American Primitive guitar playing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Anna Von Hausswolff, Avery Leigh's Night Palace, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Brittany Haas, Broadcast, Cinder Well, Circuit Des Yeux, Cocteau Twins, Daniel Bachman, Dirty Three, Faye Webster, Fred Squire, Gia Margaret, Gravenhurst, Grouper, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Harold Budd, Insides, Jessica Pratt, Jon McKiel, Julie Doiron, Karen Dalton, Lomelda, Lovesliescrushing, Marisa Anderson, Mary Lattimore, Midwife, Mojave 3, Mount Eerie, Mountain Man, Nico, North Americans, Pale Saints, Playlist, Robbie Basho, sam amidon, Sandro Perri, Scott Walker, Seasonal Playlist, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Stereolab, Tenci, The Flamingos, The Velvet Underground, Varo, Weyes Blood, Widowspeak, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Listen: Badge Époque Ensemble – “Unity (It’s Up To You) (feat. James Baley)” [2020]

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Very Warm

A little late on sharing this one, but my favs Badge Époque Ensemble are back with a new single from their upcoming album Self Help, alongside a beautiful claymation video. The song, “Unity (It’s Up To You)” features a returning … Continue reading →

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Listen: Yuki Nakayamate – “Secrets (9 to 4)” [1982]

Listen: Harry Case – “Jam (At Your Party)” [1989]

Listen: Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett – “Oddball” [1974]

Recommended Albums: October 2020

Listen: Surprise Chef – “The Limp” [2020]

2011 Retrospective

WV Playlist 015: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

Listen: Badge Époque Ensemble – “Unity (It’s Up To You) (feat. James Baley)” [2020]

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