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Warm Selections #3: Carla dal Forno, Ora Cogan, Gia Margaret & more

Posted on March 11, 2026 by Very Warm

The train keeps rolling with Warm Selections, now on our third week. I have no lack of music to include, some of which I ramble on and on about, but it’s all excellent of course. There are a few older … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Alexis Taylor, Bulgarian State Television Female Choir, Carla dal Forno, Cashier, Cat Power, Fcukers, Gia Margaret, Jason P. Woodbury, John Carroll Kirby, Ora Cogan, Setting, Telefon Tel Aviv, warm selections | Leave a comment

Warm Selections #2: Éliane Radigue, Isabel Pine, Green-House & more

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Very Warm

Before you say anything, this segment has always been called “Warm Selections.” It’s never been called anything else. You should know this, valued reader! But hey, here we are in the second installment of this fledgling series. Thank you for … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged aldous harding, Angelo De Augustine, Éliane Radigue, Bill Orcutt, Fabiano Do Nascimento, Green-House, Isabel Pine, Jerry Paper, Judie Tzuke, Lone, Natalie Jane Hill, Suss, Vittor Santos Orquestra, warm selections | Leave a comment

Warm Selections #1: Ana Roxanne, Visible Cloaks, My New Band Believe & more

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Very Warm

Hey there! Trying something new on Warm Visions: a weekly music newsletter type thing. Technically I did try to do something like this back around the conception of the blog but it fizzled out quick. Now that it seems like … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Ana Roxanne, Beck, Elori Saxl, Flore Laurentienne, Henry Solomon, La Securité, My New Band Believe, Painted Palms, Placid Angles, Visible Cloaks, warm selections, Wendy Eisenberg | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: January 2026

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Very Warm

Folks, we’ve officially completed 10 years of Recommended Albums. 2026 marks technically the 11th full year of Recommended Albums, since I started it in 2016. I’ve talked about a good amount of albums here. But it feels like I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged By Storm, Dry Cleaning, E Ruscha V, Fabiano Do Nascimento, Geologist, Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, PVA, recommended albums, Shintaro Sakamoto, Whodamammy, Winged Wheel, xavisphone, YIN YIN | Leave a comment

2025 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Very Warm

Every year since 2014, I’ve collected songs into a playlist as the year happens that reaches 100 songs. It serves as a digital snapshot, marking when I was obsessed with certain songs, new or old, or a song soundtracked a … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Air, Air France, Amerie, Animal Collective, Armand Van Helden, Autechre, Bear in Heaven, Beck, Big Thief, Black Country New Road, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Brendan Eder Ensemble, Cameron Winter, Carlita, Chaos in the CBD, Chloe Robinson, Chuquimamani-Condori, Confidence Man, Cross Record, Cut Copy, D'Angelo, Daphni, Disclosure, DJ ADHD, Domenique Dumont, Elori Saxl, Eris Drew, Erland Øye, Four Tet, Friendly Fires, Geese, Gelli Haha, Grizzly Bear, Grouper, Hayden Pedigo, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Holy Fuck, inc. no world, James Holden, James K, JÁNA, Jensen Sportag, Jessica Pratt, Joanna Newsom, Joanne Robertson, Justus Köhncke, Kelly Moran, Khaled, Khruangbin, KOKOROKO, Lawrence Hart, Los Thuthanaka, Madonna, Men I Trust, Mereba, Moin, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Neil Young, Neu, Nina Simone, Ninajirachi, Nine Inch Nails, Norah Jones, Octo Octa, Oklou, Oli XL, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ora Cogan, P.S. Eliot, Petter, Phoenix, Playboi Carti, Prospa, Purelink, Purity Ring, Real Lies, retrospective, Robyn, Safe Mind, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sextile, Silvana Estrada, Sonic Youth, Southern Shores, SPELLLING, Stevie Wonder, Tate McRae, The Beatles, The Dirtbombs, The MFA, The Radio Dept., Underworld, VTSS, Wednesday, Wet, Wunder, Yasmin Williams, YHWH Nailgun, Yo La Tengo, ZEDD | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2025

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Very Warm

Live music is the best. In 2025 I indulged in this treat a few times. So many times I hit a new personal best in amount of live shows, artists seen, artists seen for the first time, etc. I felt … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Adrian Quesada, Air, alex g, Ali, Allegra Krieger, Amy Millan, Anamanaguchi, Anand Wilder, Arc De Soleil, Armand Hammer, Autechre, Automatic, Avalon Emerson, Bartees Strange, Beck, Bedouine, best of 2025, Beth Gibbons, Betty Taylor, Bill Orcutt, Billy Woods, Bitchin Bajas, Black Country New Road, Blue Lake, Cameron Winter, Carl Craig, Case Oats, Cashier, Chanel Beads, chlothegod, Chrysalis, Cindy Lee, Claire Rousay, Cloth, Cole Pulice, Confidence Man, corto.alto, Counting Crows, Cut Copy, Dagmar Zuniga, Daniela Pes, danny brown, Delivery, Discovery Zone, Disiniblud, dogs of shady lane, Dutch Interior, Elori Saxl, Erika de Casier, Esther Rose, Eve Alpert, Ezra Feinberg, Fcukers, Florist, Flying Lotus, Frankie Cosmos, Freak Heat Waves, Fusilier, Geese, Gelli Haha, Ginger Root, Grizzly Bear, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Gurriers, Hannah Jadagu, Hayden Pedigo, Hayes Bradley, Her New Knife, Holy Fuck, Huerco S., Ichiko Aoba, jack j, Jamie xx, Japanese Breakfast, jens lekman, Jensen McRae, Juan Wauters, Julia Holter, julie byrne, Just Mustard, Kaytranada, keiyaa, Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Moran, Kerala Dust, KOKOROKO, L'eclair, L'impératrice, L'Rain, La Securité, Living Hour, LP Giobbi, Lunar Vacation, Maral, Maren Morris, Margo Price, Maribou State, Marie Davidson, Maruja, Mary Lattimore, Mereba, Milan W, Mobley, Moin, Molchat Doma, Moor Mother, Niecy Blues, Nilüfer Yanya, Nine Inch Nails, NoSo, NxWorries, Obongjayar, Oklou, Oli XL, Ora Cogan, Ora the Molecule, Oracle Sisters, Pachyman, Pearl and the Oysters, Personal Trainer, Purity Ring, Quadeca, Quiet Light, Rae Khalil, Real Young Lazy Horse, Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Safe Mind, Sam Prekop, Sextile, Shallowhalo, SHISHI, Silvana Estrada, Sly5thAve, Smerz, SML, Snocaps, Sofie Royer, Sparks, SPELLLING, spill tab, Spirit Of The Beehive, Sudan Archives, Sunday (1994), Sweeping Promises, Tagua Tagua, tamanaramen, Tara Clerkin Trio, Tasha, This Is Lorelei, Thundercat, Thunderwerld, tops, Tortoise, Tunde Adebimpe, Tune-Yards, Underworld, untitled (halo), Volcán, voyeur, Water Damage, Wednesday, Wendy Eisenberg, Westerman, Wet, Winged Wheel, Yasuaki Shimizu, Yeule, YHWH Nailgun, Yo La Tengo, Zsela | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2025

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Very Warm

Moving right along with the Best of 2025 lists, we have my favorite 100 songs of the year. Like years previous, I’ve ranked the top 10, and listed the following 90 in alphabetical order. I’ve also included the Tidal playlist … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged alex g, Amaarae, Automatic, BADBADNOTGOOD, Barker, best of 2025, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blood Orange, Burial, Caroline, Cate Le Bon, Chat Pile, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cloth, Cross Record, Crushed, danny brown, Destroyer, Dijon, DJ Koze, Djrum, Drugdealer, Eliana Glass, Emily Hines, Erika de Casier, FACS, Fcukers, feeo, Fusilier, Geese, Gelli Haha, Giant Claw, HAAi, Hannah Frances, Hatchie, Hayden Pedigo, Horsegirl, James K, Jane Remover, JÁNA, Joanne Robertson, John Glacier, Jonny Nash, Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, keiyaa, Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Moran, KOKOROKO, Lawrence Hart, Leon Vynehall, Living Hour, Los Thuthanaka, Lucrecia Dalt, Malibu, Maria Somerville, Mason Lindahl, Mei Semones, Men I Trust, Mereba, Momma, Nilüfer Yanya, Ninajirachi, Nourished By Time, Oklou, Oli XL, Panda Bear, Phoebe Rings, PinkPantheress, Purelink, Purity Ring, Real Lies, Robyn, Rochelle Jordan, Safe Mind, Saint Etienne, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sextile, Silvana Estrada, Smerz, Snocaps, Snuggle, Sofia Kourtesis, SPELLLING, Sudan Archives, Sword II, Tan Cologne, Tapeworms, Tate McRae, The Beths, Titanic, tops, Two Shell, Venna, Verses GT, Walt McClements, Water From Your Eyes, Wednesday, YHWH Nailgun | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2025

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Very Warm

Now that the dust has settled on most major publications’ Best Albums of 2025 lists, it’s finally time to unleash the most objectively correct and most well-written of them all: Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2025. I’ll reserve my … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Annahstasia, Automatic, Barker, best of 2025, Caroline, Chaos in the CBD, Chat Pile, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cole Pulice, Cross Record, Daniel Bachman, Deradoorian, Dijon, Domenique Dumont, Erika de Casier, FACS, Geese, Gelli Haha, Hayden Pedigo, Horsegirl, James K, Joanne Robertson, Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, Kelly Moran, KOKOROKO, Lawrence Hart, Los Thuthanaka, Lucrecia Dalt, Malibu, Men I Trust, Ninajirachi, Oklou, Oneohtrix Point Never, Panda Bear, Purelink, Purity Ring, Rafael Toral, Real Lies, Rochelle Jordan, Safe Mind, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sam Prekop, Scree, Silvana Estrada, Smerz, SML, Stereolab, Sword II, Tan Cologne, Titanic, tops, Walt McClements, YHWH Nailgun | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: November 2025

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Very Warm

Well November is nearly a full month past and I still need to put out my Best of 2025 lists, so putting this up rather unceremoniously so I can get my Best of stuff going. November was a good month … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Hatchie, Juana Molina, Kalia Vandever, Lawrence Hart, Oneohtrix Point Never, recommended albums, Rosalía, sessa, SML, Sword II, Westerman | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: October 2025

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Very Warm

There was so much music in October and it took me this long to choose what to feature here. Yeah that’s the excuse I’ll go with. In all seriousness: fantastic records await for October, including LPs from Irish shoegazers Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Agriculture, Antibalas, Car Culture, Chat Pile, Claire Rousay, feeo, Hayden Pedigo, Just Mustard, keiyaa, Kelly Moran, Living Hour, Malibu, Rafael Toral, recommended albums, Silvana Estrada, Snocaps, Sudan Archives, Tortoise | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Music

Warm Selections #3: Carla dal Forno, Ora Cogan, Gia Margaret & more

Warm Selections #2: Éliane Radigue, Isabel Pine, Green-House & more

Warm Selections #1: Ana Roxanne, Visible Cloaks, My New Band Believe & more

Recommended Albums: January 2026

2025 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2025

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2025

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2025

Recommended Albums: November 2025

Recommended Albums: October 2025

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