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- Best of 2025 :: 50 Albums
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- 2024 Retrospective
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- 2023 Retrospective
- Best of 2023 :: 100 Songs
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- It Felt Good To Be Alone – Sad
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- Sand Dollar Jukebox – Summer
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A stream of consciousness music blog, active since 2010. Established in Ann Arbor, MI, currently in NYC.
Send me music: warmsubmissions @ gmail
I hope you enjoy your time here.
Category Archives: Music
Listen: Kalbells – “Purplepink” [2021]
NY’s Kalbells made one of my favorite EPs of 2020, Mothertime, and are already on their way to put out a new LP, Max Heart, coming March 26th via NNA Tapes. I’ve had the chance to check it out and … Continue reading
Listen: Shoeg – “ES II: Needs Assessment” [2020]
Was recently sent this cool album by Spanish musician Shoeg, 外皮 External Skin, an OST to a fictional RPG. This one’s for all you VGM freaks out there. There’s the regular album version of 外皮 External Skin, but Shoeg has … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Donkey Kong Country, Electronic, experimental, Shoeg
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Listen: Smerz – “Believer” [2021]
I’ve taken a bit of a break from posting new music but thought this new Smerz song would be the perfect thing to break my 2021 seal. Smerz made two of my favorite EPs of the 2010s, Have fun and … Continue reading
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Recommended Albums: December 2020
I forgot I had to do a Recommended Albums of December 2020 post after I had written “this is my last post for 2020” on my 2020 Retrospective. I was pretty tuned out of new music halfway through December, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Ichiko Aoba, Kelly Moran, Mica Levi, Prurient, recommended albums, Rico Nasty, Suss, The Avalanches
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2020 Retrospective – 100 Songs + Listening Stats
Like I said in my Best Albums of 2020 list, I don’t need to be the one to tell you how awful 2020 was. What we have here is my usual 100-song rundown of how my 2020 sounded. I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Alexander Robotnick, Aluna, Andras, Ann Steel, Anna Von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, Belle and Sebastian, best of 2020, Better Person, Bibio, Björk, brian eno, Bruno Pernadas, BUMPER, C814, Callisto, Charli XCX, Chloe x Halle, Cindy Lee, Clams Casino, Cocteau Twins, Colored Music, Cut Worms, David Axelrod, Deerhunter, Depeche Mode, Destroyer, Dinosaur L, Disclosure, Dolly Parton, Elysia Crampton, Emily King, Ernest Hood, Esther Suarez, FACS, Frances Quinlan, Francesco Messina, Georgia, Global Communication, Grouper, Harold Budd, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Home Boy and the C.O.L., Imogen Heap, India Jordan, Inner Life, Insides, Jayda G, Jessie Ware, Jessy Lanza, Jim O'Rourke, John Carroll Kirby, Julien Negre, Kalbells, Keleketla!, Kit Sebastian, Land Of Talk, Larry Young, Leonard Cohen, Liz Phair, Loving, Madonna, Madvillain, Mamalarky, Manuel Gottsching, Marie Davidson, Max Cilla, Música Esporádica, Motohiko Hamase, Mountain Man, Nation of Language, Neil Young, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nubya Garcia, Olivier Rogg, Pale Saints, Perfume Genius, Power Trip, Prefab Sprout, Preservation, Raul Lovisoni, retrospective, Sade, Sault, Sea Oleena, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Soundgarden, Stevie Wonder, Ted Lucas, The Avalanches, The Blasting Company, The Chameleons, The Flamingos, The Roches, Thundercat, Tidiane Thiam, TootArd, tops, Tortoise, Unwound, Virginia Astley, Waxahatchee, Westerman, Weyes Blood, Whitney Houston, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Yuki Nakayamate, Yves Tumor
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The 50 Best Albums of 2020
Well folks, I am not going to be the one to tell you about how “crazy this year was and how we hope you and your family are safe during these unprecedented times”. That’s Arby’s or Chase Bank’s job. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Ana Roxanne, Andras, Anna Von Hausswolff, Armand Hammer, Asa Tone, Badge Époque Ensemble, best of 2020, Better Person, Breaking, Charley Crockett, Charli XCX, Chloe x Halle, Cindy Lee, Deradoorian, Discovery Zone, Domenique Dumont, Duma, Duval Timothy, Eartheater, Elysia Crampton, Eyeliner, FACS, Fiona Apple, Fontaines D.C., Frances Quinlan, Georgia, Gum Country, Jessie Ware, Jessy Lanza, Joel Ross, John Carroll Kirby, Ka, Kate NV, keiyaa, Land Of Talk, Laura Marling, Lianne La Havas, Liv.e, Luis Pestana, Madeline Kenney, Mamalarky, Marie Davidson, Mary Lattimore, Merce Lemon, Nana Adjoa, Nick Hakim, North Americans, Nubya Garcia, Sault, Sea Oleena, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Space Afrika, Sparkle Division, Tenci, Thanya Iyer, The Avalanches, The Koreatown Oddity, The Microphones, TootArd, tops, Waxahatchee, Westerman, Winter, Yalc123, Yves Tumor
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Warm Visions’ Best EPs of 2020
What’s tiny but packs a big punch? Ok, here’s a hint: it’s not a ladybug with a pair of boxing gloves, in this case anyways. I’m talking about good old EPs, an industry standard since 19XX. In all honestly I … Continue reading
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Tagged best of 2020, Blue Hawaii, Bullion, BUMPER, Christine And The Queens, Disclosure, DJ Lostboi, Dua Saleh, 박혜진 park hye jin, India Jordan, Isla Den, Isola, Jayda G, Jockstrap, Kalbells, Konradsen, L'eclair, Lily Konigsberg, Little Simz, Nailah Hunter, PVA, Shygirl, Sinead O'Connor, Skee Mask, Skullcrusher, Slauson Malone, Sofia Kourtesis, They Hate Change, This Daze, Tkay Maidza, Tomberlin, Why Bonnie, Women, Wye Oak, Yo La Tengo
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Listen: Paloma San Basilio – “Contigo” [1977]
So I got a chance to check out Khrunagbin’s upcoming Late Night Tales mix a bit early and if you like any of the old groove stuff I post on here, you’re gonna want to check it out. For one, … Continue reading
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