Category Archives: Music

Listen: Boards of Canada – “XYZ” [1998 / 2019]

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Very Warm

After years of existing on bootlegs, an official version of Boards of Canada’s “XYZ” performed on John Peel’s show back in 1998 has been released from Warp. This song has always been on the outskirts of my listening for the … Continue reading →

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Listen: Jenny Hval – “Accident” [2019]

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Very Warm

My favorite song (according to my mood right now – the whole thing is amazing) from the upcoming Jenny Hval album The Practice Of Love is out NOW with a great video as always from Hval’s frequent collaborator Zia Anger (+starring … Continue reading →

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Recommended Albums: August 2019

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Very Warm

Welcome to August 2019’s iteration of Recommended Albums, which greets us with music like nails being hammered into your hands, with music that caresses our senses like an island breeze, with music that possesses our limbs and makes them swing … Continue reading →

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Listen: Danny Brown – “Dirty Laundry” [2019]

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Very Warm

The icon of 10s rap Danny Brown is back to cap off the decade with a new album coming 10/4 via Warp. The most notable nugget on press kits was that the record is executive produced by Q-Tip of A … Continue reading →

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Listen: Sudan Archives – “Confessions” [2019]

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Very Warm

Sudan Archives is FINALLY releasing her debut album sometime later this year via Stones Throw, and in the meantime we’re getting this great new single “Confessions”, which thankfully features her blessed violin playing. Can’t wait for this record!

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Listen: Friendly Fires – “Almost Midnight” [2019]

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Very Warm

Haven’t been posting that much lately and I apologize! Been SUPER busy at my main job and really hunkering down for my best of the decade prep. Not too many things have been really striking me as NEEDING to be … Continue reading →

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Recommended Albums: July 2019

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Very Warm

Getting this out in the world took me way too long. July was a weird month where some truly remarkable records like Purple Mountains’ and Lingua Ignota’s, but not tooooo many more. I found plenty of pleasure in other releases, … Continue reading →

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Listen: Jenny Hval – “High Alice” [2019]

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Very Warm

Jenny Hval’s upcoming album has now taken a giant leap in my “most-anticipated albums of 2019” race with new single “High Alice”, which continues her trend of shifting, hazy and intoxicating songs off this new album. I cannot wait.

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Spike Fuck – “3.30 Psychosis” [2018]

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Very Warm

THIS IS A CLASSIC. CAN’T STOP LISTENING. Sounds like a instant classic from the strange 70s to 80s transition, lost to the sands of time and junkie memory. The whole EP, The Smackwave EP, is fantastic, but “3.30 Psychosis” is … Continue reading →

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RIP David Berman

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Very Warm

RIP David Berman: musician, poet, lyricist, writer, and the leader of bands Silver Jews and Purple Mountains. The amount of tributes and messages to the beyond I’ve seen over the last 24 hours have been both inspiring and heartbreaking. I’ve … Continue reading →

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