Category Archives: Playlist

Playlist: Submerged Reflection – A Synthetic Portrait

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Very Warm

The second playlist I’ve cooked up from a bountiful harvest of heady tunes, Submerged Reflection is a synth-led dive into a mirrored reality nestled behind a grove of anemone, with woozy bass, bending electronics, dripping funk, deep moods and rippling … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged 4AM, Aldous RH, Ava Luna, Blue Gas, Blue Iverson, Discovery Zone, Doohickey Cubicle, Hildegard, Infinite Bisous, Kalbells, Kate NV, keiyaa, Lemonade, Little Dragon, Maryn E. Coote, Men I Trust, Mr Twin Sister, Museum of Bellas Artes, Nick Hakim, Nicolas Godin, Om Alec Khaoli, Playlist, Psymon Spine, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sandii, Solange, Thanya Iyer, The Rah Band, The Samps, The System | Leave a comment

Playlist: Sand Dollar Jukebox – Seafaring Funk

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Very Warm

Howdy folks! It’s been a while since I posted a little playlist, but after a groundswell of inspiration thanks to the improving weather, I was stricken with the playlist-making fever. Hopefully many more to come, because this was originally around … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Anri, Arthur Russell, Benny Sings, Bill LaBounty, BUMPER, city pop, Domenique Dumont, Haruomi Hosono, hiroshi sato, Innovations, John Carroll Kirby, Leon Lowman, Mark Barrott, Ned Doheny, New Musik, Nora Guthrie, Pages, Playlist, Rick Cuevas, Sade, Saint Etienne, Shintaro Sakamoto, Steely Dan, Steve Hiett, Suzuki Shigeru, Taeko Ohnuki, Taken By Trees, The Sweet Enoughs, tops, Triste Janero, Vanessa De Mata, Wendy Matthews, yacht rock | Leave a comment

2010s Retrospective: 10 Years of Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Very Warm

Well folks, welcome to my most indulgent, most confessional, most self-referential and truly most vain post on the blog. This is probably playing it up, but I’ve written a lot about myself on here. The dang header image is literally … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged 100 gecs, 2814, A$AP ROCKY, Alan Lomax, aldous harding, Alvvays, Alyus, Amen Dunes, Anamanaguchi, Andy Shauf, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Arca, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Arthur Russell, Arthur Verocai, Ata Kak, Ava Luna, Azealia Banks, Babes, Badge Époque Ensemble, Baroness, Battles, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Beck, Bernice, Best Coast, Best of the 2010s, best of the decade, Beyonce, Big Boi, Big Star, Big Thief, Björk, Blank Banshee, Blue Sky Black Death, Boa, Boards of Canada, Boat Club, Bodywash, Boris, Bowery Electric, Boy Harsher, brian eno, Broadcast, Brutus, Buck 65, Built To Spill, Burial, Camera Obscura, carly rae jepsen, Caroline Rose, Cassiano, Cat Power, CHAI, Chance The Rapper, Charli XCX, Chastity Belt, Chelsea Wolfe, Chick Corea, chino amobi, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Chromatics, Circuit Des Yeux, Clams Casino, cloud nothings, Cocteau Twins, Cole M.G.N., Colin Stetson, Colleen, Connan Mockasin, Craft Spells, Crying, Cults, Cut Copy, D'Angelo, D.R.A.M., Daft Punk, Daniel Bachman, Das Racist, Daughters, David Bowie, Dawn Richard, Deafheaven, Dean Blunt, death grips, Deerhunter, Delorean, Denzel Curry, Destroyer, DIIV, dirty beaches, Disclosure, Discovery, DJ Koze, DJ Rashad, DJ Shadow, Djeli Moussa Diawara, Dntel, Domenique Dumont, Donnie & Joe Emerson, Dusk, Earl Sweatshirt, ECO VIRTUAL, Eddie Kendricks, El Guincho, El Polen, Elite Gymnastics, Eluvium, Empress Of, Erika de Casier, Eskimeaux, Everything But The Girl, FaltyDL, Fang Island, Fatboy Slim, Father John Misty, Fear Of Men, Felt, Fetty Wap, Fever Ray, Fiona Apple, FKA Twigs, Fleet Foxes, Ford & Lopatin, Four Tet, Frank Ocean, Frankie Cosmos, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, Future, Future Islands, G Flip, gang gang dance, Gauntlet Hair, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Gillian Welch, Givers, Glasser, Gobble Gobble, Gorillaz, Grave Babies, Grimes, Grouper, Guided By Voices, Hailu Mergia, Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, Hand Habits, Have A Nice Life, HEALTH, Heathered Pearls, hiroshi sato, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Hiss Golden Messenger, Holly Herndon, Holy Fuck, Holy Ghost!, Hooray For Earth, Hop Along, How to Dress Well, Hundred Waters, Hurray For The Riff Raff, I'm With Her, IAN SWEET, ice choir, Infinity Shred, J Dilla, Jai Paul, James Blake, Jamie xx, Janelle Monae, Japandroids, Jay Reatard, Jenny Hval, Jeremy Zuckerman, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, joe hisaishi, John Talabot, Joni Mitchell, Juan Wauters, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, julie byrne, Jurgen Muller, Kacey Musgraves, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kanye West, Kasper Marott, Kate NV, Kaytranada, Kedr Livanskiy, Kelela, Kelly Moran, Kendrick Lamar, Kenny Beats, kevin krauter, Kevin Morby, Killer Mike, King Krule, Kirin J Callinan, Koh Ohtani, Konradsen, Krill, Lana Del Rey, Lapalux, Laura Cortese, Laurel Halo, LCD Soundsystem, Lemon Demon, Lemonade, Life Without Buildings, LINGUA IGNOTA, Little Dragon, Little Simz, Local Natives, Lone, Lonnie Holley, LVL UP, m83, mac demarco, Madvillain, Majical Cloudz, Major Lazer, Malcolm McLaren, Mariya Takeuchi, Marvin Gaye, Masayoshi Takanaka, Massive Attack, Megan Thee Stallion, Melody's Echo Chamber, Merchandise, MGMT, MIA, Mica Levi, Midlake, migos, Miharu Koshi, Mission Of Burma, Mister Lies, Mitski, Momoko Kikuchi, Moons, Mount Eerie, Mountain Man, Mr. Twin Sister, Mulatu Astatke, Mustafa Ozkent Orchestre, My Bloody Valentine, Nada Surf, Nami Shimada, natalia lafourcade, Neil Young, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Indian, New Order, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nicolas Jaar, Nosaj Thing, Oneohtrix Point Never, Opaline, Ovlov, Owen Pallett, Parquet Courts, Peggy Gou, perfect pussy, PJ Harvey, Playboi Carti, Playlist, Porches, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Pure X, Purity Ring, Quality Cinema, quirke, Radiator Hospital, Rae Sremmurd, Real Estate, Red House Painters, Resavoir, retrospective, Ricky Eat Acid, Rico Nasty, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Ryan Hemsworth, Sacred Paws, Saintseneca, Sam Evian, Sarah Neufeld, Sassy 009, Schoolboy Q, scntfc, Seoul, Sergei Rachmaninoff, shabazz palaces, Shlohmo, Sicko Mobb, Silver Jews, Simian Mobile Disco, Skee Mask, Slayyyter, Sleigh Bells, Slint, Slow Warm Death, Slowdive, Smerz, Smith Westerns, Sonic Youth, Sophie, St. Vincent, Stereolab, Submerse, sufjan stevens, Sun Araw, Sun Kil Moon, Swearin, Sweet Valley, Sylvan Esso, Takao, Tame Impala, Tennis, The Avalanches, The Beach Boys, The Beths, The Blow, The Blue Nile, The Books, the caretaker, The Field, The Flamingos, The Futureheads, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, The Joy Formidable, The Knife, The Mighty Hannibal, The Music Tapes, The Pillows, The Radio Dept., The Range, The Replacements, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The Strokes, The Sundays, The Supreme Jubilees, The Thermals, The Weeknd, Tim Hecker, Tim Maia, Tirzah, TNGHT, Tobacco, Todd Terje, tops, Toro Y Moi, TR/ST, Trailer Trash Tracys, Tune-Yards, Ty Segall, U.S. Girls, Ultrademon, United Sacred Harp Musical Association, Vampire Weekend, Vanessa De Mata, Vanishing Twin, Vince Staples, Vumani, Washed Out, Wave Racer, Wavves, Waxahatchee, Wednesday Campanella, Weed, Weyes Blood, Whitney, Wild Beasts, Wild Nothing, Women, Wu Fei, Xiu Xiu, Y La Bamba, Yeasayer, Yo La Tengo, Young Galaxy, Young Thug, Yuck, Yves Tumor, Zola Jesus, Zoo Kid | Leave a comment

Playlist: Nightlife Daydream – A City Pop Fantasy

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Very Warm

Coming to you in the quarantine with another hot playlist! Previously I hoped to soothe your mornings with gentle caresses of folk and ambient music. This time I’m centering on something a bit different, but it still attempts to answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Air Suspension Club Band, Akiko Yano, Atlas, Azumi Inoue, Casiopea, city pop, Colored Music, Dip In The Pool, Fishmans, funk, Haruomi Hosono, hiroshi sato, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Namba, Imitation, Jagatara, Japan, Jimmy Murakawa, Kay, Kisaragi Koharu, Logic System, Makoto Matsushita, Mariko Tone, Mariya Takeuchi, Masanori Sasaji, Masayoshi Takanaka, Miharu Koshi, Miki Matsubara, Mioko Yamaguchi, Mizuki Koyama, Momoko Kikuchi, Motohiko Hamase, Pacific, Pegmo, Piper, Playlist, pop, rock, Safari, Sandii, Seaside Lovers, Shigeo Sekito, Sonoko, Suzuki Shigeru, Taeko Ohnuki, Tatsuro Yamashita, The Milky Way Band, The Mystery Kindaichi Band, yellow magic orchestra | Leave a comment

Playlist: Patchouli Sunrise – A Morning Companion

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Very Warm

Another time-of-day themed playlist! This has been sitting and waiting to be made for over a year and this quarantine has finally helped me find the inspiration to make it. What with the first day of Spring being yesterday, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Ana Roxanne, Angel Olsen, Bibio, Big Thief, Bonny Doon, Caroline Says, Cross Record, Daughter Of Swords, Don Slepian, Gabor Szabó, Gary McFarland, Geotic, Gimmer Nicholson, Grouper, Hand Habits, Harumi, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jack Rose, James Elkington, Jessica Pratt, joan shelley, John Martyn, Judee Sill, julie byrne, Kim Jung Mi, Linda Perhacs, Little Wings, Loving, Mary Lattimore, Molly Erin Sarlé, Mountain Man, Nai Palm, Nathan Salsburg, North Americans, Playlist, Ryosuke Miyata, Sam Evian, sessa, Sun June, Ted Lucas, Twain, Woo | Leave a comment

Playlist: 2010 – 2019 – A Decade Collected

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Very Warm

I’ve been working on this playlist to collect all my favorite songs of the 2010s for well over a year. It initially began in my iTunes, but I quickly realized that there’s more to life than what’s in my immediate … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged 2010s, A$AP ROCKY, Air Drops, Aye Nako, Beck, Best of the 2010s, best of the decade, Bondax, Burial, CFCF, Clams Casino, Das Racist, death grips, Disclosure, Elite Gymnastics, Evian Christ, Florence and the Machine, Frank Ocean, Jessie Ware, Joanna Newsom, Korallreven, Laurel Halo, Massive Attack, Meadowlands, Merchandise, Mister Lies, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire, My Bloody Valentine, Playlist, Ricky Eat Acid, Sicko Mobb, Takao, the caretaker, The River Empires | Leave a comment

Playlist: Baile Brasil! – From Boogie to Bossa

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Very Warm

Earlier this year, I started my slow dip into Brazilian funk, boogie, bossa and mpb. I’m not exactly sure what the spark was here, but it began with me checking out Tim Maia’s 1980 self-titled album, as well as Cassiano’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Antonio Carlos Jobim, Arthur Verocai, boogie, Bossa Nova, Brazil, Brazilian Octopus, Caetano Veloso, Cartola, Cassiano, Chico Buarque, Elis Regina, Erasmo Carlos, Evinha, Flaviola e o Bando do Sol, funk, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Gilson Peranzzetta, João Gilberto, Jorge Ben Jor, Joyce, Lailson, Lincoln Olivetti, Lo Borges, Luiz Bonfa, Lula Cortes, Marcos Valle, Milton Nascimento, MPB, Novos Baianos, Os Diagonais, Os Mulheres Negras, Os Mutantes, Playlist, Quarteto Em Cy, Robson Jorge, Rosalia de Souza, Salsa, Sandra de Sa, Secos and Molhados, Sergio Mendes, sessa, Silvio Cesar, Stan Getz, Tim Maia, Tony Bizarro, Vanessa De Mata, Ze Ramalho, Zito Righi | Leave a comment

Playlist: Mauve Malaise – A Fading Desire

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Very Warm

Long in the making, it’s not the fall playlist I anticipated, but the one I think we all need right now. The sun sets at 4:30pm, the sky rarely deviates from a hard slate grey, and the cold temperatures give … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Astrobrite, Bedhead, Benny Sings, Black Twig Pickers, Bowery Electric, Cigarettes After Sex, Cocteau Twins, Codeine, Colleen, Cross Record, Daniel Bachman, Drowse, Duster, Fibril, Fleeting Joys, Flying Saucer Attack, Gia Margaret, Good Night and Good Morning, Grouper, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, Infinite Body, Julee Cruise, Julia Lucille, Low, LSD and the Search for God, Matchess, Mazzy Star, Mojave 3, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake, North Americans, Playlist, Purple Pilgrims, Red House Painters, Roy Montgomery, Sarah Louise, Seasonal Playlist, Secret Shine, Should, Slowdive, Steve Gunn, Sweet Trip, Swirlies, Tamaryn, The Microphones, Weyes Blood, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Playlist: A Summer Can Last A Decade – An Enduring Paradise

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Very Warm

At long last, and just in time, I’ve completed something that I’ve wanted to do for quite some time: a summer-themed post. Sitting in my drafts since 2016 has been a post entitled “The Enduring Paradise of a Great Summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Alvvays, Amen Dunes, Anamanaguchi, Angel Olsen, Babes, Barrie, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Best Coast, best of the decade, Big Boi, Blood Orange, carly rae jepsen, Chance The Rapper, Channel Tres, Clams Casino, Craft Spells, Cults, D.R.A.M., danny l harle, Delorean, Dirty Projectors, Disclosure, DJ Koze, Domenique Dumont, drake, Dusk, Erika de Casier, Ford & Lopatin, Frank Ocean, Friendly Fires, Georgia, Grimes, Hatchie, Heathered Pearls, Hiss Golden Messenger, hot chip, Hudson Mohawke, ice choir, Jamie xx, Janka Nabay, Jessie Ware, Jessy Lanza, JUCE, Kacey Musgraves, Kali Uchis, Kaytranada, King Tuff, Kornel Kovacs, Lana Del Rey, Laurel Halo, LCD Soundsystem, Lemonade, Little Dragon, m83, Major Lazer, Melody's Echo Chamber, Mikal Cronin, Mr. Twin Sister, Natalie Prass, Omni, Playlist, Postiljonen, Radiator Hospital, Ricky Eat Acid, Robyn, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Roman A Clef, Ryan Hemsworth, Seasonal Playlist, Seoul, shabazz palaces, Smith Westerns, Snail Mail, Sneaks, Solange, Sophie, Still Corners, Sylvan Esso, Tame Impala, Tennis, The Avalanches, The Babies, The Drums, The Rapture, tops, Tyler the Creator, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vampire Weekend, Vince Staples, Washed Out, White Denim, White Reaper, yaeji, Yeasayer, Yumi Zouma, yuno | Leave a comment

Playlist: Blush Vortex – A Pining Daydream

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Very Warm

I made this playlist for a friend who had been looking for songs that were similar to the stuff played on a certain late night CBC Radio 3 show. I’m blanking on the name of the DJ, but the friend … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged 2814, Against All Logic, Blue Hawaii, Charlotte Day Wilson, Clairo, Clams Casino, Cut Copy, Daphni, Dean Blunt, DJ Seinfeld, Dntel, Four Tet, Gossamer, Heathered Pearls, Inga Copeland, jacques greene, Jai Paul, Jakob Ogawa, Jamila Woods, Jordan Rakei, Kaytranada, Kelela, Kelly Lee Owens, Kllo, Lane 8, Lapalux, Lusine, Madison McFerrin, Meadowlands, Men I Trust, Micachu, Mister Lies, Moons, Moses Sumney, Mount Kimbie, Movement, Mr. Twin Sister, Nicolas Jaar, nite jewel, Nosaj Thing, Photay, Playlist, Quality Cinema, Ricky Eat Acid, Sampha, shabazz palaces, SOHN, Sudan Archives, Tei Shi, Terekke, Tirzah, Tomas Barfod, Toro Y Moi, Vesuvio Solo, yaeji, Yves Tumor | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Playlist

Playlist: Submerged Reflection – A Synthetic Portrait

Playlist: Sand Dollar Jukebox – Seafaring Funk

Playlist: Nightlife Daydream – A City Pop Fantasy

Playlist: Patchouli Sunrise – A Morning Companion

Playlist: 2010 – 2019 – A Decade Collected

Playlist: Baile Brasil! – From Boogie to Bossa

Playlist: Mauve Malaise – A Fading Desire

Playlist: A Summer Can Last A Decade – An Enduring Paradise

Playlist: Blush Vortex – A Pining Daydream

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