Category Archives: Playlist

WV Playlist 034: Temporary Heatstroke – A Sun-Fried Flashback

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Very Warm

The last few summers I’ve been struck by inspiration to make a nostalgic playlist that reminds me of summers past, or hypothetical romanticized summers from alternate timelines. The building process for this one playlist always ultimately balloons into making multiple; … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Bleached, Chad VanGaalen, Crocodiles, DIIV, Dum Dum Girls, Frankie Rose, King Tuff, La Sera, lotus plaza, Mikal Cronin, Milk Music, No Age, NO JOY, Parquet Courts, Playlist, Royal Headache, Sleigh Bells, The Babies, The Fresh and Onlys, Thee Oh Sees, Times New Viking, Ty Segall, Ty Segall Band, White Denim, Women, Yuck | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 033: The Room From The Photograph – Sounds from Flickering Spaces

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Very Warm

I’d been wanting to make an ambient / peaceful listening playlist for some time now, but never had the right inspiration to strike me. Then all of the sudden some fantastic records came out this year from artists like Isabel … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged ambient, Ana Roxanne, Aphex Twin, Ben Seretan, Bing & Ruth, Chuck Johnson, Cocteau Twins, Cole Pulice, David Moore, Domenique Dumont, Elori Saxl, Francisco Messina, Global Communication, Grouper, Hana Stretton, Harold Budd, Hayden Pedigo, Isabel Pine, Julianna Barwick, Lynn Avery, Mary Lattimore, Nala Sinephro, Playlist, Raul Lovisoni, Sea Oleena, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Slow Attack Ensemble, Steve Gunn, Suso Saíz, Taylor Deupree, Walt McClements, You'll Never Get To Heaven | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 032: Wind Thru Nylon – Carbonated Bike Ride

Posted on July 27, 2026 by Very Warm

At this point in 2026, I’m purely making playlists for my wife to listen to on her bike rides to work. Like the last playlist I made, Feeling Caught on a Breeze, this was inspired by her listening habits from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Anz, Caroline Polachek, Caroline Rose, chairlift, Confidence Man, Discovery Zone, Empress Of, Gelli Haha, George FitzGerald, Gilligan Moss, Girl Ultra, Grimes, hot chip, Jessy Lanza, Kornel Kovacs, Little Dragon, Mr Twin Sister, Playlist, Rebecca & Fiona, Robyn, Rochelle Jordan, Romy, SBTRKT, Sotomayor, Sylvan Esso, Toro Y Moi, Young Galaxy | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 031: Feeling Caught On A Breeze – A Missive for Monogamy

Posted on June 2, 2026 by Very Warm

My wife has been listening to a lot of Cleo Sol, Olivia Dean and Thee Sacred Souls lately and asked me to make a playlist built around artists like that. The result is a super lovey-dovey, romantic, almost a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged BADBADNOTGOOD, Beyonce, Cleo Sol, Corinne Bailey Rae, D'Angelo, Dijon, Erykah Badu, Ezra Collective, Frank Ocean, Hiatus Kaiyote, Holy Hive, Jamila Woods, KOKOROKO, Leon Bridges, Lianne La Havas, Little Dragon, Natalie Bergman, Nick Hakim, Olivia Dean, Playlist, Sade, Snoh Aalegra, Solange, Stevie Wonder, The Altons, Thee Sacred Souls | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 030: Pollen-Dusted Parade – Spring Revival

Posted on April 20, 2026 by Very Warm

Long time no see, playlist land! My first of 2026 comes with the season, a particularly inspirational spring in which I’ve been particularly moved by the flowering trees and sprouting tulips in my neighborhood, along with some recent releases that … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Björk, Blue Lake, Camera Obscura, Dorothy Ashby, Fabiano Do Nascimento, Fleet Foxes, Gia Margaret, girls, Green-House, Jim O'Rourke, Joanna Newsom, June McDoom, Katy Kirby, Kings Of Convenience, Lemon Jelly, Maia Friedman, Mary Lattimore, Minnie Riperton, Nick Drake, Playlist, Syreeta, Tasha, The Go! Team, the sea and cake, Tomberlin, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 029: Your Peculiar Glow – Light Bends Around You

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Very Warm

I’ve been on a tear the last three years of making fall-themed playlists and I wanted to keep the streak alive. Sure this isn’t an overwhelmingly FALL vibe, but rather it’s something cozy. It was inspired by the Tasha song … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Baba Stiltz, Big Thief, Blossom Dearie, Bobbie Lovesong, Cameron Winter, Caroline Says, Cornelia Murr, Drugdealer, Evan J Cartwright, Hannah Cohen, Helado Negro, Jamila Woods, Jessica Pratt, Kacey Johansing, Maia Friedman, Meernaa, Men I Trust, Okay Kaya, Pearl & The Oysters, Playlist, Renata Zeiguer, Shirley Hurt, Tara Clerkin Trio, Tasha, the sea and cake, Weyes Blood, Yo La Tengo, Yves Jarvis | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 028: Sunset High Dive – Summer’s Eternal Horizon

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Very Warm

The final installment of my summer 2025 synth pop / chillwave / balearic revival playlist series is the one I most clearly pair with a summery vision. The others could be a bit more modular, fitting in different scenarios. Not … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Airbird, Blondes, Boat Club, Body Language, brothertiger, Caribou, Casa Del Mirto, Computer Magic, Cut Copy, Delorean, Friendly Fires, George Clanton, Glasser, Holy Ghost, Jacques Renault, Lindstrøm, Mr Twin Sister, Mt. Si, Painted Palms, Phantogram, Plastic Plates, Playlist, Poolside, Prins Thomas, Puro Instinct, Selebrities, Shine 2009, Southern Shores, Teen Daze, Toro Y Moi, Tycho, Yeasayer | 1 Comment

WV Playlist 027: Melting Portal Vision – Pliable Reality

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Very Warm

The third installment of my summer’s synth pop playlists, Melting Portal Vision leans into squelchy, rubbery and especially 80s-indebted synth textures more than the others in the series. It aims to be a dizzying, blissful sink into warm waters. Near … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Blood Orange, Cut Copy, Delorean, DyE, Future Unlimited, Games, Grimes, Gypsy & the Cat, ice choir, Jensen Sportag, Men I Trust, MGMT, Neon Indian, nite jewel, Passion Pit, pictureplane, Playlist, Porcelain Raft, Pure Bathing Culture, Roman A Clef, School of Seven Bells, small black, Star Slinger, Surfing, Teams, Toro Y Moi, Woman's Hour | 1 Comment

WV Playlist 026: Electric Eel Boogie – Glistening Groove

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Very Warm

This is the second installment in my summer 2025 synth pop playlist series, where I mine every single morsel of musical nostalgia I’ve accumulated for the summers of ~2008 to 2015. Plundering a rich field of fools gold chillwave, 80s-inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Aeroplane, CFCF, chairlift, CHVRCHES, Class Actress, Cut Copy, El Guincho, Friendly Fires, Games, germans, Glasser, HEALTH, Hundred Waters, John Talabot, Junior Boys, Magic Touch, Nina Kinert, Phantogram, Playlist, Postiljonen, Restless People, Sapphire Slows, small black, Solange, Still Corners, STRFKR, Studio, The Radio Dept, Tomas Barfod, Twin Shadow, When Saints Go Machine | 1 Comment

WV Playlist 025: Sun Glitters on Cool Water – Remembered Paradise

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Very Warm

It’s been far too long since I’ve posted a new playlist on the blog (also just posted anything period), but I’m breaking that dry spell with four new chillwave / balearic revival / synth pop playlists all set to soundtrack … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Air France, AlunaGeorge, Bear in Heaven, Beat Connection, Blood Orange, Classixx, Craft Spells, CSS, Delorean, Empress Of, ice choir, John Talabot, Kindness, Kisses, Korallreven, Lemonade, Little Dragon, Mr Twin Sister, Neon Indian, Phoenix, Playlist, small black, Tanlines, the tough alliance, Toro Y Moi, Washed Out, Yumi Zouma | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Playlist

WV Playlist 034: Temporary Heatstroke – A Sun-Fried Flashback

WV Playlist 033: The Room From The Photograph – Sounds from Flickering Spaces

WV Playlist 032: Wind Thru Nylon – Carbonated Bike Ride

WV Playlist 031: Feeling Caught On A Breeze – A Missive for Monogamy

WV Playlist 030: Pollen-Dusted Parade – Spring Revival

WV Playlist 029: Your Peculiar Glow – Light Bends Around You

WV Playlist 028: Sunset High Dive – Summer’s Eternal Horizon

WV Playlist 027: Melting Portal Vision – Pliable Reality

WV Playlist 026: Electric Eel Boogie – Glistening Groove

WV Playlist 025: Sun Glitters on Cool Water – Remembered Paradise

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