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WV Playlist 041: Natural World, Birthed Anew – Psychedelic Precursor

Posted on September 28, 2026 by Very Warm

Well, the Garage Rock Summer 2026 may be over, but the spirit of psychedelia remains. This playlist and the following that arrives next week stem from a longtime appreciation of the musician Sun Araw, specifically his output from around 2008 … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged African Head Charge, Alice Cohen, Animal Collective, Blues Control, Broadcast, Dumbo Gets Mad, forest swords, gang gang dance, Glen Brown, Gorillaz, Hailu Mergia, Harald Grosskopf, Horace Andy, James Holden, Julia Holter, Kieran Hebden, King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry, M. Geddes Gengras, Maral, Mike Cooper, Mouse on Mars, Panda Bear, Peaking Lights, Phillip Fullwood, Playlist, Prince Rama, psych rock, Steve Reid, Sun Araw, The Congos | 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

Recommended Albums: September 2023

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Very Warm

Holy smokes. New music in 2023 had been pretty slow so far, in my opinion. Then September 2023 happened and I had to put 17 albums in my Recommended Albums post. You read that right: 17 albums are listed below. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Al Menne, Alan Palomo, alexalone, Animal Collective, Armand Hammer, Blonde Redhead, Bombino, Bridget St. John, CHAI, Cleo Sol, Colleen, Courtesy, Devendra Banhart, Eartheater, Emeralds, Jalen Ngonda, Laurel Halo, Loraine James, Lusine, Matana Roberts, Mitski, Nation of Language, Pachyman, Róisín Murphy, recommended albums, Romy, Slowdive, Stars Of The Lid, The Beatles, The Dead Texan, The Replacements, The Verve, Tinashe, Tirzah, Tony Price, Will Butler + Sister Squares, Woods, Yeule, Yussef Dayes | Leave a comment

30 Years: Warm Visions’ #1 Albums of 1992-2022

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Very Warm

On October 24th, 2022, I turned 30. I didn’t have any big plans for the momentous date which is convenient for me since I also came down with covid the day of. While marinating in a fever-addled haze, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Arca, Beck, Best of, Best of the 1990s, Best of the 2000s, Best of the 2010s, Big Thief, Björk, Boards of Canada, Built To Spill, Burial, Cassandra Jenkins, Charli XCX, Cindy Lee, Destroyer, Grouper, Hop Along, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, Laurel Halo, Madvillain, Mr Twin Sister, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, reckless listmaking, Slowdive, Sophie, sufjan stevens, The Avalanches, The Books, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

2022 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Very Warm

For the eighth year running, I’ve kept track of the songs that impacted my year as it happened, building a playlist from January to December and keeping it at 100 songs. If I was obsessed with a certain song that … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Aaron Dilloway, alex g, Alvvays, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Badge Époque Ensemble, Belle and Sebastian, Best of 2022, Beth Orton, Beyonce, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Blunt Chunks, Bolis Pupul, Braxe and Falcon, Can, Caroline, Charli XCX, Charlotte Adigéry, Chat Pile, Claude, Dan Deacon, Daniel Avery, Daniel Bachman, Daphni, Deftones, Dehd, Denzel Curry, Depeche Mode, Destroyer, Divino Niño, Dungen, Evan J Cartwright, Evanescence, Fairuz, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Florist, Fontaines D.C., Frank Harris, George FitzGerald, Grouper, Harald Grosskopf, Hatchie, Indigo Sparke, jack j, jens lekman, Jessie Ware, joan shelley, Just Mustard, Khruangbin, King Crimson, KOKOROKO, Kornel Kovacs, Kraftwerk, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Lali Puna, Lucrecia Dalt, Machine Girl, Malibu, Maria Chiara Argirò, Maria Marques, Men I Trust, MJ Lenderman, Monoton, MUNA, Nu Genea, Old Saw, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Palm, Patrice Rushen, Pep Llopis, Pet Shop Boys, Pharoah Sanders, retrospective, Shirley Hurt, Shuggie Otis, Shygirl, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sophie and Peter Johnston, Stevie Wonder, Tallies, TDJ, Tess Roby, The A's, The Go-Go's, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Primitives, The Range, the sea and cake, Thee Sacred Souls, Tim Bernardes, TSHA, Two Shell, Vieux Farka Touré, Voivod, Winged Wheel, X, Yukihiro Takahashi, Zapp | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2022

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Very Warm

I returned to live music in a big way in 2022. I witnessed 109 different performances by 105 different artists, as opposed to last year where I saw 44 performances by 43 artists (granted shows really didn’t start back up … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 1010 Benja SL, Acid Dad, alex g, Allison Russell, Altin Gün, Alvvays, Animal Collective, Armand Hammer, Ata Kak, Automatic, Belle and Sebastian, Benee, Best of 2022, Beth Orton, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Blondshell, Bolis Pupul, Bonobo, Brush, Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Caroline, Cassandra Jenkins, Charley Crockett, Charlotte Adigéry, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Cindy Lee, Claire Rousay, Contour, Craig Finn, Destroyer, Disq, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Ebo Taylor, Erika de Casier, Eyedress, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Fly Anakin, FlySiifu's, Fontaines D.C., Four Tet, Geese, Grouper, Hannah Jadagu, Hatchie, Hiatus Kaiyote, Horsegirl, Indigo De Souza, Indigo Sparke, Injury Reserve, Jake Blount, Jamie xx, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Jessie Ware, Jo Schornikow, Jordan Rakei, Julia Blair, julie byrne, Just Mustard, Katie Von Schleicher, L'Rain, Lifeguard, Live Review, Los Bitchos, Low, Lunar Vacation, Maia Friedman, Marlon Williams, Mary Lattimore, Metronomy, Miss Grit, Mitski, Myd, Nikki Lane, NoSo, Ouri, Preoccupations, Preservation, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Rosali, Sasha and the Valentines, sessa, Sharon Van Etten, Shygirl, Sofie Royer, Softee, Sudan Archives, The A's, The Beths, The Black Angels, The Vacant Lots, The Weather Station, They Hate Change, Thus Love, Tilden, Tim Bernardes, Tirzah, Twisting, V.V. Lightbody, Vanishing Twin, Water From Your Eyes, Weval, Wild Nothing, Winter, Yaya Bey, Yo La Tengo, Youbet | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2022

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Very Warm

Moving further through my favorite music of 2022, here we feature my Top 100 favorite songs of the year. Like previous years, I’ve picked out 90 I loved and organized them alphabetically, and then ranked my top 10 favorites at … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 070 Shake, alex g, Allegra Krieger, Alvvays, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Automatic, Badge Époque Ensemble, Best of 2022, Beyonce, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Bitchin Bajas, Black Country New Road, Blunt Chunks, Bolis Pupul, Braxe and Falcon, carly rae jepsen, Caroline, Cate Le Bon, Charli XCX, Charlotte Adigéry, Chat Pile, Claude, Courtesy, Daniel Avery, Daniel Bachman, Dawn Richard, Dehd, Destroyer, Divino Niño, Dry Cleaning, Dungen, Eli Winter, Erica Eso, Evan J Cartwright, Floating Points, Florist, Fontaines D.C., George FitzGerald, George Riley, Guerilla Toss, HAAi, Hatchie, Horsegirl, Ibibio Sound Machine, Indigo Sparke, jack j, joan shelley, Joseph Shabason, Julia Jacklin, Julianna Riolino, Just Mustard, Khruangbin, KOKOROKO, Kornel Kovacs, Lil Silva, Mabe Fratti, Maia Friedman, Mali Obomsawin, Marci, Maria Chiara Argirò, MJ Lenderman, Molly Nilsson, MUNA, natalia lafourcade, Nicholas Krgovich, Nilüfer Yanya, Nu Genea, Obongjayar, Palm, Panda Bear, Plains, Pool Kids, Primer, PVA, Rachika Nayar, Renata Zeiguer, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Rosalía, Sault, Shabason & Krgovich, Shirley Hurt, Shygirl, Sofie Royer, Sonic Boom, Spencer Zahn, Sudan Archives, SZA, Tallies, TDJ, Tess Roby, The A's, The Beths, The Range, Tomberlin, tops, TSHA, Two Shell, Vieux Farka Touré, Weyes Blood, Widowspeak, Winged Wheel, Yunè Pinku, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: February 2022

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Very Warm

Only five albums this month. Sure there was loads more music, high profile stuff at that, but nothing grabbed me the way these next five albums did. I listened to a few other things that were pretty good, like Sally … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Animal Collective, Best of 2022, Big Thief, Black Country New Road, Caroline, Cate Le Bon, Erica Eso, Just Mustard, Kill Alters, Los Bitchos, Marissa Nadler, Metronomy, Mitski, Pan American, Raum, recommended albums, Sally Shapiro, Spoon, yehno | 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

Recommended Albums: July 2020

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Very Warm

Because I make my own rules on this site, I chose to feature 12 albums this month instead of the usual 10. July really brought it and I’m supremely happy about that. Some really wonderful records that I had been … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged (Liv).e, Alexia Avina, Animal Collective, best of 2020, Cut Worms, Dehd, Ela Minus, Fontaines D.C., Holy Wave, Jayda G, Jessy Lanza, Julianna Barwick, Kamaal Williams, Keleketla!, Kllo, Land Of Talk, Lianne La Havas, Madeline Kenney, Nicolas Jaar, Protomartyr, recommended albums, Soko, Thanya Iyer, The Beths, Winter | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Animal Collective

WV Playlist 041: Natural World, Birthed Anew – Psychedelic Precursor

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

Recommended Albums: September 2023

30 Years: Warm Visions’ #1 Albums of 1992-2022

2022 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2022

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2022

Recommended Albums: February 2022

Recommended Albums: July 2020

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