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WV Playlist 040: Baked in the Bermuda Triangle – Alone and Stoned… in Paradise

Posted on September 21, 2026 by Very Warm

Well, the summer has to end sometime. The final installment of Garage Rock Summer 2026 is here, and it’s a jammer. This is like riding out into the sunset. Although in this case, the plane taking off into the sunset … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Akron/Family, Beach Fossils, Best Coast, Cate Le Bon, Deerhunter, Dum Dum Girls, Garage Rock, Hinds, Hunx and His Punx, Jessica Lea Mayfield, King Tuff, Kurt Vile, La Luz, Melody's Echo Chamber, Playlist, Real Estate, Sea Pinks, Seapony, Shannon and the Clams, Smith Westerns, Tacocat, Ty Segall, Ultimate Painting, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Veronica Falls, Vivian Girls, Wild Nothing | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 035: Another Town, Another Life – Echoes of Restless Suburbia

Posted on August 17, 2026 by Very Warm

The second playlist in my manic 2010s garage rock explosion from the summer of 2026 is Another Town, Another Life, a collection of songs that’s kind of split up into two parts, bifurcated by an in-universe death. A more punky … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Alvvays, Beach Fossils, Blank Dogs, Cinema Red and Blue, Craft Spells, Crystal Stilts, Deep Time, Deerhunter, Dick Diver, dirty beaches, Garage Rock, Gun Outfit, Habibi, Happy Birthday, Harlem, Jay Reatard, Mind Spiders, Minks, Playlist, Radioactivity, Spiritualized, The Mantles, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Tijuana Panthers, Tyvek, White Fence, Woods | 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

2013 Retrospective

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Very Warm

After many, many months, I’ve finally wrapped up my Retrospective series for the 2010s. By Retrospective, I mean collecting 100 songs that essential were the soundtrack to the year as it happened to me. Songs that I listen to and … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Anamanaguchi, Aphex Twin, Arca, Asobi Seksu, Aye Nako, Beach Fossils, Beck, Best of 2013, Bibio, Blank Banshee, Blood Orange, Boards of Canada, Buke & Gase, Burial, Chelsea Wolfe, Clams Casino, Clipping, Courtney Barnett, Crying, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Deafheaven, Dean Blunt, death grips, Deerhunter, Diarrhea Planet, Disclosure, Dive, DJ Rashad, ECO VIRTUAL, FaltyDL, Fear Of Men, FKA Twigs, Fuji Grid TV, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Grave Babies, Grouper, HEALTH, Hop Along, Iceage, Infinity Shred, J Dilla, Jai Paul, James Blake, Jay Reatard, Joanna Newsom, Jon Hopkins, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Jurgen Muller, Kanye West, Kelela, Kirin J Callinan, Kurt Vile, Laura Cortese, Laurel Halo, M.I.A., Machinedrum, Merchandise, Mikal Cronin, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oneohtrix Point Never, Onra, Ovlov, Pity Sex, Postiljonen, Quality Cinema, retrospective, Shlohmo, Slow Warm Death, Sophie, Still Corners, Sun Araw, Swearin, Sweet Valley, T. Rex, The Angelic Process, The Knife, The Mighty Hannibal, The Music Tapes, The Radio Dept., The Range, The Underachievers, Tim Hecker, Tirzah, Tobacco, Todd Terje, Vampire Weekend, Van Morrison, Waxahatchee, William Basinski, Young Fathers, Young Galaxy | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 015: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Very Warm

Last year I made a fall-themed playlist “Mauve Malaise” that leaned heavily into heavy, distorted sounds of shoegaze interspersed with droning, trance-like folk, an attempt to balance the sonic cacophony of deeply-processed guitars and sheets of American Primitive guitar playing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Anna Von Hausswolff, Avery Leigh's Night Palace, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Brittany Haas, Broadcast, Cinder Well, Circuit Des Yeux, Cocteau Twins, Daniel Bachman, Dirty Three, Faye Webster, Fred Squire, Gia Margaret, Gravenhurst, Grouper, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Harold Budd, Insides, Jessica Pratt, Jon McKiel, Julie Doiron, Karen Dalton, Lomelda, Lovesliescrushing, Marisa Anderson, Mary Lattimore, Midwife, Mojave 3, Mount Eerie, Mountain Man, Nico, North Americans, Pale Saints, Playlist, Robbie Basho, sam amidon, Sandro Perri, Scott Walker, Seasonal Playlist, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Stereolab, Tenci, The Flamingos, The Velvet Underground, Varo, Weyes Blood, Widowspeak, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Very Warm

To celebrate 10 years of Warm Visions / Combo Breaker Kid, I’ve compiled my 200 favorite albums of the 2010s. Not only that, but I’ve concocted “Warm Visions” descriptions and wrote blurbs about each record. I’m sure you can infer … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2814, aldous harding, Alvvays, Amen Dunes, Andy Shauf, Angel Olsen, Arca, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Best of the 2010s, best of the decade, Big Thief, bill callahan, Björk, Braids, Burial, carly rae jepsen, Charli XCX, Chastity Belt, chino amobi, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Christine And The Queens, Chromatics, cloud nothings, Colin Stetson, Cross Record, D'Angelo, danny brown, Daughters, David Bowie, Deafheaven, Dean Blunt, death grips, Deerhunter, demen, Destroyer, dirty beaches, Dirty Projectors, Disclosure, DJ Koze, Dntel, Dusk, Earl Sweatshirt, Elite Gymnastics, Emeralds, Empress Of, Erika de Casier, Father John Misty, Fear Of Men, Fever Ray, Fiona Apple, FKA Twigs, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Flying Lotus, Ford and Lopatin, Frank Ocean, Future Islands, Gorillaz, Grave Babies, Grimes, Grouper, Hand Habits, Holly Herndon, Hop Along, Hundred Waters, Jai Paul, James Blake, Jamie xx, Janelle Monae, Jenny Hval, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, John Maus, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Kacey Musgraves, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kali Uchis, Kamasi Washington, Kanye West, Kaytranada, Kelela, Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Moran, Kendrick Lamar, Kllo, Krallice, Krill, Laurel Halo, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, mac demarco, Macintosh Plus, Majical Cloudz, Merchandise, Mitski, Mono No Aware, Mount Eerie, Mr. Twin Sister, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ovlov, Owen Pallett, Panda Bear, Perfume Genius, Preoccupations, Purple Mountains, Real Estate, Roman A Clef, Royal Headache, Saintseneca, sam amidon, Sampha, SANDY Alex G, Sarah Neufeld, Sassy 009, shabazz palaces, Sharon Van Etten, Skee Mask, Smerz, Sophie, St. Vincent, sufjan stevens, Sun Araw, Swearin, SZA, Takao, Tame Impala, The Avalanches, The Babies, The Beths, The Books, the caretaker, The Radio Dept., The Weeknd, Tim Hecker, Tirzah, Todd Terje, tops, TR/ST, Ty Segall, Ty Segall Band, U.S. Girls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vampire Weekend, Vince Staples, Waxahatchee, Wednesday Campanella, Weyes Blood, White Denim, White Lung, Whitney, Women, Yo La Tengo, Yves Tumor, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 009: 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

Best Of 2017 :: 100 Songs

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Very Warm

My favorite 100 songs of 2017 don’t venture too far off from my favorite albums list, but still has a few untouched gems in there that I’d love for you to listen to. A lot of “indie” staples represented here … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged aldous harding, alex g, Alvvays, Amber Coffman, Ariel Pink, Beach Fossils, Beck, best of 2017, Big Thief, Björk, Blanck Mass, Blue Hawaii, Brockhampton, carly rae jepsen, CCFX, Charli XCX, Charlotte Gainsbourg, chino amobi, Circuit Des Yeux, Colin Stetson, Colleen, Colter Wall, danny l harle, demen, Destroyer, DJ Seinfeld, Drab Majesty, drake, Faye Webster, Fever Ray, first hate, Four Tet, Frank Ocean, Future, Giant Claw, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Hand Habits, hoops, Hundred Waters, Hurray For The Riff Raff, j hus, jacaszek, jacques greene, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, jens lekman, Jessica Lea Mayfield, julie byrne, Kedr Livanskiy, Kelela, Kelly Lee Owens, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Morby, King Krule, Knox Fortune, Kotomi, Land Of Talk, Laurel Halo, Lawrence Rothman, Madeline Kenney, Makthaverskan, Margo Price, Men I Trust, migos, Molly Burch, Mount Kimbie, natalia lafourcade, nite jewel, Omni, Palm, Playboi Carti, pond, priests, Richard Dawson, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Ross From Friends, sam amidon, Sampha, sandy, Sassy 009, shabazz palaces, She-Devils, Slowdive, Smerz, Sneaks, SoulMates, Sudan Archives, Superorganism, SZA, The Spirit Of The Beehive, Tonstartssbandht, tops, TR/ST, Trust, Vince Staples, Washed Out, Weed, yaeji, Yumi Zouma, Yves Tumor, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

Revisiting 2013

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Very Warm

If you know anything about me at all, you know I’m obsessed with comparing and contrasting different years based on their music. How does one year compare with the next? How does my top 10 records from one year compare … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Anamanaguchi, Arca, Arcade Fire, Beach Fossils, Best of 2013, Blank Banshee, Blood Orange, Chelsea Wolfe, Classixx, Crying, Daft Punk, Deafheaven, Disclosure, Ducktails, Fear Of Men, Fuck Buttons, Grave Babies, Grouper, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jessy Lanza, Jon Hopkins, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Kanye West, Kelela, Laurel Halo, Mutual Benefit, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ovlov, Pity Sex, Porches, Prurient, retrospective, Saint Pepsi, Slow Warm Death, The Range, Tim Hecker, Toro Y Moi, Vampire Weekend, Weekend, Yo La Tengo, Yvette | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: June 2017

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Very Warm

This here’s the first installment of Recommended Albums where I bring in the “new format” from my previous few list posts. I have a lot of fun with it and people seem to enjoy it so there we go. June … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2 Chainz, Amber Coffman, Ariel Pink, Beach Fossils, Beach House, best of 2017, Big Thief, Chastity Belt, DJ Sports, Elder, Ex Eye, Fieldhead, Fleet Foxes, Guerilla Toss, Jakob Ogawa, Kedr Livanskiy, Kevin Morby, Kirin J Callinan, Lapalux, Laurel Halo, Lorde, Palm, recommended albums, tops, Vince Staples, Washed Out | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Beach Fossils

WV Playlist 040: Baked in the Bermuda Triangle – Alone and Stoned… in Paradise

WV Playlist 035: Another Town, Another Life – Echoes of Restless Suburbia

2013 Retrospective

WV Playlist 015: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

WV Playlist 009: A Summer Can Last A Decade – An Enduring Paradise

Best Of 2017 :: 100 Songs

Revisiting 2013

Recommended Albums: June 2017

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