Tag Archives: Erika de Casier

Recommended Albums: February 2024

Another late addition to the Recommended Albums party, but an addition nonetheless. 2024 is already shaping up to be a great year for music, as seen below with all these fantastic records. The Mk.gee one in particular I’ve been blasting … Continue reading

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Listen: Courtesy – “You’re Not Alone (feat. Erika De Casier & August Rosenbaum)” [2023]

One of the more slept-on singles of 2022 was Danish artist Courtesy’s “Night Journeys II”, a delicately throbbing odyssey of blinking lights, smoothed-out textures and dreamy vocals, perfectly depicting a memory-smeared journey through darkness. She’s now prepping her upcoming LP, fra … Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2022

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

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2021 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and Moments + Listening Stats

Since 2014, I’ve tried to keep track of songs that have impacted or defined my year (see all those posts tagged in the “Retrospective” section). The songs that I pull into this playlist are usually favorite discoveries of mine that blow my mind (and embarrass me occasionally, as in “why didn’t I listen to this sooner?” Lots of that in this post here), obsessions that I sink into like quicksand (usually new songs that come out that year) or more rarely, soundtracks to true moments that I’ll forever associate with said song. Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2021

Putting a bow on 2021’s Warm Visions list week with my final big piece: 100 of my favorite songs of the year. Doing this the same as the last few years, where I alphabetize 90 of my favorite songs and rank my top 10. There’s no way I can rank 100 songs. Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2021

Here’s the big one – 50 of my favorite albums (plus 11 honorable mentions) from this upside-down, majorly cursed year. The vibes were bad, but the music was good. Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Best Albums + Songs of 2021 So Far

It’s not quite at 2021’s halfway point yet, but there has been a good amount of music that’s been so exciting to me that I want to share how things have been shaping up NOW. Continue reading

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Recommended Albums: May 2021

Back at it again with another Recommended Albums. May 2021 was pretty solid with some great new releases, including two highly-anticipated ones from Daniel Bachman and Erika De Casier for me. Not much to say here honestly – listen to … Continue reading

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

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

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Listen: Erika de Casier – “Drama” [2021]

Erika de Casier is BACK with her second single for new label home 4AD, which continues her so far perfect streak of tunes to her name. It’s another late night, late 90s/early 00s slick pop swoon, harkening back to Timbaland-produced … Continue reading

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