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2023 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Here we go folks – it’s honestly my biggest 2023-related post of the year. This was the ninth year I’ve actively kept track of the songs that have sculpted my year. Whether they added clay or shaped me into who I am, these songs were the soundtrack to everything as it happened. Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2023

Going through the natural progression of all things, when first come albums, songs must follow. Like the last few years, I’ve listed 100 favorite songs total: alphabetically listing 90 of them and then ranking my Top 10 below that. There’s … Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2023

Greetings, dear readers of Warm Visions, and welcome to my favorite albums of 2023 post. Every year it becomes more apparent that ranking art is a bad thing, but let’s make that only apply to conglomerates of many writers, that … Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Favorite Music of 2023 So Far

We’re at the halfway point of 2023 and I’m going to spare you the fanfare: below you’ll find my 25 favorite albums of the year so far (ranked), along with a list of 40 songs (alphabetized). It’s been a solid … Continue reading

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Recommended Albums: May 2023

Arriving late aka arriving on time for Warm Visions, it’s May’s Recommended Albums post. Unfortunately I didn’t make the 10-album ceiling, but these are eight very quality records. Also, cut me some slack. I had to move at the end … Continue reading

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Playlist: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

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

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Playlist: Mauve Malaise – A Fading Desire

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

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Best Of 2018 :: 50 Albums

I wrote a lot in this post, so I’m gonna keep the intro brief. Thought music as a whole was pretty dang good this year. My top 20 records feel especially water tight. A good amount of pop-leaning stuff in … Continue reading

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