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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

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

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged alexalone, Art Blakey, Badge Époque Ensemble, Badge Epoch, Ben Seretan, Bernice, Best of 2021, Black Country New Road, Blue Hawaii, Bright Eyes, Brijean, Broken Social Scene, Camera Obscura, Caroline Rose, Cassandra Jenkins, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie, Dawn Richard, Dead Can Dance, Doss, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Enya, Erika de Casier, Floating Points, For Those I Love, Gilligan Moss, Gloria Ann Taylor, Grouper, Hildegard, Hiroki Kikuta, hiroshi sato, Horsegirl, Indigo De Souza, Innovations, Insides, Izzy Johnson, Jazmine Sullivan, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Jimmy Edgar, Joe Henderson, John Carroll Kirby, John Coltrane, Junko Yagami, Katy Kirby, L'Rain, Laura Marling, Laurie Anderson, Leonard Cohen, Lightning Bug, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Mary Lattimore, Mdou Moctar, Minus the Bear, Misha Panfilov Sound Combo, Moonshine, Mountain Man, Mr. Twin Sister, Neil Young, Nico, Nora Guthrie, Open Sky Unit, Ovlov, Panda Bear, PDP III, Pharoah Sanders, Phillip Fullwood, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Rebbie Jackson, retrospective, Richard Hawley, Rochelle Jordan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sam Evian, Sam Prekop, Shannon and the Clams, Shygirl, Slowdive, Sophie, SPELLLING, Spirit Of The Beehive, Steely Dan, Suzanne Ciani, Tatsuro Yamashita, Ted Lucas, The Blue Nile, The Cleaners From Venus, The Cure, The Knife, The Radio Dept., The Rah Band, The Velvet Underground, tops, Tradition, Wet, Wye Oak, Yasmin Williams, yes/and, Yo La Tengo, Yola | Leave a comment

Revisiting 2011

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Very Warm

Before 2021 ends, I wanted to put up a shout out to something that’s intrinsically tethered to the year: 2011. Many things about 2011 don’t feel like they’re ten years old, but here we are. Ten years ago, this blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged A Winged Victory For The Sullen, A$AP ROCKY, Active Child, Algernon Cadwallader, Amen Dunes, andy stott, araabmuzik, Atlas Sound, Austra, Balam Acab, Balkans, Battles, Best of 2011, bill callahan, Björk, Blood Orange, Blouse, Bodies Of Water, bon iver, Born Gold, Braids, Brown Recluse, Chelsea Wolfe, Cities Aviv, Clams Casino, Clive Tanaka, Colin Stetson, Connan Mockasin, Crystal Stilts, Cults, Cut Copy, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Daniel Bachman, danny brown, Destroyer, Devon Williams, dirty beaches, Dum Dum Girls, Elite Gymnastics, EMA, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Florence and the Machine, Ford & Lopatin, Frank Ocean, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, gang gang dance, girls, Grouper, Handsome Furs, Holy Ghost!, Holy Other, Iceage, James Blake, james ferraro, Jon Hopkins, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Katy B, Kendrick Lamar, King Creosote, Korallreven, Lady Gaga, Laura Marling, Light Asylum, Liturgy, m83, Machinedrum, Macintosh Plus, Male Bonding, Matana Roberts, Mogwai, Mr Twin Sister, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire, Neon Indian, Nerves Junior, Nicolas Jaar, Oneohtrix Point Never, P.S. Eliot, Panda Bear, Peaking Lights, pictureplane, PJ Harvey, Ponytail, Portugal. The Man, Preslav Literary School, Pure X, Puro Instinct, Real Estate, Revisiting, rustie, Ryley Walker, Saintseneca, Sandro Perri, SBTRKT, shabazz palaces, Sleep ∞ Over, Smith Westerns, St. Vincent, Steve Hauschildt, Sun Araw, The Babies, The Black Keys, the caretaker, The Field, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, the men, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Psychic Paramount, The Rapture, The Sandwitches, The Weeknd, Thee Oh Sees, Thundercat, Tim Hecker, Toro Y Moi, Tune-Yards, Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Washed Out, White Denim, Wild Beasts, Wye Oak, Young Fathers, Young Galaxy, Youth Lagoon, Yuck, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2021

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged Ada Lea, alexalone, Amyl and the Sniffers, Anna B Savage, Anz, Arooj Aftab, Älägator, Badge Epoch, Best of 2021, Black Country New Road, Black Marble, Black Midi, Caroline, Cassandra Jenkins, CFCF, Circuit Des Yeux, Claire Rousay, Cleo Sol, Coco, danny l harle, Dawn Richard, Dean Blunt, Dijon, DJ Seinfeld, Doohickey Cubicle, Doss, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Duval Timothy, Erika de Casier, Esther Rose, 박혜진 park hye jin, Floatie, Floating Points, Foamboy, For Those I Love, Geese, Genesis Owusu, Gilligan Moss, Grouper, Hatchie, Hayden Pedigo, Helado Negro, Hiatus Kaiyote, Hildegard, Horsegirl, India Jordan, Indigo De Souza, Izzy Johnson, Japanese Breakfast, Jazmine Sullivan, Jenny Hval, Jimmy Edgar, John Carroll Kirby, Joseph Ray, Karima Walker, Katy Kirby, Kero Kero Bonito, L'Rain, Lakou Mizik, Laura Stevenson, Lightning Bug, Lily Konigsberg, Little Simz, Low, Lunar Vacation, Magdalena Bay, Makthaverskan, Maple Glider, Marissa Nadler, Mdou Moctar, Miss Grit, Moonshine, Mr Twin Sister, My Idea, Natalie Jane Hill, Nu Genea, Ovlov, PDP III, Pharoah Sanders, Pink Siifu, Pom Pom Squad, Psymon Spin, Rochelle Jordan, Rosie Lowe, Sam Evian, Sara Bug, Sasha and the Valentines, Shannon and the Clams, Sloppy Jane, Smerz, Sofia Kourtesis, SPELLLING, Spirit Of The Beehive, Sun June, Sweeping Promises, The Weather Station, Tirzah, Tobacco City, Turnstile, UNIIQU3, Wet, Yola, Yves Tumor | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2021

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged alexalone, Angelo De Augustine, Arooj Aftab, Ben Seretan, Bernice, Best of 2021, Black Country New Road, Black Midi, Brijean, Cassandra Jenkins, CFCF, Circuit Des Yeux, Cleo Sol, Daniel Bachman, Dawn Richard, Doohickey Cubicle, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Erika de Casier, Floating Points, Foamboy, For Those I Love, Genesis Owusu, Grouper, Hildegard, Indigo De Souza, Injury Reserve, Insides, Izzy Johnson, Japanese Breakfast, John Carroll Kirby, Karima Walker, Katy Kirby, L'Rain, Laura Stevenson, Leon Vynehall, Lightning Bug, Little Simz, Low, Lunar Vacation, M. Sage, Marissa Nadler, Mdou Moctar, Mr. Twin Sister, Nala Sinephro, Natalie Jane Hill, Ovlov, Pharoah Sanders, Psymon Spine, Rochelle Jordan, Rosali, Sam Evian, Sasha and the Valentines, Skee Mask, SPELLLING, Spirit Of The Beehive, sufjan stevens, The London Symphony Orchestra, Turnstile, Vanishing Twin, Wau Wau Collectif, Wet, Yasmin Williams, Yola | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: October 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Very Warm

Welcome to October 2021’s edition of Recommended Albums, one of the most stacked and exciting months of music I’ve had the privilege of diving into and exploring. Plenty of high quality albums from artists that I’ve been a fan of … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Anz, BADBADNOTGOOD, Best of 2021, Black Marble, Circuit Des Yeux, Dummy, Foamboy, Geese, Grouper, Hand Habits, Helado Negro, Kit Sebastian, Lily Konigsberg, Lunar Vacation, Magdalena Bay, Marissa Nadler, Natalie Jane Hill, recommended albums, Ross From Friends, Sam Evian, Sylvie, Tirzah, Tonstartssbandht, Vanishing Twin, Wet | Leave a comment

Listen: Grouper – “Unclean mind” [2021]

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Very Warm

Well folks, it’s that time again. Time for me to discard all other music that’s been released in a five-year radius and begin to fully inhabit my “Grouper State of Mind” as they say. The incomparable Liz Harris has a … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2021, ambient, Folk, Grouper | 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

Tag Archives: Grouper

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

Revisiting 2011

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2021

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2021

Recommended Albums: October 2021

Listen: Grouper – “Unclean mind” [2021]

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