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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

WV Playlist 016: Sand Dollar Jukebox – Seafaring Funk

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Very Warm

Howdy folks! It’s been a while since I posted a little playlist, but after a groundswell of inspiration thanks to the improving weather, I was stricken with the playlist-making fever. Hopefully many more to come, because this was originally around … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Anri, Arthur Russell, Benny Sings, Bill LaBounty, BUMPER, city pop, Domenique Dumont, Haruomi Hosono, hiroshi sato, Innovations, John Carroll Kirby, Leon Lowman, Mark Barrott, Ned Doheny, New Musik, Nora Guthrie, Pages, Playlist, Rick Cuevas, Sade, Saint Etienne, Shintaro Sakamoto, Steely Dan, Steve Hiett, Suzuki Shigeru, Taeko Ohnuki, Taken By Trees, The Sweet Enoughs, tops, Triste Janero, Vanessa De Mata, Wendy Matthews, yacht rock | 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

WV Playlist 014: Nightlife Daydream – A City Pop Fantasy

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Very Warm

Coming to you in the quarantine with another hot playlist! Previously I hoped to soothe your mornings with gentle caresses of folk and ambient music. This time I’m centering on something a bit different, but it still attempts to answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Air Suspension Club Band, Akiko Yano, Atlas, Azumi Inoue, Casiopea, city pop, Colored Music, Dip In The Pool, Fishmans, funk, Haruomi Hosono, hiroshi sato, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Namba, Imitation, Jagatara, Japan, Jimmy Murakawa, Kay, Kisaragi Koharu, Logic System, Makoto Matsushita, Mariko Tone, Mariya Takeuchi, Masanori Sasaji, Masayoshi Takanaka, Miharu Koshi, Miki Matsubara, Mioko Yamaguchi, Mizuki Koyama, Momoko Kikuchi, Motohiko Hamase, Pacific, Pegmo, Piper, Playlist, pop, rock, Safari, Sandii, Seaside Lovers, Shigeo Sekito, Sonoko, Suzuki Shigeru, Taeko Ohnuki, Tatsuro Yamashita, The Milky Way Band, The Mystery Kindaichi Band, yellow magic orchestra | Leave a comment

WV Playlist 003: Ecstatic Affluence – A City Pop Odyssey

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Very Warm

ECSTATIC AFFLUENCE: A CITY POP ODYSSEY is perhaps the thing I hold the most pride in from all my days as a “music curator”, if you can call me that. It’s a 50-song playlist of exclusively Japanese music centering around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Akiko Yano, ambient, city pop, experimental, Folk, Guernica, Haruomi Hosono, hiroshi sato, jpop, Miharu Koshi, Momoko Kikuchi, Nami Shimada, Playlist, pop, rock, Taeko Ohnuki, Yasuaki Shimizu, yellow magic orchestra, Yoshiko Sai | 1 Comment

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