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2025 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Very Warm

Every year since 2014, I’ve collected songs into a playlist as the year happens that reaches 100 songs. It serves as a digital snapshot, marking when I was obsessed with certain songs, new or old, or a song soundtracked a … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Air, Air France, Amerie, Animal Collective, Armand Van Helden, Autechre, Bear in Heaven, Beck, Big Thief, Black Country New Road, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Brendan Eder Ensemble, Cameron Winter, Carlita, Chaos in the CBD, Chloe Robinson, Chuquimamani-Condori, Confidence Man, Cross Record, Cut Copy, D'Angelo, Daphni, Disclosure, DJ ADHD, Domenique Dumont, Elori Saxl, Eris Drew, Erland Øye, Four Tet, Friendly Fires, Geese, Gelli Haha, Grizzly Bear, Grouper, Hayden Pedigo, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Holy Fuck, inc. no world, James Holden, James K, JÁNA, Jensen Sportag, Jessica Pratt, Joanna Newsom, Joanne Robertson, Justus Köhncke, Kelly Moran, Khaled, Khruangbin, KOKOROKO, Lawrence Hart, Los Thuthanaka, Madonna, Men I Trust, Mereba, Moin, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Neil Young, Neu, Nina Simone, Ninajirachi, Nine Inch Nails, Norah Jones, Octo Octa, Oklou, Oli XL, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ora Cogan, P.S. Eliot, Petter, Phoenix, Playboi Carti, Prospa, Purelink, Purity Ring, Real Lies, retrospective, Robyn, Safe Mind, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sextile, Silvana Estrada, Sonic Youth, Southern Shores, SPELLLING, Stevie Wonder, Tate McRae, The Beatles, The Dirtbombs, The MFA, The Radio Dept., Underworld, VTSS, Wednesday, Wet, Wunder, Yasmin Williams, YHWH Nailgun, Yo La Tengo, ZEDD | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2025

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Very Warm

Moving right along with the Best of 2025 lists, we have my favorite 100 songs of the year. Like years previous, I’ve ranked the top 10, and listed the following 90 in alphabetical order. I’ve also included the Tidal playlist … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged alex g, Amaarae, Automatic, BADBADNOTGOOD, Barker, best of 2025, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blood Orange, Burial, Caroline, Cate Le Bon, Chat Pile, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cloth, Cross Record, Crushed, danny brown, Destroyer, Dijon, DJ Koze, Djrum, Drugdealer, Eliana Glass, Emily Hines, Erika de Casier, FACS, Fcukers, feeo, Fusilier, Geese, Gelli Haha, Giant Claw, HAAi, Hannah Frances, Hatchie, Hayden Pedigo, Horsegirl, James K, Jane Remover, JÁNA, Joanne Robertson, John Glacier, Jonny Nash, Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, keiyaa, Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Moran, KOKOROKO, Lawrence Hart, Leon Vynehall, Living Hour, Los Thuthanaka, Lucrecia Dalt, Malibu, Maria Somerville, Mason Lindahl, Mei Semones, Men I Trust, Mereba, Momma, Nilüfer Yanya, Ninajirachi, Nourished By Time, Oklou, Oli XL, Panda Bear, Phoebe Rings, PinkPantheress, Purelink, Purity Ring, Real Lies, Robyn, Rochelle Jordan, Safe Mind, Saint Etienne, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sextile, Silvana Estrada, Smerz, Snocaps, Snuggle, Sofia Kourtesis, SPELLLING, Sudan Archives, Sword II, Tan Cologne, Tapeworms, Tate McRae, The Beths, Titanic, tops, Two Shell, Venna, Verses GT, Walt McClements, Water From Your Eyes, Wednesday, YHWH Nailgun | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2025

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Very Warm

Now that the dust has settled on most major publications’ Best Albums of 2025 lists, it’s finally time to unleash the most objectively correct and most well-written of them all: Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2025. I’ll reserve my … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Annahstasia, Automatic, Barker, best of 2025, Caroline, Chaos in the CBD, Chat Pile, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cole Pulice, Cross Record, Daniel Bachman, Deradoorian, Dijon, Domenique Dumont, Erika de Casier, FACS, Geese, Gelli Haha, Hayden Pedigo, Horsegirl, James K, Joanne Robertson, Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, Kelly Moran, KOKOROKO, Lawrence Hart, Los Thuthanaka, Lucrecia Dalt, Malibu, Men I Trust, Ninajirachi, Oklou, Oneohtrix Point Never, Panda Bear, Purelink, Purity Ring, Rafael Toral, Real Lies, Rochelle Jordan, Safe Mind, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sam Prekop, Scree, Silvana Estrada, Smerz, SML, Stereolab, Sword II, Tan Cologne, Titanic, tops, Walt McClements, YHWH Nailgun | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: September 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Very Warm

Only somewhat late and to give myself at least a little credit, September 2025 moderately exploded with high quality albums. This summer had some good stuff, but my personal life left me feeling dazed and zoomed out. By September I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Acopia, Automatic, Big Thief, Crushed, Geese, jacques greene, James K, joan shelley, Joanne Robertson, Lucrecia Dalt, Mark William Lewis, Mason Lindahl, Nosaj Thing, Piotr Kurek, Purity Ring, recommended albums, Rochelle Jordan, Saint Etienne, Sam Prekop, Snuggle, SPRINTS, Titanic, Verses GT, Wednesday | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of the 2020s So Far

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Very Warm

It’s already that time again: below you’ll find my favorite 100 songs of the 2020s so far, ranked in order. It feels bizarre that I’m already dissecting songs from the last five years under the lens of them being the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged alex g, Amaarae, Anz, Armand Hammer, Best of the 2020s, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Blunt Chunks, Bolis Pupul, Braxe + Falcon, Carlita, Caroline, Cassandra Jenkins, CFCF, Chanel Beads, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Charlotte Adigéry, Chat Pile, Chloe x Halle, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cindy Lee, Coco, Cole Pulice, Confidence Man, Courtesy, Cut Worms, Daniel Avery, Dehd, Destroyer, DJ Seinfeld, Doss, Dry Cleaning, Dua Lipa, Elysia Crampton, En Attendant Ana, Erika de Casier, Evan J Cartwright, FACS, Fcukers, Fever Ray, Fontaines D.C., Grouper, Hatchie, hoodie, Indigo De Souza, jack j, James K, Jamie xx, Jayda G, Jazmine Sullivan, Jessica Pratt, Jessie Ware, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Sternberg, Jose Gonzalez, Just Mustard, Kassie Krut, Katy Kirby, Kim Gordon, KOKOROKO, Laura Marling, Little Simz, Lorde, Low, Lunar Vacation, Maple Glider, Marci, Mdou Moctar, Mk.gee, ML Buch, Nation of Language, NewJeans, Nilüfer Yanya, Nu Genea, Palm, Pearl and the Oysters, Perfume Genius, Romy, Sade, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Shannon and the Clams, Soccer Mommy, Sofia Kourtesis, SPELLLING, Thundercat, Tobacco City, tops, Truth Club, Two Shell, Tyla, Waxahatchee, Westerman, Wet, Winged Wheel, Yola, Yves Tumor | Leave a comment

2024 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Very Warm

Every year since 2014, I’ve taken time at the end of my Best of the Year list season to survey the field, to take stock in the music that defined my year, and not just the tracks that came out … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Beck, Best of 2024, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Blood Incantation, Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Brandy, brian eno, Brijean, Bruno Berle, CA7RIEL, Camera Obscura, Caribou, Cassandra Jenkins, Chanel Beads, Charli XCX, Cindy Lee, Cocteau Twins, Confidence Man, Contrahouse, Corinne Bailey Rae, Deerhunter, Denzel Curry, Directions, Discovery Zone, Dissolve, Doss, Elkka, Emma Ruth Rundle, Enya, Erika de Casier, Fcukers, Fennesz, Fever Ray, Fleet Foxes, Fontaines D.C., Ginger Root, Grouper, Harold Budd, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Hop Along, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Iglooghost, James K, Jamie xx, Jessica Pratt, Joanna Sternberg, Jordan Rakei, julie byrne, Kassie Krut, Kelly Lee Owens, Kendrick Lamar, Kim Gordon, Kordhell, Kylie Minogue, Laura Marling, Lip Critic, Magic AL, Malibu, Maria Chiara Argirò, Marina Allen, Mary Lattimore, Mk.gee, ML Buch, Molina, Monica, Mulatu Astatke, musclecars, Nico, Nilüfer Yanya, Paco Amoroso, Peaking Lights, Pearl and the Oysters, retrospective, Reyna Tropical, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sade, Saki Kabata, salute, Sam Smith, Shannon & The Clams, SOFI TUKKER, Solange, Sophie, Stevie Wonder, Still House Plants, Studio, Suzanne Ciani, The Other People Place, the sea and cake, Tinashe, Tommy Richman, Total Blue, Two Shell, Underworld, Vegyn, Walt McClements, Washed Out, Waxahatchee, Winged Wheel, yellow magic orchestra, Yo La Tengo, Zsela | Leave a comment

Playlist: Camcorder Diary – Artifacted Memories

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Very Warm

Scattered sd cards, fragmented memories. Artifacted ephemeral portraits of a lost self. The lens zooms upon the visage. Soft, voyeuristic yearning beamed in from the future. It’s been a while since I’ve made a new playlist, and what better time … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged a.s.o., Avalon Emerson, Beth Orton, Black Marble, Cocteau Twins, Crushed, Dean Hurley, DiSA, Discovery Zone, fazerdaze, Georgia Gets By, Gloria de Oliveira, hoodie, HTRK, James K, Massive Attack, MJ Guider, ML Buch, Molina, My Bloody Valentine, Nabihah Iqbal, One Dove, Pale Saints, Paycheque, Playlist, Summer Camp, Tracey Thorn, trentemøller, Twin Shadow, Two Lone Swordsmen, Underworld | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: September 2022

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Very Warm

It’s much delayed, but I gotta hand it to September 2022. Some damn fine music arrived and solidly inserted itself into my Best Albums of 2022. By this point you’re probably already neck-deep in October jams, so here’s a rosy … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged alex g, Ari Lennox, Badge Époque Ensemble, Best of 2022, Billy Woods, Bitchin Bajas, Coby Sey, De Lux, Dean Hurley, Divino Niño, Eerie Wanda, George FitzGerald, Gloria de Oliveira, James K, Joyce, Kelela, Khruangbin, Makaya McCraven, Mamalarky, Oren Ambarchi, recommended albums, Shygirl, Sofie Royer, Sudan Archives, The Beths, Vieux Farka Touré | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: James K

2025 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2025

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2025

Recommended Albums: September 2025

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of the 2020s So Far

2024 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Playlist: Camcorder Diary – Artifacted Memories

Recommended Albums: September 2022

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