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Recommended Albums: February 2025

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Very Warm

Only a few days under two months late, I’ve got a list of my favorite records of February 2025 below. Truthfully I wasn’t paying too much attention to new music from the month aside from the Horsegirl and Oklou records, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Darkside, FACS, Horsegirl, Ichiko Aoba, John Glacier, Kelela, Marie Davidson, Mereba, Oklou, Panda Bear, recommended albums, The Altons, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

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

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged Amaarae, Angelo Badalamenti, Aretha Franklin, Armand Hammer, Arthur Russell, Arthur Verocai, Augustus Pablo, Bart, Being Dead, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Blonde Redhead, Bowery Electric, Bridget St. John, Chaba Fadela, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cluster, Cole Pulice, Confidence Man, Courtesy, dada Joãozinho, Deradoorian, Devendra Banhart, DJ Seinfeld, Emahoy Tsegue Mariam Gebru, Emeralds, En Attendant Ana, Exodus, Faye Webster, Fever Ray, Gia Margaret, Hayden Pedigo, Heather Woods Broderick, jacques greene, Jai Paul, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, Joanna Sternberg, Joanne Robertson, John Carroll Kirby, Kate NV, Kelela, Kenny Segal, Led Zeppelin, Liaisons Dangereuses, m83, Maple Glider, Marci, Marvin Gaye, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, Maya Ongaku, Meernaa, Mega Bog, Miles Davis, Mitski, ML Buch, Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, Neon Indian, NewJeans, Overmono, Palm, Pat Metheny Group, Patti Smith, Pearl and the Oysters, Powers / Pulice / Rolin, Radiohead, retrospective, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Scree, Shygirl, Sofia Kourtesis, Stars Of The Lid, Sun Araw, Television, Tensnake, The Beatles, The Books, The Cure, The Replacements, the sea and cake, The Sundays, The Verve, Tinashe, Tirzah, TisaKorean, Truth Club, U.S. Girls, Unwound, Vampire Weekend, Wednesday, Westerman, XTC, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2023

Posted on December 29, 2023 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged a.s.o., Active Surplus, Alan Palomo, Amaarae, Andrea, Anna B Savage, Armand Hammer, Arthur Russell, Asher White, BAMBII, Bart, Bernice, Best of 2023, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Blonde Redhead, Bombino, Braids, Carlos Niño, Caroline Polachek, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cleo Sol, Cole Pulice, Colin Stetson, Confidence Man, Courtesy, Crushed, dada Joãozinho, danny brown, DJ Seinfeld, Dusk, Edsel Axle, En Attendant Ana, Esther Rose, Faith Healer, Feeble Little Horse, Fever Ray, Freak Heat Waves, Gia Margaret, Glasser, Hayden Pedigo, jacques greene, Jam City, Jessie Ware, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Sternberg, Joanne Robertson, John Carroll Kirby, JPEGMAFIA, julie byrne, Kali Uchis, Kara Jackson, Kate NV, Kelela, Kenny Segal, Little Dragon, m83, Maple Glider, Marci, Mary Lattimore, Maya Ongaku, Meagre Martin, Meernaa, Meg Baird, Mega Bog, Mitski, ML Buch, mui zyu, Nabihah Iqbal, NewJeans, Nourished By Time, Overmono, Pangaea, Pearl and the Oysters, PJ Harvey, Powers / Pulice / Rolin, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Sampha, Scree, Shame, Sluice, Snow Strippers, Sofia Kourtesis, SPELLLING, sufjan stevens, Sun June, Tara Clerkin Trio, Tensnake, Thandi Ntuli, Tinashe, Tiny Ruins, Tirzah, TisaKorean, Titanic, Truth Club, Uh Huh, Wednesday, Westerman, Y La Bamba, Yeule, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers, Yunè Pinku, Yussef Dayes, Yves Tumor | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2023

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged Amaarae, Andre 3000, Andrea, Andrew Osterhoudt, Armand Hammer, Bart, Being Dead, Best of 2023, Billy Woods, Blonde Redhead, Chuquimamani-Condori, Cleo Sol, Colin Stetson, Daniel Bachman, Devendra Banhart, Dusk, En Attendant Ana, Fever Ray, Gia Margaret, Hayden Pedigo, Jaimie Branch, Joanna Sternberg, julie byrne, Kara Jackson, Kelela, Kenny Segal, Laurel Halo, Mary Lattimore, Maybel, Meernaa, Mega Bog, ML Buch, Munya, Nabihah Iqbal, Natalie Rose Labrecht, North Americans, Nourished By Time, Pearl and the Oysters, PJ Harvey, Powers / Pulice / Rolin, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Scree, Sofia Kourtesis, Tinashe, Tiny Ruins, Tirzah, TisaKorean, Titanic, Truth Club, Westerman, Yeule, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Favorite Music of 2023 So Far

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged Andrea, Andrew Osterhoudt, Anna B Savage, Bart, Best of 2023, Billy Woods, Colin Stetson, Crushed, En Attendant Ana, Esther Rose, Everything But The Girl, Feeble Little Horse, Fever Ray, Gia Margaret, Hayden Pedigo, Indigo De Souza, jacques greene, Jam City, Jessie Ware, John Carroll Kirby, Kali Uchis, Kara Jackson, Kate NV, Kelela, Kenny Segal, m83, Meernaa, Mega Bog, mui zyu, Nabihah Iqbal, Nourished By Time, Overmono, Pearl and the Oysters, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Scree, Shame, Sluice, Sweeping Promises, Tensnake, Tinariwen, Tiny Ruins, TisaKorean, Uh Huh, Wednesday, Westerman, Y La Bamba, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers, Yunè Pinku | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: February 2023

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Very Warm

In this month’s edition of Recommended Albums, we feature new records from established favorites on the blog (Yo La Tengo, Kelela), relative newcomers (Miss Grit, mui zyu), and more SUPER great records from artists I’ve admired for a while (Avey … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged @, Anna B Savage, Avey Tare, Big Brave, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Caroline Polachek, En Attendant Ana, jacques greene, Kelela, Laurie Spiegel, Liaisons Dangereuses, Meernaa, Mega Bog, Miles Davis, Miss Grit, Model/Actriz, mui zyu, Pearla, recommended albums, Shame, Shygirl, TDJ, Tennis, The Blue Nile, the sea and cake, Two Shell, U.S. Girls, Uh Huh, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: October 2022

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Very Warm

Holy smokes, a Recommended Albums that’s actually on time?? Well folks, this month’s post can definitely be considered a “COVID isolation activity”. I finally got the dang thing, breaking my legendary streak on my birthday of all days, and essentially … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Alvvays, Aoife Nessa Frances, Babehoven, Best of 2022, Bibio, Brutus, carly rae jepsen, Daphni, Dawn Richard, Disq, Drugdealer, Dry Cleaning, Dungen, fazerdaze, Frankie Cosmos, Indigo Sparke, Joseph Shabason, Julianna Riolino, Junior Boys, Kelela, Kornel Kovacs, Louis Cole, Lucrecia Dalt, Mabe Fratti, Mali Obomsawin, Moin, Mr Twin Sister, natalia lafourcade, Nicholas Krgovich, Nick Hakim, Nosaj Thing, Palm, Plains, PVA, recommended albums, Ribbon Stage, Sam Gendel, Say She She, Shabason & Krgovich, Sorry, Spencer Zahn, They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, TSHA, Winter | 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

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

2013 Retrospective

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Very Warm

After many, many months, I’ve finally wrapped up my Retrospective series for the 2010s. By Retrospective, I mean collecting 100 songs that essential were the soundtrack to the year as it happened to me. Songs that I listen to and … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Anamanaguchi, Aphex Twin, Arca, Asobi Seksu, Aye Nako, Beach Fossils, Beck, Best of 2013, Bibio, Blank Banshee, Blood Orange, Boards of Canada, Buke & Gase, Burial, Chelsea Wolfe, Clams Casino, Clipping, Courtney Barnett, Crying, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Deafheaven, Dean Blunt, death grips, Deerhunter, Diarrhea Planet, Disclosure, Dive, DJ Rashad, ECO VIRTUAL, FaltyDL, Fear Of Men, FKA Twigs, Fuji Grid TV, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Grave Babies, Grouper, HEALTH, Hop Along, Iceage, Infinity Shred, J Dilla, Jai Paul, James Blake, Jay Reatard, Joanna Newsom, Jon Hopkins, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Jurgen Muller, Kanye West, Kelela, Kirin J Callinan, Kurt Vile, Laura Cortese, Laurel Halo, M.I.A., Machinedrum, Merchandise, Mikal Cronin, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oneohtrix Point Never, Onra, Ovlov, Pity Sex, Postiljonen, Quality Cinema, retrospective, Shlohmo, Slow Warm Death, Sophie, Still Corners, Sun Araw, Swearin, Sweet Valley, T. Rex, The Angelic Process, The Knife, The Mighty Hannibal, The Music Tapes, The Radio Dept., The Range, The Underachievers, Tim Hecker, Tirzah, Tobacco, Todd Terje, Vampire Weekend, Van Morrison, Waxahatchee, William Basinski, Young Fathers, Young Galaxy | Leave a comment

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