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- Best of 2025 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2020-2024 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2020-2024 :: 100 Albums
- 2024 Retrospective
- Best of 2024 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2024 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2024 :: Live Shows
- 2023 Retrospective
- Best of 2023 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2023 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2023 :: Live Shows
- 2022 Retrospective
- Best of 2022 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2022 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2022 :: Live Shows
- Best of 2022 :: 10 EPs
- 2021 Retrospective
- Best of 2021 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2021 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2021 :: Live Shows
- Best of 2021 :: 10 EPs
- 2020 Retrospective
- Best of 2020 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2020 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2020 :: 10 EPs
- 2010s Retrospective
- Best of the 10s :: 200 Songs
- Best of the 10s :: 200 Albums
- 2019 Retrospective
- Best of 2019 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2019 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2019 :: Live Shows
- Best of 2019 :: 10 EPs
- 2018 Retrospective
- Best of 2018 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2018 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2018 :: Live Shows
- Best of 2018 :: 10 EPs
- Best of the 00s :: 100 Albums (Rework)
- 2017 Retrospective
- Best of 2017 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2017 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2017 :: 10 Shows
- Best of 2017 :: 10 EPs
- Revisiting 2013
- 2016 Retrospective
- Best of 2016 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2016 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2016 :: 15 EPs
- Best of 2016 :: Honorable Mentions
- 2015 Retrospective
- Best of 2015 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2015 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2015 :: 15 EPs
- Best of 2015 :: Honorable Mentions
- Best of 2010 – 2014 :: 50 Albums
- 2014 Retrospective
- Best of 2014 :: 50 Songs
- Best of 2014 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2014 :: 10 EPs
- Best of 2014 :: Honorable Mentions
- 2013 Retrospective
- Best of 2013 :: 40 Songs
- Best of 2013 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2013 :: 10 Weirdos
- Best of 2013 :: 15 EPs
- Best of 2013 :: Honorable Mentions
- 2012 Retrospective
- Best of 2012 :: 102 Songs
- Best of 2012 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2012 :: Honorable Mentions
- 2011 Retrospective
- Best of 2011 :: 100 Songs
- Best of 2011 :: 50 Albums
- Best of 2011 :: 20 Remixes
- Best of 2011 :: Honorable Mentions
- 2010 Retrospective
- Best of 2010 :: 100 Songs
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- Best of 2010 :: 25 Music Videos
- Best of the 00s :: 100 Albums
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Warm Visions Playlists:
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- 2010 – 2019 – The Master List
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- Best Songs of 2016
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- Best Songs of 2014
- Best Songs of 2013
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- It Felt Good To Be Alone – Sad
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- My Black T-Shirt – Metal
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- Old-Growth, New Sprouts – Growing
- Patchouli Sunrise – Peaceful Folk
- Rose Garden, 2AM – Infatuated
- Sand Dollar Jukebox – Summer
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- Sun Glitters on Cool Water – Shine
- Sunset High Dive – HypeM Replica
- 【☆sweet dream☆】 – Calm
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A stream of consciousness music blog, active since 2010. Established in Ann Arbor, MI, currently in NYC.
Send me music: warmsubmissions @ gmail
I hope you enjoy your time here.
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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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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
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Recommended Albums: January 2023
Welcome to 2023! Okay, we’ve already been in the year for over a month, but Warm Visions Recommended Albums is back for another round: my eighth year of this feature! Feels wild to even think that. Keeps me honest, I … Continue reading →
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Tagged ANIMA!, Chaba Fadela, Cheb Khaled, Everything But The Girl, Exodus, girls, Jonah Yano, Lyle Mays, m83, Meg Baird, Nona Hendryx, Orange Folder, Overmono, Pat Metheny, Pearl and the Oysters, poolblood, Radiohead, recommended albums, Rozi Plain, Say She She, Television, The Books, The Chameleons, The Drin, The Tubs, To Rococo Rot, Weval, XTC, Y La Bamba, Yunè Pinku
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The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s
In what might be the vainest of my vanity projects, I decided to plunder the music of the 1990s, the decade of my birth, to “rank” my favorite albums. Why? It’s not like anything I list here is going to … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1990s, A Tribe Called Quest, American Football, Angelo Badalamenti, Aphex Twin, Arto Lindsay, Bark Psychosis, Beck, best of the decade, Björk, Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Buena Vista Social Club, Built To Spill, Cocteau Twins, D'Angelo, Daft Punk, David Lynch, Depeche Mode, Digable Planets, Dirty Three, Dismemberment Plan, DJ Shadow, Duster, Elliott Smith, Emmylou Harris, Erykah Badu, Everything But The Girl, Fiona Apple, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Guided By Voices, GZA The Genius, Insides, Jeff Buckley, Jim O'Rourke, Lauryn Hill, Liz Phair, Lucinda Williams, Madonna, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Modest Mouse, Mos Def, Mulatu Astatke, My Bloody Valentine, Nas, Neurosis, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Outkast, Pavement, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Red House Painters, Ride, Sade, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, Sleater-Kinney, Slint, Slowdive, Smog, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Stereolab, talk talk, Teenage Fanclub, The Breeders, The Flaming Lips, The Fugees, The Prodigy, The Sundays, Tortoise, Unwound, Weezer, Wilco, Wu-Tang Clan, Yo La Tengo
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2011 Retrospective
Cruising along through the missing pieces of my 2010s musical experience (previously, the 2010 Retrospective) and going into a very pivotal year that was 2011. To make any reader feel baby, old or just right: in 2011 I graduated high … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2011, A$AP ROCKY, araabmuzik, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Azealia Banks, Battles, Beat Connection, Best of 2011, Beyonce, Björk, Boards of Canada, bon iver, Born Gold, brian eno, Burial, Charli XCX, Clams Casino, Cold Cave, Crystal Antlers, CSS, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Dan Deacon, Das Racist, death grips, Destroyer, Dinosaur Jr., Discovery, Elite Gymnastics, Fleet Foxes, Ford & Lopatin, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, Future Islands, gang gang dance, Gauntlet Hair, girls, Gorillaz, Grimes, Grouper, Handsome Furs, Holy Ghost!, Hooray For Earth, jacques greene, Jai Paul, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Julianna Barwick, Kanye West, King Krule, Korallreven, Kurt Vile, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Lemon Demon, Little Dragon, Lykke Li, m83, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine, Neon Indian, Oneohtrix Point Never, Panda Bear, PJ Harvey, Purity Ring, Radiohead, Real Estate, retrospective, rustie, shabazz palaces, Sleep ∞ Over, Slint, Smith Westerns, St. Vincent, The Black Keys, the caretaker, The Decemberists, The Dodos, The Flaming Lips, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, The Joy Formidable, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Rapture, The Strokes, The Weeknd, Tim Hecker, Toro Y Moi, Tune-Yards, Ty Segall, Tycho, Tyler the Creator, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Washed Out, When Saints Go Machine, White Denim, Wild Beasts, Young Galaxy, Youth Lagoon, Yuck, Zoo Kid
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The Best Music Videos of the 2010s
I’ve had this sitting in my drafts for a while now and thought this was the best time to bring it forward. There were a lot of great music videos this past decade, and these were my favorites. Please send … Continue reading →
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Tagged A$AP ROCKY, aldous harding, Anamanaguchi, Beach House, best of the decade, Beyonce, BIGBANG, bill callahan, Björk, Childish Gambino, Crumb, danny brown, Das Racist, El Guincho, Fever Ray, FKA Twigs, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Gesaffelstein, Girl Talk, Grimes, HEALTH, hot chip, Jamie xx, Janelle Monae, Joanna Newsom, Julian Lynch, Kali Uchis, Kanye West, Kaytranada, Kelela, Kendrick Lamar, Kiesza, Killer Mike, Kirin J Callinan, Lady Gaga, LCD Soundsystem, Liars, Little Dragon, M.I.A., mac demarco, Majical Cloudz, Mitski, Miya Folick, Music Video, OK Go, Oneohtrix Point Never, Perfume Genius, PUP, Radiohead, Real Estate, Rosalía, SANDY Alex G, Shugo Tokumaru, Sia, St. Vincent, Standing On The Corner, Tame Impala, The Avalanches, The Books, Tierra Whack, Todd Terje, Travis Scott, Tune-Yards, Tyler the Creator, Vince Staples, Zebra Katz, Zola Jesus
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The 100 Best Albums Of The 2000s (2018 Version)
With the end of the 10s rapidly approaching and with it, an inevitable decade-recapping list, I felt a deep inspiration to look back at my previous effort to summarize a decade’s musical output. I made a list of The 100 … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Beck, Björk, Boards of Canada, Boris, Broadcast, Broken Social Scene, Burial, Camera Obscura, Cat Power, Colleen, Daft Punk, Death Cab For Cutie, Deerhunter, Destroyer, Dirty Projectors, Dntel, Fever Ray, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Fred Squire, Fucked Up, Ghostface Killah, Gillian Welch, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, Grouper, Have A Nice Life, HEALTH, Interpol, J Dilla, Jay Reatard, jens lekman, Joanna Newsom, Julie Doiron, Kanye West, LCD Soundsystem, Life Without Buildings, Lightning Bolt, m83, Madvillain, MF Doom, Midlake, Modest Mouse, Mount Eerie, Outkast, Panda Bear, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Radiohead, sam amidon, Sleater-Kinney, Smog, Songs: Ohia, Sonic Youth, St. Vincent, Stars Of The Lid, Studio, sufjan stevens, Sun Araw, Sun Kil Moon, Sweet Trip, The Avalanches, The Books, The Field, The Flaming Lips, The Killers, The Knife, The Mars Volta, The Microphones, The New Pornographers, The Postal Service, The Strokes, The Thermals, the tough alliance, The Unicorns, Vampire Weekend, Wilco, William Basinski, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo
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The 100 Best Albums Of The 00s (re-post)
Originally posted Feb. 13, 2011. Editor’s Note: This list was condensed into one post (it was originally 5 different posts leading up to #20 – #1 – how annoying!) and reformatted a bit on 9/20/2018. I’m thinking about revisiting this list, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alison Krauss, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Beck, Beirut, Björk, Bloc Party, bon iver, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Burial, Camera Obscura, Coldplay, CSS, Daft Punk, Death Cab For Cutie, Death From Above 1979, Deerhunter, Dirty Projectors, Explosions In The Sky, Fever Ray, Fleet Foxes, Flotation Toy Warning, Franz Ferdinand, Gnarls Barkley, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, hot chip, Interpol, Jason Mraz, Jay-Z, jens lekman, Kanye West, Lambchop, LCD Soundsystem, Lightning Bolt, m83, Madvillain, MGMT, MIA, Modest Mouse, Muse, My Dear Disco, My Morning Jacket, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Outkast, Panda Bear, Portishead, Radiohead, Robert Plant, Rogue Wave, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros, Spoon, St. Vincent, sufjan stevens, The Avalanches, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips, The Killers, The Knife, The Mars Volta, The Microphones, The New Pornographers, The Postal Service, The Streets, The Strokes, The Thermals, the tough alliance, The Unicorns, The White Stripes, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yeasayer
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Best Of 2016 :: 50 Albums
This is my list of 50 records for the year. This is the seventh year I’ve made one of these – isn’t that crazy? But back to the present. I thought music this year was pretty mediocre compared to other … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, Andy Shauf, Angel Olsen, Anohni, best of 2016, chairlift, Chance The Rapper, Charlie Hilton, Chris Cohen, Clams Casino, Crying, danny brown, David Bowie, death grips, Frank Ocean, Frankie Cosmos, IAN SWEET, Ian William Craig, Japanese Breakfast, Jenny Hval, Jessy Lanza, Ka, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kanye West, Kaytranada, Kero Kero Bonito, Kevin Morby, Kornel Kovacs, Lionlimb, LVL UP, Merchandise, Mitksi, NZCA Lines, Omni, Porches, Radiohead, sales, Sam Evian, Sarah Neufeld, Solange, Sturgill Simpson, The Avalanches, The Range, Tim Hecker, Ty Segall, Vesuvio Solo, Weyes Blood, Whitney, Young Thug, Ytamo
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Best Of 2016 :: 100 Songs
There were a few enjoyable songs from 2016. Here are 100 of them. There are more (approx. 137 and counting) on a Spotify playlist, but these 100 are my favorites. You can check out the Spotify playlist HERE. I hope you enjoy … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, Amnesia Scanner, AMTHST, Andy Shauf, Angel Olsen, Anohni, Ash Koosha, Baauer, best of 2016, Black Marble, carly rae jepsen, chairlift, Chance The Rapper, Charlie Hilton, Chris Cohen, Clams Casino, Cole M.G.N., Cross Record, Crying, D.R.A.M., danny brown, danny l harle, David Bowie, death grips, Deerhoof, Drugdealer, El Guincho, Forth Wanderers, Frank Ocean, Frankie Cosmos, Future, Helado Negro, Holy Fuck, Holy Ghost!, hoops, How To Disappear Completely, Huerco S., Hundred Waters, IAN SWEET, ice choir, James Blake, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Jenny Hval, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, Julianna Barwick, Ka, Kadhja Bonet, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kanye West, Kaytranada, Kedr Livanskiy, Kelsey Lu, Kevin Morby, Kornel Kovacs, Leon Vynehall, Let's Eat Grandma, Lionlimb, LUH, LVL UP, Mall Grab, Maria Usbeck, Merchandise, Mikael Seifu, Mitski, Mt. Si, Negative Gemini, Nicolas Jaar, Nite-Funk, NOIA, NZCA Lines, Omni, Porches, PUP, Pye Corner Audio, Radiohead, Rae Sremmurd, sales, Sam Evian, Sarah Neufeld, serpentwithfeet, Sheer Mag, Stranger Things, Sturgill Simpson, Sunflower Bean, SURVIVE, The Avalanches, The Range, Thee Oh Sees, Tiger & Woods, Tim Hecker, Troller, Ty Segall, Vesuvio Solo, Weyes Blood, White Lung, Whitney, Wild Nothing, Young Thug, Ytamo, Yumi Zouma
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Recommended Albums: May 2016
Ok so May really spoiled us with a surplus of really good, memorable albums. I couldn’t choose just ten so here are 23. I’ll be brief I swear. Sort of. I hope you enjoy and maybe discover something new or revisit … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anohni, best of 2016, Big Thief, Braids, Car Seat Headrest, Chance The Rapper, Chris Cohen, death grips, Electronic, Folk, Gold Panda, Hip Hop, Holy Fuck, indie, Jessy Lanza, Julianna Barwick, Kaytranada, LUH, Maria Usbeck, Marissa Nadler, music, Mutual Benefit, Olga Bell, Perturbator, pop, Radiohead, recommended albums, rock, Skepta, Tim Heidecker, Twin Peaks, Yumi Zouma
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