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Recommended Albums: January 2025

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Very Warm

To anyone that’s been disappointed about the lack of updates on Warm Visions, I humbly apologize. 2025 has been quite the wild year and it’s been a bit tough to get the motivation to focus on new music like I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Blue Lake, Bonnie Prince Billy, Eddie Chacon, Maribou State, recommended albums, sam amidon, U.e., Ulla | Leave a comment

Playlist: Old-Growth, New Sprouts – Finding Your Way

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Very Warm

On somewhat of a tear with playlists, inspired by a roadtrip taken this past week up to Maine. Gotta have some new meat on the speakers for eight hours in the car. This time around I wanted to return to … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Angel Olsen, Arthur Russell, Carole King, Coco, Cut Worms, Daughter Of Swords, Emmylou Harris, Ezra Feinberg, Happy End, Hayden Pedigo, Jessica Pratt, Joanna Sternberg, Jon McKiel, Jose Gonzalez, Julian Lynch, Magic AL, Maybel, Molly Sarlé, Neil Young, Nico, Playlist, sam amidon, Sam Burton, Sam Evian, Tan Cologne, Weyes Blood, Y La Bamba | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: October 2020

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Very Warm

October felt like nothing at all. Despite housing my birthday and a big holiday, nothing much seemed to have happened. Even the weather wasn’t super fall-like. 2020 really does have to do it to us like that I guess. What … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Actress, Adrianne Lenker, Azymuth, best of 2020, Better Person, Cut Worms, Deep Sea Diver, Eartheater, Ela Minus, Emma Ruth Rundle, Gorillaz, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Helena Deland, Isola, Joel Ross, Machinedrum, Magik Markers, Mary Lattimore, North Americans, Róisín Murphy, recommended albums, Salem, sam amidon, Sea Oleena, Surprise Chef, The Budos Band, Thou, Tobacco, Wendy Eisenberg, Working Men's Club | Leave a comment

Playlist: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Very Warm

Last year I made a fall-themed playlist “Mauve Malaise” that leaned heavily into heavy, distorted sounds of shoegaze interspersed with droning, trance-like folk, an attempt to balance the sonic cacophony of deeply-processed guitars and sheets of American Primitive guitar playing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Anna Von Hausswolff, Avery Leigh's Night Palace, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Brittany Haas, Broadcast, Cinder Well, Circuit Des Yeux, Cocteau Twins, Daniel Bachman, Dirty Three, Faye Webster, Fred Squire, Gia Margaret, Gravenhurst, Grouper, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Harold Budd, Insides, Jessica Pratt, Jon McKiel, Julie Doiron, Karen Dalton, Lomelda, Lovesliescrushing, Marisa Anderson, Mary Lattimore, Midwife, Mojave 3, Mount Eerie, Mountain Man, Nico, North Americans, Pale Saints, Playlist, Robbie Basho, sam amidon, Sandro Perri, Scott Walker, Seasonal Playlist, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Stereolab, Tenci, The Flamingos, The Velvet Underground, Varo, Weyes Blood, Widowspeak, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Listen: Sam Amidon – “Maggie” [2020]

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Very Warm

One of my favorite musicians of the last two decades, Sam Amidon is releasing his new self-titled album on October 23rd via Nonesuch. If you’re unfamiliar, Amidon spent most of his album output reworking traditional folk songs, kind of giving … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged 2020, Folk, Listen, sam amidon | Leave a comment

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Very Warm

To celebrate 10 years of Warm Visions / Combo Breaker Kid, I’ve compiled my 200 favorite albums of the 2010s. Not only that, but I’ve concocted “Warm Visions” descriptions and wrote blurbs about each record. I’m sure you can infer … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2814, aldous harding, Alvvays, Amen Dunes, Andy Shauf, Angel Olsen, Arca, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Best of the 2010s, best of the decade, Big Thief, bill callahan, Björk, Braids, Burial, carly rae jepsen, Charli XCX, Chastity Belt, chino amobi, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Christine And The Queens, Chromatics, cloud nothings, Colin Stetson, Cross Record, D'Angelo, danny brown, Daughters, David Bowie, Deafheaven, Dean Blunt, death grips, Deerhunter, demen, Destroyer, dirty beaches, Dirty Projectors, Disclosure, DJ Koze, Dntel, Dusk, Earl Sweatshirt, Elite Gymnastics, Emeralds, Empress Of, Erika de Casier, Father John Misty, Fear Of Men, Fever Ray, Fiona Apple, FKA Twigs, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Flying Lotus, Ford and Lopatin, Frank Ocean, Future Islands, Gorillaz, Grave Babies, Grimes, Grouper, Hand Habits, Holly Herndon, Hop Along, Hundred Waters, Jai Paul, James Blake, Jamie xx, Janelle Monae, Jenny Hval, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, John Maus, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Kacey Musgraves, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kali Uchis, Kamasi Washington, Kanye West, Kaytranada, Kelela, Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Moran, Kendrick Lamar, Kllo, Krallice, Krill, Laurel Halo, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, mac demarco, Macintosh Plus, Majical Cloudz, Merchandise, Mitski, Mono No Aware, Mount Eerie, Mr. Twin Sister, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ovlov, Owen Pallett, Panda Bear, Perfume Genius, Preoccupations, Purple Mountains, Real Estate, Roman A Clef, Royal Headache, Saintseneca, sam amidon, Sampha, SANDY Alex G, Sarah Neufeld, Sassy 009, shabazz palaces, Sharon Van Etten, Skee Mask, Smerz, Sophie, St. Vincent, sufjan stevens, Sun Araw, Swearin, SZA, Takao, Tame Impala, The Avalanches, The Babies, The Beths, The Books, the caretaker, The Radio Dept., The Weeknd, Tim Hecker, Tirzah, Todd Terje, tops, TR/ST, Ty Segall, Ty Segall Band, U.S. Girls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vampire Weekend, Vince Staples, Waxahatchee, Wednesday Campanella, Weyes Blood, White Denim, White Lung, Whitney, Women, Yo La Tengo, Yves Tumor, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

Listen: Sam Amidon – “Ghosts” [2017]

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Very Warm

Sam Amidon’s The Following Mountain remains one of the most adventurous, genre breaking, exciting records in the “folk sphere” in this decade, maybe of all time? This album is just genius and after listening to a lot more Arthur Russell, among other … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged Folk, sam amidon | Leave a comment

The 100 Best Albums Of The 2000s (2018 Version)

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | 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 | 2 Comments

Best Of 2017 :: 100 Songs

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Very Warm

My favorite 100 songs of 2017 don’t venture too far off from my favorite albums list, but still has a few untouched gems in there that I’d love for you to listen to. A lot of “indie” staples represented here … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged aldous harding, alex g, Alvvays, Amber Coffman, Ariel Pink, Beach Fossils, Beck, best of 2017, Big Thief, Björk, Blanck Mass, Blue Hawaii, Brockhampton, carly rae jepsen, CCFX, Charli XCX, Charlotte Gainsbourg, chino amobi, Circuit Des Yeux, Colin Stetson, Colleen, Colter Wall, danny l harle, demen, Destroyer, DJ Seinfeld, Drab Majesty, drake, Faye Webster, Fever Ray, first hate, Four Tet, Frank Ocean, Future, Giant Claw, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Hand Habits, hoops, Hundred Waters, Hurray For The Riff Raff, j hus, jacaszek, jacques greene, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, jens lekman, Jessica Lea Mayfield, julie byrne, Kedr Livanskiy, Kelela, Kelly Lee Owens, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Morby, King Krule, Knox Fortune, Kotomi, Land Of Talk, Laurel Halo, Lawrence Rothman, Madeline Kenney, Makthaverskan, Margo Price, Men I Trust, migos, Molly Burch, Mount Kimbie, natalia lafourcade, nite jewel, Omni, Palm, Playboi Carti, pond, priests, Richard Dawson, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Ross From Friends, sam amidon, Sampha, sandy, Sassy 009, shabazz palaces, She-Devils, Slowdive, Smerz, Sneaks, SoulMates, Sudan Archives, Superorganism, SZA, The Spirit Of The Beehive, Tonstartssbandht, tops, TR/ST, Trust, Vince Staples, Washed Out, Weed, yaeji, Yumi Zouma, Yves Tumor, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

Best Of 2017 :: 10 Shows

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Very Warm

I haven’t crunched all the numbers yet, but I’m fairly certain that in 2017 I saw the most shows ever in one year… out of anyone who’s ever lived. Joking aside, I truly have not seen more shows in one … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged aldous harding, Colin Stetson, Daniel Bachman, El Guincho, Foodman, Giant Claw, Hand Habits, Jessy Lanza, Julianna Barwick, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kate NV, Kelela, Nai Palm, New Order, NV, pond, sam amidon, Sneaks, St. Vincent, tops, Washed Out, Yo La Tengo, Zola Jesus | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: sam amidon

Recommended Albums: January 2025

Playlist: Old-Growth, New Sprouts – Finding Your Way

Recommended Albums: October 2020

Playlist: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

Listen: Sam Amidon – “Maggie” [2020]

Listen: Sam Amidon – “Ghosts” [2017]

Best Of 2017 :: 100 Songs

Best Of 2017 :: 10 Shows

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