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30 Years: Warm Visions’ #1 Albums of 1992-2022

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Very Warm

On October 24th, 2022, I turned 30. I didn’t have any big plans for the momentous date which is convenient for me since I also came down with covid the day of. While marinating in a fever-addled haze, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Arca, Beck, Best of, Best of the 1990s, Best of the 2000s, Best of the 2010s, Big Thief, Björk, Boards of Canada, Built To Spill, Burial, Cassandra Jenkins, Charli XCX, Cindy Lee, Destroyer, Grouper, Hop Along, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, Laurel Halo, Madvillain, Mr Twin Sister, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, reckless listmaking, Slowdive, Sophie, sufjan stevens, The Avalanches, The Books, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 50 Albums of 2021

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Very Warm

Here’s the big one – 50 of my favorite albums (plus 11 honorable mentions) from this upside-down, majorly cursed year. The vibes were bad, but the music was good. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged alexalone, Angelo De Augustine, Arooj Aftab, Ben Seretan, Bernice, Best of 2021, Black Country New Road, Black Midi, Brijean, Cassandra Jenkins, CFCF, Circuit Des Yeux, Cleo Sol, Daniel Bachman, Dawn Richard, Doohickey Cubicle, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Erika de Casier, Floating Points, Foamboy, For Those I Love, Genesis Owusu, Grouper, Hildegard, Indigo De Souza, Injury Reserve, Insides, Izzy Johnson, Japanese Breakfast, John Carroll Kirby, Karima Walker, Katy Kirby, L'Rain, Laura Stevenson, Leon Vynehall, Lightning Bug, Little Simz, Low, Lunar Vacation, M. Sage, Marissa Nadler, Mdou Moctar, Mr. Twin Sister, Nala Sinephro, Natalie Jane Hill, Ovlov, Pharoah Sanders, Psymon Spine, Rochelle Jordan, Rosali, Sam Evian, Sasha and the Valentines, Skee Mask, SPELLLING, Spirit Of The Beehive, sufjan stevens, The London Symphony Orchestra, Turnstile, Vanishing Twin, Wau Wau Collectif, Wet, Yasmin Williams, Yola | Leave a comment

Recommended Albums: September 2021

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Very Warm

This is super late and I’m already running late on October albums – nearly two weeks of vacation in October will do that to a blog’s listening duties. Only nine albums this month, although I listened to plenty more. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged Ada Lea, Angelo De Augustine, Bad Waitress, Best of 2021, Central Heat Exchange, DJ Seinfeld, Dummy, Injury Reserve, Lionlimb, Little Simz, Low, Machinedrum, Marissa Nadler, Maston, Nala Sinephro, recommended albums, sufjan stevens, The Ophelias, The Stick Figures, Wet | 1 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

2010 Retrospective

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Very Warm

If you’re familiar with this blog, you’ll know (or recollect) that starting in 2014, I’ve posted “Retrospectives” at the end of every year wrapping up all the music that made the year memorable or special in chronological order. Knowing me, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Arcade Fire, Beach House, Best Coast, best of 2010, Big Boi, Buck 65, Burial, Camera Obscura, Can, cloud nothings, Crooked Still, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Das Racist, Deerhunter, Delorean, Depeche Mode, Destroyer, Die Antwoord, DJ Shadow, El Guincho, Elliott Smith, Fang Island, Fatboy Slim, Fever Ray, Fiona Apple, Flying Lotus, Friendly Fires, girls, Givers, Glasser, Gobble Gobble, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Goldfish, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic, hot chip, How to Dress Well, Jackson 5, James Blake, Janelle Monae, Joanna Newsom, Kanye West, keepaway, Kid Cudi, LCD Soundsystem, Lemonade, Local Natives, M.I.A., m83, Madvillain, Massive Attack, Modest Mouse, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, Nada Surf, Neon Indian, New Order, Owen Pallett, Pavement, retrospective, Rostam, Salem, serengeti, She & Him, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Smog, Sonic Youth, Spoon, sufjan stevens, Sunset Rubdown, Talking Heads, Tame Impala, Tanlines, The Avalanches, The Black Keys, The Futureheads, The Good The Bad and the Queen, The Knife, The Morning Benders, The Radio Dept., The Strokes, The Thermals, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Tobacco, Vampire Weekend, Wavves, Weezer, Wild Nothing, Women, Xiu Xiu, Yeasyer | 1 Comment

The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Very Warm

It’s been a minute, but I’m back with more Best of the Decade content. This time it’s breaking down my 200 favorite songs of the decade, which was obviously no easy task. In my opinion, picking 200 albums was so … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2814, A$AP ROCKY, alex g, Alvvays, Amber Coffman, Amen Dunes, Angel Olsen, Anohni, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink, Ava Luna, Aye Nako, Azealia Banks, Beach House, Beck, Best Coast, Best of the 2010s, best of the decade, Beyonce, Big Thief, Björk, Blanck Mass, boygenius, Brutus, Burial, carly rae jepsen, CCFX, CFCF, chairlift, Charli XCX, Chastity Belt, Chelsea Wolfe, chino amobi, Circuit Des Yeux, Clams Casino, cloud nothings, Cults, danny l harle, Daughters, Deafheaven, Dean Blunt, Deerhunter, Delorean, Destroyer, DIIV, Dntel, Dusk, El Guincho, Elite Gymnastics, Empress Of, Erika de Casier, Fear Of Men, Fiona Apple, FKA Twigs, Fleet Foxes, Florence and the Machine, Flying Lotus, Ford & Lopatin, Frank Ocean, Frankie Cosmos, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, Future Islands, gang gang dance, Gorillaz, Grimes, Grouper, Hand Habits, Holly Herndon, Hop Along, How to Dress Well, Hundred Waters, Jai Paul, Jamie xx, Janelle Monae, Japanese Breakfast, Jenny Hval, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, John Maus, Julia Holter, Kacey Musgraves, Kanye West, Kate NV, Kelela, Kendrick Lamar, Kero Kero Bonito, King Krule, Kisses, Krill, Lana Del Rey, Laurel Halo, LCD Soundsystem, Lemonade, Let's Eat Grandma, Little Dragon, Lonnie Holley, m83, mac demarco, Majical Cloudz, Major Lazer, Merchandise, Mica Levi, Mister Lies, Mitski, Mr. Twin Sister, My Bloody Valentine, natalia lafourcade, Natalie Prass, Neon Indian, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nicolas Jaar, Nilüfer Yanya, Omni, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ovlov, Owen Pallett, Panda Bear, Playboi Carti, Purity Ring, quirke, Radiator Hospital, Ratking, Real Estate, Real Lies, Rosalía, Saintseneca, SANDY Alex G, Sassy 009, shabazz palaces, Sky Ferreira, Smerz, Smith Westerns, Solange, Sophie, St. Vincent, sufjan stevens, Tame Impala, The Avalanches, The Beths, The Joy Formidable, The Knife, The Radio Dept., The Weeknd, Tirzah, Todd Terje, tops, TR/ST, Twin Shadow, Tycho, U.S. Girls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vampire Weekend, Vince Staples, Washed Out, Weed, Weyes Blood, White Denim, Whitney, Wildhoney, Women, Wye Oak, yaeji, Yeasyer, Yo La Tengo, Young Galaxy, Yuck, Yves Tumor, Zola Jesus | 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

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

The 100 Best Albums Of The 00s (re-post)

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | 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 | 4 Comments

Support the ACLU – Bandcamp Picks For You

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Very Warm

UPDATE: Buying these albums no longer benefits the ACLU, since it was a one day only thing! However, these are still great albums to buy and support the artist. Enjoy! Quick post so I get it out in time for … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2814, aclu, Andy Shauf, Ava Luna, bandcamp, Best of, Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv, Hiss Golden Messenger, Japanese Breakfast, Joanna Newsom, Kedr Livanskiy, Krill, Moomin, Mr. Twin Sister, Negative Gemini, NOIA, Pure X, sales, Sam Evian, Sheer Mag, Smallville Records, sufjan stevens, tops, Vesuvio Solo, Weyes Blood, Women | Leave a comment

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