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Recommended Albums: September 2024

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Very Warm

Another late Recommended Albums post, but this one has a pretty good excuse. September 2024 was absolutely loaded with fantastic records. 15 LPs are listed below, and there were even more that I liked enough to consider for more spots. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Being Dead, Dummy, Fcukers, Floating Points, Ginger Root, Jamie xx, Jerry Paper, Julie, Kit Sebastian, Lunar Vacation, Merce Lemon, Mo Dotti, Molchat Doma, Nala Sinephro, Nídia & Valentina, Nilüfer Yanya, Nubya Garcia, Pearl and the Oysters, Photay, recommended albums, Setting, Sun Araw, Toro Y Moi, TR/ST | 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

Recommended Albums: March 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Very Warm

Running more late than usual, it’s March 2023’s Recommended Albums. Featured below are some great records that you may have missed, plus a few that were widely praised, such as Fever Ray’s. I’d like to think most are pretty under … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Altin Gün, Andrea, Bing & Ruth, Bowery Electric, Caroline Rose, David Moore, Eddie Chacon, Emahoy Tsegue Mariam Gebru, Fever Ray, Holly Waxwing, James Holden, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, Kali Uchis, Kate NV, Lucinda Chua, m83, Masahiro Takahashi, Mega Bog, Miles Davis, Mystic 100's, NOIA, Overmono, Róisín Murphy, recommended albums, Scree, Sluice, Steve Gunn, Sun Araw, Symphony Orchestra, TDJ, the sea and cake, TisaKorean, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Unwound, Weval, Yves Tumor | Leave a comment

Revisiting 2011

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Very Warm

Before 2021 ends, I wanted to put up a shout out to something that’s intrinsically tethered to the year: 2011. Many things about 2011 don’t feel like they’re ten years old, but here we are. Ten years ago, this blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged A Winged Victory For The Sullen, A$AP ROCKY, Active Child, Algernon Cadwallader, Amen Dunes, andy stott, araabmuzik, Atlas Sound, Austra, Balam Acab, Balkans, Battles, Best of 2011, bill callahan, Björk, Blood Orange, Blouse, Bodies Of Water, bon iver, Born Gold, Braids, Brown Recluse, Chelsea Wolfe, Cities Aviv, Clams Casino, Clive Tanaka, Colin Stetson, Connan Mockasin, Crystal Stilts, Cults, Cut Copy, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Daniel Bachman, danny brown, Destroyer, Devon Williams, dirty beaches, Dum Dum Girls, Elite Gymnastics, EMA, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Florence and the Machine, Ford & Lopatin, Frank Ocean, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, gang gang dance, girls, Grouper, Handsome Furs, Holy Ghost!, Holy Other, Iceage, James Blake, james ferraro, Jon Hopkins, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Katy B, Kendrick Lamar, King Creosote, Korallreven, Lady Gaga, Laura Marling, Light Asylum, Liturgy, m83, Machinedrum, Macintosh Plus, Male Bonding, Matana Roberts, Mogwai, Mr Twin Sister, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire, Neon Indian, Nerves Junior, Nicolas Jaar, Oneohtrix Point Never, P.S. Eliot, Panda Bear, Peaking Lights, pictureplane, PJ Harvey, Ponytail, Portugal. The Man, Preslav Literary School, Pure X, Puro Instinct, Real Estate, Revisiting, rustie, Ryley Walker, Saintseneca, Sandro Perri, SBTRKT, shabazz palaces, Sleep ∞ Over, Smith Westerns, St. Vincent, Steve Hauschildt, Sun Araw, The Babies, The Black Keys, the caretaker, The Field, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, the men, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Psychic Paramount, The Rapture, The Sandwitches, The Weeknd, Thee Oh Sees, Thundercat, Tim Hecker, Toro Y Moi, Tune-Yards, Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Washed Out, White Denim, Wild Beasts, Wye Oak, Young Fathers, Young Galaxy, Youth Lagoon, Yuck, Zola Jesus | 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

Recommended Albums: April 2020

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Very Warm

DANG Y’ALL. April 2020 was absolutely bananas for new music. I mentioned a few weeks ago on my twitter that five records featured here have already comfortably become obsession-worthy favorites. Can you guess which ones? The gag is that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged best of 2020, Charli XCX, Cindy Lee, CMON, Crisman, Earl Sweatshirt, Ellis, Empress Of, Fiona Apple, India Jordan, Jackie Lynn, Jerskin Fendrix, Jessy Lanza, Jockstrap, John Carroll Kirby, Kalbells, Laura Marling, Laurel Halo, Lido Pimienta, Maybel, Midwife, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Purity Ring, recommended albums, Rina Sawayama, Skullcrusher, Soela, Sun Araw, The Buttertones, Thundercat, Tom Misch, Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes, tops, Westerman, Why Bonnie, Wilma Archer, Yussef Dayes, Yves Tumor | 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

2019 Retrospective – 100 Songs + Listening Stats

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Very Warm

Since 2014, I’ve tried to keep track of songs that have impacted or defined my year. See 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Songs that will make me think back to that time when I listened to it a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 100 gecs, Alan Lomax, aldous harding, Alicia Myers, Alyus, Ana Roxanne, Anamanaguchi, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, AnnaMelina, Arthur Russell, Arthur Verocai, Badge Époque Ensemble, Beach House, Beck, Benny Sings, Best of 2019, Big Thief, Björk, Black Midi, Blue Hawaii, Bodywash, Bowery Electric, Boy Harsher, Brutus, Burial, Camera Obscura, Cassiano, CHAI, Charli XCX, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Cristina Camargo, danny brown, Dawn Richard, Deerhunter, demen, dirty beaches, Drexciya, Earl Jeffers, Earl Sweatshirt, Eddie Kendricks, Erika de Casier, Esther Rose, Floating Points, FLORA, Fontaines D.C., Friendly Fires, Gal Costa, Great Grandpa, Grouper, Hailu Mergia, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Holly Herndon, J-E-T-S, Jai Paul, Jamie xx, Jenny Hval, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, Joni Mitchell, Junior Boys, Kasper Marott, Kelly Moran, Kenny Beats, Konradsen, Kornel Kovacs, Krallice, Lapalux, Les Filles de Illighadad, LINGUA IGNOTA, Little Simz, Majical Cloudz, Mannequin Pussy, Masayoshi Takanaka, Maston, Megan Thee Stallion, Molly Erin Sarlé, Pottery, Powder, Prefab Sprout, Purple Mountains, Resavoir, retrospective, Rico Nasty, Sacred Paws, SANDY Alex G, Scott Walker, Silver Jews, Slayyyter, Solange, Spike Fuck, Stereolab, Sun Araw, Takao, talk talk, The Avalanches, The Prodigy, The Rah Band, Tim Maia, Tyler the Creator, United Sacred Harp Musical Association, Vanishing Twin, Varg, Vumani, Wednesday Campanella, Weyes Blood, Y La Bamba | 1 Comment

Listen: Sun Araw – “Deep Temple” [2010]

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Very Warm

Shout out to those who celebrate this weirdo holiday.

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged drone, psych, rock, Sun Araw | Leave a comment

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Revisiting 2011

2013 Retrospective

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2019 Retrospective – 100 Songs + Listening Stats

Listen: Sun Araw – “Deep Temple” [2010]

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