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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

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

Recommended Albums: January 2023

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | 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 | 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

The Best Music Videos of the 2010s

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | 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 | 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

Top 100 Tracks of the Year!

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Very Warm

LCD Soundsystem – Home Beach House – Zebra Janelle Monae – Cold War Cults – Go Outside Deerhunter – Helicopter Arcade Fire – Empty Room Tame Impala – Solitude Is Bliss Panda Bear – You Can Count On Me Cee-Lo … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Active Child, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Avey Tare, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Best Coast, Best of, best of 2010, Big Boi, brian eno, Broken Bells, Candy Claws, Cee-Lo Green, cloud nothings, Club 8, Crystal Castles, Cults, Deerhunter, Delorean, Department of Eagles, Diamond Rings, Die Antwoord, DOM, Dum Dum Girls, El Guincho, Everything Everything, Fang Island, Flying Lotus, Freelance Whales, Girl Talk, Givers, Glasser, Gobble Gobble, Gold Panda, Gorillaz, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, Hooray For Earth, hot chip, How to Dress Well, James Blake, Janelle Monae, Joanna Newsom, Jonsi, Kanye West, keepaway, Kid Cudi, Kisses, LCD Soundsystem, Lemonade, Light Pollution, Local Natives, M.I.A., Male Bonding, Maximum Balloon, MGMT, Motorifik, Mumford & Sons, My Chemical Romance, No Age, Off!, Owen Pallett, Panda Bear, Perfume Genius, Phantogram, Plants and Animals, Portugal. The Man, Robyn, Rostam, Salem, She & Him, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Spoon, Stars, Suckers, sufjan stevens, Surfer Blood, Tamaryn, Tame Impala, Tanlines, Teengirl Fantasy, The Black Keys, The Books, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The New Pornographers, The Radio Dept., The Ruby Suns, The Thermals, The Walkmen, The-Dream, Titus Andronicus, Tobacco, Twin Shadow, Ty Segall, Vampire Weekend, Wavves, Wild Nothing, Women, Yeasayer, Zola Jesus | 1 Comment

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

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