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Playlist: Your Peculiar Glow – Light Bends Around You

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Very Warm

I’ve been on a tear the last three years of making fall-themed playlists and I wanted to keep the streak alive. Sure this isn’t an overwhelmingly FALL vibe, but rather it’s something cozy. It was inspired by the Tasha song … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Baba Stiltz, Big Thief, Blossom Dearie, Bobbie Lovesong, Cameron Winter, Caroline Says, Cornelia Murr, Drugdealer, Evan J Cartwright, Hannah Cohen, Helado Negro, Jamila Woods, Jessica Pratt, Kacey Johansing, Maia Friedman, Meernaa, Men I Trust, Okay Kaya, Pearl & The Oysters, Playlist, Renata Zeiguer, Shirley Hurt, Tara Clerkin Trio, Tasha, the sea and cake, Weyes Blood, Yo La Tengo, Yves Jarvis | Leave a comment

2024 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Very Warm

Every year since 2014, I’ve taken time at the end of my Best of the Year list season to survey the field, to take stock in the music that defined my year, and not just the tracks that came out … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Beck, Best of 2024, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Blood Incantation, Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Brandy, brian eno, Brijean, Bruno Berle, CA7RIEL, Camera Obscura, Caribou, Cassandra Jenkins, Chanel Beads, Charli XCX, Cindy Lee, Cocteau Twins, Confidence Man, Contrahouse, Corinne Bailey Rae, Deerhunter, Denzel Curry, Directions, Discovery Zone, Dissolve, Doss, Elkka, Emma Ruth Rundle, Enya, Erika de Casier, Fcukers, Fennesz, Fever Ray, Fleet Foxes, Fontaines D.C., Ginger Root, Grouper, Harold Budd, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Hop Along, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Iglooghost, James K, Jamie xx, Jessica Pratt, Joanna Sternberg, Jordan Rakei, julie byrne, Kassie Krut, Kelly Lee Owens, Kendrick Lamar, Kim Gordon, Kordhell, Kylie Minogue, Laura Marling, Lip Critic, Magic AL, Malibu, Maria Chiara Argirò, Marina Allen, Mary Lattimore, Mk.gee, ML Buch, Molina, Monica, Mulatu Astatke, musclecars, Nico, Nilüfer Yanya, Paco Amoroso, Peaking Lights, Pearl and the Oysters, retrospective, Reyna Tropical, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sade, Saki Kabata, salute, Sam Smith, Shannon & The Clams, SOFI TUKKER, Solange, Sophie, Stevie Wonder, Still House Plants, Studio, Suzanne Ciani, The Other People Place, the sea and cake, Tinashe, Tommy Richman, Total Blue, Two Shell, Underworld, Vegyn, Walt McClements, Washed Out, Waxahatchee, Winged Wheel, yellow magic orchestra, Yo La Tengo, Zsela | 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

Recommended Albums: February 2023

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Very Warm

In this month’s edition of Recommended Albums, we feature new records from established favorites on the blog (Yo La Tengo, Kelela), relative newcomers (Miss Grit, mui zyu), and more SUPER great records from artists I’ve admired for a while (Avey … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged @, Anna B Savage, Avey Tare, Big Brave, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Caroline Polachek, En Attendant Ana, jacques greene, Kelela, Laurie Spiegel, Liaisons Dangereuses, Meernaa, Mega Bog, Miles Davis, Miss Grit, Model/Actriz, mui zyu, Pearla, recommended albums, Shame, Shygirl, TDJ, Tennis, The Blue Nile, the sea and cake, Two Shell, U.S. Girls, Uh Huh, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers | Leave a comment

2022 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Very Warm

For the eighth year running, I’ve kept track of the songs that impacted my year as it happened, building a playlist from January to December and keeping it at 100 songs. If I was obsessed with a certain song that … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Aaron Dilloway, alex g, Alvvays, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Badge Époque Ensemble, Belle and Sebastian, Best of 2022, Beth Orton, Beyonce, Big Thief, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Blunt Chunks, Bolis Pupul, Braxe and Falcon, Can, Caroline, Charli XCX, Charlotte Adigéry, Chat Pile, Claude, Dan Deacon, Daniel Avery, Daniel Bachman, Daphni, Deftones, Dehd, Denzel Curry, Depeche Mode, Destroyer, Divino Niño, Dungen, Evan J Cartwright, Evanescence, Fairuz, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Florist, Fontaines D.C., Frank Harris, George FitzGerald, Grouper, Harald Grosskopf, Hatchie, Indigo Sparke, jack j, jens lekman, Jessie Ware, joan shelley, Just Mustard, Khruangbin, King Crimson, KOKOROKO, Kornel Kovacs, Kraftwerk, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Lali Puna, Lucrecia Dalt, Machine Girl, Malibu, Maria Chiara Argirò, Maria Marques, Men I Trust, MJ Lenderman, Monoton, MUNA, Nu Genea, Old Saw, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Palm, Patrice Rushen, Pep Llopis, Pet Shop Boys, Pharoah Sanders, retrospective, Shirley Hurt, Shuggie Otis, Shygirl, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sophie and Peter Johnston, Stevie Wonder, Tallies, TDJ, Tess Roby, The A's, The Go-Go's, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Primitives, The Range, the sea and cake, Thee Sacred Souls, Tim Bernardes, TSHA, Two Shell, Vieux Farka Touré, Voivod, Winged Wheel, X, Yukihiro Takahashi, Zapp | Leave a comment

Listen: The Sea and Cake – “On a Letter” [2008]

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Very Warm

I’ve been going through a major The Sea and Cake phase the last two weeks, thanks in part to a great Helado Negro tweet asking for suggestions of which song of theirs to cover. The endless wellspring of 00s indie … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged 2008, indie, rock, the sea and cake | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: the sea and cake

Playlist: Your Peculiar Glow – Light Bends Around You

2024 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

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

Recommended Albums: March 2023

Recommended Albums: February 2023

2022 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and True Moments + Listening Stats

Listen: The Sea and Cake – “On a Letter” [2008]

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