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Recommended Albums: August 2025

Solid month of new music from August. Ninajirachi and Oli XL are by far standing out to me. Feeling good about music in 2025… who’d have thunk it?

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Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of the 2020s So Far

It’s already that time again: below you’ll find my favorite 100 songs of the 2020s so far, ranked in order. It feels bizarre that I’m already dissecting songs from the last five years under the lens of them being the … Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 100 Albums of the 2020s So Far

Somehow, someway, we’ve reached the midpoint of the 2020s. We’ve all lived through it, so I don’t need to break down what it’s been like. I’ll just say that if this hasn’t been the most turbulent, spiritually damaging stretch of five years … Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2024

Realized I did things a little out of order, as I like to post the year’s Retrospective after all my “Best Of” lists are done. Well, woops. I still had to list out my favorite concerts I saw in 2024, … Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 100 Songs of 2022

Moving further through my favorite music of 2022, here we feature my Top 100 favorite songs of the year. Like previous years, I’ve picked out 90 I loved and organized them alphabetically, and then ranked my top 10 favorites at … Continue reading

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Warm Visions’ Top 10 EPs of 2022

Ah, the EP. I always try and wax poetic about the EP every year around this time. Probably because it’s always the first little thing I happen to get up to start my “Best of YEAR” list season, since EPs … Continue reading

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The Best Albums, EPs + Songs of 2022 So Far

Here’s a comprehensive look of my favorite music of 2022 so far – there have been some heaters, that’s for sure. Scroll down for my Top 25 LPs (in my personal preferential order), as well as Top 4 EPs (ranked) … Continue reading

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Recommended Albums: May 2022

If you’re reading this later on, know that this post came in late, LATE June. It is way overdue. I’m not really sure what happened over the last two months. Even looking at my listening history, it just seems like … Continue reading

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Listen: Marci – “Entertainment” [2022]

TOPS-heads rejoice! Keyboardist Marta Cikojevic just released her David Carriere-produced debut single, “Entertainment”, via Arbutus Records. David, as you may know, is the guitarist in TOPS. It’s a whole family affair. Keeping in form, this new song would feel right … Continue reading

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2021 Retrospective – 100 Discoveries, Obsessions and Moments + Listening Stats

Since 2014, I’ve tried to keep track of songs that have impacted or defined my year (see all those posts tagged in the “Retrospective” section). The songs that I pull into this playlist are usually favorite discoveries of mine that blow my mind (and embarrass me occasionally, as in “why didn’t I listen to this sooner?” Lots of that in this post here), obsessions that I sink into like quicksand (usually new songs that come out that year) or more rarely, soundtracks to true moments that I’ll forever associate with said song. Continue reading

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