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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

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 10 Concerts of 2022

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Very Warm

I returned to live music in a big way in 2022. I witnessed 109 different performances by 105 different artists, as opposed to last year where I saw 44 performances by 43 artists (granted shows really didn’t start back up … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 1010 Benja SL, Acid Dad, alex g, Allison Russell, Altin Gün, Alvvays, Animal Collective, Armand Hammer, Ata Kak, Automatic, Belle and Sebastian, Benee, Best of 2022, Beth Orton, Billy Woods, Black Country New Road, Blondshell, Bolis Pupul, Bonobo, Brush, Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Caroline, Cassandra Jenkins, Charley Crockett, Charlotte Adigéry, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Cindy Lee, Claire Rousay, Contour, Craig Finn, Destroyer, Disq, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Ebo Taylor, Erika de Casier, Eyedress, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Fly Anakin, FlySiifu's, Fontaines D.C., Four Tet, Geese, Grouper, Hannah Jadagu, Hatchie, Hiatus Kaiyote, Horsegirl, Indigo De Souza, Indigo Sparke, Injury Reserve, Jake Blount, Jamie xx, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Jessie Ware, Jo Schornikow, Jordan Rakei, Julia Blair, julie byrne, Just Mustard, Katie Von Schleicher, L'Rain, Lifeguard, Live Review, Los Bitchos, Low, Lunar Vacation, Maia Friedman, Marlon Williams, Mary Lattimore, Metronomy, Miss Grit, Mitski, Myd, Nikki Lane, NoSo, Ouri, Preoccupations, Preservation, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Rosali, Sasha and the Valentines, sessa, Sharon Van Etten, Shygirl, Sofie Royer, Softee, Sudan Archives, The A's, The Beths, The Black Angels, The Vacant Lots, The Weather Station, They Hate Change, Thus Love, Tilden, Tim Bernardes, Tirzah, Twisting, V.V. Lightbody, Vanishing Twin, Water From Your Eyes, Weval, Wild Nothing, Winter, Yaya Bey, Yo La Tengo, Youbet | Leave a comment

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

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Very Warm

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 →

Posted in Music | Tagged alexalone, Art Blakey, Badge Époque Ensemble, Badge Epoch, Ben Seretan, Bernice, Best of 2021, Black Country New Road, Blue Hawaii, Bright Eyes, Brijean, Broken Social Scene, Camera Obscura, Caroline Rose, Cassandra Jenkins, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie, Dawn Richard, Dead Can Dance, Doss, Dry Cleaning, Dummy, Enya, Erika de Casier, Floating Points, For Those I Love, Gilligan Moss, Gloria Ann Taylor, Grouper, Hildegard, Hiroki Kikuta, hiroshi sato, Horsegirl, Indigo De Souza, Innovations, Insides, Izzy Johnson, Jazmine Sullivan, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Jimmy Edgar, Joe Henderson, John Carroll Kirby, John Coltrane, Junko Yagami, Katy Kirby, L'Rain, Laura Marling, Laurie Anderson, Leonard Cohen, Lightning Bug, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Mary Lattimore, Mdou Moctar, Minus the Bear, Misha Panfilov Sound Combo, Moonshine, Mountain Man, Mr. Twin Sister, Neil Young, Nico, Nora Guthrie, Open Sky Unit, Ovlov, Panda Bear, PDP III, Pharoah Sanders, Phillip Fullwood, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Rebbie Jackson, retrospective, Richard Hawley, Rochelle Jordan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sam Evian, Sam Prekop, Shannon and the Clams, Shygirl, Slowdive, Sophie, SPELLLING, Spirit Of The Beehive, Steely Dan, Suzanne Ciani, Tatsuro Yamashita, Ted Lucas, The Blue Nile, The Cleaners From Venus, The Cure, The Knife, The Radio Dept., The Rah Band, The Velvet Underground, tops, Tradition, Wet, Wye Oak, Yasmin Williams, yes/and, Yo La Tengo, Yola | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Top 10 Concerts of 2021

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Very Warm

After a year-plus drought, live music came back to the world in 2021. Living in NYC and being addicted to the high of seeing my favorite songs performed live, I absolutely had to dive back into seeing shows. When I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Best of 2021, Coco, ESG, Jessy Lanza, Katy Kirby, L'Rain, Live Review, Mary Lattimore, Mdou Moctar, SPELLLING, Sun Ra Arkestra, Yasmin Williams, Yo La Tengo | 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

2020 Retrospective – 100 Songs + Listening Stats

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Very Warm

Like I said in my Best Albums of 2020 list, I don’t need to be the one to tell you how awful 2020 was. What we have here is my usual 100-song rundown of how my 2020 sounded. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Alexander Robotnick, Aluna, Andras, Ann Steel, Anna Von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, Belle and Sebastian, best of 2020, Better Person, Bibio, Björk, brian eno, Bruno Pernadas, BUMPER, C814, Callisto, Charli XCX, Chloe x Halle, Cindy Lee, Clams Casino, Cocteau Twins, Colored Music, Cut Worms, David Axelrod, Deerhunter, Depeche Mode, Destroyer, Dinosaur L, Disclosure, Dolly Parton, Elysia Crampton, Emily King, Ernest Hood, Esther Suarez, FACS, Frances Quinlan, Francesco Messina, Georgia, Global Communication, Grouper, Harold Budd, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Home Boy and the C.O.L., Imogen Heap, India Jordan, Inner Life, Insides, Jayda G, Jessie Ware, Jessy Lanza, Jim O'Rourke, John Carroll Kirby, Julien Negre, Kalbells, Keleketla!, Kit Sebastian, Land Of Talk, Larry Young, Leonard Cohen, Liz Phair, Loving, Madonna, Madvillain, Mamalarky, Manuel Gottsching, Marie Davidson, Max Cilla, Música Esporádica, Motohiko Hamase, Mountain Man, Nation of Language, Neil Young, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nubya Garcia, Olivier Rogg, Pale Saints, Perfume Genius, Power Trip, Prefab Sprout, Preservation, Raul Lovisoni, retrospective, Sade, Sault, Sea Oleena, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Soundgarden, Stevie Wonder, Ted Lucas, The Avalanches, The Blasting Company, The Chameleons, The Flamingos, The Roches, Thundercat, Tidiane Thiam, TootArd, tops, Tortoise, Unwound, Virginia Astley, Waxahatchee, Westerman, Weyes Blood, Whitney Houston, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Yuki Nakayamate, Yves Tumor | Leave a comment

Warm Visions’ Best EPs of 2020

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Very Warm

What’s tiny but packs a big punch? Ok, here’s a hint: it’s not a ladybug with a pair of boxing gloves, in this case anyways. I’m talking about good old EPs, an industry standard since 19XX. In all honestly I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged best of 2020, Blue Hawaii, Bullion, BUMPER, Christine And The Queens, Disclosure, DJ Lostboi, Dua Saleh, 박혜진 park hye jin, India Jordan, Isla Den, Isola, Jayda G, Jockstrap, Kalbells, Konradsen, L'eclair, Lily Konigsberg, Little Simz, Nailah Hunter, PVA, Shygirl, Sinead O'Connor, Skee Mask, Skullcrusher, Slauson Malone, Sofia Kourtesis, They Hate Change, This Daze, Tkay Maidza, Tomberlin, Why Bonnie, Women, Wye Oak, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Very Warm

In what might be the vainest of my vanity projects, I decided to plunder the music of the 1990s, the decade of my birth, to “rank” my favorite albums. Why? It’s not like anything I list here is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 1990s, A Tribe Called Quest, American Football, Angelo Badalamenti, Aphex Twin, Arto Lindsay, Bark Psychosis, Beck, best of the decade, Björk, Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Buena Vista Social Club, Built To Spill, Cocteau Twins, D'Angelo, Daft Punk, David Lynch, Depeche Mode, Digable Planets, Dirty Three, Dismemberment Plan, DJ Shadow, Duster, Elliott Smith, Emmylou Harris, Erykah Badu, Everything But The Girl, Fiona Apple, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Guided By Voices, GZA The Genius, Insides, Jeff Buckley, Jim O'Rourke, Lauryn Hill, Liz Phair, Lucinda Williams, Madonna, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Modest Mouse, Mos Def, Mulatu Astatke, My Bloody Valentine, Nas, Neurosis, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Outkast, Pavement, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Red House Painters, Ride, Sade, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, Sleater-Kinney, Slint, Slowdive, Smog, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Stereolab, talk talk, Teenage Fanclub, The Breeders, The Flaming Lips, The Fugees, The Prodigy, The Sundays, Tortoise, Unwound, Weezer, Wilco, Wu-Tang Clan, Yo La Tengo | 1 Comment

2012 Retrospective

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Very Warm

The self-indulgent Retrospective series continues, this time diving into 2012, maybe THE year that my music taste fully broke and I went from a dedicated listener + hunter of new music to a depraved lunatic. Wild times here, y’all. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged A$AP ROCKY, Amber Coffman, Andrew Bird, andy stott, Aphex Twin, Baroness, Beach House, Beck, Best of 2012, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boris, Burial, Captain Murphy, CFCF, chairlift, Chromatics, Clams Casino, cloud nothings, Cocteau Twins, Daisuke Tanabe, Dan Deacon, Dean Blunt, death grips, DIIV, El Polen, Elite Gymnastics, Father John Misty, Fiona Apple, Frank Ocean, Frankie Rose, Glocca Morra, Grimes, Grizzly Bear, Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, Have A Nice Life, Hop Along, hot chip, Hundred Waters, Jai Paul, Japandroids, Jessica Pratt, John Talabot, Julia Holter, Kendrick Lamar, Kidkanevil, Killer Mike, Kindness, King Tuff, Koh Ohtani, Korallreven, laraaji, Laurel Halo, Le Tigre, Lemonade, Liar, Light Asylum, Lone, mac demarco, Macintosh Plus, Major Lazer, Marina, Marina and the Diamonds, Meadowlands, Melody's Echo Chamber, Memory Tapes, Merchandise, Miguel, Mister Lies, Moons, Mount Eerie, Mustafa Ozkent Orchestre, Parquet Courts, Perfume Genius, pictureplane, Purity Ring, Pylon, retrospective, Royal Headache, Ryan Hemsworth, Schoolboy Q, Sleigh Bells, Snowing, Solange, Stardust, Submerse, Swans, Taken By Trees, Tame Impala, Tennis, The Field, the men, The Microphones, The Velvet Underground, TNGHT, tops, TR/ST, Trailer Trash Tracys, Trash Talk, Ty Segall, Wild Nothing, Wu Fei, Yo La Tengo, Zero 7 | Leave a comment

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