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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

Playlist: Ochre Overture – An Autumnal Trance

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Very Warm

Last year I made a fall-themed playlist “Mauve Malaise” that leaned heavily into heavy, distorted sounds of shoegaze interspersed with droning, trance-like folk, an attempt to balance the sonic cacophony of deeply-processed guitars and sheets of American Primitive guitar playing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Listen, Music | Tagged Adrianne Lenker, Anna Von Hausswolff, Avery Leigh's Night Palace, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Brittany Haas, Broadcast, Cinder Well, Circuit Des Yeux, Cocteau Twins, Daniel Bachman, Dirty Three, Faye Webster, Fred Squire, Gia Margaret, Gravenhurst, Grouper, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Harold Budd, Insides, Jessica Pratt, Jon McKiel, Julie Doiron, Karen Dalton, Lomelda, Lovesliescrushing, Marisa Anderson, Mary Lattimore, Midwife, Mojave 3, Mount Eerie, Mountain Man, Nico, North Americans, Pale Saints, Playlist, Robbie Basho, sam amidon, Sandro Perri, Scott Walker, Seasonal Playlist, Shabason Krgovich Harris, Stereolab, Tenci, The Flamingos, The Velvet Underground, Varo, Weyes Blood, Widowspeak, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Very Warm

It’s been a minute, but I’m back with more Best of the Decade content. This time it’s breaking down my 200 favorite songs of the decade, which was obviously no easy task. In my opinion, picking 200 albums was so … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2814, A$AP ROCKY, alex g, Alvvays, Amber Coffman, Amen Dunes, Angel Olsen, Anohni, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink, Ava Luna, Aye Nako, Azealia Banks, Beach House, Beck, Best Coast, Best of the 2010s, best of the decade, Beyonce, Big Thief, Björk, Blanck Mass, boygenius, Brutus, Burial, carly rae jepsen, CCFX, CFCF, chairlift, Charli XCX, Chastity Belt, Chelsea Wolfe, chino amobi, Circuit Des Yeux, Clams Casino, cloud nothings, Cults, danny l harle, Daughters, Deafheaven, Dean Blunt, Deerhunter, Delorean, Destroyer, DIIV, Dntel, Dusk, El Guincho, Elite Gymnastics, Empress Of, Erika de Casier, Fear Of Men, Fiona Apple, FKA Twigs, Fleet Foxes, Florence and the Machine, Flying Lotus, Ford & Lopatin, Frank Ocean, Frankie Cosmos, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, Future Islands, gang gang dance, Gorillaz, Grimes, Grouper, Hand Habits, Holly Herndon, Hop Along, How to Dress Well, Hundred Waters, Jai Paul, Jamie xx, Janelle Monae, Japanese Breakfast, Jenny Hval, Jessica Pratt, Jessy Lanza, Joanna Newsom, John Maus, Julia Holter, Kacey Musgraves, Kanye West, Kate NV, Kelela, Kendrick Lamar, Kero Kero Bonito, King Krule, Kisses, Krill, Lana Del Rey, Laurel Halo, LCD Soundsystem, Lemonade, Let's Eat Grandma, Little Dragon, Lonnie Holley, m83, mac demarco, Majical Cloudz, Major Lazer, Merchandise, Mica Levi, Mister Lies, Mitski, Mr. Twin Sister, My Bloody Valentine, natalia lafourcade, Natalie Prass, Neon Indian, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nicolas Jaar, Nilüfer Yanya, Omni, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ovlov, Owen Pallett, Panda Bear, Playboi Carti, Purity Ring, quirke, Radiator Hospital, Ratking, Real Estate, Real Lies, Rosalía, Saintseneca, SANDY Alex G, Sassy 009, shabazz palaces, Sky Ferreira, Smerz, Smith Westerns, Solange, Sophie, St. Vincent, sufjan stevens, Tame Impala, The Avalanches, The Beths, The Joy Formidable, The Knife, The Radio Dept., The Weeknd, Tirzah, Todd Terje, tops, TR/ST, Twin Shadow, Tycho, U.S. Girls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vampire Weekend, Vince Staples, Washed Out, Weed, Weyes Blood, White Denim, Whitney, Wildhoney, Women, Wye Oak, yaeji, Yeasyer, Yo La Tengo, Young Galaxy, Yuck, Yves Tumor, 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

Playlist: Mauve Malaise – A Fading Desire

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Very Warm

Long in the making, it’s not the fall playlist I anticipated, but the one I think we all need right now. The sun sets at 4:30pm, the sky rarely deviates from a hard slate grey, and the cold temperatures give … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Playlist | Tagged Astrobrite, Bedhead, Benny Sings, Black Twig Pickers, Bowery Electric, Cigarettes After Sex, Cocteau Twins, Codeine, Colleen, Cross Record, Daniel Bachman, Drowse, Duster, Fibril, Fleeting Joys, Flying Saucer Attack, Gia Margaret, Good Night and Good Morning, Grouper, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, Infinite Body, Julee Cruise, Julia Lucille, Low, LSD and the Search for God, Matchess, Mazzy Star, Mojave 3, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake, North Americans, Playlist, Purple Pilgrims, Red House Painters, Roy Montgomery, Sarah Louise, Seasonal Playlist, Secret Shine, Should, Slowdive, Steve Gunn, Sweet Trip, Swirlies, Tamaryn, The Microphones, Weyes Blood, Yo La Tengo | Leave a comment

2018 Retrospective – 100 Songs + Listening Stats

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Very Warm

Looking back at my listening statistics for 2018, it is to my chagrin that this year only perpetuated my habit of almost exclusively listening to music that came out in the current year and ignoring everything else. I had very … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2018 retrospective, 2814, Against All Logic, Amen Dunes, Ana Caprix, Beach House, Beck, Best of 2018, Boris, Caroline Rose, Caroline Says, Channel Tres, Charli XCX, Christine And The Queens, Cocteau Twins, Connan Mockasin, Cyril Hahn, Daniel Avery, Daniel Bachman, Daughters, David Bowie, Denzel Curry, Destroyer, Dilly Dally, Dirty Projectors, DJ Koze, DJ Seinfeld, Djeli Moussa Diawara, Dusk, Earl Sweatshirt, Empress Of, Everything But The Girl, Felt, Four Tet, Frank Sinatra, Friendly Fires, G Flip, gang gang dance, Gorillaz, Grouper, Hop Along, I'm With Her, IDLES, Iggy Pop, James Holden, Jamie xx, Jamila Woods, Jenny Hval, Jessica Pratt, Joanna Newsom, Jordan De La Sierra, Julia Holter, Kacey Musgraves, Kali Uchis, Kisses, Laurel Halo, Lonnie Holley, Marie Davidson, Marvin Gaye, Miharu Koshi, Mitski, Mountain Man, Mr. Twin Sister, Natalie Prass, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Oneohtrix Point Never, Palms Trax, Patsy Cline, Peggy Gou, Prefab Sprout, retrospective, Rosalía, Sam Wilkes, Sassy 009, serpentwithfeet, Shame, Simian Mobile Disco, Skee Mask, Smerz, Sonic Youth, Sophie, Steady Holiday, Sun Araw, Swearin, Tatsuro Yamashita, Teyana Taylor, The Avalanches, The Babies, The Beths, The Blow, The Style Council, The Supreme Jubilees, Tirzah, U.S. Girls, Wayfarer, Wished Bone, yellow magic orchestra, Yo La Tengo, Young Galaxy, yuno, Yves Tumor | 3 Comments

Best Of 2018 :: Live Experiences

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Very Warm

Over the past two years, I’ve made the arbitrary decision to rank the live shows I attended that year. It’s worked decently well, since I have gone to some shows in the past that just knocked my socks clean off … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Alvvays, Amen Dunes, Ava Luna, Bambara, Best of 2018, Bombino, carly rae jepsen, Caroline Rose, Cigarettes After Sex, Destroyer, Fever Ray, Four Tet, G Flip, Grouper, Hand Habits, Hatchie, Hop Along, I'm With Her, IDLES, Jamila Woods, Kevin Morby, L'Rain, Leon Vynehall, Live Review, Louis Cole, Mitski, Mountain Man, Mr. Twin Sister, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Oneohtrix Point Never, Phoebe Bridgers, Saintseneca, serpentwithfeet, Snail Mail, The Radio Dept., U.S. Girls, Waxahatchee, Yo La Tengo, Young Galaxy | Leave a comment

Best Of 2018 :: 100 Songs

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Very Warm

Happened to be sleeping for all of 2018 due to a 2017-induced coma? Take a sabbatical from modern life due to the avalanche of hellfire raining down upon us on a daily basis? Miss literally all of the music from … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 1010 Benja SL, 700 Bliss, Adrianne Lenker, Against All Logic, Amen Dunes, Barrie, Beach House, Bernice, Best of 2018, boygenius, Camp Cope, Cardi B, Caroline Rose, Caroline Says, Cat Power, Channel Tres, Charli XCX, Christine And The Queens, Chromatics, Clarence Clarity, Connan Mockasin, Daniel Bachman, Daughters, Deafheaven, Denzel Curry, Dilly Dally, Dirty Projectors, DJ Koze, Dusk, Earl Sweatshirt, Eleventeen Eston, Empress Of, Flasher, Forth Wanderers, Friendly Fires, Fucked Up, G Flip, gang gang dance, Grouper, Haley Heynderickx, Hatchie, Holy Now, Hop Along, I'm With Her, IDLES, Janelle Monae, Jenny Hval, Jerry Paper, Jessica Pratt, Joji, Julia Holter, Kacey Musgraves, Kadhja Bonet, Kali Uchis, kevin krauter, Let's Eat Grandma, Loma, Lonnie Holley, Lykke Li, Marie Davidson, MGMT, Mitski, Mountain Man, Mr. Twin Sister, Mt. Si, Natalie Prass, Negative Gemini, No Age, North Americans, Ocean Hope, Peggy Gou, Playboi Carti, Pllush, Robyn, Rosalía, Rosali, Ross From Friends, Sam Wilkes, serpentwithfeet, Shame, Simian Mobile Disco, Skee Mask, Smerz, Snail Mail, Sophie, Superorganism, The Beths, The Samps, Tirzah, Travis Scott, U.S. Girls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Wished Bone, Wye Oak, yaeji, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers, Young Galaxy, yuno, Yves Tumor | 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

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