Tag: music

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Top 40 '90s albums, #22: Elliott Smith — XO

Top 40 '90s albums, #22: Elliott Smith — XO

A showcase from one of a generation's best songwriters

May 2, 2026
Bandcamp Friday Recommendations - May 1st, 2026

Bandcamp Friday Recommendations - May 1st, 2026

Welcome back to ULTRAVIOLET-VISIONS, now with a new home! Previously, our blogs were hosted through Tumblr but it's been a while and now there are more blogging tools available than ever. I chose pckt.blog since it's free to use, highly customizable, and connects directly through our Bluesky account through AT protocol. Ideally in the long term we'll have our own website built to host all of our blog posts as well as the UVF music catalog, but in the meantime this is the place to be! While I'll ...


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Apr 30, 2026

release radar '26

volume seven, april (part two)

Apr 30, 2026
release radar '26

release radar '26

volume seven, april (part one)

Apr 29, 2026

A Bestiary of the Digital Wilds: The Score

For four voices and one observer. Composed in Lilypond notation after Barry Rountree asked what 32 bars of the bestiary creatures interacting would sound like.

Apr 28, 2026

A Huge Problem To A Sane World

Thoughts about the new album by Stunt Lover

Top 40 '90s albums, #23: Guided by Voices — Bee Thousand

Top 40 '90s albums, #23: Guided by Voices — Bee Thousand

Guided By Voices at their lo-fi peak

Apr 23, 2026
All James Bond Theme Songs

All James Bond Theme Songs

Ranked from 24 to 1, by my personal preference

Top 40 '90s albums, #24: Dream Theater — Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory

Top 40 '90s albums, #24: Dream Theater — Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory

An all-time great progressive metal album

Apr 13, 2026
New Bilmuri's album is bruuutal

New Bilmuri's album is bruuutal

Holy guacamole! I've been waiting for this release since he started teasing a new album and it's just so worth it. The first song starts the show with a banger. It's just a super chuggy breakdown with a freaking eagle passing you by, only to tie up the start the second song that follows with a super catchy and pop-infused verse. Doesn't make sense at all but it's great. If you need a visual representation of the lines above, let me show you the video for the second single of the album, ALWAYS LE...


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Apr 9, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #25: Goldfinger — Hang-Ups

Top 40 '90s albums, #25: Goldfinger — Hang-Ups

A brilliant ska punk album with a few notable flaws

Apr 8, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #26: Smog — Knock Knock

Top 40 '90s albums, #26: Smog — Knock Knock

Bill Callahan's voice is as captivating as ever

Apr 7, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #27: Of Montreal — The Gay Parade

Top 40 '90s albums, #27: Of Montreal — The Gay Parade

A triumph of Of Montreal's sparse indie pop sound

Apr 3, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #28: Slint — Spiderland

Top 40 '90s albums, #28: Slint — Spiderland

A foundational album in the post-rock and math-rock spheres

Apr 2, 2026
release radar '26

release radar '26

volume six, march

Apr 1, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #29: The Dismemberment Plan — Emergency & I

Top 40 '90s albums, #29: The Dismemberment Plan — Emergency & I

Anxiety-ridden indie rock that speaks to universal experiences

Apr 1, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #30: American Football — American Football

Top 40 '90s albums, #30: American Football — American Football

Heralds of midwest emo

Mar 27, 2026

Who Is AI Music For?

Google's music-making AI makes songs. I just can't figure out why anyone would listen to them.

Top 40 '90s albums, #31: Belle and Sebastian — The Boy With The Arab Strap

Top 40 '90s albums, #31: Belle and Sebastian — The Boy With The Arab Strap

Belle and Sebastian at the peak of their early-career songwriting

Mar 25, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #32: The High Llamas — Gideon Gaye

Top 40 '90s albums, #32: The High Llamas — Gideon Gaye

'90s chamber pop at its finest

Mar 24, 2026
Music & Other Performances in Vancouver during AtmosphereConf

Music & Other Performances in Vancouver during AtmosphereConf

Iva's picks this week in Vancouver

Mar 23, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #33: Low — Secret Name

Top 40 '90s albums, #33: Low — Secret Name

A triumphant, contemplative masterpiece

Mar 20, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #34: Cornelius — Fantasma

Top 40 '90s albums, #34: Cornelius — Fantasma

A landmark Shibuya-kei album

Mar 19, 2026

vbr files in apple music

ancient errors in itunes

Mar 19, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #35: Ben Folds Five — Ben Folds Five

Top 40 '90s albums, #35: Ben Folds Five — Ben Folds Five

It's a great debut album with truly infectious energy

Mar 18, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #36: Bright Eyes — Letting off the Happiness (1998)

Top 40 '90s albums, #36: Bright Eyes — Letting off the Happiness (1998)

Dreary or not, this spoke to teenage me

Mar 17, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #37: Karate — The Bed is in the Ocean (1998)

Top 40 '90s albums, #37: Karate — The Bed is in the Ocean (1998)

Jazz chords, slowcore, post-rock — whatever it is, I love it

Mar 16, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #38: Heavenly — Le Jardin de Heavenly (1992)

Top 40 '90s albums, #38: Heavenly — Le Jardin de Heavenly (1992)

A foundational twee album

Mar 13, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #39: Mogwai — Come On Die Young (1999)

Top 40 '90s albums, #39: Mogwai — Come On Die Young (1999)

An excellent post-rock album

Mar 12, 2026
Top 40 '90s albums, #40: Silver Jews — American Water (1998)

Top 40 '90s albums, #40: Silver Jews — American Water (1998)

A classic from one of his generation's greatest lyricist

Mar 12, 2026

if i may be a little obsessive…

omfg. this music.

Mar 10, 2026

music library managers

why is apple music the only sane library app

Mar 10, 2026
release radar '26

release radar '26

volume five, feb 14th-28th

Mar 4, 2026

28 Days In February

a music challenge for february

Mar 1, 2026

I Love the Blues

I haven't programmed a workflow for updating my Leaflet whenever I make a new blog post. So for now, I'll just add the link. This is mostly a test post to refer back to down the line. :-)

Feb 28, 2026
that's my jam

that's my jam

and yours too!

Feb 27, 2026
DJ Sets For Your Week

DJ Sets For Your Week

Feb 25, 2026

The Soundtrack of My College Years: A Timeline (Ages 16–20)

Data analysis is fun.

Feb 19, 2026

track list embeds

bring out your lists!

Feb 14, 2026
release radar '26

release radar '26

volume four, feburary (1st - 13th)

Feb 13, 2026

zettelkasten, flac, and reading

reviewing things i said out loud earlier

Feb 13, 2026
what's next?

what's next?

sounds like a bunch of semantics

Feb 12, 2026