The new year greets us with another lockdown.
I'm doing The Guardian's 31 day literary diet, and would recommend as something to cut through the cold monotony. I'm not really one for new year resolutions, I try to fold things in throughout the year. Remember to be kind to yourself as we slug forward.
A playlist I put together last year, but always takes me a while to go through and edit.
New things from Landshapes, Sister Wives, Bill Callahan and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Tony Njoku's remix of Goat Girl (think I prefer to the original), Tim Heidecker and Weyes Blood, Katy J Pearson, Hot Chip and Jarvis Cocker, Dry Cleaning, ANOHNI covering Gloria Gaynor, Eartheater, Desire Marea, Alabaster DePlume, Frazey Ford (taken me a little while to get on board with this but really love this one now), Shintaro Sakamato, Special Interest.
Old things from Hiroshi Yoshimura, Mdou Moctar, Mort Garson (more reissues came out last year), Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, D'Angelo, Fugazi, Outkast, Broadcast, Kendrick, Galaxie 500, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Dirty Three, The Clean, John Lennon.
More Robert Wyatt, Joni Mitchell and Shafiq Husayn. Plus what I would say are the two central pieces of music from 'Small Axe: Lovers Rock' and one more from it for luck. Can't wait to dance to "Silly Games" in a club. I've never really delved into reggae much, but would recommend the playlist from the film as a good starting point.
Spending my days watching telly, crafting and going out for the occasional cycle/walk. Would recommend Babyteeth on Netflix
