MUSIC
MONDAY!
Seminal tunes from our lovely loons.
You know what record I’m talking about. There’s always that one song, one artist or one album you won’t stop going back to. It doesn’t matter how long it has been. Maybe you are a different person, live in a different city, disowned your whole family, went to jail or maybe you just grew up. That one beat still has its chokehold. The team has compiled their favourites just for you. Use as inspiration to diversify your music taste and try something new. Alternatively, find your music twin in our team, congratulations, now you’re just as cool as we are.
Words by: Jordan Fernandez
Nadia Hassim’s Pick
Flower Face - Girl Prometheus
This album is so raw and poetic. It doesn’t shy away from the ugly stuff a lot of us think but won’t ever say. The songs range from really powerful alternative rock to soft dream pop. A 10/10
Tyla Burnett’s Pick
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
This album pieced my broken heart back together with superglue and lyricism that cuts right to the bone. A must listen for any sad boy, hopeless romantic or lover of folk music.
Siyabonga Nyirenda’s Pick
Lauryn Hil - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
A crucial album for my journey into appreciating music and was exactly what I needed as a teenager. The album explores Lauryn Hill learning and unlearning what love means for her, in the various relationships she builds and creates, whether that be romantic, with her child, or even with music. For me, at the age I was when I first heard it, it definitely helped me define what I thought ‘love‘ was at the time.
Nick Trethowan’s Pick
Radiohead - In Rainbows
There’s a certain place my introversion goes late at night that is almost always best accompanied by In Rainbows. Blasting it loud enough to make my neighbours hate me, half a bottle of whiskey in, and mania running loose is one of the most sublime feelings of peace. Thom Yorke‘s melancholic and angelic vocals coax towards the light while the visceral sonic journey just punches.
Jordan Fernandez’s Pick
Timbaland, Kerri Hilson - The Way I Are
No matter what, this song gets me moving. In my mind all I see is Moose from Step Up dancing down the stairs. This song makes me believe I can groove like him…I cannot.
Saien Benjamin’s Pick
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Silent Alarm perfectly encapsulates the good, bad and ugly of the 2000’s British Indie scene and in particular the cultural microcosm of East London. Some of the tightest knit instrumentation while playing at breakneck speeds, with the closing crescendo of riffs on ‘Positive Tension’ being one of my favourite musical moments ever. Frontman Kele Okereke’s ability to portray the messier sides of love is powerful and his knack for coming up with politically charged anthems is not far behind. A fully no-skip album for me.
Zubayr Charles
Khalid - Sincere
Right now, I am overly obsessed with Alternative RnB -a style I haven’t listened to in a long time. Currently vibing to Sincere, just as I used to vibe hard to his 2017 album, American Teen. I like how artists develop over time and its beautiful to see Khalid become more in-tune with his identity. With that, music becomes a tangible part of my life where I too can reflect on my life and headspace.
Torsten du Toit’s Pick
Lorde - Pure Heroine
This reminds me to enjoy as much of my youth as I can and not take any downfall too seriously.
Gino Lagroterria’s Pick
Tyler The Creator - Igor
Time and time again, Igor pulls me back with its timeless yet genre defining sound. A sonic journey that engrosses, immerses and entraps you inside its euphoric musical landscapes. One of those records that feels like a miracle that it was even made. Without a doubt my Desert Island pick, and If you have the chance to grab the CD, it has a secret track on it that for sure should have been on the final cut.
Nathan Levinrad’s Pick
Bombay Bicyle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
Ever since I discovered this 2000’s post-punk album, I have come back to it regularly. It is emotionally raw, of a certain time and a great break-up album.
Amy Gajjar’s Pick
Ashton Irwin - Blood On The Drums
That album feels like a ride through the desert and saved 2024 for me.
Koketso Wame Kau’s Pick
Björk - Homogenic (Live)
It felt like a feverish dream that I wouldn’t mind revisiting.
Hannah Moya’s Pick
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Wow!
Nick’s Second Pick
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Have had this album on repeat since 2012 and it’s still good. Easy go to when I don’t know what to play.
