The Clash - What's My Name
I needed to rediscover something. Dug out old feelings with a ladleful of The Clash's faultless debut. Got so exhilerated I was dancing and laughing on the ferry. It's still there, sometimes you just need to shake it awake.
What the hell is wrong with me?
I'm not who I want to be
Sahra Halgan - Talo
Went to one gig since last list. And what a gig. Somaliland's best voice according to me (I don't know that many singers from Somaliland if I'm honest, but if there's more like this I don't know how they're keeping it hidden from me). She started out smooth and lulling, but gradually raised the intensity throughout the concert until we were in a land of high pitched ululations and frantic riffage, all while Sahra stood softly swaying and smiling, like an eternal, reassuring but potentially world-wrecking force of nature.
Nilüfer Yanya - midnight sun
Her song Melt was one of my favourite tracks of 2019. I still love it so much, so that just hearing her voice again at the beginning of this track made me fistbump the sky. But this track is a different animal, that prowls around and around until it suddenly roars, at 3:47. The last few weeks I have lived for such violent joyful release. Spring hormones, perhaps.Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny
Mania over lethargy. Danny Brown makes me want to bounce around on a dance floor, recklessly. Less reck. Less deliberation. More abandon.
Beyoncé - All Night
The video version of Lemonade suddenly came on my random playlist, and I couldn't bring myself to skip it, so sat through the whole visual album, as I hadn't done since it came out. I'd forgotten how it floored me the first time. It's a good music album, but watching it as well packs an extra punch. By the time All Night came around I had happy tears in my eyes. When she whispers in the finale I don't know if I want to be with Beyoncé or be Beyoncé. Man, she's amazing. Controversial opinion, I know.
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