March 2018.

Music. It's been a month full of good music (like every month, I suppose). Here is a playlist of ten things I have been enjoying. There are five new songs followed by five old songs. The former are all things I have bought on vinyl. I'm quite careful about what I buy on record but when I do I make sure I play it properly and that always helps to reveal the songs properly. Perhaps special mention should go to Young Fathers in the 'new' category; this album is really complex and often confrontational but it's rewarding. The five old songs have all been inspired by listening to the outstanding Sodajerkers on Songwriting Podcast.

Here's the playlist  https://open.spotify.com/user/charliegladstone/playlist/3lj4T536HBlHMY3fwcLQ7p

Here's Sodajerkers https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-79-john-grant/id479679002?i=1000354548123&mt=2

I also loved the BBC documentary Blacker Dread by the brilliant Molly Dineen. Warm, rich, funny, sad; an epic in a short film.

Brad's Status is a great film, too. I think it must have flopped at cinemas but it's a lovely gentle thing. It stars Ben Stiller. I'm surprised he's still happy to make low key films; surprised but pleased. Oh, and Baby Driver gets better and better. I watched it again this week and loved it even more; the fast, violent bits become secondary to the romance on second watching and the sound, choreography and music are superb.