Marc Latilla
-
Fat Franks Southern Diner
The music was a huge part of the experience. The shift always started with Ella & Louis ‘Can’t we be friends?’. Hearing the opening piano intro brings back visions of wooden barrels, terracotta tiles, dim lights, and the smells of spicy nachos and warm muffins. The night or shift always ended off with… Read more
-
My 20 albums of the Decade 2010-2018
Decade lists have never been my thing, but since I have around 9 concurrent years’ worth of BEST OF lists, it was relatively simple going back and picking the 20 albums from 2010-2018 that are still relevant to me as a body of work. I purposefully left out releases from 2019 as it feels too… Read more
-
Best of 2019
Another year and another few hundred albums and a few thousand songs listened to and filtered into this concise list of brilliance. 2019 was the first year in a long time that dancefloor suitability wasn’t a factor. In its place, more soundtrack, classical, and incidental type music mostly due to the increase in writing and… Read more
-
Music of 2018
2018 was a great year for new music. Picking 20 was a struggle. Even trying to limit the playlists to a reasonable length was harder than I anticipated. My top 3 from the list were Low, Medicine Boy and Black Belt Eagle Scout. A colleague once said that a new album by Bob Dylan or… Read more
-
Some Christmas songs are not just for XMAS
Two Christmas albums you’re not likely to hear at the malls. Ever Low – Christmas (1999) In typical Low style, this is a haunting album with a surprisingly upbeat opener. A.V. Club’s Josh Modell described it as “the religious album even heathens can love”. Apple Music Deezer Spotify Phil Spector – A Christmas gift… Read more
-
Johannesburg Then and Now
My first book has been launched and is finding its way into the stores. Penguin approached me in late 2016 to research and write this edition of the book for them (A Cape Town version was released in 2013). The book was completed in July 2018 with all the ‘now’ photography done by my friend… Read more
-
Music of 2017
My annual favourite music list is ready to go, albeit a little late by my standards. It was a great year for new music, and I found myself checking out other year end lists as there was just so much I’d never heard of. I made one major discovery from those lists: Lingua Ignota –… Read more
-
Reform Soundsystem returns
The gang is back for another smashing soul/disco/townshipswingjazz/hiphip and oddities spin on Saturday 4 November at Kitcheners in Braamfontein. R50 gets you in. From 7pm. Facebook event HERE Flyer designed by the fabulous Madam F This is some of what we play: Our next REFORM party is planned for Saturday 2 Dec 2017 at the… Read more
-
The Junction
The Junction, originally on the corner of Bree and Claim Street, was owned by Shayne Leith who previously owned Decodance in Market Street (which eventually became Le Club). The Junction opened in 1988 and closed sometime in 1991 before moving to a short-lived run at Ponte. It had two dance floors. One was dark with… Read more
-
Running from the sun
A tristful winter playlist for those bleak days when the lingering cold bites. It’s almost over. Grit. Clench. Friction. Features Sharon Van Etten, Grace Jones, Velvet Underground, Keaton Henson, Bat for Lashes, Yazoo, Johnny Jewel and a South African Hawaiian guitar legend Jerry Shanahan Original mix on MIXCLOUD Read more
Marc Latilla 