January Staff Picks

Every month, the Sunstroke Magazine team compiles a list of things we’ve been enjoying— especially in quarantine. Here’s to more grounding, self-reflection and education!

Photograph by Michael Lee

Photograph by Michael Lee

Albums

  • The Leo Sun Sets - Serena Isioma

  • Fish - ShitKid

  • Hot Pink - Doja Cat

  • Night Sketches - Papooz

  • Shabrang - Sevdaliza

  • A Song for Every Moon - Bruno Major

  • Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) - Kali Uchis

  • Coastin - Pink $ock

Musicians & Bands

  • Habibi

  • Alexandra Savior

  • Millie Turner

  • Isaac Dunbar

  • Frances Forever

  • Christian Leave

  • YOASOBI

  • Aminé

  • Mall Grab

  • Nina Las Vegas

  • Omar Apollo

  • TV Girl

  • Django Reinhardt

  • Los Retros

  • Jenevieve

  • TOPS

Podcasts

  • Why Won’t You Date Me?

  • Very Presidential with Ashley Flowets

  • Illusion Pod

  • Stuff You Should Know

Books

  • Film For Her by Orion Carloto

  • Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

  • The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

  • Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

  • My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Articles, Essays & Journals

  • Decolonising Literature: Exclusionary Practices and Writing to Resist/Re-Exist by Stephanie Johannson

Other

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TV Shows

  • Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)

  • Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (new season) (Netflix)

  • The Assassination of Gianni Versace (Netflix)

  • Bridgerton (Netflix)

  • Steven Universe (HBO)

  • Good Girls (Netflix)

  • Start-up (Netflix)

  • We Are Who We Are (HBO)

Films

Death to 2020 (2020) (Netflix)

  • If anything happens I love you (2020, Netflix)

  • Wonder Woman ‘84 (2020, HBO Max)

  • Spontaneous (2020, Amazon Prime)

  • The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020, Amazon Prime)

  • Shithouse (2020, Amazon Prime)

  • SLC Punk (1998, Amazon Prime)

  • Beach Rats (2017, Hulu)

  • The High Note (2020, Hulu)

  • Suspiria (2018, Amazon Prime)

  • The Prestige (2006, Hulu)

  • Babyteeth (2020, Hulu)

  • Beats (2019, MUBI)

  • Soul (2020, Disney)

  • One Night in Miami (2020, Amazon Prime)

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