BOOZE & BEATS

THE BEATS - THE “RAGE AGAINST THE BABY SHARK” MIX

This issue’s playlist is a smorgasbord compiled by The Mission and Feathers & Fluoro crews consisting of two tracks per person. Considering we have guys who fish for everything from 3” minnows to massive tarpon and sailfish, it’s no surprise that their music tastes consist of a diverse spread of bangers. Listen at themissionflymag.com

Dr JD Filmalter

Rage Against the Machine - Guerilla Radio

Flume, Chet Faker - Drop the Game

LeRoy Botha

ZZ Top - I Gotsta Get Paid

Dave Matthews Band - Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)

Platon Trakoshis

Mayra Andrade - We Used to Call It Love

The Human League - The Lebanon

Leonard Flemming

Springbok Nude Girls - Peace Breaker

Pinkfong - Baby Shark

Peter Coetzee

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Maxwell - Lifetime (Remastered 2021)

THE BOOZE - RHINO WHISKY

Wander the liquor aisles of the Northern Hemisphere and you’re likely to find that most African booze (sometimes even wine) tends to get that heavy-handed Out of Africa safari branding. You know… Leopard spots, bold prints, and back stories about mystical elephant dung resulting in magic juju karate juice. Despite the direct messaging inherent in its name, its packaging, and its cause, Rhino Whisky is the polar opposite of that stuff. For starters it is an African brand, but the whisky is straight out of Scotland, distilled and double-cask matured in the Speyside region. It’s a delicious dram that’s got a malty aroma, light fruit notes, and a biscuity sweetness rounded off with notes of vanilla, oak, and caramelised fruits. The real kicker of this 43% ABV single malt Scotch? 20% of the profits from the company’s sales go directly towards saving rhinos in Africa. Considering that at its worst, 1 028 rhinos were killed in South Africa alone during 2017 (at a rate of nearly three rhinos killed every day), these incredible pachyderms deserve all the help they can get. If that can be achieved by raising a glass of great whisky, we’re all in. Available in South Africa and Canada. rwhisky.com

Andre van Wyk

Zach Bryan - Open the Gate - Live

Zach Bryan - Jamie (with Charles Wesley Godwin)

Fred Davis

Porno for Pyros - Tahitian Moon

Powderfinger – Don’t Wanna Be Left Out

Matt Kennedy

Arcade Fire - No Cars Go

Junip - In Every Direction

Brendan Body

Modest Mouse - Float On MGMT - Pieces of What

Tudor Caradoc-Davies

Mason Jennings - Crown

Queens of the Stone Age - Carnavoyeur

Conrad Botes

The White Stripes - Blue Orchid

Stoned Jesus - I’m the Mountain