02/17 RECAP

Wet Thud here with another instalment of our monthly recap of what the kids and other hepcats have been digging, jiving and swinging to throughout the month of February.



#ALBUMS
DIRTY PROJECTORS / JENS LEKMAN / SAMPHA / SYD / THUNDERCAT

#SONGS
CALVIN HARRIS X FRANK OCEAN X MIGOS / DAY WAVE / FATHER JOHN MISTY / FAZERDAZE / FUTURE ISLANDS / HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR X FARIS BADWAN / JAY SOM / THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN / MIGUEL X DJ PREMIER / THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS / PARQUET COURTS X BUN B / RIDE / THE SHINS / STORMZY / VINCE STAPLES

#VIDEOS
ANOHNI / ARCA / BLONDIE / CHANCE THE RAPPER / D.R.A.M. / DEPECHE MODE / GOLDFRAPP / GRIMES X JANELLE MONÁE / IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE / LADY GAGA / LANA DEL REY / THE LEMON TWIGS / LITTLE DRAGON / LONDON GRAMMAR / M.I.A. / MAGGIE ROGERS / THE MAGNETIC FIELDS / MOONBASE X ANDERSON .PAAK / MT. EERIE / OLD 97'S / PAUL WHITE X DANNY BROWN / PINS X IGGY POP / POND / RAE SREMMURD / RYAN ADAMS / SPOON / STURGILL SIMPSON / TENNIS / A TRIBE CALLED RED / THE WEEKND



#ALBUMS

👍ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Sampha Process (Young Turks)

Standouts: Timmy's Prayer, Blood On Me, (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano

Dirty Projectors Dirty Projectors (Domino)

Standouts: Keep Your Name, Little Bubble, Up In Hudson, Cool Your Heart

Jens Lekman Life Will See You Now (Secretly Canadian)

Standouts: What's That Perfume That You Wear?, Evening Prayer

Syd Fin (Columbia)

Standouts: All About Me, Body

Thundercat Drunk (Brainfeeder)

Standouts: Show You The Way, Walk On By, Friend Zone, The Turn Down

#SONGS

Calvin Harris X Frank Ocean X Migos "Slide"

Single out now (Sony UK)

Day Wave "Something Here"

From the forthcoming The Days We Had, out May 5 (Harvest)

Father John Misty "Ballad Of The Dying Man"

From the forthcoming Pure Comedy, out April 7 (Sub Pop)

Fazerdaze "Lucky Girl"

From the forthcoming Morningside, out May 5 (Flying Nun)

Future Islands "Ran"

From the forthcoming The Far Field, out April 7 (4AD)

Hercules And Love Affair X Faris Badwan "Controller"

Single out now (Atlantic)

Jay Som "1 Billion Dogs"

From the forthcoming Everybody Works, out March 10 (BandCamp)

The Jesus And Mary Chain "Always Sad"

From the forthcoming Damage And Joy, out March 24 (ADA/Warner)

Miguel X DJ Premier "2 LOVIN U"

Single out now (TTT)

The New Pornographers "This Is The World Of The Theater"

From the forthcoming Whiteout Conditions, out April 7 (New P's/Dine Alone)

Parquet Courts X Bun B "Captive Of The Sun"

Single out now (Rough Trade)

Ride "Charm Assault" and "Home Is A Feeling"

Singles out now (Wichita)

The Shins "Mildenhall"

From the forthcoming Heartworms, out March 10 (Columbia)

Stormzy "Big For Your Boots"

From Gang Signs & Prayer, out now (#Merky)

Vince Staples "BagBak"

Single out now (Def Jam)

#VIDEOS

ANOHNI "Paradise" (Secretly Canadian)

Arca "Anoche" (XL)

Blondie "Fun" (BMG)

Chance The Rapper "Same Drugs" (self-released)

D.R.A.M. "Cute" (Atlantic/Empire)

Depeche Mode "Where's The Revolution" (Columbia)

Goldfrapp "Anymore" (Mute)

Grimes X Janelle Monáe "Venus Fly" (4AD)

Ibibio Sound Machine "Give Me A Reason" (Merge)

Lady Gaga "John Wayne" (Streamline/Interscope)

Lana Del Rey "Love" (Polydor/Interscope)

The Lemon Twigs "I Wanna Prove To You" (4AD)

Little Dragon "High" (Loma Vista)

London Grammar "Big Picture" (Ministry Of Sound/Metal & Dust/Sony)

M.I.A. "P.O.W.A." (Interscope)

Maggie Rogers "On + Off" (Debay/Capitol)

The Magnetic Fields "'81 How To Play The Synthesizer" (Nonesuch)

Moonbase X Anderson .Paak "It Don't Matter" (Trench)

Mt. Eerie "Ravens" (P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.)

Old 97's "Good With God" (ATO)

Paul White X Danny Brown "Accelerator" (BandCamp)

PINS X Iggy Pop "Aggrophobe" (self-released)

Pond "30000 Magatons" (Marathon)

Rae Sremmurd "Swang" (EarDrummers/Interscope)

Ryan Adams "Do You Still Love Me?" (PaxAmericana)

Spoon "Can I Sit Next To You" (Matador)

Sturgill Simpson "All Around You" (Atlantic)

Tennis "Modern Woman" (Mutually Detrimental)

A Tribe Called Red "Indian City" (Radicalized)

The Weeknd "Reminder" (XO/Republic)