03/17 RECAP

A few days late 'cause we've been on vacation, but Wet Thud here with another instalment of our monthly recap of what's been fleeking on, as the kids say, throughout March.

#ALBUMS
ANOHNI / GRANDADDY / JAY SOM / THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN / MOUNT EERIE

#SONGS
CALVIN HARRIS X YOUNG THUG X ARIANA GRANDE X PHARRELL / DRAKE / THE DRUMS / FATHER JOHN MISTY / FEIST / FLEET FOXES / FRANK OCEAN / GORILLAZ X JEHNNY BETH X NOEL GALLAGHER / THE JUAN MACLEAN / SAINT ETIENNE / THE SHINS / TODD RUNDGREN X ROBYN / ZAYN X PARTYNEXTDOOR

#VIDEOS
ARCA / BLOOD ORANGE / FUTURE ISLANDS / GORILLAZ X POPCAAN / JAMES BLAKE / KENDRICK LAMAR / LORDE / MAXWELL / PERFUME GENIUS / RIDE / RUN THE JEWELS / SLOWDIVE / A TRIBE CALLED QUEST / THE WEEKND X DAFT PUNK / THE XX / !!!



#ALBUMS

👍ALBUM OF THE MONTH: ANOHNI Paradise EP (Young Turks)

Standouts: "Paradise"

Grandaddy Last Place (30th Century)

Standouts: "Way We Won't", "A Lost Machine", "Evermore"

Jay Som Everybody Works (Polyvinyl)

Standouts: "1 Billion Dogs"

The Jesus And Mary Chain Damage And Joy (ADA/Warner)

Standouts: "Amputation", "Always Sad"

Mount Eerie A Crow Looked At Me (P.W.Elverum & Sun)

Standouts: "Real Death", "Ravens"

#SONGS

Calvin Harris X Young Thug X Ariana Grande X Pharrell "Heatstroke"

Single out now (Sony UK)

Drake "Passionfruit"

From the "playlist" More Life, out now (OVO Sound/Young Money/Cash Money/Republic)

The Drums "Blood Under My Belt"

From the forthcoming Abysmal Thoughts, out June 16 (Anti)

Father John Misty "Total Entertainment Forever"

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

Feist "Pleasure"

From the forthcoming Pleasure, out April 28 (Universal Canada)

Fleet Foxes "Third Of May/Ödaigahara"

From the forthcoming Crack-Up, out June 16 (Nonesuch)

Frank Ocean "Chanel"

Single out now (self-released)

Gorillaz X Jehnny Beth X Noel Gallagher "We Got The Power"

From the forthcoming Humanz, out April 28 (Parlophone)

The Juan MacLean "Can You Ever Really Know Somebody"

Single out now (DFA)

Saint Etienne "Heather"

From the forthcoming Home Counties, out June 2 (Heavenly)

The Shins "Painting A Hole"

From Heartworms, out now (Columbia)

Todd Rundgren X Robyn "That Could Have Been Me"

From the forthcoming White Knight, out May 12 (Cleopatra)

Zayn X PARTYNEXTDOOR "Still Got Time"

Single out now (RCA)

#VIDEOS

Arca "Reverie" (XL)

Blood Orange "With Him/Best Of You/Better Numb" (Domino)

Future Islands "Ran" (4AD)

Gorillaz X Popcaan "Saturnz Barnz" (Parlophone)

James Blake "My Willing Heart" (Polydor)

Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE." (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)

Lorde "Green Light" (Universal New Zealand)

Maxwell "Gods" (Columbia)

Perfume Genius "Slip Away" (Matador)

Ride "Charm Assault" (Wichita)

Run The Jewels "Legend Has It" (Run The Jewels, Inc.)

Slowdive "Sugar For The Pill" (Dead Oceans)

A Tribe Called Quest "Dis Generation" (Epic)

The Weeknd X Daft Punk "I Feel It Coming" (XO/Republic)

The xx "Say Something Loving" (Young Turks)

!!! "The One 2" (Warp)