Wednesday 2 August 2017

07/17 RECAP


#ALBUMS
ARCADE FIRE / JAY-Z / SHEER MAG / TYLER, THE CREATOR / WAXAHATCHEE

#SONGS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / COLDPLAY X BIG SEAN / CULTS / DJ SHADOW X DANNY BROWN / EMPRESS OF / JESSIE WARE / THE KILLERS / MOGWAI / PURITY RING / SKRILLEX X POO BEAR / TORI AMOS / TRICKY X MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD / THE WAR ON DRUGS / WOLF PARADE

#VIDEOS
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE / CHARLI XCX / CUT COPY / DANNY BROWN / DIZZEE RASCAL / DJ SHADOW X STEVEN PRICE / FEIST X JARVIS COCKER / FUTURE X NICKI MINAJ / GRIZZLY BEAR / IRON & WINE / KAMAIYAH / KENDRICK LAMAR X RIHANNA / KESHA X THE DAP-KINGS / LIAM GALLAGHER / MACKLEMORE X SKYLAR GREY / MOUNT KIMBIE X KING KRULE / NEIL YOUNG / RUN THE JEWELS / SZA / TORRES / TRAVIS SCOTT



#ALBUMS


👍ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Waxahatchee Out In The Storm (Merge)

Standouts: "Silver", "Never Been Wrong", "Recite Remorse"


Arcade Fire Everything Now (Columbia)
Standouts: "Everything Now", "Electric Blue", "We Don't Deserve Love"


JAY-Z 4:44 (Roc Nation)
Standouts: "Caught Their Eyes" f. Frank Ocean, "The Story Of O.J.", "Family Feud" f. Beyoncé, "Smile" f. Gloria Carter, "4:44", "Bam" f. Damian Marley, "Kill Jay Z", "Adnis"


Sheer Mag Need To Feel Your Love (Wilsuns RC)
Standouts: "Just Can't Get Enough", "Need To Feel Your Love", "Suffer Me"


Tyler, the Creator Flower Boy (Columbia)
Standouts: "911/Mr. Lonely" f. Frank Ocean, "Boredom", "I Ain't Got Time", "Who Dat Boy" f. A$AP Rocky



#SONGS

Belle And Sebastian "We Were Beautiful" (Matador)
digital single out now


Coldplay X Big Sean "Miracles (Someone Special)" (Parlophone)
from the Kaleidoscope EP, out Aug 4


Cults "Offering" (Sinderlyn)
from the forthcoming album, Offering, out October 6


DJ Shadow X Danny Brown "Horror Show" (Mass Appeal)
from the The Mountain Has Fallen EP, out now


Empress Of "Go To Hell" (Terrible)
digital single out now


Jessie Ware "Midnight" (Island)
digital single out now


The Killers "Run For Cover" (Island)
from the forthcoming album, Wonderful Wonderful, out September 22


Mogwai "Party In The Dark" (Rock Action)
from the forthcoming album, Every Country's Sun, out September 1


Purity Ring "Asido" (Crystal Math)
digital single out now


Skrillex X Poo Bear "Would You Ever" (OWSLA/Atlantic)
digital single out now


Tori Amos "Cloud Riders" (Decca)
from the forthcoming album, Native Invader, out September 8


Tricky X Martina Topley-Bird "When We Die" (False Idols)
from the forthcoming album, ununiform, out September 22


The War On Drugs "Strangest Thing" (Atlantic)
from the forthcoming album, A Deeper Understanding, out August 25


Wolf Parade "Valley Boy" (Sub Pop)
from the forthcoming album, Cry Cry Cry, out October 6




#VIDEOS

Broken Social Scene "Vanity Pail Kids" (Arts & Crafts)


Charli XCX "Boys" (Atlantic UK)


Cut Copy "Airborne" (Cut Copy Touring Pty)


Danny Brown "Lost" (Warp)


Dizzee Rascal "Wot U Gonna Do?" (Dirtee Stank)


DJ Shadow X Steven Price "Corridors" (Mass Appeal)


Feist X Jarvis Cocker "Century" (Universal)


Future X Nicki Minaj "You Da Baddest" (A1/Freebandz/Epic)


Grizzly Bear "Neighbors" (RCA)


Iron & Wine "Thomas County Law" (Sub Pop)


Kamaiyah "Build You Up" (Interscope)


Kendrick Lamar X Rihanna "LOYALTY." (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)


Kesha X the Dap-Kings "Woman" (Kemosabe/RCA)


Liam Gallagher "Chinatown" (Warner)


Macklemore X Skylar Gray "Glorious" (Bendo)


Mount Kimbie X King Krule "Blue Train Lines" (Warp)


Neil Young "Children Of Destiny" (Reprise)


Run The Jewels "Don't Get Captured" (Run The Jewels Inc.)


SZA "Supermodel" (Top Dawg/RCA)


TORRES "Three Futures" (4AD)


Travis Scott "Butterfly Effect" (Grand Hustle/Epic)