January 2018 Recap

#ALBUMS
CUPCAKKE / FIRST AID KIT / THE GO! TEAM / PORCHES / SHOPPING

#SONGS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / BØRNS X LANA DEL REY / THE BREEDERS / HOP ALONG / KENDRICK LAMAR X SZA / LET'S EAT GRANDMA / MGMT / REJJIE SNOW X AMINÉ X DANA WILLIAMS / SOCCER MOMMY / YOUNG GALAXY

#VIDEOS
BECK / JAMES BLAKE / DAVID BYRNE / CAR SEAT HEADREST / GWENNO / JPEGMAFIA / THE NATIONAL / TROYE SIVAN / TUNE-YARDS / KALI UCHIS X TYLER, THE CREATOR X BOOTSY COLLINS



Hey you. Here's five new full-lengths, ten standalone tracks, and ten new videos that captured Wet Thud's fancy during the month of January.

#ALBUMS

Album Of The Month:
Shopping The Official Body (FatCat)

Standouts: "The Hype", "Wild Child"

cupcakKe Ephorize (self-released)

Standouts: "Crayons", "Duck Duck Goose", "Cartoons", "Exit"

First Aid Kit Ruins (Columbia)

Standouts: "It's A Shame", "Postcard", "Fireworks", "Ruins"

The Go! Team Semicircle (Memphis Industries)

Standouts: "All The Way Live", "Semicircle Song", "Mayday"

Porches The House (Domino)

Standouts: "Country", "Find Me"

#SONGS

Belle and Sebastian "The Same Star" (Matador)


BØRNS X Lana Del Rey "God Save Our Young Blood" (Interscope)


The Breeders "All Nerve" (4AD)


Hop Along "How Simple" (Saddle Creek)


Kendrick Lamar X SZA "All The Stars" (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)


Let's Eat Grandma "Hot Pink" (Transgressive)


MGMT "Hand It Over" (Columbia)


Rejjie Snow X Aminé X Dana Williams "Egyptian Luvr" (300)


Soccer Mommy "Cool" (Fat Possum)


Young Galaxy "Under My Wing" (self-released)




#VIDEOS

Beck "Fix Me" (Fonograf/Capitol)

James Blake "If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead" (Polydor)

David Byrne "Everybody's Coming To My House" (Todomundo/WEA)

Car Seat Headrest "Nervous Young Inhumans" (Matador)

Gwenno "Tir Ma Hor" (Heavenly)

JPEGMAFIA "Baby I'm Bleeding" (Deathbomb Arc)

The National "Walk It Back" (4AD)

Troye Sivan "My My My!" (Universal Australia)

Tune-Yards "Heart Attack" (4AD)

Kali Uchis X Tyler, the Creator X Bootsy Collins "After The Storm" (Rinse/Virgin)

12/17 RECAP

Happy New Year, everybody! We begin our new year by first taking a look back at the best new albums, songs, and videos that dropped during December, in Wet Thud's handy, monthly recap feature.

#ALBUMS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / CHARLI XCX / FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS / MIGUEL / N.E.R.D.

#SONGS
CAR SEAT HEADREST / DRAM X NEIL YOUNG / EL PERRO DEL MAR / GRAHAM COXON / JAMES BLAKE / MGMT / MIGOS / RAVYN LENAE / SUFJAN STEVENS /

#VIDEOS
AVEY TARE / BJÖRK / BLONDIE X JOAN JETT / BROCKHAMPTON / CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG / FATHER JOHN MISTY / FRANZ FERDINAND / KENDRICK LAMAR X ZACARI / LIL UZI VERT X NICKI MINAJ / MARCHING CHURCH / MOGWAI / OH SEES / RUN THE JEWELS / SOPHIE / SZA



#ALBUMS

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Charli XCX Pop 2 (Asylum)

Standouts: "Backseat" [f. Carly Rae Jepsen], "Out Of My Head" [f. Tove Lo & ALMA]

Belle and Sebastian How To Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 1 (Matador)

Standouts: "We Were Beautiful," "Sweet Dew Lee," "The Girl Doesn't Get It"

Francis and the Lights Just For Us (KTTF)

Standouts: "Just For Us"

Miguel War & Leisure (Bystorm/RCA)

Standouts: "Sky Walker" [f. Travis Scott], "Told You So," "Now," "Pineapple Skies"

N.E.R.D. No_One Ever Really Dies (N.E.R.D.)

Standouts: "Lemon" f. Rihanna, "Don't Don't Do It" f. Kendrick Lamar, "Deep Down Body Thurst"

#SONGS

Car Seat Headrest "Beach Life In Death" (Matador)


DRAM x Neil Young "Campfire" (Atlantic)


El Perro Del Mar "Fight For Life" (The Control Group)


Graham Coxon "Falling" (Parlophone)


James Blake "Vincent" (Polydor)


MGMT "When You Die" (Columbia)


Migos "Stir Fry" (Quality Control/UMG)


Ravyn Lenae "Sticky" (Atlantic)


Sufjan Stevens "Tonya Harding" (Asthmatic Kitty)




#VIDEOS

Avey Tare "Ms. Secret" (Domino)

Björk "Arisen My Senses" (One Little Indian)

Blondie f. Joan Jett "Doom Or Destiny" (BMG)

BROCKHAMPTON "BOOGIE" (Empire)

Charlotte Gainsbourg "Lying With You" (Because)

Father John Misty "Leaving LA" (Sub Pop)

Franz Ferdinand "Always Ascending" (Domino)

Kendrick Lamar x Zacari "LOVE." (Top Dawg/Interscope)

Lil Uzi Vert x Nicki Minaj "The Way Life Goes [remix]" (Atlantic)

Marching Church "Christmas On Earth" (Sacred Bones)

Mogwai "Crossing The Road Material" (Temporary Residence)

Oh Sees "Drowned Beast" (Castle Face)

Run The Jewels "Call Ticketron" (self-released)

SOPHIE "Ponyboy" (MSMSMSM INC/Transgressive/Future Classic)

SZA "The Weekend" (Top Dawg/RCA)

Wet Thud's Top 10 Albums of 2017

you've seen our songs list, now here's a look at wet thud's top ten albums of the year...

number ten.
perfume genius
no shape
(matador)
includes: slip away, go ahead, wreath, die 4 you, otherside

number nine.
the xx
i see you
(young turks)
includes: on hold, say something loving, i dare you, dangerous, replica

number eight.
washed out
mister mellow
(stones throw)
includes: hard to say goodbye, get lost, floating by

number seven.
kendrick lamar
damn.
(top dawg entertainment/aftermath/interscope)
includes: humble., dna., love. f zacari, loyalty. f. rihanna, element.

number six.
kelly lee owens
kelly lee owens
(smalltown supersound)
includes: cbm, anxi. f. jenny hvål, throwing lines

number five.
the national
sleep well beast
(4ad)
includes: the system only dreams in total darkness, day i die, guilty party

number four.
sampha
process
(young turks)
includes: blood on me, (no one knows me) like the piano, timmy's prayer

number three.
alvvays
antisocialites
(royal mountain)
includes: in undertow, dreams tonite, not my baby

number two.
lcd soundsystem
american dream
(dfa/columbia)
includes: call the police, american dream, how do you sleep?, tonite

number one.
slowdive
slowdive
(dead oceans)
includes: star roving, sugar for the pill, slomo, don't know why

Click here to visit Wet Thud's Top 100 Songs of 2017

Best of 2017

Click here to see Wet Thud's Top 100 Songs of 2017.

Click here to see Wet Thud's Top 10 Albums of 2017.

Wet Thud's Top 10 Movies of 2017
10. Dunkirk
Warner Bros.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles, Tom Hardy 

09. Buster's Mal Heart
Well Go USA Entertainment
Director: Sarah Adina Smith
Starring: Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, Kate Lyn Sheil

08. Baby Driver
TriStar
Director: Edgar White
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx

07. Wonder Woman
Warner Bros.
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright

06. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Fox Searchlight
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell

05. The Florida Project
A24
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince

04. I, Tonya
Neon
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Bobby Canavale

03. The Big Sick
Amazon/Lionsgate
Director: Michael Showalter
Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano

02. Lady Bird
A24
Director: Greta Gerwig
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf

01. Get Out
Universal
Director: Jordan Peele
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener



Wet Thud's Top 10 TV Shows of 2017
10. Episodes
Showtime
(season 5)

09. Game of Thrones
HBO
(season 7)

08. Stranger Things
Netflix
(season 2)

07. The Crown
Netflix
(season 2)

06. The Handmaid's Tale
Hulu
(season 1)

05. Twin Peaks
Showtime
(season 3)

04. The Good Fight
CBS All Access
(season 1)

03. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
BBC America
(season 2)

02. The Good Place
NBC
(seasons 1-2)

01. Broadchurch
ITV
(series 3)