May 2018 Recap

#ALBUMS

AMBER MARK / ARCTIC MONKEYS / BEACH HOUSE / COURTNEY BARNETT / DJ KOZE

#SONGS

DISCLOSURE X FATOUMATA DIAWARA / DJDS X THE-DREAM / KAMASI WASHINGTON / PHARRELL X CAMILA CABELLO / PROFESSOR RHYTHM / SINK YA TEETH / SW:SVN / TROYE SIVAN / WESTERMAN

#VIDEOS

ANDERSON .PAAK / AZEALIA BANKS / CARDI B / CHILDISH GAMBINO / CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS X DÂM-FUNK / CHROMATICS / EBHONI / FATHER JOHN MISTY / FLORENCE + THE MACHINE / FRANKIE COSMOS / GORILLAZ / HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF / JAY ROCK X KENDRICK LAMAR / KACEY MUSGRAVES / LAURA JEAN / LYKKE LI / MAGGIE ROGERS / MITSKI / ORBITAL / RÓISÍN MURPHY / SZA





Another month is upon us, and so it's time to recap the last one. These are the new albums, standalone tracks, and music videos that booped Wet Thud on the nose during May. Enjoy...

#ALBUMS

ALBUM OF THE MONTH:
Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk/Marathon)

Standouts: "Nameless, Faceless", "Need A Little Time", "City Looks Pretty", "Sunday Roast"

Amber Mark Conexao EP (PMR/Virgin EMI)

Standouts: "Love Me Right", "Love Is Stronger Than Pride"

Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Domino)

Standouts: "Four Out Of Five"

Beach House 7 (Sub Pop)

Standouts: "Lemon Glow", "Dive", "Dark Spring", "Black Car"

DJ Koze Knock Knock (Pampa)

Standouts: "Illumination" [f. Róisín Murphy], "Seeing Aliens", "Pick Up"

#SONGS

Disclosure x Fatoumata Diawara "Ultimatum" (Island)


DJDS x The-Dream "I Heard" (Loma Vista)


Kamasi Washington "Street Fighter Mas" (Young Turks)


Pharrell x Camila Cabello "Sangria Wine" (Columbia)


Professor Rhythm "Professor 3" (Awesome Tapes From Africa)


Sink Ya Teeth "Substitutes" (Hey Buffalo)


SW:SVN "la-400x" (Apollo)


Troye Sivan "Bloom" (EMI Australia)


Westerman "Edison" (Blue Flowers)





#VIDEOS

Anderson .Paak "Bubblin'" (Aftermath/12 Tone)
Director: Calmatic

Azealia Banks "Anna Wintour" (self-released)
Director: Matt Sukkar

Cardi B "Be Careful" (Atlantic)
Director: Jora Frantzis

Childish Gambino "This Is America" (Liberation)
Director: Hiro Murai

Christine and the Queens x Dâm-Funk "Girlfriend" (Because)
Director: Jordan Bahat

Chromatics "Black Walls" (Italians Do It better)
Director: Rene Hellen

Ebhoni "Opps" (self-released)
Director: Christine Boachie

Father John Misty "Please Don't Die" (Sub Pop)
Director: Chris Hopewell

Florence + the Machine "Hunger" (Virgin EMI)
Director: AG Rojas

Frankie Cosmos "Apathy" (Sub Pop)
Director: Tom Scharpling

Gorillaz "Humility" (Parlophone)
Director: Jamie Hewlett

Hurray For The Riff Raff "Pa'lante" (ATO)
Director: Kristian Mercado Figueroa

Jay Rock x Kendrick Lamar "WIN" (Top Dawg Ent.)
Directors: Dave Meyers & Dave Free

Kacey Musgraves "Space Cowboy" (MCA Nashville)
Director: Chris Hicky

Laura Jean "Girls On The TV" (Chapter)
Director: Warwick Baker

Lykke Li "hard rain" (LL)
Director: Anton Tammi

Maggie Rogers "Fallingwater" (Debay)
Director: Zia Anger

Mitski "Geyser" (Dead Oceans)
Director: Zia Anger

Orbital "Tiny Foldable Cities" (ACP)
Director: Felix Geen

Róisín Murphy "All My Dreams" (The Vinyl Factory)
Director: Róisín Murphy

SZA "Garden (Say It Like Dat)" (Top Dawg Ent.)
Director: Karena Evans