August 2018 Recap

#ALBUMS

ARIANA GRANDE / BIG RED MACHINE / BLOOD ORANGE / MITSKI / TROYE SIVAN

#SONGS

ART BRUT / BOYGENIUS / CAT POWER X LANA DEL REY / DISCLOSURE / LINDSTRØM / LOW / NENEH CHERRY / NICKI MINAJ X FOXY BROWN / SOFT CELL / TRAVIS SCOTT X DRAKE

#VIDEOS

THE 1975 / APHEX TWIN / THE BREEDERS / CARDI B X KEHLANI / COURTNEY BARNETT / DEVON WELSH / DRAKE / D.R.A.M. / EMPRESS OF / HOP ALONG / ICEAGE / INTERPOL / JAKE SHEARS / JANET JACKSON X DADDY YANKEE / KING KRULE / KURT VILE / MURA MASA X NAO / NEKO CASE X MARK LANEGAN / NENEH CHERRY / NICKI MINAJ / ROBYN / ROSES GABOR X SAMPHA / SUEDE / TRAVIS SCOTT





With apologies for the slight delay (Wet Thud enjoys a long weekend occasionally, too), it's once again that time of month where we recap our favourite new albums, songs, and videos to drop since we last recapped. Dig in and maybe find some new favourites.

#ALBUMS

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Mitski Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)

Standouts: "Geyser", "Nobody", "Two Slow Dancers"

Ariana Grande Sweetener (Republic)

Standouts: "No Tears Left To Cry", "God Is A Woman", "Blazed" f. Pharrell Williams

Big Red Machine Big Red Machine (self-released)

Standouts: "Lyla", "Hymnostic", "Forest Green", "Gratitude", "I Won't Run From It"

Blood Orange Negro Swan (Domino)

Standouts: "Charcoal Baby", "Jewelry", "Saint", "Nappy Wonder"

Troye Sivan Bloom (EMI Australia)

Standouts: "My My My!", "The Good Side", "Bloom", "Dance To This" f. Ariana Grande, "Animal"

#SONGS

Art Brut "Wham! Bam! Pow! Let's Rock Out!" (Alcopop!)


boygenius "Me & My Dog" (Matador)


Cat Power x Lana Del Rey "Woman" (Domino)


Disclosure "Moonlight" (Island/PMR/Method)


Lindstrøm "Blinded By The LEDs" (Feedelity)


Low "Disarray" (Sub Pop)


Neneh Cherry "Shot Gun Shack" (Smalltown Supersound/AWAL)


Nicki Minaj x Foxy Brown "Coco Chanel" (Young Money/Cash Money)


Soft Cell "Northern Lights" (Mercury)


Travis Scott x Drake "Sicko Mode" (Epic/Cactus Jack)




#VIDEOS

The 1975 "TooTimeTooTimeTooTime"
Director: Matthew Healy

Aphex Twin "T69 Collapse"
Director: Weirdcore
***CAUTION: CONTAINS STROBING***

The Breeders "Nervous Mary"
Director: The Breeders

Cardi B x Kehlani "Ring"
Director: Mike Ho

Courtney Barnett "Charity"
Director: Ashley Connor

Devon Welsh "By The Daylight"
Director: Christopher Honeywell

Drake "In My Feelings"
Director: Karena Evans

D.R.A.M. "Best Hugs"
Director: Sam Hibbard

Empress Of "When I'm With Him"
Director: Empress Of

Hop Along "Somewhere A Judge"
Director: Derrick Belcham

Iceage "Under The Sun"
Director: Azuma Makoto

Interpol "If You Really Love Nothing"
Director: Hala Matar

Jake Shears "Big Bushy Mustache"
Director: Mac Boucher

Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee "Made For Now"
Director: Dave Meyers

King Krule "Biscuit Town"
Director: cc Wade

Kurt Vile "Loading Zones"
Director: Drew Saracco

Mura Masa x NAO "Complicated"
Director: Yoni Lappin

Neko Case x Mark Lanegan "Curse Of The I-5 Corridor"
Director: Xan Aranda

Neneh Cherry "Kong"
Director: Jenn Nkiru

Nicki Minaj "Ganja Burn"
Directors: Mert Alas x Marcus Piggott

Robyn "Missing U"
Director: Danilo Parra

Roses Gabor x Sampha "Illusions"
Director: Sophie Jones

Suede "Life Is Golden"
Director: Mike Christie

Travis Scott "Stop Trying To Be God"
Director: Dave Meyers