September 2018 Recap

#ALBUMS

APHEX TWIN / CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS / LOW / NONAME / SUEDE

#SONGS

THE 1975 / ADRIANNE LENKER / BADBADNOTGOOD X LITTLE DRAGON / CHARLY BLISS / THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS / GALLANT X SUFJAN STEVENS X REBECCA SUGAR / HEALTH X SOCCER MOMMY / KELE OKEREKE / MARIANNE FAITHFULL X NICK CAVE / MATTHEW DEAR X TEGAN AND SARA / PETITE NOIR X DANNY BROWN X NUKUBI NUKUBI / ROBYN / THE SMASHING PUMPKINS / WEEZER / WESTERMAN / YAEJI / YELLOW DAYS

#VIDEOS

ARCADE FIRE / CAT POWER / CHILDISH GAMBINO / GORILLAZ / JEFF TWEEDY / LANA DEL REY / LCD SOUNDSYSTEM / PRINCE / THOM YORKE / WEEZER / YOUNG GALAXY





The first of October means it's time to take a look back at the best new albums, songs, and videos to have graced us during the month of September. Dig in.

#ALBUMS

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Suede The Blue Hour (Warner UK)

Standouts: "Life Is Golden", "Flytipping", "The Invisibles", "Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You"

Aphex Twin Collapse EP (Warp)

Standouts: "T69 Collapse"

Christine and the Queens Chris (Because)

Standouts: "Doesn't Matter", "5 Dollars"

Low Double Negative (Sub Pop)

Standouts: "Disarray", "Quorum", "Dancing And Blood", "Fly"

Noname Room 25 (self-released)

Standouts: "Ace" f. Smino x Saba

#SONGS

The 1975 "Sincerity Is Scary" (Dirty Hit/Polydor)


Adrianne Lenker "symbol" (Saddle Creek)


BADBADNOTGOOD x Little Dragon "Tried" (self-released)


Charly Bliss "Heaven" (Barsuk)


Gallant x Sufjan Stevens x Rebecca Sugar "TOOGOODTOBETRUE" (Mind Of A Genius/Warner)


HEALTH x Soccer Mommy "MASS GRAVE" (Loma Vista)


Kele Okereke "Not The Drugs Talking" (Leave To Remain)


Marianne Faithfull x Nick Cave "The Gypsy Faerie Queen" (Panta Rei)


Matthew Dear x Tegan And Sara "Horses" (Ghostly International)


Petite Noir x Danny Brown x Nukubi Nukubi "Beach" (Roya)


Robyn "Honey" (Konichiwa/Interscope)


The Smashing Pumpkins "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)" (Napalm Records Handels GmbH)


Weezer "California Snow" (Crush/Atlantic)


Westerman "Albatross" (Blue Flowers)


Yaeji "One More" (self-released)


Yellow Days "How Can I Love You?" (Sony UK)




#VIDEOS

Arcade Fire "Peter Pan"
Director: Storm Saultner

Cat Power "Stay"
Director: Greg Hunt

Childish Gambino "Feels Like Summer"
Directors: Donald Glover, Ivan Dixon, and Greg Sharp

Gorillaz "Tranz"
Directors: Jamie Hewlett and Nicos Livesey

Jeff Tweedy "Some Birds"
Director: Seth Henrikson

Lana Del Rey "Venice Bitch"

LCD Soundsystem "oh baby"
Director: Rian Johnson

Prince "Mary Don't You Weep"
Director: Salomon Ligthelm

Thom Yorke "Suspirium"
Director: RUFFMERCY

Weezer "Africa"
Directors: Brendan Walter and Jade Ehlers

Young Galaxy "Future"
Director: Hotel Sport