2019 Fourth Quarter Recap

THE 1975 / ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD / ANGEL OLSEN / BECK / BIG FREEDIA / BILLIE EILISH / BON IVER / CARIBOU / COLDPLAY / DANNY BROWN / DESTROYER / DIIV / DRAKE / EARL SWEATSHIRT / EMPRESS OF / FKA TWIGS / GUCCI MANE / HAIM / HARRY STYLES / ICONA POP / J BALVIN / JAMES BLAKE / JESSIE REYEZ / KAYTRANADA / KITO / LANA DEL REY / LIZZO / MEGAN THEE STALLION / MIGUEL / THE NATIONAL / NEON INDIAN / NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS / NILÜFER YANYA / PORCHES / SOCCER MOMMY / STELLA DONNELLY / TAME IMPALA / TRAVIS SCOTT / TYLER, THE CREATOR / VAGABON / THE WEEKND / WILCO

Most of our favourites from the final quarter of 2019 have already been covered in our year-end lists, but in the interest of consistency (and satisfying our completist nature), here are ten albums, ten standalone tracks, and twenty music videos that tickled the fancy of Wet Thud during the year's closing months.





# ALBUMS

Angel Olsen All Mirrors (Jagjaguwar)

includes: "All Mirrors," "Lark," "New Love Cassette"

Beck Hyperspace (Fonograf)

includes: "Uneventful Days," "Hyperlife," "Dark Places," "Everlasting Nothing"

Coldplay Everyday Life (Parlophone)

includes: "Orphans," "Arabesque," "Everyday Life," "Champion Of The World," "Daddy"

Danny Brown uknowhatimsayin¿ (Warp)

includes: "Dirty Laundry," "Best Life," "3 Tearz" f. Run The Jewels, "Negro Spiritual" f. JPEGMAFIA

DIIV Deceiver (Captured Tracks)

includes: "Skin Game," "Taker," "Blankenship," "Horsehead"

FKA twigs MAGDALENE (Young Turks)

includes: "cellophane," "holy terrain" f. Future, "home with you," "sad day"

Harry Styles Fine Line (Erskine/Columbia)

includes: "Lights Up," "Watermelon Sugar," "Adore You"

KAYTRANADA BUBBA (self-released)

includes: "10%" f. Kali Uchis, "What You Need" f. Charlotte Day Wilson, "Oh No" f. Estelle, "Freefall" f. Durand Bernarr, "2 The Music" f. Iman Omari, "Vex Oh" f. GoldLink, Eight9fly and Ari PenSmith, "The Worst In Me" f. Tinashe, "Need It" f. Masego, "Culture" f. Teedra Moses

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Ghosteen (self-released)

includes: "Galleon Ship," "Spinning Song"

Vagabon Vagabon (Nonesuch)

includes: "Every Woman," "Water Me Down," "Flood"

#SONGS

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead "Don't Look Down" (Dine Alone)



Caribou "Home" (Merge)



Destroyer "Crimson Tide" (Merge)



Earl Sweatshirt "EAST" (Tan Cressida/Warner)



Gucci Mane f. Megan Thee Stallion "Big Booty" (Atlantic)



Kito f. Empress Of "Wild Girl" (UMG)



Miguel "Funeral" (ByStorm/RCA)



Porches "rangerover" (Domino)



Tame Impala "It Might Be Time" (Modular)



Tyler, the Creator "EARFQUAKE [Channel Tres remix]" (Columbia)






#VIDEOS

The 1975 "Frail State Of Mind" (Dirty Hit/Polydor)
Directors: Matty Healy, Patricia Villirillo & Mara Palena

Big Freedia f. Icona Pop "Louder" (East West)

Billie Eilish "xanny" (Darkroom/Interscope)
Director: Billie Eilish

Bon Iver "Naeem" (Jagjaguwar)
Director: AG Rojas

Drake "War" (OVO Sound)
Director: Theo Skudra

HAIM "Hallelujah" (Columbia)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

J Balvin "Blanco" (UMG)
Director: Colin Tilley

James Blake "I'll Come Too" (Polydor)
Director: Matt Meech

Jessie Reyez "Far Away" (FMLY)
Director: Peter Huang

Lana Del Rey "Norman Fucking Rockwell" (Universal)
Director: Chuck Grant

Lizzo "Good As Hell" (Nice Life/Atlantic)
Director: Alan Ferguson

The National "Hey Rosey" (4AD)
Director: Mike Mills

Neon Indian "Toyota Man" (Mom+Pop)
Director: Alan Palomo

Nilüfer Yanya "H34T RISES" (ATO)
Director: Molly Daniel

Soccer Mommy "yellow is the color of her eyes" (Loma Vista)
Director: Alex Ross Perry

Stella Donnelly "Season's Greetings" (Secretly Canadian)
Director: Nick Mckk

Travis Scott "HIGHEST IN THE ROOM" (Epic)
Directors: Dave Meyers & Travis Scott

Tyler, the Creator "I THINK" (Columbia)
Director: Wolf Haley

The Weeknd "Heartless" (Republic)
Director: Anton Tammi

Wilco "Before Us" (dBpm)
Director: Zoran Orlic

2019 Second Quarter Recap

Below, find Wet Thud's picks for the best albums, songs, and videos released throughout April, May, and June of this year. Three months of releases whittled down to just ten full-length records, fifteen standalone singles, and fifteen music videos for your perusal, including new music from:

AMBER MARK / BAT FOR LASHES / BEYONCÉ / BILLIE EILISH / BILLY RAY CYRUS / BJÖRK / CARLY RAE JEPSEN / CAROLINE POLACHEK / CHANNEL TRES / CHARLES BRADLEY / CHARLI XCX / CHARLY BLISS / CLAIRO / DEVON WELSH / FKA TWIGS / GESAFFELSTEIN / HATCHIE / HOT CHIP / JAI PAUL / JAMES BLAKE / KACEY MUSGRAVES / KAYTRANADA / KYGO / LIL NAS X / LIZZO / LUCY DACUS / MADONNA / MALUMA / MAXO KREAM / MEGAN THEE STALLION / THE NATIONAL / NICKI MINAJ / PHANTOGRAM / PHARRELL WILLIAMS / PUP / ROBYN / RÓISÍN MURPHY / ROSALÍA / SHURA / SLEATER-KINNEY / TAME IMPALA / VAMPIRE WEEKEND / VANJESS / WEYES BLOOD / WHITNEY HOUSTON

Dig in. There's plenty to digest.





ALBUMS

Beyoncé Homecoming (Parkwood/Columbia)

Includes: “Before I Let Go”

Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated (604)

Includes: “No Drug Like Me,” “Now That I Found You,” “Too Much,” “Julien,” “Want You In My Room”

Charly Bliss Young Enough (Barsuk)

Includes: “Capacity,” “Chatroom,” “Hard To Believe”

Hatchie Keepsake (Ivy League)

Includes: “Without A Blush,” “Stay With Me,” “Obsessed,” “Her Own Heart”

Hot Chip A Bath Full Of Ecstasy (Domino)

Includes: “Hungry Child,” “Melody Of Love,” “Spell”

Lizzo Because I Love You (Nice Life/Atlantic)

Includes: “Cuz I Love You,” “Juice,” “Soulmate,” “Jerome,” “Tempo” [f. Missy Elliott]

The National I Am Easy To Find (4AD)

Includes: “You Had Your Soul With You,” “Rylan,” “Light Years,” “Hairpin Turns”

PUP Morbid Stuff (Little Dipper)

Includes: “Kids,” “Free At Last,” “Morbid Stuff,” “Sibling Rivalry”

Vampire Weekend Father Of The Bride (Sony)

Includes: “Harmony Hall,” “This Life,” “Sunflower” [f. Steve Lacy], “Big Blue,” “Unbearably White,” “Sympathy”

Weyes Blood Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)

Includes: “Andromeda,” “Everyday,” “Movies”

SONGS

Amber Mark “Mixer” (Jasmine/PMR)

Bat For Lashes “Kids In The Dark” (AWAL)

Charles Bradley “Lucifer” (Innit)

Clairo “Bags” (FADER)

Devon Welsh “Faces” (You Are Accepted)

Jai Paul “He” (XL)

KAYTRANADA x VanJess “DYSFUNCTIONAL” (self-released)

Kygo x Whitney Houston “Higher Love” (RCA)

Lucy Dacus “Forever Half Mast” (Matador)

Maxo Kream x Megan Thee Stallion “She Live” (RCA)

Phantogram “Into Happiness” (Republic)

Róisín Murphy “Incapable” (Mickey Murphy’s Daughter/Loaded)

Shura “religion (u can lay your hands on me)” (Secretly Canadian)

Sleater-Kinney “Hurry On Home” (Mom+Pop)

Tame Impala “Borderline” (Modular)

VIDEOS

Billie Eilish “bad guy” (Darkroom/Interscope)

Director: Dave Meyers

Björk “Tabula Rasa” (One Little Indian)

Director: Tobias Gremmler

Caroline Polachek “Door” (Columbia)

Directors: Caroline Polachek x Matt Copson

Channel Tres “Sexy Black Timberlake” (GODMODE)

Director: Goodwin

Charli XCX x Lizzo “Blame It On Your Love” (Asylum UK)

Directors: Bradley & Pablo

FKA twigs “Cellophane” (Young Turks)

Director: Andrew Thomas Huang

Gesaffelstein x Pharrell Williams “Blast Off” (Columbia)

Director: Warren Fu

James Blake x Rosalía “Barefoot In The Park” (Polydor)

Directors: Diana Kunst x Mau Morgó

Kacey Musgaves “Oh, What A World” (MCA Nashville)

Director: TRIPPYOGI

Lil Nas X x Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road [Remix]” (Columbia)

Director: Calmatic

Madonna x Maluma “Medellín” (Boy Toy/Live Nation/Interscope)

Directors: Diana Kunst x Mau Morgó

Madonna “Dark Ballet” (Boy Toy/Live Nation/Interscope)

Director: Emmanuel Adjei

Madonna “God Control” (Boy Toy/Live Nation/Interscope)

Director: Jonas Åkerlund

Nicki Minaj “MEGATRON” (Young Money/Cash Money)

Director: Mike Ho

Robyn “Ever Again” (Konichiwa/Interscope)

Director: Colin Solal Cardo