2019 Third Quarter Recap

As we enter the final quarter of 2019, Wet Thud pauses to acknowledge our favourite releases issued over the last fourth of the year. Here, gathered for you, are the ten albums, fifteen tracks, and fifteen videos we dug most during our musical scavenging throughout July, August, and September, including selections from: 

A.G. COOK / ALESSIA CARA / ANDERSON .PAAK / ANGEL OLSEN / BAT FOR LASHES / BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / BEYONCÉ / BOYS NOISE / BROKEN BELLS / CAMILA CABELLO / CARLY RAE JEPSEN / CAROLINE POLACHEK / CHARLI XCX / CHANCE THE RAPPER / CHANNEL TRES / CLAIRO / DIIV / DJ SHADOW / DRAM / GALCHER LUSTWERK / GRIMES / GRYFFIN / H.E.R. / HAIM / HOLY FUCK / J. COLE / JENNY HVAL / JIA LIH / JPEGMAFIA / LANA DEL REY / LIZZO / MISSY ELLIOTT / NORMANI / PRINCESS NOKIA / RIC WILSON / ROSALÍA / SAM SMITH / SAM VEREN / SEBASTIAN / SKRILLEX / SLEATER-KINNEY / TAYLOR SWIFT / TRAVIS SCOTT / TY DOLLA $IGN / VAGABON / VELVET NEGRONI / VIVIAN GIRLS / WATT / YBN CORDAE / YOUNG THUG / THE 1975

Dig in...




#ALBUMS

Bat For Lashes Lost Girls (AWAL)

includes: "Kids In The Dark", "Feel For You", "The Hunger", "Jasmine", "Desert Man"

Beyoncé The Lion King: The Gift (Parkwood/Columbia)

includes: "Spirit", "Brown Skin Girl" f. SAINt JHN x WizKid x Blue Ivy, "Mood 4 Eva" f. Oumou Sangaré x Jay-Z x Childish Gambino

Charli XCX Charli (Asylum UK)

includes: "1999" f. Troye Sivan, "Blame It On Your Love" f. Lizzo, "Gone" f. Christine and the Queens, "Cross You Out" f. Sky Ferreira, "Warm" f. HAIM, "February 2017" f. Clairo x Yaeji, "2099" f. Troye Sivan

Chance the Rapper The Big Day (self-released)

includes: "Ballin Flossin" f. Shawn Mendes, "Do You Remember" f. Death Cab For Cutie, "Eternal" f. Smino

Clairo Immunity (FADER)

includes: "Bags", "Closer To You", "Sofia"

Jenny Hval The Practice of Love (Sacred Bones)

includes: "Ashes To Ashes", "High Alice", "Accident" f. Laura Jean

Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Interscope)

includes: "Mariners Apartment Complex", "Venice Bitch", "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it", "Doin' Time", "Fuck It I Love You", "The Greatest"

Sleater-Kinney The Center Won't Hold (Mom+Pop)

includes: "Hurry On Home", "The Future Is Here", "The Center Won't Hold", "Can I Go On"

Taylor Swift Lover (self-released)

includes: "ME!" f. Brendon Urie, "You Need To Calm Down", "The Archer", "Lover"

Vivian Girls Memory (Polyvinyl)

includes: "Sick", "Something To Do", "Sludge"

#SONGS

A.G. Cook "Lifeline" (PC Music)


Alessia Cara "Ready" (Def Jam)


Belle and Sebastian "Sister Buddha" (Matador)


Broken Bells "Good Luck" (30th Century/Aural Apothecary/AWAL)


Camila Cabello "Liar" (Simco/Epic)


Channel Tres x JPEGMAFIA "Black Moses" (GODMODE)


DIIV "Skin Game" (Captured Tracks)


DJ Shadow "Rosie" (Mass Appeal/Reconstruction)


DRAM x H.E.R. x WATT "The Lay Down" (Empire/Atlantic)


Galcher Lustwerk "Cig Angel" (Ghostly)


Gryffin x Carly Rae Jepsen "OMG" (Darkroom/Geffen)


Holy Fuck "Luxe" (Last Gang)


Normani "Motivation" (Keep Cool/RCA)


Skrillex x Boys Noise x Ty Dolla $ign "Midnight Hour" (OWSLA/Atlantic)


YBN Cordae x Anderson .Paak "RNP" (Atlantic)






#VIDEOS

Angel Olsen "All Mirrors" (Jagjaguwar)
Director: Ashley Connor

Angel Olsen "Lark" (Jagjaguwar)
Director: Ashley Connor

Carly Rae Jepsen "Want You In My Room" (604)
Director: Andrew Donoho

Caroline Polachek "Ocean Of Tears" (Columbia)
Directors: Caroline Polachek x Matt Copson

Grimes "Violence" (Crystal Math)
Director: Grimes

HAIM "Summer Girl" (Columbia)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Lizzo x Missy Elliott "Tempo" (Nice Life/Atlantic)
Director: Andy Hines

Princess Nokia "Sugar Honey Iced Tea" (self-released)
Director: Emma Westenberg

Ric Wilson x Jia Lih x Sam Veren "Yellowbrick" (self-released)
Directors: Eddie & Mauricio

Rosalía "Fucking Money Man" (Columbia)
Director: Bàrbara Farré

Sam Smith "How Do You Sleep?" (Capitol UK)
Director: Grant Singer

SebastiAn "Beograd" (Ed Banger/Because)
Director: So Me

Vagabon "Water Me Down" (Nonesuch)
Director: Maegan Houang

Velvet Negroni "KURT KOBAIN" (4AD)
Director: Kron

Young Thug x J. Cole x Travis Scott "The London" (300/Atlantic)

The 1975 "People" (Dirty Hit/Polydor)
Directors: Matthew Healy x Warren Fu x Ben Ditto

Top 100 Songs of the Decade (2010 - 2019)

Following our survey of Wet Thud's Top 50 Albums of the Decade comes our list of the Top 100 Songs from those same ten years.

Throughout, find Apple Music and Spotify links to sample each entry. Find a Spotify playlist of the entire Top 100 following number one.


#100.
Belle and Sebastian
"The Party Line"
(Matador, 2014)

#099.
Phoenix
"Trying To Be Cool"
(Loyauté, 2013)

#098.
FAUX
"Take Back Time"
(One Two Many, 2017)

#097.
Young Thug f. J. Cole & Travis Scott
"The London"
(300/Atlantic, 2019)

#096.
Miley Cyrus
"We Can't Stop"
(RCA, 2013)

#095.
Robyn
"Call Your Girlfriend"
(Konichiwa, 2010)

#094.
Sky Ferreira
"You're Not The One"
(Capitol, 2013)

#093.
Major Lazer f. Amber Coffman
"Get Free"
(Mad Decent, 2012)

#092.
Calvin Harris f. Frank Ocean & Migos
"Slide"
(Sony UK, 2017)

#091.
Jessy Lanza
"It Means I Love You"
(Hyperdub, 2016)

#090.
Nicki Minaj
"Starships"
(Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic, 2011)

#089.
Amen Dunes
"Blue Rose"
(Sacred Bones, 2018)

#088.
Jamie XX f. Young Thug & Popcaan
"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"
(Young Turks, 2015)

#087.
Beyoncé
"Before I Let Go"
(Parkwood/Columbia, 2019)

#086.
Tamaryn
"Cranekiss"
(Mexican Summer, 2015)

#085.
FKA twigs
"Two Weeks"
(Young Turks, 2014)

#084.
Sampha
"Blood On Me"
(Young Turks, 2016)

#083.
James Blake
"Limit To Your Love"
(R&S, 2010)

#082.
Lana Del Rey
"Born To Die"
(Polydor/Interscope, 2011)

#081.
The Black Keys
"Lonely Boy"
(Nonesuch, 2011)

#080.
Justin Timberlake
"Mirrors"
(RCA, 2013)

#079.
Disclosure f. London Grammar
"Help Me Lose My Mind"
(PMR/Island, 2013)

#078.
Art d'Ecco
"Nobody's Home"
(Paper Bag, 2018)

#077.
St. Vincent
"Birth In Reverse"
(Loma Vista, 2014)

#076.
Better Oblivion Community Center
"Dylan Thomas"
(Dead Oceans, 2019)

#075.
A$AP Rocky f. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
"Fuckin' Problems"
(Polo Grounds/RCA, 2012)

#074.
Troye Sivan
"The Good Side"
(EMI Australia, 2018)

#073.
Beach House
"Myth"
(Sub Pop, 2012)

#072.
Radiohead
"Burn The Witch"
(XL, 2016)

#071.
Rihanna f. Drake
"Work"
(Westbury Road/Roc Nation, 2016)

#070.
The National
"Graceless"
(4AD, 2013)

#069.
The War On Drugs
"Red Eyes"
(Secretly Canadian, 2013)

#068.
Washed Out
"Amor Fati"
(Sub Pop, 2011)

#067.
Lizzo
"Boys"
(Nice Life/Atlantic, 2018)

#066.
Dominique 'Young' Unique
"War Talk"
(independent, 2010)

#065.
Normani
"Motivation"
(Keep Cool/RCA, 2019)

#064.
Girls
"Vomit"
(True Panther, 2011)

#063.
Sleater-Kinney
"Bury Our Friends"
(Sub Pop, 2014)

#062.
Solange
"Losing You"
(Terrible, 2012)

#061.
Adele
"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
(XL, 2015)

#060.
Justin Bieber
"Sorry"
(Def Jam, 2015)

#059.
Twin Shadow
"Five Seconds"
(4AD, 2012)

#058.
Future Islands
"Seasons (Waiting On You)"
(4AD, 2014)

#057.
PJ Harvey
"The Last Living Rose"
(Island, 2011)

#056.
Drake
"Hotline Bling"
(OVO Sound/Cash Money/Young Money/Republic, 2015)

#055.
Lizzo
"Juice"
(Nice Life/Atlantic, 2019)

#054.
The Weeknd f. Daft Punk
"I Feel It Coming"
(XO/Republic, 2016)

#053.
EMA
"California"
(Souterrain Transmissions, 2011)

#052.
Tame Impala
"The Less I Know The Better"
(Modular/Universal Australia, 2015)

#051.
Francis and the Lights f. Chance the Rapper
"May I Have This Dance [remix]"
(KTTF/GOOD, 2017)

#050.
CHVRCHES
"Leave A Trace"
(Glassnote, 2015)

#049.
Autre Ne Veut
"Play By Play"
(Software/Mexican Summer, 2013)

#048.
Drake f. Majid Jordan
"Hold On, We're Going Home"
(OVO Sound/Cash Money/Young Money/Republic, 2013)

#047.
LCD Soundsystem
"I Can Change"
(DFA, 2010)

#046.
Camila Cabello f. Young Thug
"Havana"
(Simco/Epic, 2017)

#045.
Santigold
"Disparate Youth"
(Downtown/Atlantic, 2012)

#044.
Lana Del Rey
"The Greatest"
(Interscope, 2019)

#043.
Hatchie
"Sugar And Spice"
(Ivy League, 2018)

#042.
Beyoncé f. Kendrick Lamar
"Freedom"
(Parkwood/Columbia, 2016)

#041.
Wild Nothing
"Chinatown"
(Captured Tracks, 2010)

#040.
J Balvin x Willy William f. Beyoncé
"Mi Gente [remix]"
(Scorpio, 2017)

#039.
Childish Gambino
"Redbone"
(Glassnote, 2016)

#038.
Janelle Monáe
"Make Me Feel"
(Wondaland/Bad Boy/Atlantic, 2018)

#037.
Alvvays
"Archie, Marry Me"
(Royal Mountain, 2014)

#036.
Kanye West
"Blood On The Leaves"
(Def Jam, 2013)

#035.
Car Seat Headrest
"Fill In The Blank"
(Matador, 2016)

#034.
SOPHIE
"BIPP"
(Numbers, 2013)

#033.
Leon Bridges
"River"
(Columbia, 2015)

#032.
Sharon Van Etten
"Seventeen"
(Jagjaguwar, 2019)

#031.
Grimes
"Kill v. Maim"
(Crystal Math/Nazgul, 2015)

#030.
Perfume Genius
"Hood"
(Matador, 2012)

#029.
Kendrick Lamar
"HUMBLE."
(Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope, 2017)

#028.
The XX
"Dangerous"
(Young Turks, 2017)

#027.
Shamir
"If It Wasn't True"
(Godmode, 2014)

#026.
Channel Tres
"Jet Black"
(Godmode, 2018)

#025.
Yeasayer
"Madder Red"
(Secretly Canadian, 2010)

#024.
Vampire Weekend
"Step"
(XL, 2013)

#023.
Anderson .Paak
"Come Down"
(ArtClub/Empire/OBE/Steel Wool, 2016)

#022.
The Weeknd
"Can't Feel My Face"
(XO/Republic, 2015)

#021.
Caribou
"Our Love"
(Merge, 2014)

#020.
Arcade Fire
"Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
(Merge, 2010)

#019.
Clairo
"Bags"
(Fader, 2019)

#018.
M83
"Midnight City"
(Naïve, 2011)

#017.
Frank Ocean
"Pyramids"
(Island Def Jam, 2012)

#016.
Grimes
"Oblivion"
(Arbutus, 2011)

#015.
Rihanna f. Calvin Harris
"We Found Love"
(Island Def Jam, 2011)

#014.
Jagwar Ma
"The Throw"
(Future Classic, 2013)

#013.
Ariana Grande
"Into You"
(Republic, 2016)

#012.
Sia
"Chandelier"
(Monkey Puzzle/Inertia, 2014)

#011.
Courtney Barnett
"Pedestrian At Best"
(Milk!/House Anxiety/Marathon, 2015)

#010.
Usher
"Climax"
(RCA, 2012)

#009.
Mitski
"Geyser"
(Dead Oceans, 2018)

#008.
Billie Eilish
"bad guy"
(Darkroom/Interscope, 2019)

#007.
Azealia Banks f. Lazy Jay
"212"
(independent, 2011)

#006.
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Cut To The Feeling"
(604, 2017)

#005.
Beyoncé
"Formation"
(Parkwood/Columbia, 2016)

#004.
Kanye West f. Pusha T
"Runaway"
(Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam, 2010)

#003.
Kendrick Lamar
"Swimming Pools (Drank)"
(Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope, 2012)

#002.
M.I.A.
"Bad Girls"
(Interscope, 2012)

#001.
Robyn
"Dancing On My Own"
(Konichiwa, 2010)

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###. Artist "Song Title" (Record Label, Release Date)

100. Belle and Sebastian "The Party Line" (Matador, 2014)
099. Phoenix "Trying To Be Cool" (Loyauté, 2013)
098. FAUX "Take Back Time" (One Two Many, 2017)
097. Young Thug f. J. Cole & Travis Scott "The London" (300/Atlantic, 2019)
096. Miley Cyrus "We Can't Stop" (RCA, 2013)
095. Robyn "Call Your Girlfriend" (Konichiwa, 2010)
094. Sky Ferreira "You're Not The One" (Capitol, 2013)
093. Major Lazer f. Amber Coffman "Get Free" (Mad Decent, 2012)
092. Calvin Harris f. Frank Ocean & Migos "Slide" (Sony UK, 2017)
091. Jessy Lanza "It Means I Love You" (Hyperdub, 2016)

090. Nicki Minaj "Starships" (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic, 2011)
089. Amen Dunes "Blue Rose" (Sacred Bones, 2018)
088. Jamie XX f. Young Thug & Popcaan "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" (Young Turks, 2015)
087. Beyoncé "Before I Let Go" (Parkwood/Columbia, 2019)
086. Tamaryn "Cranekiss" (Mexican Summer, 2015)
085. FKA twigs "Two Weeks" (Young Turks, 2014)
084. Sampha "Blood On Me" (Young Turks, 2016)
083. James Blake "Limit To Your Love" (R&S, 2010)
082. Lana Del Rey "Born To Die" (Polydor/Interscope, 2011)
081. The Black Keys "Lonely Boy" (Nonesuch, 2011)

080. Justin Timberlake "Mirrors" (RCA, 2013)
079. Disclosure f. London Grammar "Help Me Lose My Mind" (PMR/Island, 2013)
078. Art d'Ecco "Nobody's Home" (Paper Bag, 2018)
077. St. Vincent "Birth In Reverse" (Loma Vista, 2014)
076. Better Oblivion Community Center "Dylan Thomas" (Dead Oceans, 2019)
075. A$AP Rocky f. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar "Fuckin' Problems" (Polo Grounds/RCA, 2012)
074. Troye Sivan "The Good Side" (EMI Australia, 2018)
073. Beach House "Myth" (Sub Pop, 2012)
072. Radiohead "Burn The Witch" (XL, 2016)
071. Rihanna f. Drake "Work" (Westbury Road/Roc Nation, 2016)

070. The National "Graceless" (4AD, 2013)
069. The War On Drugs "Red Eyes" (Secretly Canadian, 2013)
068. Washed Out "Amor Fati" (Sub Pop, 2011)
067. Lizzo "Boys" (Nice Life/Atlantic, 2018)
066. Dominique 'Young' Unique "War Talk" (self-released, 2010)
065. Normani "Motivation" (Keep Cool/RCA, 2019)
064. Girls "Vomit" (True Panther, 2011)
063. Sleater-Kinney "Bury Our Friends" (Sub Pop, 2014)
062. Solange "Losing You" (Terrible, 2012)
061. Adele "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" (XL, 2015)

060. Justin Bieber "Sorry" (Def Jam, 2015)
059. Twin Shadow "Five Seconds" (4AD, 2012)
058. Future Islands "Seasons (Waiting On You)" (4AD, 2014)
057. PJ Harvey "The Last Living Rose" (Island, 2011)
056. Drake "Hotline Bling" (OVO Sound/Cash Money/Young Money/Republic, 2015)
055. Lizzo "Juice" (Nice Life/Atlantic, 2019)
054. The Weeknd f. Daft Punk "I Feel It Coming" (XO/Republic, 2016)
053. EMA "California" (Souterrain Transmissions, 2011)
052. Tame Impala "The Less I Know The Better" (Modular/Universal Australia, 2015)
051. Francis and the Lights f. Chance the Rapper "May I Have This Dance [remix]" (KTTF/GOOD, 2017)

050. CHVRCHES "Leave A Trace" (Glassnote, 2015)
049. Autre Ne Veut "Play By Play" (Software/Mexican Summer, 2013)
048. Drake f. Majid Jordan "Hold On, We're Going Home" (OVO Sound/Cash Money/Young Money/Republic, 2013)
047. LCD Soundsystem "I Can Change" (DFA, 2010)
046. Camila Cabello f. Young Thug "Havana" (Simco/Epic, 2017)
045. Santigold "Disparate Youth" (Downtown/Atlantic, 2012)
044. Lana Del Rey "The Greatest" (Interscope, 2019)
043. Hatchie "Sugar And Spice" (Ivy League, 2018)
042. Beyoncé f. Kendrick Lamar "Freedom" (Parkwood/Columbia, 2016)
041. Wild Nothing "Chinatown" (Captured Tracks, 2010)

040. J Balvin & Willy William f. Beyoncé "Mi Gente [remix]" (Scorpio, 2017)
039. Childish Gambino "Redbone" (Glassnote, 2016)
038. Janelle Monáe "Make Me Feel" (Wondaland/Bad Boy/Atlantic, 2018)
037. Alvvays "Archie, Marry Me" (Royal Mountain, 2014)
036. Kanye West "Blood On The Leaves" (Def Jam, 2013)
035. Car Seat Headrest "Fill In The Blank" (Matador, 2016)
034. SOPHIE "BIPP" (Numbers, 2013)
033. Leon Bridges "River" (Columbia, 2015)
032. Sharon Van Etten "Seventeen" (Jagjaguwar, 2019)
031. Grimes "Kill v. Maim" (Crystal Math/Nazgul, 2015)

030. Perfume Genius "Hood" (Matador, 2012)
029. Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE." (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope, 2017)
028. The XX "Dangerous" (Young Turks, 2017)
027. Shamir "If It Wasn't True" (Godmode, 2014)
026. Channel Tres "Jet Black" (Godmode, 2018)
025. Yeasayer "Madder Red" (Secretly Canadian, 2010)
024. Vampire Weekend "Step" (XL, 2013)
023. Anderson .Paak "Come Down" (ArtClub/Empire/OBE/Steel Wool, 2016)
022. The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face" (XO/Republic, 2015)
021. Caribou "Our Love" (Merge, 2014)

020. Arcade Fire "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" (Merge, 2010)
019. Clairo "Bags" (Fader, 2019)
018. M83 "Midnight City" (Naïve, 2011)
017. Frank Ocean "Pyramids" (Island Def Jam, 2012)
016. Grimes "Oblivion" (Arbutus, 2011)
015. Rihanna f. Calvin Harris "We Found Love" (Island Def Jam, 2011)
014. Jagwar Ma "The Throw" (Future Classic, 2013)
013. Ariana Grande "Into You" (Republic, 2016)
012. Sia "Chandelier" (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia, 2014)
011. Courtney Barnett "Pedestrian At Best" (Milk!/House Anxiety/Marathon, 2015)

010. Usher "Climax" (RCA, 2012)
009. Mitski "Geyser" (Dead Oceans, 2018)
008. Billie Eilish "bad guy" (Darkroom/Interscope, 2019)
007. Azealia Banks f. Lazy Jay "212" (self-released, 2011)
006. Carly Rae Jepsen "Cut To The Feeling" (604, 2017)
005. Beyoncé "Formation" (Parkwood/Columbia, 2016)
004. Kanye West f. Pusha T "Runaway" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam, 2010)
003. Kendrick Lamar "Swimming Pools (Drank)" (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope, 2012)
002. M.I.A. "Bad Girls" (Interscope, 2012)
001. Robyn "Dancing On My Own" (Konichiwa, 2010)