Wet Thud's Top 50 Videos of 2018

You've already seen the best songs and the best albums and EPs lists. This week, Wet Thud takes a look back at our fifty favourite video clips of 2018. This year's choices range from effects-laden, big budget productions to a lovingly edited home video of some legendary rehearsal footage. Plus, there's guest appearances from everybody from Weird Al to Sissy Spacek along the way. Dig in. Find a YouTube playlist of the entire Top 50 following number one below.

050. Chvrches "Miracle" (Glassnote)
Director: Warren Fu

049. Beck "Fix Me" (Fonograf/Capitol)
Director: Brook Linder

048. Childish Gambino "Feels Like Summer" (Liberation)
Directors: Donald Glover x Ivan Dixon x Greg Sharp

047. Flasher "Material" (Domino)
Director: Nick Roney

046. Kacey Musgraves "High Horse" (MCA Nashville)
Director: Hannah Lux Davis

045. Aphex Twin "T69 Collapse" (Warp)
Director: Weirdcore

044. Weezer "Africa" (Atlantic)
Directors: Brendan Walter x Jade Ehlers

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

042. The Internet "Come Over" (Columbia)
Director: Syd

041. Janelle Monáe "I Like That" (Bad Boy)
Director: Lacey Duke

040. SZA "Broken Clocks" (Top Dawg)
Directors: SZA x Dave Free

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

038. Tune-Yards "Heart Attack" (4AD)
Director: Mimi Cave

037. Janelle Monáe "Make Me Feel" (Bad Boy)
Director: Alan Ferguson

036. A Tribe Called Quest "The Space Program" (Epic)
Director: Warren Fu

035. SSION x Ariel Pink "At Least The Sky Is Blue" (DERO Arcade)
Director: Cody Critcheloe

034. Prince "Nothing Compares 2 U" (NPG)
Directors: Andrea Gelardin x Ruth Hogben

033. Kali Uchis x Tyler, the Creator x Bootsy Collins "After The Storm" (Rinse/Virgin)
Director: Nadia Lee Cohen

032. Charlotte Gainsbourg "Sylvia Says" (Because)
Director: Nathalie Canguilhem

031. Kelela "Frontline" (Warp)
Directors: Kelela x Mischa Notcutt x Claudia Matè

030. Ariana Grande "no tears left to cry" (Republic)
Director: Dave Meyers

029. Drake "Nice For What" (Young Money/Cash Money)
Director: Karena Evans

028. Troye Sivan "Bloom" (EMI Australia)
Director: Bardia Zeinali

027. Riz MC "Mogambo" (Customs)
Director: Bassam Tariq

026. Helena Deland "Claudion" (Chivi Chivi)
Director: Bronwyn Ford

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Wet Thud's Top 100 Songs of 2018 (Page 3: #50 - #26)

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050. Suede "Life Is Golden" (Warner UK)

049. Kacey Musgraves "High Horse" (MCA Nashville)

048. Spiritualized "A Perfect Miracle" (Fat Possum)

047. Natalie Prass "Short Court Style" (ATO)

046. U.S. Girls "Pearly Gates" (Royal Mountain)

045. Laura Jean "Girls On The TV" (Chapter)

044. Kanye West x PARTYNEXTDOOR "Ghost Town" (GOOD)

043. Carly Rae Jepsen "Party For One" (604)

042. G Flip "About You" (self-released)

041. MØ x Diplo "Sun In Our Eyes" (Sony UK)

040. Phosphorescent "New Birth In New England" (Dead Oceans)

039. Courtney Barnett "Nameless, Faceless" (Milk!)

038. Helena Deland "Claudion" (Chivi Chivi)

037. MorMor "Waiting On The Warmth" (Don't Guess)

036. Ssion x Ariel Pink "At Least The Sky Is Blue" (self-released)

035. Ariana Grande "thank u, next" (Republic)

034. The Carters "APESHIT" (Roc Nation/Parkwood)

033. MGMT "Me And Michael" (Columbia)

032. Frank Ocean "Moon River" (Blonded)

031. Roses Gabor x Sampha "Illusions" (AllPoints)

030. Kamasi Washington "Street Fighter Mas" (Young Turks)

029. James Blake "If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead" (Polydor)

028. Stella Donnelly "Mechanical Bull" (Secretly Canadian)

027. Yuno "No Going Back" (Sub Pop)

026. St. Vincent "Fast Slow Disco" (Loma Vista)

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October 2018 Recap

#ALBUMS

ART D'ECCO / KURT VILE / NAO / NENEH CHERRY / ROBYN

#SONGS

CASS MCCOMBS / COURTNEY BARNETT / FRIENDLY FIRES / JESSIE WARE / MAXWELL / MOONFACE / MR. TWIN SISTER / SAMPHA / SWERVEDRIVER / TROYE SIVAN X JÓNSI

#VIDEOS

THE 1975 / ANDERSON .PAAK X KENDRICK LAMAR / BLOOD ORANGE X A$AP ROCKY X PROJECT PAT / CHARLI XCX X TROYE SIVAN / DEERHUNTER / EMPRESS OF / HELENA DELAND / JAMILA WOODS / JAY ROCK X KENDRICK LAMAR / KALI UCHIS / KAMASI WASHINGTON / MICK JENKINS / RHYE / RIZ MC / SHARON VAN ETTEN / THE SMASHING PUMPKINS / ST. VINCENT / THEOPHILUS LONDON X TAME IMPALA / TORO Y MOI / TRAVIS SCOTT X DRAKE

A rough guide to the best new album, songs, and videos you may have missed out on during October 2018:

#ALBUMS

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Art D'Ecco Trespasser (Paper Bag)

Includes: "Nobody's Home", "Never Tell", "Who Is It Now?", "Mary"

Kurt Vile Bottle It In (Matador)

Includes: "Loading Zones", "Bassackwards", "One Trick Ponies"

Nao Saturn (Little Tokyo/Sony UK/RCA)

Includes: "Another Lifetime", "Make It Out Alive" f. SiR, "Drive And Disconnect", "Curiosity"

Neneh Cherry Broken Politics (Smalltown Supersound)

Includes: "Kong", "Shot Gun Shack"

Robyn Honey (Konichiwa/Interscope)

Includes: "Missing U", "Honey", "Ever Again"

#SONGS

Cass McCombs "Sleeping Volcanoes" (Anti-)

Courtney Barnett "Small Talk" (Marathon/Mom+Pop)

Friendly Fires "Heaven Let Me In" (Polydor)

Jessie Ware "Overtime" (PMR/Virgin EMI)

Maxwell "Shame" (Columbia)

Moonface "Walk The Circle In The Other Direction" (Jagjaguwar)

Mr. Twin Sister "Tops And Bottoms" (Twin Group)

Sampha "Treasure" (Amazon)

Swervedriver "Mary Winter" (Dangerbird)

Troye Sivan x Jónsi "Revelation" (Back Lot)

#VIDEOS

The 1975 "Love It If We Made It"

Director: Adam Powell

Anderson .Paak x Kendrick Lamar "Tints"

Director: Colin Tilley

Blood Orange x A$AP Rocky x Project Pat "Chewing Gum"

Director: Devonté Hynes

Charli XCX x Troye Sivan "1999"

Directors: Ryan Staake x Charli XCX

Deerhunter "Death In Midsummer"

Director: Alan Smithee

Empress Of "I Don't Even Smoke Weed"

Director: Empress Of

Helena Deland "Claudion"

Director: Bronwyn Ford

Jamila Woods "Giovanni"

Directors: Vincent Martell x Jamila Woods

Jay Rock x Kendrick Lamar "Wow Freestyle"

Director: Jack Begert

Kali Uchis "Just A Stranger"

Director: BRTHR

Kamasi Washington "Hub-Tones"

Director: Jenn Nkiru

Mick Jenkins "Understood"

Director: Nick Walker

Rhye "Waste (RY X Remix)"

Director: Geneviève Medow Jenkins

Riz MC "Mogambo"

Director: Bassam Tariq

Sharon Van Etten "Comeback Kid"

Director: Jonathan William Turner

The Smashing Pumpkins "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"

Director: Billy Corgan

St. Vincent "Savior (Piano Version)"

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait

Theophilus London x Tame Impala "Only You"

Director: Frankie Latina

Toro Y Moi "Freelance"

Director: Harry Israelson

Travis Scott x Drake "Sicko Mode"

Director: Dave Meyers x Travis Scott