The month of May was a blockbuster month for new releases. In fact, there were so many great releases that it took us longer to listen to them all and sort them out. This playlist features dozens and dozens of lead singles from new albums officially dropped during May – so if you missed any top releases from signed indie artists and bands, you’ll find them below, including Best Coast, Mumford & Sons, King Tuff with Ty Seagall, Crocodiles, The Tallest Man on Earth, Hot Chip, Thee Oh Sees, The Vaccines, Patrick Watson, The Barr Brothers, Palma Violets, Grave With No Name, The Holydrug Couple, Michael Rault, Mac McCaughan, Coliseum, Millencolin, Giant Sand, Novells, Braids and many others.
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“California Nights” – Best Coast from California Nights on Harvest / Virgin EMI
“Believe” – Mumford & Sons from Wilder Mind on Glassnote
“Web” – Thee Oh Sees from Mutilator Defeated at Last on Castle Face
“Sagres” – The Tallest Man on Earth from Dark Bird Is Home on Dead Oceans Records
“Burn Card” – The Barr Brothers from Alta Falls EP on Secret City Records
“Alligator Years” – Twinsmith from Alligator Years on Saddle Creek Records
“Queen Lullabye” – King Tuff/Ty Segall from Live at Pickathon on Easy Sound Recording Company
“Crybaby Demon” – Crocodiles from Boys on Zoo Music
“Need You Now” – Hot Chip from Why Make Sense? on Domino
“First Light” – Django Django from Born Under Saturn on Ribbon Records
“Multi-Love” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra from Multi-Love on Jagjaguwar
“Witness” – Mew from +/- on PIAS
“Machines” – Modestep from London Road on INgrooves
“Dream Lover” – The Vaccines from English Graffiti on Columbia
“Miniskirt” Braids from Deep in the Iris on Arbutus Records
“Love Songs For Robots” – Patrick Watson from Love Songs for Robots on Domino / Secret City Records
“I Will Ride A Horse” – Grave with No Name from Feathers Wet, Under the Moon on Lefse Records
“Lost Again” – Mac McCaughan from Non-Believers on Merge
“I Wanna Go Fast” – Warm Soda from Symbolic Dream on Castle Face
“Danger In The Club” – Palma Violets from Danger in the Club on Rough Trade
“Invisible Ways” – Tanlines from Highlights on True Panther Sounds
“I’m Not Like Everybody Else” (Kinks Cover) – The Chocolate Watchband from I’m Not Like Everybody Else reissue on Cleopatra / Purple Pyramid
“I’m Not Like Everybody Else” (Original, 1968) – The Kinks
“Nature” – Valet from from Nature on Kranky
“Re Run Home” – Kamasi Washington from The Epic on Brainfeeder
“ii) Gold” – Mikal Cronin from MCIII on Merge
“Let Me Love You” – Gacha from Send Two Sunsets on R&S
“Do What You Want” – Guantanamo Baywatch from Darling… It’s Too Late on Suicide Squeeze
“History” – Crushed Beaks from Scatter on Matilda/Moshi Moshi
“Streetcar Love” – White Eyes from White Eyes on Numero
“Upward Mobility” – The Helio Sequence from The Helio Sequence on Sub Pop
“Acetate” – METZ from II on Sub Pop
“Hurtin’ Habit” – Giant Sand from Heartbreak Pass on New West
“Arcana” – Death and Vanilla from To Where the Wild Things Are on Fire Records
“Won’t You Cross Over To That Other Shore” – Daniel Bachman from River on Three Lobed Recordings
“Infrared” – Prefuse 73 (feat. Sam Dew) from Rivington Não Rio on Temporary Residence
“Holiday” – Hard Left from We Are Hard Left on Future Perfect
“Ein Li Makom” – Vaadat Charigim from Sinking as a Stone on Burger Records
“All This Wandering Around” – Ivan & Alyosha from It’s All Just Pretend on Dualtone Music
“Suckcess” – Michael Rault from Living Daylight on Burger Records
“Sunlight In A Snowstorm” – Coliseum from Anxiety’s Kiss on Deathwish Inc
“Sense & Sensibility” – Millencolin from True Brew on Epitaph
“Most In The Summertime” – Rhett Miller from The Traveler on ATO
“Full Circle” – George FitzGerald (feat. Boxed In) from Fading Love on Domino / Double Six
“Actions” – Turn to Crime from Actions on Mugg & Bopp
“Sentences” – Novella from Land on Sinderlyn
“Baby, I’m Going Away” – The Holydrug Couple from Moonlust on Sacred Bones
“Full House” – Nick Catchdubs (feat. Troy Ave & Heems) from Smoke Machine on Fool’s Gold
“Sirens” – The Weepies from Sirens on Nettwerk