Nialler9’s favourite songs of the month, all in one place.
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The 20 best songs of May
- Baxter Dury; JGrrey – Allbarone
- For Those I Love – Of The Sorrows
- Turnstile – LOOK OUT FOR ME
- Stereolab – Melodie Is A Wound
- Sofia Kourtesis; Daphni – Unidos
- Getdown Services – Eat Quiche, Sleep, Repeat
- Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom
- Kean Kavanagh – A Cowboy Song
- Romance – We’ll Always Have Paris
- Smerz – Feisty
- Curtisy; hikii; shiv – Left, Right!
- billy woods; Despot; El-P – Corinthians
- Léa Sen – lvl 6 – VIDEO GAMES
- Laura Duff – Ramble
- Saoirse Miller – All This Time
- Sophia Kennedy – Imaginary Friend
- Erika de Casier – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
- Gelli Haha – Spit
- Mhaol – 1 800-Call-Me-Back
- MIKE; Tony Seltzer – #71
- Lael Neale – Tell Me How To Be Here
- Fiona Apple – Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)
- CMAT – ‘Take A Sexy Picture Of Me’
- Poor Creature – Adieu Lovely Erin
- Roosevelt – Automatic – Midnight Version
- Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Maria También
- Błoto – Maczużnik
- Kae Tempest – Know Yourself
- Elaine Howley – Hold Me In A New Way
- Little Simz – Young
Every week, the Nialler9 Spotify Weekly Playlist is updated with new music, and in this corner, we share the playlist and highlight some some select songs from the list below.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
