The best songs of the month – May

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My favourite songs of the past month. Get the majority of them as a continuous playlists below on Spotify and Soundcloud.

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The top songs of the month

  1. Metronomy – ‘Old Skool’
    Metronomy - Old Skool (Official Video)
  2. Skepta – ‘Lyrics’
    Lyrics
  3. Radiohead – ‘Daydreaming’
    Radiohead - Daydreaming
  4. Chance The Rapper – ‘No Problem’
    Chance the Rapper ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne - No Problem (Official Video)
  5. Marcus Marr – ‘Rocketship’
    Marcus Marr "Rocketship" (Official Audio) - DFA RECORDS
  6. Lyra – ‘Emerald’
  7. James Blake & Bon Iver – ‘I Need A Forest Fire’
    James Blake ft Bon Iver - I Need A Forest Fire (Official Video)
  8. Kaytranada – ‘Lite Spots’
    KAYTRANADA - LITE SPOTS
  9. FLUME – Say It feat Tove Lo
    Flume - Say It feat. Tove Lo
  10. BADBADNOTGOOD – Time Moves Slow (feat. Sam Herring)
  11. Jens Kuross – ‘Steadier’
    Jens Kuross - Steadier
  12. Planet Parade – ‘Face To Face’
  13. Factory Floor – ‘Dial Me In’
  14. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – ‘First World Problem’
  15. NAO – ‘Girlfriend’
    NAO - Girlfriend - Later… with Jools Holland - BBC Two
  16. Wild Beasts – ‘Get My Bang’
  17. Glass Animals – ‘Life Itself’
    Glass Animals - Life Itself (Official Audio)
  18. Sampha – ‘Timmy’s Prayer’
  19. Alicia Keys – ‘In Common’
    Alicia Keys - In Common (Official Video)
  20. Todd Terje & The Olsens – ‘Firecracker’
  21. Kauf – Through The Yard (Fort Romeau Remix)
  22. Ensemble Ériu – ‘The Tempest’
  23. Grace Lightman – ‘Faultless’
  24. Shura – ‘What’s It Gonna Be?’
    Shura - What's It Gonna Be?
  25. Paul McCartney, Wings, Timo Maas & James Teej – Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

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