The best songs of the month - July

Wednesday August 3 2016

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

Blood Orange – ‘Best To You’
</li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/lapsley-dj-koze-remix/">Lapsley – ‘Operator’ (DJ Koze’s Extended Disco remix)</a><br> <iframe width="100%" height="380" frameborder="0" data-lazy-src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A3nurL7U3qpB67uchHosAOO"> </li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-2/">Talos – ‘Your Love Is An Island’</a><br> </li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/kelsey-lu-dreams/">Kelsey Lu – ‘Dreams’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week/">Angel Olsen – ‘Shut Up Kiss Me’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/james-vincent-mcmorrow-rising-water/">James Vincent McMorrow – ‘Rising Water’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/i-am-the-cosmos/">I Am The Cosmos – ‘Letting It Go’</a><br> </li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-2/">Factory Floor – ‘Ya’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-2/">The Avalanches – ‘Like A Folkstar’</a><br> <iframe width="98%" height="380" frameborder="0" data-lazy-src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A2zuCLE3P2NDmDtchyezNRM"> </li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-4/">Doctr – ‘Tropique’</a><br> </li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-3/">Abra – Crybaby’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-2/">Shura – ‘Make It Up’</a><br> <iframe width="98%" height="380" frameborder="0" data-lazy-src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A4BpERr0wWn65JvErQTfsYK"></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/hvmmingbyrd-love-enough/">Hvmmingbyrd – ‘If Love Was Enough’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/heres-10-minute-full-version-stranger-things-theme-song/"> Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein – Stranger Things theme song</a><br> </li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/glass-animals-youth/">Glass Animals – ‘Youth’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-4/">Mac Miller feat. Anderson Paak – ‘Dang!’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-4/">Massive Attack feat. Ghostpoet – ‘Come Near Me’</a><br> </li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4xe-qiKE00" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roisin Murphy – ‘Ten Miles High’</a><br></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-4/">Badbadnotgood & Colin Stetson – ‘Confessions Part II’</a><br> <iframe width="98%" height="380" frameborder="0" data-lazy-src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A1CL7KxjfQDxR7ehAOnzIUs"></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-3/">GL – ‘Hallucinate’</a></li><li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/1-800-dinosaur/trim-man-like-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trim – ‘Man Like Me’</a></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-3/">Michael Sembello – ‘Gravity’ (Psychemagik remix)</a></li><li><a href="https://nialler9.com/banks-fuck-with-myself/">Banks – ‘Fuck With Myself’</a><br><a style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;" href="https://nialler9.com/mall-grab-ive-always-liked-grime/">Mall Grab – ‘I’ve Always Liked Grime’</a></li><li><a style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;" href="https://nialler9.com/6-new-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week/">Clams Casino & Kelela – ‘A Breath Away’</a></li></ol> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe title="Best of the month - July 2016 by Nialler9" width="1200" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" data-lazy-src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F247090757&show_artwork=true&maxheight=1000&maxwidth=1200">

Niall Byrne

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.

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