Featuring a variety of independent and lesser known music artists, our Best New Song Releases of May 2021 dazzle with close to 130 new songs. May’s featured artists include: Cuco, Elohim with Big Freedia, TeaMarrr with Duckwrth, Claire George, Fana Hues, Ambar Lucid, BETWEEN FRIENDS, dodie, NoMBe, Saint Motel, Jelani Aryeh, Wallice, and more.
As always, we feature new song releases from independent musicians and up-and-coming artists, as well as those widely revered in the underground and indie music scenes, with a couple big names or two. To stay updated on our latest selections for Best New Songs of the Month, follow our playlist and watch our Instagram Stories for the latest drops.
Please note: the playlist below is switched out every month reflect the current month. You can scroll down to the end of the page for the (May) Best New Songs of the Month playlist archive.
Best New Songs of May, 2021
| TRACK NAME | ARTIST / BAND |
| All I Want (feat. Jake Shears) | Jake Shears, Boys Noize |
| Back to Nothing | The Joy Formidable |
| Ballad of Big Nothing (feat. Kenny Becker) | Mara Connor, Kenny Becker |
| Chop X8 | Jagged Baptist Club |
| Cloud9 | Anie Delgado |
| Fractions | Emily Afton |
| Forevermore | Cuco |
| Fuck Knots | DAGR, Uffie |
| Fugazi Friday | The People Between, Christy Costello |
| I’m Not A Man | Suzi Moon |
| Sleep Walk | Marissa Nadler |
| Lay Wit Ya (feat. Duke Deuce) | Isaiah Rashad, Duke Deuce |
| High & Hurt | Iceage |
| Senseless | Marlounsly |
| Specific (feat. Duckwrth) | TeaMarrr, Duckwrth |
| Strut | Elohim, Big Freedia |
| Woman | Little Simz, Cleo Sol |
| Work | Breana Marin |
| High Marks | Sidnē |
| The End (Rachel K Collier Remix) | JPOLND, Rachel K Collier |
| gulf blvd | Kesley Bou |
| Goodbye | Alas |
| Wait, I Lied | Alfie Templeman |
| lonely | BETWEEN FRIENDS |
| Sad Girls | Jenna Lotti |
| Wildfire | Cautious Clay |
| Witchoo | Durand Jones & The Indications, Aaron Frazer |
| Northern Lights | Claire George |
| niño, | Ed Maverick, Muelas De Gallo |
| Lay Up | Fana Hues |
| Eternal | Jenevieve |
| Symphony | Forester |
| The Start | BRICK! |
| SYZYGY | Autow Nite Superstore |
| Have No Fear | Thomson |
| 9 | Adeline |
| don’t make em like they used to | ØZWALD |
| Could Neva | IV4 |
| White parents | Shungudzo |
| Days of Honey | Bizou |
| Aurora Dawn | LVXURI |
| Motorbike | Leon Bridges |
| BONES | Calen Lucas |
| Get Lost In The Music | Ambar Lucid |
| Stayin’ Alive | Freedom Fry |
| Sideways | Lxandra |
| Douchebag | UPSAHL |
| Cafecito | Karina Magallon |
| Inhale | KJInDaBuilding |
| Village | Merpire |
| In My Head | Arhkota, Lubna |
| Poor Boy a Long Way From Home | The Black Keys |
| by now (stripped) | VÉRITÉ |
| tremolo | BETWEEN FRIENDS |
| Prototype | NoMBe |
| Special Girl | dodie |
| Arson | Kerozcene |
| Sleeping Boy | Night Heron, Meernaa |
| It’s All Happening | Saint Motel |
| Heimcomputer – 2021 Single Edit | Kraftwerk |
| Higashikaze ni Sasoware | Sakichi Nishida, Nao |
| From These Heights | Jelani Aryeh |
| Rare to Wake | Shannon Lay |
| What’s Up | fanclubwallet |
| Off the Rails | Wallice |
| Are You Happy? | Oscar Lang |
| Breaking the Waves | Current Joys |
| Alone But Not Lonely | Luna Li |
| Blossom | AUDREY NUNA |
| Misery | Kate Nash |
| l e t . g o . m y . h a n d (with Bas & 6LACK) | J. Cole, Bas, 6LACK |
| Hollowers | Lucid Express |
| Dingaling | Greentea Peng |
| NO NAMES | Midnight Pool Party |
| The Debtor | The Firefolk |
| Waltzing on stones | Unitfp |
| Lotus | Wolftananzug |
| Sólo Amor | Monogem |
| Stay Forever | CLAVVS |
| Like I Used To | Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen |
| Hardly Use My Hands | Nick Pagan |
| Ten Billion Years | Torii Wolf |
| Glass House | PawPaw Rod |
| American Beauty | Biig Piig |
| Space Ghost Coast To Coast (with Bree Runway) | Glass Animals, Bree Runway |
| What’s Your Name Again | Faithless |
| Savage Good Boy | Japanese Breakfast |
| Hell In Texas | Night Beats |
| Anymore (feat. Lucky Daye) | Sinead Harnett, Lucky Daye |
| Empty | Goldensuns, Warpaint |
| Days Spent | The Early Mornings |
| Hurricane | J.Pollock, Shelly Fairchild |
| The Rarebit | Quantic, Eddie Roberts |
| This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | Jessica Gerhardt |
| Naked | Current Joys |
| Control | Mannequin Pussy |
| Patient | Carnation Blue |
| Medicine | Dayglow |
| The Walls Are Way Too Thin | Holly Humberstone |
| Clay Pigeon | binki |
| Hypocrite | Annika Rose |
| Rey Mysterio | Anoyd |
| Tennis Courts | Kevin Holliday |
| Mon Cheri | Sofi Tukker, Amadou & Mariam |
| 1% Milk | Holy Wars |
| High Season (with Buscabulla) | Poolside, Buscabulla |
| GLY – Hot Chip Remix – Edit | Catching Flies, Hot Chip |
| Don’t Hold Back | DRAMA |
| Madonna’s a Dick | Broken Baby |
| pelham blues | ØZWALD |
| Cabin Fever Freestyle | Blood Cultures |
| California (feat. Warren Hue) | 88rising, Rich Brian, NIKI, Warren Hue |
| Yeah | Havana Swim Club |
| Golden | Hansom Ēli, Niels Schack |
| Crossing Over | Cam Maclean |
| Ode to the Party Girl | Ha Vay |
| Y DON’T U | 박혜진 Park Hye Jin, Clams Casino, Take A Daytrip |
| Closer | Livingmore |
| Afrique Victime | Mdou Moctar |
| Babalon | Twin Temple |
| phantom limb | frogi |
| The Darkest Hour | Xoller |
| Renegade Breakdown – Jessy Lanza Remix | Marie Davidson, L’Œil Nu, Jessy Lanza |
| Baby Zombies | Biig Piig |
| The Wider Powder Blue | Iceage |
| The Hearse | Mustafa |
| Where The Lightning Strikes Twice | Foxing |
| a message to myself | easy life |
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