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Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in May. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.
Friday, May 3
Adeem the Artist — Anniversary (Four Quarters Records/Thirty Tigers)
American Culture — Hey Brother, It’s Been A While (Convulse Records)
Amy Aileen Wood — The Heartening (Colorfield Records)
Better Than Ezra — Super Magick (Round Hill Records)
Blushing — Sugarcoat (Kanine Records)
The Bolshoi — Country Life (Beggars Banquet Records)
Camera Obscura — Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge Records)
Charlotte Day Wilson — Cyan Blues (XL Recordings)
Chris Smither — All About the Bones (Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert)
Dan Rincon — Spotlight City (Castle Face Records)
David J — Tracks From the Attic (Independent Project Records)
Dua Lipa — Radical Optimism (Warner Records UK)
Elkka — Prism of Pleasure (Ninja Tune)
Emily Barker — Fragile as Humans (Everyone Sang)
Emily Nenni — Drive & Cry Man (New West Records)
Frank Turner — Undefeated (Xtra Mile Recordings)
ghost piss — Dream Girl (Sockhead Records)
Hana Vu — Romanticism (Ghostly International)
Home Counties — Exactly As It Seems (Submarine Cat Records)
Ibibio Sound Machine — Pull The Rope (Merge Records)
il sogno del marinaio — Terzo (Improved Sequence)
Jawnino — 40 Tape (True Panther Records)
Jess Locke — Real Life (Dot Dash Recordings)
Jharis Yokley — Sometimes, Late At Night (Rainbow Blonde Records)
John Carpenter — Lost Themes IV: Noir (Rodeo Suplex/Sacred Bones Records)
Jon McKiel — Hex (You’ve Changed Records)
Kacy Hill — Bug (Nettwerk)
Kamasi Washington — Fearless Movement (Shoto Mas Inc./Young)
Kee Avil — Spine (Constellation)
Keith Wallen — Infinity Now (Rise Records)
LA Priest — La Fusion EP (Domino)
The Lemon Twigs — A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)
Maurice White — Manifestation (Platinum Garage Recordings/SoulMusic Records)
Mdou Moctar — Funeral For Justice (Matador Records)
Milo Korbenski — When You Gonna Tell ’Em the Truth, Aaron? (Phantom Limb)
Missio — I Am Cinco (Nettwerk)
Naima — City Lights EP (NAIMA)
Nell Mescal — Can I Miss It For a Minute? EP (LAB Records)
No Windows — Point Nemo EP (Fat Possum)
Nubiyan Twist — Find Your Flame (Strut Records)
P.O.D. — VERITAS (Mascot Label Group/Mascot Records)
Rachel Chinouriri — What a Devastating Turn of Events (Atlas Artists)
Ruth Theodore — I Am I Am (Righteous Babe Records)
S. Raekwon — Steven (Father/Daughter Records)
Scott Guild & Cindertalk — Plastic: The Album (Echo House)
Sia — Reasonable Woman (Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic Records)
Snarls — With Love (Take This To Heart Records)
Spice 1 — Platinum O.G.2 (Elder Entertainment)
Tony Njoku — Last Bloom EP (PRAH Recordings)
Wheel — Charismatic Leaders (InsideOutMusic)
Willow — Empathogen (Three Six Zero/gamma)
Winona Oak — Void EP (Nettwerk)
Friday, May 10
A.G. Cook — Britpop (New Alias)
Abigail Lapell — Anniversary (Outside Music)
Alec Benjamin — 12 Notes (Atlantic/Elektra)
Amen Dunes — Death Jokes (Sub Pop)
Amy O — Mirror, Reflect (Winspear)
Andra Day — CASSANDRA (cherith) (Warner)
Angus & Julia Stone — Cape Forestier (Nettwerk)
Arab Strap — I’m Totally Fine With It Don’t Give A Fuck Anymore (Rock Action Records)
Arcadia Grey — Casually Crashing (Smartpunk Records)
awfultune — unreleased demos II EP (awfultune)
Bear McCreary — The Singularity (Sparks & Shadows Records)
Bibi Club — Feu De Garde (Secret City Records)
Big Special — Postindustrial Hometown Blues (SO Recordings)
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck — Remembrance (Thirty Tigers)
Dehd — Poetry (Fat Possum Records)
Dreamer Boy — Lonestar (UMG)
Emmy Meli — Hello Stranger EP (BMG)
Flamingosis — Better Will Come (Kahuna Style)
flypaper — another orbit EP (PNKSLM)
The FMs — Pink + Black (Invasion Merch)
Gabrielle — A Place in Your Heart (Tag8 Music)
Greensky Bluegrass — The Iceland Sessions EP (Thirty Tigers)
HAAL — Back to Shilmarine EP (Babka Records)
Hot Water Music — Vows (Equal Vision Records)
I. JORDAN — I AM JORDAN (Ninja Tune)
Iglooghost — Tidal Memory Exo (LUCKYME)
Jim White and Marisa Anderson — Swallowtail (Thrill Jockey)
Jordan Rakei — The Loop (Universal)
Judah & The Lion — The Process (Cletus the Van Records)
Julia Pratt — Family Feud EP (RECORDS/Columbia)
Karin Ann — through the telescope (3amRecords)
Kelsey Waldon — There’s Always a Song (Oh Boy Records)
Kings Of Leon — Can We Please Have Fun (LoveTap Records)
Knocked Loose — You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise Records)
Lei Hope — Matrices EP (Heist or Hit)
Les Savy Fav — OUI, LSF (Frenchkiss Records)
Like Moths to Flames — The Cycles of Trying to Cope (UNFD)
Lily Rose — Runnin’ Outta Time EP (Big Loud Records/Back Blocks Music)
Lunchbox — Pop and Circumstance (Slumberland Records)
Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements — Rain on the Road (Thrill Jockey)
Mick Harvey — Five Ways to Say Goodbye (Mute)
Milan Ring — Mangos (Astral People Recordings)
Myriam Gendron — Mayday (Thrill Jockey)
Orville Peck — Stampede Vol. 1 (Warner Records)
Pete Muller — More Time (Two Truths Records)
Pokey LaFarge — Rhumba Country (New West Records)
Powerman 5000 — Abandon Ship (Cleopatra Records)
Rainbow Kitten Surprise — Love Hate Music Box (RKS Recordings LLC)
Ricky Montgomery — Rick(y) (Warner)
Scotty McCreery — Rise and Fall (Triple Tigers)
Sebastian Bach — Child Within the Man (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Shannon and the Clams — The Moon is in the Wrong Place (Easy Eye Sound)
Sonic Universe — It Is What It Is (earMUSIC)
Speed Dealer Moms — Birth Control Pill EP (Evar Records)
Stephan Moccio — Legends, Myths and Lavendar (Universal Music Operations Limited)
Stretch Arm Strong — The Revealing EP (Iodine Recordings)
Sublime with Rome — Sublime with Rome (5 Music Incorporated)
Tom Skinner — Voices of Bishara Live at “mu” (International Anthem Recording Co.)
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats — Nell’ Ora Blu (Rise Above Limited)
Various Artists — I Saw the TV Glow (The Original Soundtrack) (A24 Music)
Victoria Bigelow — Songs For No One Vol. 2 EP (Immortal Records)
Villagers — That Golden Time (Domino)
Yaya Bey — Ten Fold (Big Dada)
youbet — Way To Be (Hardly Art)
Friday, May 17
Alana Yorke — Destroyer (Paper Bag Records)
Alessandro “Asso” Stefana — Alessandro “Asso” Stefana (Ipecac Recordings)
Ani DiFranco — Unprecedented Sh!t (Righteous Babe Records)
The Avett Brothers — The Avett Brothers (American/Republic)
Beth Gibbons — Lives Outgrown (Domino)
Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And Soft (Darkroom/Interscope Records)
Blitzen Trapper — 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions (Yep Roc Records)
Bright Light Bright Light — Enjoy Youth (YSKWN!/Rod Thomas)
Cage the Elephant — Neon Pill (RCA Records)
Collective Soul — Here to Eternity (Fuzze-Flex Records)
Crumb — AMAMA (Crumb Records)
Dog Party — Dangerous (Sneak Dog Records)
Don McLean — American Boys (Don McLean Music)
Ghostly Kisses — Darkroom (Akira Records)
girli — Matriarchy (AllPoints/Believe UK)
Guppy — Something is Happening… (Lauren Records)
Guster — Ooh La La (Ocho Mule)
Isobel Campbell — Bow To Love (Cooking Vinyl)
Jack Savoretti — Miss Italia (Lanza Music Limited)
John Oates — Reunion (Jasper Productions)
Joywave — Permanent Pleasure (Cultco Music/Hollywood Records)
Kate Hudson — Glorious (HK Music)
Lightheaded — Combustible Gems (Slumberland Records)
Lip Critic — Hex Dealer (Partisan Records)
Little Feat — Sam’s Place (Hot Tomato Productions)
The Lovely Eggs — Eggsistentialism (The Lovely Eggs)
Marty Friedman — Drama (Frontiers Records)
Mat Kearney — Mat Kearney (Tomorrow Music)
The Mavericks — Moon & Stars (Mono Mundo Recordings)
New Kids on the Block — Still Kids (NKOTB Music)
Of Montreal — Lady on the Cusp (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
One Step Closer — All You Embrace (Run For Cover Records)
Phoebe Go — Marmalade (Phoebe Go)
Rachael Sage — Another Side (MPress Records)
Ruth Moody — Wanderer (Ruth Moody)
Sasha Alex Sloan — Me Again (Sue Perb Records/Hills Artists/Virgin Music)
Shaznay Lewis — Pages (1.9.7.5 Recordings)
Slash — Orgy of the Damned (Snakepit Records)
SQÜRL — Music for Man Ray (Sacred Bones Records)
Zayn — Room Under the Stairs (Drop Zed Music)
Zero Point Energy — Titled Planet (Danger Collective)
Friday, May 24
Aja — Ajasphère Vol. II (Aja)
Andrew Bird Trio — Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista)
Aquaserge — La fin de l’economie (Crammed Discs/Aquaserge)
Bess Atwell — Light Sleeper (Real Kind Records)
Bill MacKay — Locust Land (Drag City)
Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, and J. Peter Schwalm — Sushi! Roti! Reibekuchen! (Groenland Records)
Capstan — The Mosaic (Fearless Records)
Carlos Niño & Friends — Placenta (International Anthem)
Cosmo Midnight — Stop Thinking Start Feeling (RCA)
DIIV — Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy Records)
Field Guide — Rootin’ For Ya (Birthday Cake Records)
Finom — Not God (Joyful Noise Recordings)
Gastr del Sol — We Have Dozens of Titles (Drag City)
Girl and Girl — Call A Doctor (Sub Pop)
Halima — EXU EP (drink sum wtr)
Jessica Pratt — Here in the Pitch (City Slang)
Kiesza — Dancing and Crying: Vol 1 (Zebra Spirit Tribe)
Kim Richey — Every New Beginning (Yep Roc Records)
La Luz — News of the Universe (Sub Pop Records)
Lenny Kravitz — Blue Electric Light (Roxie Records)
Lip Filler — witchescrew EP (Chess Club Records)
Low Hum — Terra Incognita (Last Gang Records/MNRK Music Group LP)
Machinedrum — 3FOR82 (Ninja Tune)
Motorists — Touched by the Stuff (We Are Time)
mui zyu — nothing or something to die for (Father/Daughter Records)
Nathaniel Russell — Songs Of (Psychic Hotline)
Pardoner — Paranoid in Hell EP (Convulse Records)
Paul Weller — 66 (Solid Bond Productions)
Rami Gabriel — That’s What I’ve Been Sayin’ (Sooper Records)
RM — Right Place, Wrong Person (Big Hit)
Slow Fiction — Crush EP (So Young Records)
Softcult — Heaven EP (Easy Life Records)
Tim Easton — Find Your Way (Black Mesa Records)
Travis Denning — Roads That Go Nowhere (UMG)
Twenty One Pilots — Clancy (Fueled By Ramen)
Vintage Culture — Promised Land (Vintage Culture)
Wallows — Model (Atlantic)
Young Jesus — The Fool (Saddle Creek)
Friday, May 31
+/- {Plus/Minus} — Further Afield (Ernest Jenning)
Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English — Selene (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Alan Vega — Insurrection (In The Red)
Anastasia Coope — Darning Woman (Jagjaguwar)
Anna Tivel — Living Thing (Fluff and Gravy Records)
Another Michael — Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down (Run For Cover Records)
Arooj Aftab — Night Reign (Verve Label Group)
Bad Nerves — Still Nervous (Lowly)
Bat For Lashes — The Dream of Delphi (Universal)
Becky Hill — Believe Me Now? (Universal)
Bernard Butler — Good Grief (355 Recordings)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters — Her Way Out (Todd Park Mohr Publishing Company)
The Bird Calls — Old Faithful (Ruination Record Co.)
Crowded House — Gravity Stairs (BMG)
Habibi — Dreamachine (Kill Rock Stars)
Idaho — Lapse (Arts & Crafts)
Imogen Clark — The Art of Getting Through (Imogen Clark)
Jon Muq — Flying Away (Easy Eye Sound)
King Hannah — Big Swimmer (City Slang)
Lowlives — Freaking Out (Spinefarm)
Lucius — Wildewoman (The New Recordings) (Fantasy)
The Marías — Submarine (The Marías)
Maya Hawke — Chaos Angel (Mom+Pop)
Nestor — Teenage Rebel (Napalm Records)
Neutrals — New Town Dream (Static Shock Records)
Odesza — The Last Goodbye Tour Live (Foreign Family Collective)
Peter Bibby — Drama King (Spinning Top Records)
Richard Hawley — In This City They Call You Love (BMG)
Richard Thompson — Ship to Shore (New West Records)
Swamp Dogg — Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St (Oh Boy Records)
Unessential Oils — Unessential Oils (Warren Spicer)
Willie Nelson — The Border (Sony Music Entertainment)
Winnetka Bowling League — Sha La La (Local Weather/MDDN Records)
The Woggles — Time Has Come (Wicked Cool Records)
Zolita — Queen of Hearts (AWAL)
