Singles Round Up 2023 – Part 5 – May

It’s taken me much longer than it should have to get May’s Singles Round Up done. I blame fatigue from the onset of unseasonably hot weather in Glasgow… as well as a general inability to fit everything I need to do into a seven day week.

Apologies to all the featured bands and artists this month for not getting an individual write up, suffice to say, every single song has been listened to and loved. Much kudos to the vast number of great new songs in May from Glasgow/Scottish based bands and artists here. I hate to choose favourites but special mention to “Singles of the Month” from Sacred Noise, Kohla, Pedalo, Parliamo, Quad 90 and Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something….you were, and still are, some of my earworms for the month. And that takes nothing away from the rest of the brilliant tunes on here, including sublime cuts on LNFG once again.

A couple of these songs have featured before … but didn’t previously have videos, so why not put them in again!

As usual, I’ve curated an evil Spotify playlist so you can “suck it and see”, then go buy from the artists, independent labels and record shops out there…

The Countess of Fife – Trapped

The Countess of Fife

Brontes – Down to You

Brontes

Kohla – Lovebites

Kohla

Sister Madds – 601

Sister Madds

Chef with Katherine Aly – Payday

Chef Katherine Aly

Day Sleeper – Savage Dreams

Day Sleeper

Meryl Streek – If This is Life

Meryl Streek

Sacred Noise – Radar

Sacred Noise

Minerva Wakes – Selling Skin

Minerva Wakes

Furrowed Brow – Jill

Furrowed Brow

Savage Cut – Virus

Savage Cut

Grrrl Gang – Spunky

Grrrl Gang

pMad – Fire

pMad

Quad 90 – Le Blank

Quad 90

Death Valley Girls – Say it Too

Death Valley Girls

Jess Klein – Never Gonna Break Me

Jess Klein

Gates of Light – Embrace the Night

Gates of Light

Gal Pal – Pleasures

Gal Pal

Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton – Rippin’ and Runnin’

Samantha Fish

Mari Dangerfield – Ruins

Mari Dangerfield

Parliamo – Matters Like

Parliamo

Plaiins – Your Friends All Bore Me

Plaiins

Sailor Honeymoon – Cockroach

Sailor Honeymoon

Panik Deluxe – Gatekeeper

Panik Deluxe

https://youtu.be/MBT9dHwVK7s

Pedalo – Better

Pedalo

Pigeon Wigs – Hold Up

Pigeon Wigs

Jo Bartlett – Floating Through

Jo Bartlett

Sir Chloe – Should I

Sir Chloe

Dream Wife – Who Do You Wanna Be?

Dream Wife

Klubber Lang – Warhound

Klubber Lang

Rancid – Devil in Disguise

Rancid

Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something – Bugles

Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something