Subscriber playlists – the best of May

As the merry month of May floats gently into our wake, we're back in your inboxes and up on tQ itself with the monthly playlists of music we've been writing about, laboriously hand-wrangled by Paddy Clarke, that come out exclusively to you, our lovely subscribers. Thanks again to everyone who has joined in our recent drive to keep the good ship afloat – it has made a massive difference in securing our immediate future. The 30% off top Sound & Vision tier sale is still active until midnight on Monday 5th June and we'd appreciate it if you were up for spreading the word on socials and so on – the link to sign up is here (Opens in a new window).

Without further ado, let's get cracking with the playlists for May 2023, a whopping five-ish hours of music from the likes of Confidence Man & Daniel Avery, Mandy Indiana, Jam City, Shirley Collins, Memorials, the return of Khanate, Overmono, Pere Ubu, James Ellis Ford, Squid, Mun Sing, Moni Jitchell, JAAW, Loraine James, House of All, The Anchoress, Bar Italia, Colin Stetson, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Marcel Dettmann and Blur. Phew!