Playlist | Best New Music of May

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Featuring a few dozen new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists, our Fresh Squeeze playlist includes the best new music emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond. Handpicked by our team of contributors, there are no rules or genre restrictions; just songs we thought were worth a share.

Our latest Fresh Squeeze includes the surprise Thundercat + Tame Impala track “No More Lies”, plus music from dream-pop legends Beach House‘s Record Store Day drop, a collaboration between kings of self-aware sad-dad rock The National and singer-songwriter extraordinaire Phoebe Bridgers, more music from the sessions that begot Kevin Morby‘s This Is A Photograph, and new hip-hop from billy woods and Kenny Segal.

Plus there’s plenty of music made right here in our own backyard, including new tunes from Gainesville-by-way-of-Jax garage rockers bed bug guru, meditative folk from singer-songwriter Laney Tripp and another new track from the newly reformed Julius Airwave.

Many of the songs featured in Fresh Squeeze are handpicked by the JME team and in rotation on The Independent 89.9 HD4.

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JME Live Music Calendar

Blue Jay Jazz Jam
Blue Jay Jazz Jam
Blue Jay Listening Room
Tue. 01/28 @ 7:00 PM
The Midnight Devils
The Midnight Devils
Jack Rabbits
Tue. 01/28 @ 7:00 PM
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Cafe Eleven
Tue. 01/28 @ 8:00 PM
The Bunny The Bear
The Bunny The Bear
with Dancing With Ghosts, Kill Tactik and Monday Afternoon
Jack Rabbits
Thu. 01/30 @ 7:00 PM
Danielle Todd and Grady James
Danielle Todd and Grady James
Blue Jay Listening Room
Thu. 01/30 @ 8:00 PM
House of Hamill
House of Hamill
Cafe Eleven
Thu. 01/30 @ 8:00 PM
Vitamin String Quartet
Vitamin String Quartet
The Florida Theatre
Thu. 01/30 @ 8:00 PM
Arkansauce
Arkansauce
with Firewater Tent Revival
Intuition Ale Works
Fri. 01/31 @ 7:00 PM
Albert Castiglia
Albert Castiglia
Cafe Eleven
Fri. 01/31 @ 8:00 PM
Herd the Cat
Herd the Cat
with DigDog and The Portrait
Jack Rabbits
Fri. 01/31 @ 8:00 PM

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