New Songs – May 2012

May 2012 certainly is shaping up to be a big one for new songs, as fans gear up for Memorial Day barbecues and go searching for the first jams to soundtrack their summer. With all the big names out there dropping new singles, there’s certainly a lot to choose from.

Songs don’t get much more summery than ‘National Anthem,’ the new single from Lana Del Rey and latest from her ‘Video Games’-introducing album, ‘Born to Die.’ And that’s not the biggest — or only — major followup of the month. Gotye looks to continue the success wrought by ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ with ‘Eyes Wide Open,’ the newest release from his massive ‘Making Mirrors’ breakthrough.

And there is plenty more for May 2012 where that came from. The Afghan Whigs are on the comeback trail with ‘See and Don’t See,’ their first slab of new music in several years. Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson uses his band’s hiatus to unleash ‘Rosalee,’ the latest single from his Chris Robinson Brotherhood project. And speaking of projects, Peter, Bjorn and John drummer John Eriksson has a new one called Hortlax Cobra, which hatched its first single, ‘Berlin,’ in May.

What other new music is coming out in May 2012? Take a look below for the complete list, and be sure to check back frequently throughout the month as we add more songs.

New Songs – May 2012:

The Afghan Whigs, ‘See and Don’t See’

Chris Robinson Brotherhood, ‘Rosalee’

Citizen Cope, ‘One Lovely Day’

Florence + the Machine, ‘Spectrum’

Gossip, ‘Move in the Right Direction’

Gotye, ‘Eyes Wide Open’

The Head and the Heart, ‘Ghosts’

Hortlax Cobra, ‘Berlin’

Keane, ‘Sovereign Light Café’

Lana Del Rey, ‘National Anthem’

Metric, ‘Speed the Collapse’

Mynabirds, ‘Body of Work’

Nada Surf, ‘Looking Through’

Passion Pit, ‘Take a Walk’

The Tallest Man on Earth, ’1904′

The Temper Trap, ‘Trembling Hands’

The Virgins, ‘Venus in Chains’

Yeasayer, ‘Henrietta’