May was mostly mixtape madness. More compilations were spewed forth on the bird in May than at any other time in history. Some were of questionable legality, many were legitimate. Some were good! Some were not! Also, other stuff happened like music videos and what not. Lets see!

May 1 Really interested to know how this turned out... - RT: @RAEKWONICEWATER: In the mac store considering gettin one of these ipads what yall think?

May 4 The long wait is over. The originators of the "party-math" genre finally release their long awaited (by this writer) EP. It is good. And you pay what you want, which makes it awesomer. The 5 tracks that comprise Party Mathematics clock in at a massive 15 and a half minutes in total, and feature a small amount of not terrible vocals alongside some outstanding musicianship the likes of which you would not have heard before cos these guys invent this shit. They give a nod in the direction of the math rock tradition by giving the tracks slightly ludicrous titles - standouts include 'amBROsius' and 'Algoresrhythm', the latter of which features the outstanding lyric "oohooohohbababahh, oohooohohwoahwooahwoahh" - pay what u want - i like this method RT: @NoumenonBros: GET THE ALBUM!!!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!! - http://bit.ly/asCCIg

May 5 The GASLAMP KILLER says you should download this EP from Mr Dibbs, so you should. Plus there is a bunch of other shit there to look at and to listen to too - RT @GASLAMPKILLER @MrDibbs EP "Inducing Panic" now available for FREE!! www.megaroyalrecords.com Go download NOW!

May 5 That Lenny Slitz Project collab with Leonard Dstroy mentioned here last month: it came out on this day in May. It is for free. Very nice - The LennySlitz Project out today! electronic/experimental/hip-hop/progressive ie. get it - http://leonarddstroy.bandcamp.com

May 7 Dudes got a tumblr. Due to my advanced age, I don't really get tumblr. Judging by his tumblr, neither does diplo (1 post, 0 things liked so far). On tumblr there is that one guy who is always posting stuff, he seems ok, but he claims he works there so he probably has to post constantly across multiple accounts for contractual reasons. In the spirit of "keeping all the basis covered", sardless too has one of these (http://sardless.tumblr.com/). Seems cool, you can create audio posts and what not, might do that one day. But probably not soon - RT @diplo yippee - http://diplo.tumblr.com/

May 11 Turns out episode 58 of the Stones Throw podcast was also excellent. It contains an impressive collection of... raps. Like old shit where they talk about how their rhymes are so great and how they are down with A.P.G., how their bass-lines are so funky and everything is dope-assed, and they use lots of similes to describe feelings and stuff. Why not subscribe, it is free, semi-monthly, and from Stones Throw so it is mostly excellent - Bay Rap Mix (episode 58) of the stones throw podcast is MOST EXCELLENT - http://bit.ly/dB1PtF

May 12 West Coast by Junk Culture (dudes got a tubmlr too) was one of the best hand-held recorded micro-sample based EPs from last year. Check out "Schools out for Dropouts" from the DJ MC series that may or may not be a real thing - GOOD MORNING. DJ JC mix "School's out for Dropouts" by that Junk Culture dude - http://bit.ly/aL5YCp

May 14 A track off of this mixtape, 'Country Shit' got a "best new music" on the pitchfork, and the gorilla vs bear seems to love the shit out of this, even going as far as to say it is the #mixtapeoftheyear. Other reviewers however were unimpressed, but then, what would they know? What do YOU think? — RT @ gorillavsbear: RT @BIGKRIT Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here http://bit.ly/9JtLqP DOWNLOAD HERE!

May 21 By now, the general deluge of mixtapes has become fatiguing. They all seem to drift into one another with their marathon playing times and endless mashes of usually not-disparate artists. The following from producer Take brings something different to the table, mixing personal favourites Dimlite and Flying Lotus (check out his augmented reality desktop application - it's fucking weird) with the unexpected, such as a breathy and slow sexual cover of the already sexual 'Touch Myself' and a slow-jam of 'Tomorrow Never Knows', producing a generally excellent contribution to the mixtape pile - low level IDM / glitch / instrumental hip hop (allegedly) RT @THEREALTAKE The Getaway Mix : http://bit.ly/d3a7e8

May 24 Another mixture of favourites . This time, minor internet phenomenon The Hood Internet provide a puzzling mixture of tracks "culled from Tobacco's Maniac Meat and Slug + Murs + Aesop Rock's Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez" (link). Weird though, because all I can hear is HEALTH samples that have not been mentioned in any of the descriptions AT ALL. Regardless, the result of mixing all these things together is outstanding. Additionally, it features the excellent lyric, "Pinot, not fuckin' Merlot". Do not miss this one - RT @hoodinternet Free download of The Hood Internet x Tobacco x Felt EP: http://bit.ly/b56e5Y @slugandmurs @maniacmeat @rhymesayers

May 26 Of course, how could we get through May without talking about the big one. After the awesomeness of freebies including Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best of The Cold War Mixtapes), Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1 and Top Ranking Santogold: A Diplo Dub, expectations were very extremely high in the (albeit 2 day) lead up to LAZERPROOF. While the going was tough in the first few hours after release due to the destruction of the Mad Decent severs wrought by 200,000 folk attempting to get it all at the same time, it should be fixed by now so ENJOY — it is here - 2 long days of waiting is finally over: Major Lazer + La Roux Mixtape LAZERPROOF http://sub.maddecent.com/lazerproof/

That is all. Be sure to check back here later on in the month for a round up of June madness, and as always be sure to hit up @sardless for all your twittering needs.