Reviler Best Local (Minnesota) Songs of 2014
Ali, CEO Background Noise Crew, @egyptoknuckles
1. MaLLy “Two Worlds”
2. Manny Phesto & Greg Grease “Rabbit Hole”
3. K.Raydio & Psymun “Sweet Dreamz”
4. Muja Messiah, Brother Ali & Boots Riley of the Coup “Pocket Full of Slave Owners”
5. Toki Wright, Big Cats! & BJ The Chicago Kid “Hold On”
6. Tek “Honestly”
7. Big Jess & Big Wiz “Beard Game Proper”
8. Mike Mictlan “Clapp’D”
9. Atmosphere “Arthur’s Song”
10. The St4ndard “tryna fuk”
Tim Kraus, Vernon Wayne and more.is.more
1 Hardcore Crayons – WGYW (YouTube)
The flagship song/video from some of the city’s most celebrated darling boys, this song embodies everything that is great about the Crayons.
2 Ex Nuns – Shiner (BandCamp)
Concise, fast, aggressive, simple; this song distills an Ex Nuns set into just over the 2:00 minute mark in the best way.
3 Disasteratti – Rolling Blackouts (BandCamp)
Dari vocal performance and the band’s songwriting prove that you can simultaneously sound like you belong in the 90’s era aggressive rock/punk swathe but be compelling to ears in 2014.
4 The Blind Shake – Parachute (SoundCloud)
The signature bounce and quirk of the Blind Shake is contained here, conjuring up images of bouncing shaved heads and tracksuits.
5 Nomia – Kingmaker (BandCamp)
With multiple swelling climaxes, this song is shoegaze heaven distilled into five minutes of audio.
6 Hippo Campus – Little Grace (BandCamp)
There are no guilty pleasures. These boys write good music.
7 Bill Pulmonary Embolism – Undulations of Hatred (BandCamp)
Offering a confirming resolution to Peter Clarke’s 2012 studio opus of a similar name, this track (performed here live) smacks of technical and creative mastery of the heaviest variety.
8 Falcon Arrow – Derelict (BandCamp)
Driving and building, this song doesn’t waste much time dolling out the goods of this layered two-piece web of riffs.
9 The Drug Budget – Outfucked (BandCamp)
Falling into the punk-by-genre-attrition category, this song by style-orphans, the Drug Budget, wraps up most of the best parts of this ensemble cast and plays like a highlight reel.
10 Animal Lover – Plasme (BandCamp)
Offering the band’s trademark practiced precision with Addison’s trademark dissonant but channeled aggression gives this song the tang of a sharp vegan cheddar.
Adam, Reviler
Nallo – Isla Vista
Animal Lover – Guilt
The Blind Shake – Old Lake
Hammerhead – Global Depression
Hollow Boys – Die Young
Jon, Reviler
1. Breakaway – Flotsam and Jetsam
2. Sun Gods to Gamma Rays – The Water, The Wave
3. Leisure Birds – 5 reT 120813
4. Tall Paul – Protect Ya Spirit
5. Web of Sunsets – Money
6. RONIIA – Last Words
7. Larry Wish – Up to Me Books
8. Reupert Angeleyes – Painters Mixing Paint
9. Beat Detectives – Summer in the City
10. K. Raydio – Claire Underwood
Atom Robinson, @AtomRobinson
1 time – prince, art official age
2 shut it down – toki wright
3 matches – sifu hotman
4 ocean – tiny deaths
5 you did it to yourself – black diet
6 six pack of beer and a pack of cigarettes – erik koskinen
7 i don’t know you anymore – bob mould
8 let’s go – heiruspecs
9 all i want – dem atlas
10 boytrouble – prince & 3rdeyegirl feat. lizzo
Josh, Reviler
1. Dead Gurus- Starflower / Serpant Flower
2. Zuluzulu – Let it go
3. Toki Wright X Big Cats – Apex
4. Blind Shake “Old Lake”
5. Allan Kingdom “Oh Deer!”
6. Breakaway – Flotsam and Jetsam
7. Steve Palmer “Six Dollar Sunglases”
8. SIFU Hotman “Matches”
9. Some Pulp “True Lies”
10. Hollow Boys “Melted” & “Why Don’t They Let Us Fall In Love”
H/M: Dada Trash Collage “Matter Lies Flat” Frankie Teardrop “Raiders”
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