Best Albums, Songs & Concerts of 2024.5: Chris Edition

We’ve made it halfway through another year, and who knows if we’ll make it to our end of year lists, so let’s celebrate the music we’ve loved so far this year with our annual Reviler “Mid Year Best of” check in. Below you can see Chris’s favorite albums, songs and concerts both from inside Minnesota and from outside of Minnesota. 

2024 Top 10 Favorite Albums So Far

Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee

The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstacy

English Teacher – This Could Be Texas

Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN

SPRINTS – Letter To Self

Idles – Tangk

Helado Negro – PHASOR

The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend

Gustaf – Package, Pt.2

Yard Act – Where’s My Utopia?

Best Concerts of 2024 So Far

Royel Otis – Amsterdam Hall – April 23

The Last Dinner Party – First Avenue – April 4

SPRINTS – Madame Lou’s, Seattle – March 6th

Helado Negro – Turf Club – May 1

The Kills – First Avenue – February 12th

Militarie Gun – 7th Street Entry – February 24th

Brigitte Calls Me Baby – Halocene, Portland – April 19

Metz – Turf Club – May 10

STRFKR / Ruth Radlet – First Avenue – April 27

Sleater-Kinney – Palace – March 23

Favorite Songs of 2024 where the LP hasn’t released yet or didn’t make my Top 10

Fontaines DC – Starburster

Fontaines DC – Favourite

Lambrini Girls – God’s Country

TENDER – sprinkles

Washed Out – The Hardest Part

Brigitte Calls Me Baby – We Were Never Alive

Amyl and The Sniffers – U Should Not Be Doing That

Drab Majesty – Photograph

Kim Gordon – I’m A Man

Justice ft.Tame Impala – One Night/All Night

Been Stellar – Passing Judgement