Best Albums, Songs & Concerts of 2024.5: Jon Jon 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 Jon Jon’s favorite albums, songs and concerts. 

Best Albums National

1. Smile -Wall of Eyes

2. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown

2. Shabaka -Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace,

3. Vince Staples – Dark Times

4.  Kamasi Washington -Fearless Movement

5. Schoolboy Q – Blue Lips

6. Leticia Saettier –  Rooting For Love

7. Four Tet – Three

8. Habibi – Dreamachine

9.. Roc Marciano – Marciology

10.  Andre 3000 – New Blue Sun 

Best Minnesota 

1. Muja Messiah & Dub Sonata – Break The Stereo

2. Dua Saleh – unruly (feat. serpentwithfeet) -single

3. Greg Grease – Can’t Call It -single

4. The Muatas – Battle Weary (Visual Album)

5. Lady Midnight – Pursuit & The Elusive 

6. Extraterrestrials – Terrestrial 

7. Makr An Eris -ME 2

8. Kavyesh Kaviraj – Fables

9. Xina – Pheromones – single

10. Soulflower -sh!t -single 

Best Singles

1. Kendrick Lamar – Euphoria

2. Kendrick Lamar – 6:16 in L.A.

Best Concerts

1. Sampha – First Ave – April 6th 

2. Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few – Dakota – June 16th