Best of 2024.5: Josh’s Best Albums, Concerts and Songs

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 Josh’s favorite albums, songs and concerts. 

Best National (not really in order, but kind of)

Can – Live in Paris 1973

Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee

Water Damage – In E

Antenna – Antenna EP

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – Souvenirs

Shane Parish – Repertoire

Cowboy Sadness — Select Jambient Works Vol. 1

Drew Gardner – Cygnus A

Shabaka – Percieve its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace

Emergency Group – Mind Screen

Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice

Horse Lords – As It Happened: Horse Lords Live

Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz – Morning Improvisations / Evening Abstractions

Winged Wheel – Big Hotel

Minnesota Releases

Pat Keen — I Saw a Bug

Uranium Club – Infants Under the Bulb

Metasota — Meta May

Dua Saleh – I SHOULD CALL THEM

Dosh – Stone Cold Boogie

Lott — Barkada

Songs

Chuck Johnson – Cyprus Suite

Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us

Kim Gordon – I’m a Man

Four Tet – Daydream Repeat

Waxahatchee — Burns Out at Midnight

Daniel Bachman – Quaker Run Wildfire

Concerts

Chuck Johnson at St. Paul Art Space (1/23)

Drone Not Drones at Cedar (1/27-28)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples at Cloudland 4/26

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet at Constellation in Chicago 5/3

Milwaukee Pysch Fest 5/10-11

Falcon Arrow performing to video of Japanese wrestling match – Cloudland 6/15

Every single Tiny Tuesday at Eagles Club