Best Music of 2021.5 (Adam)

As live music slowly comes back and we inch back to a pre-COVID world, Reviler writers are taking stock of the new music we’ve liked in the first half of 2021. We’re highlight both national and Minnesota music that has piqued our interest. We’re excited for our year-end lists where we will be able to add back in “favorite live shows” to the mix, but until then, let’s find out what we’ve liked in the first half of this year. Without further ado, check out Adam’s 2021.5 best of lists below.

National Records

1. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram
2. The Weather Station – Ignorance
3. Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
4. The Armed – ULTRAPOP
5. Natalie Bergman – Mercy
6. Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams
7. black midi – Cavalcade
8. Black Country, New Road – For the First Time
9. Cassandra Jenkins – An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
10. Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises

National Songs (not on albums list):

1. Pearl Charles “Only For Tonight”
2. Claud “Cuff Your Jeans”
3. The Notwist “Exit Strategy To Myself”
4. Hether “Sex Wax”
5. Foxing & Why? “Speak With The Dead”
6. Molly Burch featuring Wild Nothing “Emotion”
7. Cub Scout Bowling Pins “Heaven Beats Iowa”
8. JPEGMAFIA “FIX URSELF!”
9. Lande Hekt “80 Days Of Rain”
10. Doss “Strawberry”