Best of 2025.5: Adam
It’s been a rocky year, to say the least, but we here at Reviler are trying to see our way through the fog and still celebrate the music that has brought us joy, solace or at least some blissful distraction in the first half of this year. Check out Adam’s favorite albums (both national and local), songs and shows. Enjoy!
Albums (Unranked)
Turnstile – Never Enough
Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals – A City Drowned in God’s Black Tears
Backxwash – Only Dust Remains
Joan Thiele – Joanita
Mallrat – Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right
Model/Actriz – Pirouette
Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power
Men I Trust – Equus Caballus
OHYUNG – You Are Always On My Mind
Smerz – Big City Life
Songs (Not On Top Albums)
CMAT – Running/Planning
Asian Glow – Camel8strike
Party Nails – Movie Scene
Shura – Recognize
Miya Folick – Prism of Light
Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor – Passerine (feat. Emma Acs)
John Glacier – Nevasure
Pyramids – Pretty Pigs
Maribou State – All I Need
Hannah Cohen – Mountain
Local Albums (Unranked)
Field Hospitals – Ethel Green EP (bandcamp)
Alan Sparhawk with Trampled By Turtles – s/t (bandcamp)
Unstable Shapes – Delicate Machinery (bandcamp)
ie – Reverse Earth (bandcamp)
Panel – A Great Time To Be An Empath (bandcamp)
Shows
Caterwaul 2025 at 331 Club (photos / photos)
Buñuel/Today is the Day at the Turf (photos)
Mallrat at the 7th Street Entry (photos)
See/Saw Year 1 Party at Eagles 34 (photos)
Frank Black at First Avenue (photos)
