Best Of 2026.5 (Adam)
2026 hasn’t been much of an improvement on the previous year (at least so far). One of the few things that’s not sucking these days is the steady stream of music artists continue to release worldwide. We’re checking in on what we’ve loved midway (roughly) through 2026.
National Albums
- Slayyyter – WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
- Grace Ives – Girlfriend
- Neurosis – An Undying Love for a Burning World
- Vince Staples – Cry Baby
- Kim Petras – Detour
- Boards of Canada – Inferno
- Warning – Rituals Of Shame
- Namasenda – Limbo
- Cola – Cost of Living Adjustment
- Kim Gordon – Play Me
Shows
- Grace Ives at 7th Street Entry (April 23rd)
- mclusky / Pile at the Fine Line
- The Plastic Constellations reunion at the Turf Club
- See/Saw Year Two Anniversary at Eagles 34
- oklou at First Avenue
Honorable mention: Slide Away Festival with Hum, Nothing and Chapterhouse at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago
National Songs (not on top albums)
- Pigeon “Miami”
- Kevin Morby “Badlands”
- Avalon Emerson “Eden”
- Widowspeak “If You Change”
- Courtney Barnett “Mantis”
- Aldous Harding “Coats”
- LIA LIA “Boogiepop Blitzkrieg Blob”
- Hen Oledd “Scales Will Fall”
- Nothing “nerve scales”
- Arima Ederra “In This Life”
Top 20 Songs (so far) Playlist: Spotify / Tidal / Youtube / Amazon Music
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Adam Bubolz is a co-founder, writer, and photographer at Reviler, covering the Minneapolis/St. Paul music scene since 2009. His concert photography has appeared throughout the site’s coverage of local and touring acts.
