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Q.D. Tran’s 40 Favorite Philly Releases of 2012

Every year I never have the intention of making a year-end list, but then I start seeing others rolling out, and think to myself – why not? There are plenty of Philly releases that deserve to be mentioned each year. I might as well give into the fact that another one will be coming next year. 2012 is/was a great year for local releases. I started off wanting to keep my list to 20, and obviously things didn’t go as I had planned. I just kept coming across more albums that I felt should be included. I finally decided to cap it off at 40 (though I still could’ve added more – my apologies to those who weren’t mentioned) or else I would’ve never gotten around to getting it up. Well, here is my final post of 2012. I look forward to seeing you on the other side. Happy New Year, and cheers!!! – Q.D. Tran

 

1. Spacin’ – Deep Thuds (Richie)

 

2. Lushlife – Plateau Vision (Western Vinyl)

 

3. Ghost Light – Awful Feelings (Single Girl Married Girl)

 
4. Cousin Brian – First (Mallrat)

 
5. TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb – Manufacturing Joy (Self-released)

 
6. Dr. Dog – Be the Void (ANTI-)
7. Hop Along – Get Disowned (Hot Green)
8. Asaad – White (Self-released)
9. Daniel Bachman – Seven Pines (Tompkins Square)  
10. Work Drugs – Drift (Bobby Cahn/State Capital)
11. Streetwalkers – Cassette One (Self-released)
12. Cold Fronts – Pretty American (Self-released)
13. Grande Marshall – 800 (Self-released)
14. Vacationer – Gone (Downtown)
15. Ape School – Junior Violence (Hometapes)
16. Gracie – Treehouse (Small Plates)
17. Radiator Hospital – Some Distant Moon (Forward)
18. PO PO – Dope Boy Magick (Mad Decent)
19. Swearin’ – Swearin’ (Salinas)
20. Meek Mill – Dreamchaser 2 (Self-released)
21. Family Band – Grace & Lies (No Quarter)
22. Sun Airway – Soft Fall (Dead Oceans)
23. White Birds – When Women Played Drums (Grizzly)
24. Wrecking Crew – Wu Tang Pulp (Self-released)
25. Arc in Round – Arc in Round (La Société Expéditionnaire)
26. Nothing – Downward Years to Come (A389)
27. Far-Out Fangtooth – The Thorns (HoZac)
28. Residuels – Residuels (Self-released)
29. Rich Mystics – LOVERDOSE (Self-released)
30. Orbit to Leslie – Whitemarsh Woods (Self-released)
31. Power Animal – Exorcism (Human Kindness Overflowing)
32. Lantern – Dream Mine (Bathetic)
33. Buried Beds – Small Stories (Self-released)
34. Brendan Codey – Casco (Treetop Sorbet)
35. Laser Background – Laser Background (Stroll On)
36. Ghost Ship – Golden Girls (Self-released)
37. Cheers Elephant – Like Wind Blows Fire (Self-released)
38. Strand of Oaks – Dark Shores (Self-released)
39. Chris Forsyth – Kenzo Deluxe (Northern Spy)
40. Night Sins – New Grave (Avant!)