The Local Show: Top 20 Countdown
December 30, 2012
We're closing out 2012 with our first ever local poll. Back in mid-November, we asked you to vote on the top local releases of the year. Over 27,000 votes later, we got the list compiled alongside some honorable mentions.
Thanks for making 2012 such a tremendous year. Visit this post on the Local Current Blog to revisit all the coverage we did of the artists below.
We'll see you in 2013!
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Early Roman Kings
Honorable Mention: Bob Dylan
Tempest
Tell Me
Honorable Mention: Dark Dark Dark
Who Needs Who
All The While
Honorable Mention: The Pines
Dark So Gold
Only A Child
Honorable Mention: Night Moves
Colored Emotions
The Renaissance 2.0 feat. Claire De Lune
Honorable Mention: MaLLy
The Last Great...
Infectious feat. Buck 65
#20: Kristoff Krane
Fanfaronade
Elephants
#19: Solid Gold
Eat Your Young
I Once Loved You
#18: Bomba De Luz
What A Heavy Weight
Just A Kid
#17: Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapelles
Heat
Reminisce
#16: John Mark Nelson
Waiting and Waiting
Top Down
#15: Marijuana Deathsquads
Tamper, Disable, Destroy
When I Was Your Queen
#14: Southside Desire
Songs To Love and Die To
Gonna Git That Man
#13: L'Assassins
L'Assassins EP
Medium
#12: Reina Del Cid
Blueprints, Plans
Smash Hit
#11: Lazerbeak
Lava Bangers
Hold On
#10: I Self Devine
The Sound Of Low Class Amerika
#3
#9: Jeremy Messersmith
Paper Moon EP
Dwnsze
#8: Mike Mictlan
SNAXXX
Timelines
#7: Motion City Soundtrack
Go
Thread
#6: Now, Now
Threads
Wandering Star
#5: Polica
Local Current Vol. 2
Amongster
#5: Polica
Give You The Ghost
Walt Whitman
#4: Trampled By Turtles
Stars and Satellites
Alone
#4: Trampled By Turtles
Stars and Satellites
Only Life I Know
#3: Brother Ali
Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color
Namesake
#3: Brother Ali
Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color
Borrowed Time
#2: Prof
Kaiser Von Powderhorn III
Swimming feat. Slug
#2: Prof
Kaiser Von Powderhorn III
Bumper
#1: P.O.S.
We Don't Even Live Here
Get Down feat. Mike Mictlan
#1: P.O.S.
We Don't Even Live Here
