Every year, the Richmond music scene has so many incredible albums come out, it’s such a hard time narrowing it down to a select few. Here are the best albums Richmond musicians had to offer for 2012. Enjoy.
DEAD FAME – FRONTIERS
HERRO SUGAR – SMOKING GENERAL KILLS STURGEON
ROAD KILL ROY – THE WORLD PASSES BY
SNOWY OWLS – WITHIN YR REACH
T-DIVISION – SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
BLACK GIRLS – HELL DRAGON
WHITE LACES – MOVES
ANOUSHEH – THE TROUBLE I FIND
BRYCE MCCORMICK – LET IT GO
WOLF//GOAT – IN WATERMELON SUGAR
NELLY KATE – ISH ISH
HORSEHEAD – SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS
THE TRILLIONS – TRITONES
ANDREW LEAHEY AND THE HOMESTEAD
Technically, he’s not in Richmond anymore but he grew up here, plays around RVA often, most of the band is from here and it’s a really good album.
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I know you dont like him or his music, but I think you should have included Meade Skelton’s “Meade Music” as one of the best Richmond albums of 2012. It was very entertaining and well done, and it is one of the quintessentially Richmond albums of 2012.