Deli Readers,

After a month and a half long painstaking process, we finally have the overall results of The Deli's Best of NYC 2011 Poll for Emerging Artists.

Congrats to Caveman - who won the poll after being featured on the cover of the NYC Summer 2011 issue of The Deli. This fantastic band received a record number of votes from our jury of NYC scene makers (see list here), which sealed the deal since the early stages of the poll.

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Congrats also to Lucius, who will be featured on the cover of our Spring 2011 issue, since we never give the most coveted glossy page of The Deli to the same band more than once. Lucius - a female fronted alt-roots band we highlighted and booked several times in 2011 - earned the cover by winning the Readers' and Fans' Poll. But make no mistake: they fully deserve this prize, just go see them live tonight (01.25) at The Mercury lounge and you will understand why.
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Well done to dream-pop masters Widowspeak for their third place, sanctioned by lots of love from our jury and writers. Their stunning debut album on Captured Tracks Records was The Deli's Record of the Month in August 2011.

Artist J OS W F TOTAL   1 Caveman 13 2   0.023 15.023 2 Lucius 4   2 3 9 3 Widowspeak 6   2 0.012 8.012 4 Friends 7     0.015 7.015 5 Monogold 4 1 1 0.128 6.128 6 Ski Lodge 6     0.003 6.003 7 Big Wilson River 3 2   0.234 5.234 8 Ava Luna 3   2 0.014 5.014 9 The Denzels 5     0.009 5.009 10 Apollo Run 3   1 0.203 4.203 11 Kung Fu Crimewave 3   1 0.101 4.101 12 Tall Tall Trees 3 1   0.077 4.077 13 Ambassadors 3   1 0.033 4.033 14 Fort Lean 4     0.013 4.013 15 Arms 3   1 0.007 4.007   Grassfight 1 3   0.007 4.007 17 Body Language 4     0.005 4.005 18 Stephie Coplan & the...   1.5   2.5 4 19 Starlight Girls   1.5 2 0.007 3.507 20 Hurrah! A Bolt of Light!   2 1 0.239 3.239 21 Black Taxi   2 1 0.052 3.052 22 A$AP Rocky 3     0.041 3.041 23 The Can't Tells 3     0.017 3.017   Yellow Ostrich 2   1 0.017 3.017 25 Spirit Family Reunion 3     0.011 3.011 26 The Men 3     0.009 3.009 27 Diane Cluck 2   1 0.008 3.008   Zambri 3     0.008 3.008 29 Devin 3     0.007 3.007 30 North Highlands 2   1 0.006 3.006   Skaters 3     0.006 3.006 32 Hidden Fees 3     0.003 3.003   Illuminator 3     0.003 3.003 34 Brothers 1     2 3 35 The Bottom Dollars   1.5 1 0.113 2.613 36 Field Mouse   1.5 1 0.027 2.527 37 MiniBoone   1.5 1 0.008 2.508   38 Futurist   1   1.5 2.5 39 Merrily & the Poison Orchard   1.25   1 2.25 40 Exemption   2   0.213 2.213 41 Mal Blum   1 1 0.196 2.196 42 Deathrow Tull   1 1 0.17 2.17 43 Snowmine   1 1 0.134 2.134 44 Clementine and the Galaxy 2     0.087 2.087 45 The Sneaky Mister 2     0.074 2.074 46 j.viewz   2   0.066 2.066 47 Reverend John DeLore   2   0.061 2.061 48 Robin Bacior   2   0.042 2.042 49 Firehorse   1 1 0.035 2.035 50 Brick & Mortar 2     0.03 2.03 51 Due Diligence   1 1 0.024 2.024   The Courtesy Tier   1 1 0.024 2.024 53 Bird Call   2   0.02 2.02 54 The Sway Machinery   2   0.011 2.011 55 Dive 2     0.008 2.008 56 The Beets 2     0.007 2.007 57 Slowdance 2     0.006 2.006 58 Dead Leaf Echo   1 1 0.005 2.005   Ice Choir 2     0.005 2.005   St. Lucia 2     0.005 2.005 61 Lady Lamb The Beekeeper 2     0.004 2.004 62 Lissy Trullie 1   1 0.004 2.004 63 Caged Animals 1   1 0.003 2.003 64 Coasting 2     0.002 2.002   Papertwin 2     0.002 2.002   Penguin Prison 2     0.002 2.002   Timeflies 2     0.002 2.002   Wise Blood 2     0.002 2.002 69 Superhuman Happiness 2     0 2 70 Tayisha Busay   1.5   0.052 1.552 71 Pass Kontrol   1.5   0.051 1.551 72 Thinning The Herd   1.5   0.048 1.548   Xenia Rubinos   1.5   0.048 1.548 74 Fall of the Albatross   1.5   0.011 1.511   Food Will Win the War   1.5   0.011 1.511 76 Chappo   1   0.289 1.289 77 Sinem Saniye   1   0.265 1.265 78 Motherfeather 1     0.153 1.153 79 My Pet Dragon   1   0.15 1.150 80 The Third Wheel Band   1   0.115 1.115 81 Cuddle Magic 1     0.085 1.085 82 Himalaya   1   0.077 1.077 83 The Stepkids 1     0.047 1.047 84 The Bandana Splits   1   0.041 1.041 85 Grace Weber   1   0.039 1.039 86 Indyns   1   0.038 1.038   Wazu   1   0.038 1.038 88 In One Wind 1     0.033 1.033 89 Oh Whitney 1     0.022 1.022 90 Ex Cops 1     0.019 1.019 91 Appomattox   1   0.017 1.017 92 Blonde Valhalla   1   0.015 1.015 93 Quilty   1   0.014 1.014   Twitchers 1     0.014 1.014   Young Boys 1     0.014 1.014 96 Nicholas Jaar 1     0.01 1.01 97 Babies 1     0.009 1.009 98 Fredericks Brown 1     0.008 1.008   Gross Relations 1     0.008 1.008   Idgy Dean 1     0.008 1.008   Psychobuildings 1     0.008 1.008 102 Yvette   1   0.007 1.007 103 OhNoMoon 1     0.005 1.005 104 Aaron Roche 1     0.004 1.004 105 Spanish Prisoners   1   0.003 1.003 106 Happy New Year 1     0.001 1.001 107 Motive   0.5   0.272 0.772 108 Bugs in the Dark   0.5   0.189 0.689 Legend: J = Jury - OS = Open Submissions - W = Deli Writers - F = Fans

A quick explanation of the point system:
Jurors (see list here) could freely pick any emerging NYC artists, and assigned 3 points to their first choice, 2 to the second and 1 to the third. For example, Caveman scored 13 points by having 4 jurors choosing them as 1st band and one as third.
Open Submissions - rated by Deli Editors from other cities - assigned 3 points to the overall winners (Grassfight), 2 points to the genre category winners, 1.5 points to the artists placing 2nd in the genre categories, and 1 to all the other ones. Under this column you'll also find bands that qualified through SonicBids. Since the number of bands competing in tha list is much smaller, we decided to assign them lower scores: 1.5 for the winner, 1.25 for 2nd place and 1 for all the other bands.
Deli Writers were asked to cast 3 votes for any of the artists in the list of nominees compiled through Jurors picks and Open Submissions. Each vote was worth 1 point.
Readers' and Fans' votes counted 0.001 points each, apart from the top 5 bands, rewarded respectively with 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5 and 1 points.

Doubts? Feel free to ask questions via email at info @ thedelimagazine dot com!

The Deli's Staff