This year we grouped Psych Rock and Shoegazer submissions to our Best of NYC Emerging Artists 2010 Poll with Noise Rock ones, although it was mostly artists from the first genre group that rose to the top positions. Invisible Days (top picture), after catching the attention of the NYC staff with their new single "Solitary Time", they also impressed The Deli's out of town editors selected to rate bands in this category, and they qualified to the next round together with Kordan (whom we also decided to promote to the next phase because they got an outstanding average rating of 9 out of 10). All the artists in this top 10 received really good ratings and it breaks our hart to get only two of them through to the final stage of our poll.

Categories: Psych Rock, Shoegazer, Noise Rock, Lo-Fi
Region: NYC + NJ + Long Island
Jurors: Deli Washington and New England Editors

1. Invisible Days - NOMINATED FOR NEXT PHASE
2. Kordan - NOMINATED FOR NEXT PHASE



3. Dead Leaf Echo
4.Young Boys
5. FOOD S†ΔMPS
6. Elika
7. Backlights
7. Pet Ghost Project
7. Quiet Loudly
10. Quilty