NYC

The Deli’s Year End Best of NYC Fans’ Poll Final Top 20 Chart!

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1
  Midnight Spin  
2
  Cavalier Rose  
3
  The Shake  
4
  The Courtesy Tier  
5
  The London Souls  
6
  Hawke and Dove  
7
  Zambri  
8
  The Paper Raincoat  
9
  Freelance Whales  
10
  April Smith  
11
  Eskalators  
12
  Monogold  
13
  The Woes  
14
  Penguin Prison  
15
  Anamanaguchi  
16
  Gordon Voidwell  
17
  Julie Peel  
18
  Jones Street Station  
19
  Bear In Heaven  
20
  El Jezel  
This is the final Top 20 chart of the Deli’s Year End Best of NYC Fans’ Poll for emerging artists – breakdown of the votes here.

On Wednesday we’ll publish the chart of the Best of NYC 2009 Poll, which will assign the cover of the spring printed issue of The Deli Magazine.

As we have 67 artists on this list, we are taking a few days to double check all the votes, which were assigned through a rather complicated system involving a jury of scene makers, The Deli’s writers, our readers, the bands’ fans, and also through an initial open contest – full rules can be found here.

Stay tuned!

The Deli’s Staff
 
NYC

Best of NYC 2009 – List of Jurors and Writers

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We would like to say a big "Thank You" to all the jurors who helped us, with their vote, compile the list of The Deli’s Year End Best of NYC Emerging Artists.

List of Jurors (in random order): John Donohue (The New Yorker) – Daniel Givens (Other Music) – Claire McNamara (Oh My Rockness) – Frank Garcia (Union Pool) – DJ MOJO – Andy Bodor (Cake Shop) – Doug DeFalco (Southpaw) – Pianos Talent Buyers – Darrell McNeill (BAM) – Jack McFadden (The Bell House/Union Hall) – Max Brennan (Lit Lounge) – Tammy Sprinkle (Soundfix) – Karen Soskin (East Village Radio) – Jessica Dessner (Sycamore) – Matt Tyson (Earfarm.com) – Nora Walker (I Rock I Roll Blog) – Christopher R. Weingarten (1,000 times yes) – Marc Hutner (Ascap) – Brandon Haas (BMI) – Jamie Dominguez (SESAC) – Trevor Silmser (The Studio at Webster Hall).

The following Deli writers cast their vote as well: Andrew Spaulding, Erin O’Keefe, Nancy Chow, Paul Dunn, Ryan Henriquez, Liz Schroeter, Simon Heggie, Nicholas Palumbo, Joe Coscarelli, Lauren Piper, Charles Davis, Lindsey Goetz, Chloe Schildhouse.

Thank you to all the bands who participated to our poll either by submitting to the open contest or be simply being selected, and thanks to all the fans and Deli readers that animated our fans’ poll.

NYC Deli Editor in Chief Paolo De Gregorio also voted as part of the jury (we don’t really need to thank him, as he’s writing this!). Many other scene makers and Deli writers were asked to vote and – for a reason or another – they didn’t; we point this out because we want you all to realise that also this element (the missing votes) had a crucial influence on the results.

The Deli’s Staff

Philadelphia

Hair Rocket – Weird, Art or Both? at The Khyber Jan. 20

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What started out as an outpour of heartache and emotion has moved on to become a WOXY Pick of the Year in 2009, and has received a good deal of play on Y-Rock and WEQX! What started out as Chris Blasucci making a music video has since evolved into an intense garage/glam band whose music and performances have been compelling enough to have audience members in attendance volunteer locks of their own hair. So the hair might just fly when Hair Rocket plays music from their debut EP Novelty at The Khyber tonight. Be part of history and donate a lock of your hair, or at least be part of some weird cathartic art ritual! They’ll be joined by indie psych rock quintet Shining TV Screen. The Khyber, 56 S. 2nd St., 9pm, $8, 21+ myspace.com/hairrocket – Bill McThrill

L.A.

Best of LA 2009 Readers’ Poll – Two days left, vote now!

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Democracy loving peoples,

The last phase of our exhausting Year End Best of LA vote has begun — each one of you can now let us know what their favorite emerging LA band of 2009 is. Don’t miss this opportunity to CHANGE THE WORLD (sorta)!

VOTE HERE!
***Poll closes January 21***
(Vote wisely — only one vote per IP/household)

The winner of the Composite Chart (the one including votes from Jury, Deli Writers and Deli Readers) will get the cover of The Deli’s Spring issue + various prizes including free studio and mastering time, audio plug ins, music store vouchers, musical instrument insurance, all courtesy of our sponsors.

2nd and 3rd artists will also be rewarded with features and cover space in the next issue + some prizes from our sponsors.

CORRECTION!
We previously posted the wrong prizes for our LA Poll – this is the pool of prizes that will be shared amongst the winners: 1. Cover of The Deli Magazine’s Spring Issue 2. 14 free mastered songs 3. Four Audio Plug Ins 4. Artist of the Month Banner on The Deli’s website for 2 weeks (winners only).

Happy voting!

The Deli Staff

Portland

From the Deli Portland Open Blog: Lasers for Eyes Party Programme

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Lasers for Eyes

Featuring former members of Phoenix band Bodhisattva and Portland’s short-lived, exclusively house show band BOOKENDS, Lasers for Eyes is a bass-crunching, drum-rattling duo who draws influences from Northwest post-punk and noise like Blood Brothers and The Get Hustle, as well as San Diego-area psych and hardcore like Antioch Arrow.

Though often compared to bands like Death From Above 1979 because of their bass & drums lineup, the band is moving into a more psychedelic and garage sound and away from dance.

Their next show is at Backspace, Friday, February 5th. featuring newcomers Wizard Rifle, and – fresh from a European tour – veterans KidCrash.

NYC

Best of NYC 2009 – Deli Writers Chart: Real Estate + Cymbals Eat Guitars

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1
  Cymbals Eat Guitars
 
  Real Estate
3
  The Antlers
 
  Beach Fossils
 
  Dirty Projectors
 
  Freelance Whales
 
  Motel Motel
 
  Sharon Van Etten
 
  The Vandelles
 
  Woods
This year we gathered so much data for our Year End Best of NYC Poll that we can even give you a chart of our Deli writers vote – here it is.

The top two bands received 3 votes from our writers, while the groups of bands in 3rd place received 2 writers’ votes each.

The Deli’s Staff
 
L.A.

Relief Alert: Haiti benefit at Echoplex on Friday

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The folks at Manimal Vinyl are putting a stellar line-up together this Friday for a Haiti relief benefit show at the Echoplex. If you haven’t given already, or are willing to give up some more, The American Red Cross will be standing by to collect the $10 entry fee for immediate relief. Scheduled to play: Nico Vega, Adanowsky, Jenny O., SoKo, Corridor, Pizza!, and the LA Ladies Choir. RSVP on the Facebook event page for more updates.

San Francisco

Year End Best of San Francisco Readers’ Poll – Final Top 10!

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1
  Orchestra Of Antlers
2
  Grand Lake
3
  Le Vice
4
  A B & the Sea
5
  Leopold and his Fiction
6
  Baby Dino
7
  Michael Zapruder
8
  The Downer Party
9
  Honeycomb
10
  TV Mike & the Scarecrowes
This is our final Top 10 for the Year End Best of San Francisco readers Poll – full breakdown of the votes here.

On Thursday we’ll publish the results of the Best of San Francisco 2009 Poll, which is calculated through a rather complicated system involving a jury of scene makers, The Deli’s writers, our readers, the bands’ fans, and also through an initial open contest – rules can be found here. – Stay tuned!

The Deli’s Staff
 
New England

Year End Best of New England Readers’ Poll – Final Top 10!

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1
  McAlister Drive
2
  M Bernier & the Uprising
3
  28 Degrees Taurus
4
  The Organ Beats
5
  The Day’s Weight
6
  Dave Alpert
7
  Myra Flynn
8
  Jesse Dee
9
  The Points North
10
  Township
This is our final Year End Best of New England Fans Poll’s Top 10 – full breakdown of the votes here.

On Wednesday we’ll publish the results of the Best of New England 2009 Poll, which is calculated through a rather complicated system involving a jury of scene makers, The Deli’s writers, our readers, the bands’ fans, and also through an initial open contest – rules can be found here. – Stay tuned!

The Deli’s Staff
 
San Francisco

Best Albums of 2009 from the SF Bay Area

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1. WHY? – Eskimo Snow
Its hard to believe these songs were written at the same time as Alopecia way back in 2007. A perfect mix between weird, poppy, and intelligent that is incredibly fun and satisfying.

2. Man/Miracle – The Shape of Things
A band with some of the most original mixes of influences, think Talking Heads doing sometimes darker indie dance songs, Man/Miracle is one of my favorite bands in Oakland. Every song on The Shape of Things becomes your favorite as you listen to it. A late release in November of 100 copies has already rumored to be sold out, but it will be re-released by Third Culture Records in February of 2010 making it a safe prediction that The Shape of Things will make it on this same list next year too.

3. Girls – Album
It seems that there are a number of people who are “over” this record or sick of hearing about it on Pitchfork and other prominent music blogs but, to be frank, those people are idiots. Excessive publicity aside, Girls made a really amazing record. Interesting song writing and Christopher Owens’ voice made most of the songs on Album impossible to not enjoy. Was there a better opening song on a local record this year than “Lust For Life” or a better almost seven minute slow tempo pop song than “Hellhole Ratrace”? No, there wasn’t.

4. Grand Lake – Nevermint
Grand Lake’s debut with their original 4 person line up blew me away when it was released in March. Short minimal pop songs became controlled explosions for all 7 tracks of Nevermint. The songwriting of Caleb Nichols is complemented perfectly by the wild guitar abstractions of Jameson Swanagon. Grand Lake may have moved on from these type of songs, but none the less Nevermint is one of the better listens from the East Bay scene this year.

5.Tall Grass – Nothing, Nothing Tra La La
Tall Grass made my favorite CD-R of 2009. The songwriting of Andrew Macey is both emotional and hilarious allowing it to touch the listener in a special and unique way. Like their performances, Tall Grass is best enjoyed in an intimate setting where you can feel as close to the acoustic guitar, fiddle, harmonies, and subtle percussion as possible.

-Glenn Jackson

L.A.

Coachella speculation frenzy ends; include appearances by Deli LA favs

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We never wanted to partake in the Coachella line-up guessing game because, well, we might as well be writing fan fiction, so we patiently waited for this glorious graphic to surface this morning. Unless you’ve been living under a proverbial digital rock, here it is. Congrats to Deli LA favorites Mayer Hawthorne and Local Natives for scoring a spot on one of the most diverse bills the festival has seen in recent memory. We’ll be bringing you a complete round-up of LA artists slated for Indio in days to come, just in case the itch for a local preview hits you.