DC super-group Dot Dash (ex Julie Ocean, Youth Brigade, The Saturday People, Minor Threat, etc.) will be playing a show at Comet Ping Pong on February 1st. Dot Dash describe themselves as “post-punk pop,” combining and contrasting familiar “alternative” elements– melodic and dissonant, sharp and jangly, stern and whimsical—in earworm after engaging earworm. They will be joined on the bill by History Repeated (ex Government Issue) and a band from Russia called The Gumbas, who are described as “a band featuring professional male Russian Ballet Dancers from the world famous Mariinsky Ballet Company, who will also be performing earlier in the evening in Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center Opera House.” I’m intrigued. –Natan Press

"Avant Indie" is a term we coined to avoid the temptation of calling some rock bands "experimental," since we see experimental music as a separate genre from rock. Therefore in this list you’ll find edgy bands that like to try new things – fun!

Total submissions in this category: 21

Artists Qualified to the next stage (Readers’ Poll, starting soon):

1. Celestial Shore – 8.66 (out of 10)
2. Julia Easterlin – 8.5
3. No Shoes – 8.33
3. Christine Hoberg – 8.33

Honorable Mentions (scores above 7.16):

Tiny Hazard, The Beriberi, Pass Kontrol, Passenger Peru, Tauk, Andrew Rosciszewski, Throw Vision.

Jurors: Jason Behrends (Deli Chicago), Ben Toledo (Deli Portland), PDG (Deli NYC).

THIS IS THE LAST BATCH OF RESULTS FROM THE OPEN SUBMISSIONS, READERS POLL’S NEXT!!!

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Here’s more for the traditionalists out there, Best of NYC 2013 Poll results for the open submissions in the FOLK ROCK /AMERICANA department! Don’t forget that we are talking about emerging bands here, not breakout artists.

Total submissions in this category: 20

Artists Qualified to the next stage (Readers’ Poll, starting soon):

1. Such Hounds – 8.83 (out of 10)
2. Gondola – 8

Honorable Mentions (scores above 7):

Supersmall, Wild Leaves, Ryan Hobler, Shari Pine, The Candles, Dan Abraham, The Bottom Dollars, Brother Valiant, Bird to Prey, Kris Gruen, The Vansaders.

Jurors: Terra James-Jura (Deli Nashville), Jacqueline Caruso (Deli LA), PDG (Deli NYC).

Stay tuned for more results, and then for the readers’ poll!

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When walking through New York City, the one thing you notice is the variety of people, places and things. As you walk down the city streets you’ll pass many different stores, restaurants, parks, personalities, and landmarks with various purposes, influences and flavors. Teen Girl Scientist Monthly is a 6-piece group from Brooklyn that embodies this essence. When popping on their new album ‘We Run With Gangs‘ each track jumps through various vibes, instrumentation, and styles all while keeping the same rock presence. They even shift vocalist from female to male leads on most tracks, which highlights this group’s multifaceted personality.

While they’ve been described as "Ra Ra Riot and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah making out in the bathroom" we are closely reminded of the band Enon, who also had very distinct stylistic changes throughout their records. Join the party at their release show on January 27th at Mercury Lounge. – Joe Fish

We gave Brooklyn based psych pop band Zula quite a lot of attention recently in this blog and we are glad to see that our non-NYC editors agree in seeing potential in this band. The quartet was voted by our editors as the best Psych Rock/Dream Pop artist to submit to our year end Best of NYC Poll for Emerging Artists. This is a band that’s been churning out a lot of good material in the past two years, and the new album "This Hopeful" released in the fall of 2013 under Inflated Record’s wing shows a reached maturity. Check out beautiful dream pop single NRGZ streaming below, and see them live at Shea Stadium on January 30 and at Baby’s All Right on 02.06.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best NYC songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!