It’s pretty cool that artists can distribute their music on their own with the press of a button these days, but it can be a double egded sword. The less  physical records need to be sold, the less record stores stay open. Record stores are often the heart (or some important organ) of a music community. This is certainly true of True Vine Record Shop in Baltimore, a beloved "record shop/community center/walk-in therapy stand." Times are tight for the folks of True Vine, so they’re throwing a fundraising party this Friday, at DIY space 5th Dimension, in the H&H Building (405 W.Franklin Street). The show will include “Rhodes Warrior” Liz Durette, Asa Osborn, Owen Gardner, Strange Times People Band, and DJ Jason Willett. True Vine has been featured by Rolling Stone as one of the best record stores in the USA, and is a Best of Baltimore Winner in the Baltimore City Paper. If you love music in Baltimore, make this your Friday night destination and bring a donation to help support both a local record store and a center for the music and art community. Check out some Rhodes magic by Liz Durette below. –Natan Press

If you’re into dirty underground Rock n’ Roll and aren’t fussed on spilled beer, blown eardrums, and packed bars you’ve never heard of then chances are you’ll like Threats – a band that this year made it in our Best of NYC Poll for Emerging Artists, in the Revival Rock category. Despite having a barely there online presence and an album only available on Vinyl, Threats have a solid following in the downtown scene. Bonded by a love of booze and music, the band is fronted by Jack Ridley (Drowners‘ guitarist), with Drowners lead singer Matt Hitt on bass and Paulo Dell’Olio on drums. The sound is fast and loose, rough warehouse punk revival with subtle surf elements. With great songs, pro musicians and an insane live show these guys are definitely worth a look. Follow the band on Twitter and when and if Threats decide to play a show you might hear about it. Listen to i wanna get high now below. – Bianca Mascheretti

Deli Nation,

Our Year End Poll for Emerging Nashville Artists was – as usual – a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we pulled it off with remarkable flair!

Kudos to phenomenal punks Diarrhea Planet (pictured) for winning it, and to lo-fi riot grrrl Bully and mellow folksters Great Peacock for placing 2nd and third – we are very happy with this top 3, more gems are hidden in the list below, theough, check it out!

Here’s how it all went down: first, we let the local bands submit their music (for free), and got our Deli editors to pick the nominees. Then we polled a list of 15+ Nashville scene expert (our jury, list at the bottom) and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each. Then we polled our writers, then we polled our readers. We tried to keep things open for each single genre, from Indie Rock to Roots Music to Hip Hop.

If you are a geek interested in all the subtelties related to how this poll works, you can read its rules here (happy reading!). But if all you care about is the awesome new music Nashville produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2013 POLL FOR EMERGING NASHVILLE ARTISTS ****** FINAL RESULTS ******

ARTIST J OS R TOT   1 Diarrhea Planet 11   0.009 11.009 2 Bully 9   0.002 9.002 3 Great Peacock 6   0.002 6.002 4 Steelism 4   0.008 4.008 5 El El 4   0.002 4.002 6 Dave Pahanish 3   0.044 3.044 7 Sol Cat   3 0.009 3.009 8 The Delta Saints 3   0.007 3.007 9 Leroy Powll and the Messengers 3   0.004 3.004   Nudity 3   0.004 3.004 11 Guide 3   0.001 3.001 12 The Daily Howl 1   2 3   George Shingleton 2   1 3   Cy Barkley and the Way Outsiders 3   0 3 15  Jeffrey James   1 1.5 2.5   ForeverAndNever 2   0.5 2.5   The Oak Creek Band 2   0.5 2.5 18 Armon Jay   2 0.052 2.052 19 Sherbert 2   0.009 2.009 20 Heavy Sole 2   0.004 2.004   Plastic Vision   2 0.004 2.004 22 Act of Impalement 2   0.003 2.003   Blackfoot Gypsies 2   0.003 2.003 24 Blank Range 2   0.001 2.001 25 Adia Victoria 2   0 2   Richie 2   0 2 27 Wild Cub 2   0 2 28 Moseley 1   0.037 1.037 29 Calligan   1 0.018 1.018 30  The Wooly Mamas 1   0.011 1.011 31 The Golden Sounds 1   0.007 1.007   The Prophet Nathan   1 0.007 1.007 33 Mindset Defect 1   0.006 1.006 34 Charlie & The Foxtrots   1 0.004 1.004 35 Buffalo Clover 1   0.003 1.003   Tristen 1   0.003 1.003 37 Clear Plastic Masks 1   0.002 1.002   Joe Robinson 1   0.002 1.002 39 Leagues 1   0.001 1.001   Wick-it the Instigator 1   0.001 1.001 41 Anchor Thieves 1   0 1   Brandon Calhoun 1   0 1   Profane Command 1   0 1   Weekend Babes 1   0 1 Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers, R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

List of Juror’s: Grimey’s staff (Doyle Davis, Anna Lundy, Josh Walker), Elise Tyler (Stone Fox) Patrick Rodgers (Nashville Scene), Jesse Willoughby (ASCAP), Brendan Donahue (Pureform Media), WRVU Vanderbilt Radio Staff (Logan Wilke, Jillian Stein, Neal Cotter), Jared Corder (East Nashville Underground), Christopher Paxton (Lightning 100, Live on the Green), Jesse Baker (Marathon Music Works/Exit Inn), Steve Cross (DJ/Photographer), Jazzi Bennet (Owl Farm), Terra James-Jura (The Deli Nashville), Dave Pahanish (songwriter), Wells Adams (the615) David Oakleaf (The Building), Benji Brown (Benji Brown Booking)

Hope you’ll find some awesome new artists you weren’t aware of!

The Deli’s Staff

DC’s Luray is currently on tour supporting their album The Wilder. The band, fronted by Shannon Carey on banjo, takes the traditional sounds of folk and country music, mixes them up delicately with pedals and synths for their beautiful recordings, and then retranslates those sounds for their entertaining and energetic performances. You can check out an interview we did with Luray a few months ago here. After a few days in New England, Luray is passing back through the DMV to play Iota on Friday, February 7th. –Natan Press