Best of 2014 for Emerging KC Bands: FINAL RESULTS! BUMMER, The Philistines, Katy Guillen & the Girls

Deli Nation,

Our Year-End Poll for Emerging Kansas City artists is now complete! Kudos to grungy punk trio BUMMER (photo above by Crystal Faye Photography) for winning the poll!
 
 
 
And congrats to our runners up, the enigmatic psychedelic six-piece The Philistines and the compelling roots rock trio Katy Guillen and the Girls (who took second place in 2013)!
 
The Philistines
 
 
 
Katy Guillen & the Girls
 
  

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Here is 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+ KC scene experts (our jury) 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 KC produced in 2014, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2013 POLL FOR EMERGING NYC ARTISTS
****** FINAL RESULTS ******
 
ARTIST
J
OS
W
R
TOT
 
1
Bummer
15
 
 
0.01
15.01
2
The Philistines
12
 
1
0.008
13.008
icon
3
Katy Guillen and the Girls
8
 
1
0.023
9.023
icon
4
the sluts
6
 
2
0.006
8.006
icon
5
The Conquerors
6
 
 
0.007
6.007
icon
6
Your Friend
6
 
 
0.006
6.006
icon
7
Yore
4
 
 
1.5
5.5
icon
8
AY MusiK
5
 
 
0.057
5.057
icon
9
The Thunderclaps
5
 
 
0.015
5.015
icon
10
Yes You Are
4
 
1
0.012
5.012
icon
11

Hembree
5
 
 
0.004
5.004
12
Scruffy & The Janitors
3
1
 
0.034
4.034
icon
13
Jorge Arana Trio
4
 
 
0.021
4.021
icon
14
Westerners
3
1
 
0.013
4.013
icon
15
Kangaroo Knife Fight
1
 
1
2
4
icon
 
ATLAS
 
3
 
1
4
icon
17
The Gorlons
2
 
1
0.017
3.017
18
Nicholas St. James
3
 
 
0.014
3.014
icon
19
Monta At Odds
3
 
 
0.009
3.009
icon
20
Folkicide
3
 
 
0.006
3.006
icon
21
Stiff Middle Fingers
3
 
 
0
3
icon
 
The Sexy Accident
3
 
 
0
3
23
Miry Wild
2
 
 
0.5
2.5
icon
24
Admiral of the Red
2
 
 
0.164
2.164
icon
25
Riddles
2
 
 
0.018
2.018
icon
26
Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear
 
 
2
0.013
2.013
icon
27
Sharp Weapons
2
 
 
0.01
2.01
icon
 
Storm Circus
 
2
 
0.01
2.01
icon
29
Wet Ones
2
 
 
0.007
2.007
icon
30
La Guerre
2
 
 
0.002
2.002
icon
31
The Blackbird Revue
 
1
 
1
2
icon
 
Morningglories
2
 
 
0
2
icon
 
Chris Meck & the Guilty Birds
2
 
 
0
2
icon
 
Wick & the Tricks
2
 
 
0
2
icon
35
White Girl
 
1.5
 
0.001
1.501
icon
36
El Rey-Tones
1
 
 
0.42
1.42
icon
37
The Souveneers
1
 
 
0.084
1.084
icon
38
Many Moods of Dad
1
 
 
0.012
1.012
icon
39
Shy Boys
1
 
 
0.002
1.002
icon
40
Forrester
1
 
 
0.001
1.001
icon
 
             
  Scott Hrabko & the Rabbits
1
 
 
0
1
icon
  Janet the Planet
1
 
 
0
1
icon
  The Uncouth
1
 
 
0
1
icon
  Dolls on Fire
1
 
 
0
1
icon
Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers,
R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

Jurors List: Barry Lee, Bill Brownlee, Brenton Cook, Britt Adair, Canyon McClung, Chad Freeman, Chris Haghirian, Clint Hoffmeier, Dedric Moore, Hank Wiedel, Joel Nanos, John Todd, Judy Mills, Justin Mantooth, Mark Manning, Michael Byars, Michelle Wyssmann, Nathan Reusch, Neill Smith, Scott Easterday, Sondra Freeman, Steve Tulipana, Tim Finn.

You can browse these artists in lists organized by genre here:
ALT
 ROCK/REVIVAL ROCKELECTRONICHIP HOP/OTHERINDIE POPINDIE ROCK/PSYCH – NOISE ROCK/POST PUNK – ROOTSY

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

The Deli’s Staff