The Deli Philly’s Best Emerging Artists of 2014 Poll – FINAL RESULTS: 1. Sheer Mag, 2. Nothing, 3. Cheerleader & More

Deli Nation,

Our Year End Poll for Emerging Philly Artists was – as usual – a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we do enjoy seeing what everyone has been into!

Kudos to rock ‘n’ rollers Sheer Mag (pictured and streaming) for winning the overall poll and and certainly impressing many with their debut EP 7"!

Also, big thumbs up to heavy shoegaze outfit Nothing, who released our March 2014 Record of the Month, and rising indie popsters Cheerleader.

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 30+ Philly music scene enthusiasts/experts (our jury), and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each. We polled our local writers, and we also requested fans and readers to vote for their favorite. We tried to keep things open for each single genre, from Indie Rock to Roots Music to Hip Hop.

If you are interested in geeking out in all the subtleties related to how this poll works, you can read its rules HERE. But if all you care about is the awesome new music Philly produced in the 2014, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2014 POLL FOR EMERGING PHILLY ARTISTS ****** FINAL RESULTS ******

ARTIST J OS W R TOT   1 Sheer Mag 22   2 0.005 24.005 2 Nothing 9   2 0.001 11.001 3 Cheerleader 7   1 0.003 8.003 4 Modern Baseball 5   3 0.001 8.001 5 CRUISR 8     0 8   Marian Hill 7   1 0 8 7 Vita and the Woolf 7     0.006 7.006 8 Amanda X 7     0.004 7.004 9 Cayetana 6   1 0.002 7.002   Suburban Living 5   2 0.002 7.002 11 The Lawsuits 7     0.001 7.001 12 Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band 5   2 0 7 13 Mumblr 4   2 0.003 6.003 14 Mo Lowda & The Humble 6     0.001 6.001 15 Tutlie 2   2 0.01 4.01 16 Alex G 2   2 0.009 4.009 17 DRGN King 3   1 0.001 4.001 18 Bondage & Discipline 2   1 0.5 3.5 19 Queen Jo   3   0.115 3.115 20 The Cloth 3     0.026 3.026 21 Dead 3     0.019 3.019 22 Divers 3     0.002 3.002   Ecstatic Vision 2   1 0.002 3.002   HIVELORDS 3     0.002 3.002   Literature 2   1 0.002 3.002 26 Chelsea Sue Allen 3     0.001 3.001   Myrrias 3     0.001 3.001   Pine Barons 3     0.001 3.001 29 Ben Kessler   1   2 3   Hannah Taylor 3     0 3   Needle Points 3     0 3   The Mellowells   2   1 3 33 Those People   1   1.5 2.5 34 Blood Sound   1 1 0.011 2.011 35 Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Five 2     0.006 2.006 36 Bonzai 2     0.005 2.005   Thin Lips 2     0.005 2.005 38 Faking 2     0.004 2.004   Milton 2     0.004 2.004   Pinkwash 1   1 0.004 2.004 41 Teen Men 2     0.003 2.003 42 Bad Canoes 2     0.002 2.002 43 Hound 1   1 0.002 2.002 44 Dylan Jane 2     0.001 2.001   Prime Homeless Time 2     0.001 2.001   The Yetis 2     0.001 2.001 47 Lantern 2     0 2   Locals 2     0 2 49 Shark Tape   1.5   0.001 1.501 50 Cave People 1     0.5 1.5 51 Pushin’ it 2 the Limit 1     0.065 1.065 52 You You Dark Forest   1   0.029 1.029 53 What Nerve 1     0.026 1.026 54 Cherokee Red 1     0.023 1.023 55 You Do You 1     0.018 1.018 56 Aaron Parnell Brown   1   0.009 1.009   The Stammer   1   0.009 1.009 58 S.T.O.P. 1     0.008 1.008 59 Abi Reimold 1     0.004 1.004   Mock Suns   1   0.004 1.004 61 Ill Fated Natives 1     0.002 1.002   Son Little 1     0.002 1.002   The Bad Doctors 1     0.002 1.002 64 Combine 1     0.001 1.001   Commonwealth Choir 1     0.001 1.001   Little Big League 1     0.001 1.001   The Goodbye Party 1     0.001 1.001   Worshyper 1     0.001 1.001 69 No Good Sister 1     0 1   Noah Breakfast 1     0 1 Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers, R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

Special Thanks to Our Jurors: Dan Bisogno (Choice Tasters, Y-Not Radio), Jeff Blinder (Spazz Presents), Gabrielle Bonghi (Philly.com), Kate Bracaglia (Philly.com), Eric Bresler (PhilaMOCA), Jessica Craft (Rock to the Future), Ryan Crump (Philly Drum Project), Emma Fried-Cassorla (Philly Love Notes), Kevin Horn (Bonfire Booking), Ellei Johndro (Shadowscene), Kevin Kennedy (The Swollen Fox), Colin Kerrigan (Out Of Town Films, Philly.com), David Kiss (Kung Fu Necktie), Fred Knittel (Folkadelphia), Josh T. Landow (Y-NOT Radio), Carolyn Lederach (Sofar Philly), Barrett Lindgren (Independent Promoter, Johnny Brenda’s), Jesse Lundy (Point Entertainment), Gordon Mays (MilkBoy Philly), Jeff Meyers (The Guild, Boot & Saddle), George Miller (Jump Philly), Mark Schoneveld (YVYNYL), Stephanie Seiple (Tri State Indie), Matt Smith (HotBox Studios, CID), Jon Solomon (WPRB), Aaron Stampa (Radio Static Philly), Q.D. Tran (The Deli Magazine), John Vettese (The Key, WXPN), Allie Volpe (Philly.com), Nikki Volpicelli (Beatport, The Key), Chris Ward (Johnny Brenda’s), Bruce Warren (WXPN, The Key).

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

Cheers,

The Deli’s Staff