Best of SF Bay Area 2014 for Emerging Artists: FINAL RESULTS: 1. Down and Outlaws, 2. Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah, 3. Assateague

Deli Nation,

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

Kudos to garage rockers, Down and Outlaws, our new Deli SF Bay Area Artist of the Year!!!

Thumbs up to the awesome psych- soul band, Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah:

And to the great indie-folk band, Assateague:

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+ SF Bay Area scene expert (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 SF Bay Area produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2014 POLL FOR EMERGING SF BAY AREA ARTISTS
****** FINAL RESULTS ******
 
ARTIST  
J
OS
R
TOT
 
1
Down and Outlaws   6.5   0.006 6.506
2
Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah   4.5   0.025 4.525 icon
3
Assateague   4.5   0.005 4.505 icon
4
Cellar Doors   4.5   0.001 4.501 icon
5
​Indianna Hale   3.5   0.001 3.501 icon
6
Friends W/O Benefits   3   0.082 3.082 icon
7
Summer Peaks     3 0.03 3.03 icon
8
Cotillon   3   0.007 3.007 icon
9
Balms   3   0.004 3.004 icon
10
Fritz Montana   3   0.04 3.04 icon
11

Michael Musika   3   0.004 3.004 icon
12
Useless Eaters   3   0.004 3.004
13
Cool Ghouls   3   0.003 3.003 icon
14
Vanwave   3   0.003 3.003 icon
15
King Woman​   3   0.002 3.002 icon
16
David Brookings and the Average Lookings   1   2 3 icon
17
The Classical   2   1 3 icon
18
Wildwood   3   0 3
19
Meet Me in Orbit     1 1.5 2.5 icon
20
Unconditional Arms   2   0.5 2.5 icon
21
Miss March     2 0.076 2.076 icon
22
Breakdown Valentine   2   0.05 2.05 icon
23
The Hot Toddies   2   0.046 2.046
24
Front Country   2   0.017 2.017 icon
25
Once and Future Band   2   0.014 2.014 icon
26
Queen Crescent   2   0.007 2.007 icon
27
The Seshen   2   0.006 2.006 icon
28
Hot Flash Heat Wave   2   0.004 2.004 icon
29
Martin Luther   2   0.004 2.004 icon
30
Con Brio   2   0.003 2.003 icon
31
Sugar Candy Mountain   2   0.003 2.003 icon
32
The Asteroid #4   2   0.003 2.003 icon
33
Tumbleweed Wanderers   2   0.003 2.003 icon
34
Void Boys   2   0.003 2.003 icon
35
Waterstrider   2   0.003 2.003 icon
36
Yassou Benedict   2   0.003 2.003 icon
37
City Tribe   2   0.002 2.002 icon
38
Cocktails   2   0.002 2.002 icon
39
Hot Lunch   2   0.002 2.002 icon
40
Steep Ravine   2   0.002 2.002 icon
41
Uke-Hunt   2   0.002 2.002 icon
42
Violence Creeps​   2   0.002 2.002 icon
43
​fpodbpod   2   0.001 2.001 icon
44
Luke Sweeney     1.5 0.5 2 icon
45
Mansion   2   0 2 icon
46
Pow! ​   2   0 2 icon
47
Spencer Owen   2   0 2 icon
48
The Love Dimension   2   0 2 icon
49
WILD EYES   2   0 2 icon
50
Goodnight, Texas     1.5 0.003 1.503 icon
51
Before the Brave   1   0.069 1.069 icon
52
Builders     1 0.057 1.057 icon
53
Jet Trash     1 0.019 1.019 icon
54
Royal Jelly Jive     1 0.011 1.011 icon
55
Buffalo Tooth   1   0.006 1.006 icon
56
Lemme Adams     1 0.006 1.006 icon
57
Black Cobra Vipers   1   0.005 1.005 icon
58
Mondo Drag   1   0.003 1.003 icon
59
Brogan Bentley   1   0 1 icon
60
Fleetwood Macrame   1   0 1 icon
61
The Spiral Electric​   1   0 1 icon
Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers,
R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

Jurors List:

Doug Kinsey – The Night Light
​Alex Lilienfield​ – The Chapel
Dan Strachota – Rickshaw Stop
​Travis Busse​ – Neck of the Woods
​Sam Lefebvre​ – East Bay Express​
Brian Zisk​ – SF Music Tech Summit​
Victor Casillas Valle – The Bay Bridged 
Barry Smyth – Brick and Mortar Music Hall
Jessie Woletz – Seaweed Sway
Shawn MacGee – Amnesia Music Hall 
Anisa – Sofar Sounds
Lowell Galliani – Local Music Supporter
Lynne Angel – El Rio
Audra – Thee Parkside
Ash Reiter – Hickey Fest
Jordannah Elizabeth – The Deli Magazine San Francisco

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

The Deli’s Staff