Best of Austin 2014 for Emerging Artists: FINAL RESULTS: 1. Löwin, 2. Keeper, 3. Chipper Jones

Deli Nation,

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

Kudos to intense rockers Löwin (pictured and streaming) for winning the poll, check out their noteworthy last single "Best Laid Plans," released just a month ago.

Thumbs up also to wicked electro-choral trio Keeper (we featured them in this blog a few days ago) who placed second, and to textural and adventurous post rockers Chipper Jones, who came in third. Here’s some of these folks music:

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+ Austin 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 Austin produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

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

ARTIST   J OS R TOT   1 Löwin   7.5   0.5 8 2 Keeper   4.5   0.014 4.514 3 Chipper Jones   4.5   0.005 4.505 4 Skyline   2   2 4 5 Comforter   2   1.5 3.5 6 Grace London     3 0.5 3.5 7 Illustrations   3   0.019 3.019 8 Sphynx   3   0.013 3.013 9 Robert Banta   3   0.009 3.009 10 Other Lovers   3   0.003 3.003 11 The Golden Dawn Arkestra   3   0.002 3.002 12 Applied Pressure   3   0.001 3.001 13 Modern Medicine   3   0.001 3.001 14 Eyelid Kid   3   0 3 15 The Boxing Lesson   3   0 3 16 Zettajoule   3   0 3 17 Leah Nobel     1.5 1 2.5 18 The Stargazers   2   0.027 2.027 19 Popper Burns   2   0.017 2.017 20 A. Sinclair   2   0.009 2.009 21 Timberos Del Norte   2   0.008 2.008 22 Kalu James   2   0.007 2.007 23 Casual Strangers   2   0.006 2.006 24 Night Drive   2   0.005 2.005 25 Crooked Bangs   2   0.004 2.004 26 Roger Sellers   2   0.004 2.004 27 Peterson Brothers Band   2   0.003 2.003 28 Sweet Spirit   2   0.003 2.003 29 Other Lovers   2   0.003 2.003 30 Beat Imprint   2   0.002 2.002 31 Tameca Jones   2   0.002 2.002 32 Tele Novella   2   0.002 2.002 33 Holiday Mountain   2   0.001 2.001 34 Magna Carda   2   0.001 2.001 35 Taylor & the Wild Now     2 0.001 2.001 36 Hard Proof   2   0 2 37 The Ghost Wolves   2   0 2 38 Whiite Walls   2   0 2 39 Anya   1   0.02 1.02 40 The Nightowls   1   0.007 1.007 41 Molybden   1   0.005 1.005 42 Emily Wolfe     1 0.001 1.001 43 Gold Beach   1   0.001 1.001 44 Gumbo Ce Soir   1   0.001 1.001 45 Young Tongue   1   0.001 1.001 46 Ben Ballinger   1   0 1 47 Dark West   1   0 1 48 Que Pasa   1   0 1 49 Wrenfro   1   0 1 Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers, R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

Jurors List: Tyson J Swindell (Red7), Howdy Darrell (White Horse), Dianne Scott (Continental Club), John Laird (Side One Track One), Adam Mason (Scoot Inn), Amanda Garcia (austintexas.org), Brian DiFrank (Wet Stone Audio), Marcus Lawyer (Mohawk), Margaret Galton (C3 Presents), Gillian Driscoll (Sound Dessert), Eva Mueller (Spider House Ballroom), Jeff McCord (KUTX), Maggie Lea (CheerUp Charlie’s), Brittany Campbell (The Parish).

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

The Deli’s Staff