Best of Austin Readers’ and Fans’ Poll Results: Equals, Auto Body and The Preservation

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After a somewhat dramatic competition, atmospheric psych/post rockers Equals won our Best of Austin Readers’ and Fans’ Poll for Emerging Artists, congrats to them! Kudos also to electro-rock duo Auto Body, who placed 2nd, and alt-folk ensemble The Preservation, third in this list. Great bands and great variety!

Boy (the band) also deserves a mention here. They were leading the poll when they realized that a fan was helping them gather votes through illicit hacking. If everybody showed this kind of integrity the world would be a much better place – we want you guys in Congress! We decided to cut down their votes to 5% of the total, so that they would still appear in the top five, since it’s very likely that at least a portion of those votes was legitimate.

1. EQUALS

<a href="http://equals.bandcamp.com/track/false-light-2">False Light by Equals</a>—

2. AUTO BODY

<a href="http://autobody.bandcamp.com/track/cant-forget-you">Can’t Forget You by Auto Body</a>—

3. THE PRESERVATION

<a href="http://thepreservation.bandcamp.com/track/first-story-2">First Story by The Preservation</a>—

Fans’ poll top twenty list below, final results of The Deli’s Best of Austin Poll for Emerging Artists (which also include jurors and writers votes) will be announced soon.

	ARTIST	VOTES
1	Equals	1489
2	Auto Body	630
3	The Preservation	144
4	Empire machines	102
5	Boy*	89
6	Whalers	51
7	GASHCAT	42
8	Shakey Graves	38
9	Holy Wave	35
10	Not In The Face	30
11	The Couch	24
12	Frank Smith	23
	Elaine Greer	23
14	Tiger Waves	21
15	The Bright Light Social Hour	20
16	The White White Lights	19
17	The Saint James Society	16
18	Meggan Carney	14
19	Black Books	13
20	Gary Clark Jr.	12

The Deli’s Staff

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