The New Highway Hymnal Wins The Deli’s Best of New England 2011 Poll for Emerging Artists!

Deli Readers,

These are the final results of our Best of New England 2011 Poll for Emerging Artists. Congrats to The New Highway Hymnal, our new local "champions", and to runners up Oldjack and Night Fruit. Kudos also go to our Readers’ and Fans’ poll winners, The Milkman’s Union.

The New Highway Hymnal blew our jurors away this year. Throughout 2011, The New Highway Hymnal –a psych rock shoegaze outfit — (who seemed to all of a sudden come out of nowhere) started working their asses off playing basement shows, DIY fests, and local clubs week in, week out. Their hard work paid off because not only did these young (their average age is 21) musicians garner a cult following, they developed their sound, and came into their own… basically blowing away all other bands they shared bills with. Catch them a week from today, Friday, Feb. 10 at Great Scott for the release of Blackened Hands.

Runners up Oldjack, who also came in a respectable 3rd place in our Fans’ Poll earlier this week, are also a band to keep your eye on. We love the raw, fun energy Oldjack bring to their live shows and we recommend checking them out. They’ll be taking off for Austin, TX and  performing at SXSW next month.

Night Fruit came in a respectable third in our overall poll. The deli editors gave them the highest overall marks, leaving them the winners of the Open Submissions round of voting. Recently releasing their Dark Horse 7", this dream pop trio are just as pretty to listen to live as they are on record. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for upcoming shows.

BAND J W F OS TOTAL   1 The New Highway Hymnal 7 1 0.039   8.039 2 Oldjack 3 1 1.5   5.500 3 Night Fruit   2 0.098 3 5.098 4 Slowdim 4 1 0.036   5.036 5 Il Abanico 3 1 0.024 1 5.024 6 The Wandas 5   0.007   5.007 7 Autochrome 4   0.039   4.039 8 Movers and Shakers 3 1 0.037   4.037 9 You Can Be A Wesley 3 1 0.012   4.012 10 BrightNight 2   2   4   The Milkman’s Union 1   3   4 12 Doctor Doom Orchestra 3   0.107   3.107 13 Hi Tiger 3   0.072   3.072 14 The Grownup Noise 3   0.04   3.040 15 GEM Club 3   0.037   3.037 16 Lady Lamb the Beekeeper 3   0.027   3.027 17 Kingsley Flood 3   0.013   3.013 18 Earthquake Party! 3   0.011   3.011   Sunset Hearts 3   0.011   3.011 20 Blanche, Blanche, Blanche 3   0.004   3.004 21 Herbcraft 3   0.002   3.002 22 Miss Geo   1 0.046 1.5 2.546 23 Tan Vampires 2   0.5   2.5 24 The Mallett Brothers Band     1 1.25 2.25 25 Fat Creeps 2   0.076   2.076 26 I Kill Giants   1 0.072 1 2.072 27 Butcher Boy 2   0.056   2.056   Old Abram Brown 2   0.056   2.056 29 Streight Angular 1 1 0.045   2.045 30 Guillermo Sexo     0.025 2 2.025 31 MMOSS 2   0.019   2.019 32 Ghost Box Orchestra 1 1 0.014   2.014 33 Aunt Martha 2   0.013   2.013 34 Girlfriends 2   0.01   2.010 35 Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling 2   0.009   2.009   Dirty Virgins 2   0.009   2.009 37 Stereo Telescope 2   0.006   2.006 38 Sidewalk Driver 2   0.002   2.002   Son of Salami 2   0.002   2.002 40 Radio Control     0.039 1.5 1.539 41 The Bowry Boys 1   0.089   1.089 42 Moniker 1   0.078   1.078 43 Ethan Robbins & Cold Chocolate     0.055 1 1.055 44 A Severe Joy 1   0.025   1.025 45 Brothers McCann 1   0.02   1.020 46 Cooling Towers 1   0.012   1.012   The David Wax Museum 1   0.012   1.012 48 Dirty Bombs     0.011 1 1.011 49 Andre Obin 1   0.008   1.008 50 Lake Street Dive 1   0.008   1.008 51 Lawrence Welks & Our Bear to Cross 1   0.006   1.006 52 Moufy 1   0.003   1.003 53 Sarah Rabdau & Self-Employed Assassins 1   0.002   1.002 Legend: J = Jury – OS = Open Submissions – W = Deli Writers – F = Fans

The Deli’s Staff