Congrats to Philly-raised emcee Asaad for winning our Best of Philly 2011 for Emerging Artists Fans’ Poll! Living by the motto “both feet on the ground, touching the sky,” the “peaceful warrior” has battled his way to the top repping the #DIRTYMIDDLECLASS, which is his new album that you can download for free HERE. Also look out a new EP coming soon!
Our polls are designed to help indie artists gain more exposure, and electro acoustic pop duo Great View of the Moon came out of nowhere putting themselves on the radar. The group is made up of Ryan Stapleton and Ian Miller, and they succeeded in the difficult task of winning over our Deli Editors to advance past the Open Submission phase and rallying their fans to take runner-up. Kudos!
Chipocrite a.k.a. Paul Weinstein (former bassist of local jamtronfusion outfit MJ Project) came in a very close third this year. The 8-bit advocate represented his genre proudly in 2011. We expect to hear much more from the Game Boy-obsessed sound artist in the future.
Thanks to all who participated! Look out for the overall results of our Year End Poll (which includes Jurors’ and Deli Writers’ votes) coming very soon so stay tuned!