Getting everything together for this poll is WAY intense, but it is always fun to see who digs what and to learn about new acts that might not have been on our radar (happens every year – we love it, and we hope you do too). We’re nearing the end folks, but we need your help to make it to the finish line! We just uploaded the full list of artists nominated for our Best of Philly Poll 2011 for Emerging Artists. It’s in the right column on this page and also HERE. Some bands in the list were selected through a submission process and some others were picked by our fine jury of local music lovers (list below), who could freely choose 3 bands each in order of preference. (BTW: If you were wondering why some more well-known names are missing from the list, that’s because we felt that they are already getting plenty of love from other national/international publications so we wanted to try and keep the list to acts that just might need the exposure more. Also past Best of Philly Poll Winners were excluded because you already know how much they rock!) Points have already been assigned to each band according to how well they did in the selection process. Now, the readers’ and fans’ votes will also influence the final chart. Each vote will count!
Deli Best of Philly 2011 – Fans’ Poll Is Up! + List of Jurors
List of Jurors: Grace Ambrose (No Wavelength), Kate Bracaglia (The A.V. Club, XPN2, Phrequency/Philly.com), Abigail Bruley (Freelance Music Writer), Kyle Costill (BITBY), Mikele Edwards (Silk City), Gavin Hecker (PhilaMOCA), Ellei Johndro (Shadowscene), Leah Kauffman (Phrequency/Philly.com), Kevin Kennedy (The Swollen Fox), Josh T. Landow (Y-Not Radio), Brian McTear (Weathervane Music), Jeff Meyers (Kung Fu Necktie), George Miller (JUMP Philly), Brandee Nichols (Philly Mostly Vegan), Chris Perella (The Blockley), Gina Rienzi (The Rotunda), Rachel Russell (Pilam), Mark Schoneveld (YVYNYL), Stephanie Seiple (Tri-State Indie), Elliott Sharp (Philadelphia Weekly, The A.V. Club, Magnet, Prefix, Tiny Mix Tapes), Sara Sherr (Sugar Town, The Philadelphia Inquirer), Cliff Shumaker (Phonographic Arts Philadelphia), Jon Solomon (WPRB), Q.D. Tran (The Deli Magazine), John Vettese (XPN2, The Key, City Paper), Chris Ward (Johnny Brenda’s), Bruce Warren (XPN, Some Velvet Blog, The Key), Emma Zumberge (The World in a Paper Cup)
The Deli’s Staff