Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys win New England Best of 2010 Poll! Full results

Fellow New Englanders,

After a seizure inducing 2 months of polling and voting and number churning and link pasting… HABEMUS POLL WINNER!

Congrats to our 2010 champions, the orchestral, rootsy punks Walter Sickert & the Amy of Broken Toys, who preceded classic rock heroes (and not exactly mellow) Mellow Bravo and alt rockers Sidewalk Driver. Here’s a picture of that crazy army during a recent show… and here’s the full list of our Best of New England 2010 Emerging Artists Poll:

Artist J F W OS TOTAL   1 Walter Sickert & the ARmy… 3 1.5 1   5.5 2 Mellow Bravo 5 0.057     5.057 3 Sidewalk Driver 5 0.046     5.046 4 The Wandas 1 2 1 0.75 4.75 5 Ghost Box Orchestra 4 0.057     4.057 6 MMOSS 3 0.018 1   4.018 7 Brothers McCann   3   0.5 3.5 8 Blue Button 3 0.397     3.397 9 Brenda 3 0.15     3.15 10 Streight Angular 3 0.124     3.124 11 Lake Street Dive 3 0.083     3.083 12 Michael Bernier & the Uprising 3 0.035     3.035 13  Spirit Kid 2 0.031 1   3.031 14 Margaret Glaspy 2 0.027 1   3.027 15 Young Adults 3 0.022     3.022 16 Lady Lamb the Beekeeper 2 0.017 1   3.017 17 Kingsley Flood 3 0.009     3.009  18 doomstar! 3 0.009     3.009 19 Gem Club 3 0.006     3.006 20 Girlfriends 3 0.005     3.005   Oranjuly 3 0.004     3.004 22 David Wax Museum 3 0.002     3.002 23 Abbie Barrett 2 0.144     2.144   Wesley Hartley & The… 2 0.047     2.047   Good Kids Sprouting Horns   0.039 1 1 2.039 26 Ladderlegs 2 0.021     2.021 27 Rough Francis 2 0.02     2.02 28  Faces on Film 1 0.01 1   2.01 29 Endless Wave 2 0.009     2.009 30 Banditas 2 0.005     2.005 31 Sodafrog 2 0.004     2.004 32 Hooray for Earth 1 0.003 1   2.003   Quilt 2 0.003     2.003 34 Herbcraft 2 0.002     2.002 35 Hey Mama   0.006 1 0.5 1.506 36 Villenelles 1 0.018   0.5 1.068 37 Organic Sound Project 1 0.041     1.041 37 Butterfly Starpower 1 0.028     1.028 39 Hallowed Butchery of the Son 1 0.021     1.021   The Brother Kite 1 0.021     1.021   The Organ Beats 1 0.021     1.021 40 Jenny Dee & the Deelinquents   0.017   1 1.017 41 Ad Frank & the Fast Easy… 1 0.01     1.01 42 Avoxblue 1 0.006     1.006   Dietrich Strause 1 0.006     1.006   Night Fruit 1 0.006     1.006 43 The Timberfakes 1 0.001     1.001 44 The Luxury   0.1   0.75 0.85 45 Nervous   0.021   0.75 0.771 46 Love in Stockholm   0.155   0.5 0.655 47 Bobb Trimble’s Flying Spiders   0.017   0.5 0.517 48 Air Traffic Controller   0.035   0.5 0.535 49 Spirit Animal   0.028   0.5 0.528 50 This Blue Heaven   0.02   0.5 0.52 51 Casey Desmond   0.009   0.5 0.509 52 Camp Island   0.001   0.5 0.501 Legend: J = Jury – OS = Open Submissions – W = Deli Writers – F = Fans

Thanks to all the jurors and the bands and the fans who helped us put together this list of artists. Please don’t take our poll too seriously (but not even too lightly, as these are great new bands!), we see it as a fun, playful way to give exposure to deserving emerging local artists, and as an opportunity to keep our finger on the New England scene’s pulse.
The Deli’s Staff