Deli Nation,
Our Year End Poll for Emerging SF Bay Area Artists was – as usual – a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we pulled it off with remarkable flair!
Kudos to vintage sounding psych rockers Down Dirty Shake (pictured) for winning it! Thumbs up also to dissonance masters Disappearing People (ion second place) and to bronze medal winners indie pop high fivers French Cassettes who bring a wave of optimism to this truly out there top 3… but it’s SF, baby! (Oh and there’s no medal, really…)
Here is how it all went down: first, we let the local bands submit their music (for free), and got our Deli editors to pick the nominees. Then we polled a list of 15+ SF Bay Area scene expert (our jury, list at the bottom) and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each. Then we polled our writers, then we polled our readers. We tried to keep things open for each single genre, from Indie Rock to Roots Music to Hip Hop.
If you are a geek interested in all the subtelties related to how this poll works, you can read its rules here (happy reading!). But if all you care about is the awesome new music SF Bay Area produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!
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BEST OF 2013 POLL FOR EMERGING SF BAY AREA ARTISTS
****** FINAL RESULTS ******
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ARTIST
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J
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W
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OS
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R
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TOT
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1
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Down Dirty Shake |
7
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1.5
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8.5
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2
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Disappearing People |
6
|
1
|
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0.003
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7.003
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|
|
3
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French Cassettes |
3
|
|
3
|
0.051
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6.051
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|
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4
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The Love Dimension |
6
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|
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0.015
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6.015
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|
|
5
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Chasms |
6
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|
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0.006
|
6.006
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|
|
6
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8th Grader |
3
|
1
|
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0.052
|
4.052
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|
|
7
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Meat Market |
3
|
1
|
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0.012
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4.012
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|
|
8
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JAM |
2
|
|
2
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0.004
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4.004
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|
|
9
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Everyone is Dirty |
3
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|
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0.096
|
3.096
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|
|
10
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Sea Dramas |
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3
|
0.045
|
3.045
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|
|
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Twin Steps |
2
|
1
|
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0.037
|
3.037
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|
|
12
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Black Cobra Vipers |
3
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|
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0.008
|
3.008
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|
|
13
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Cellar Doors |
3
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|
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0.005
|
3.005
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|
|
14
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Happy Fangs |
3
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|
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0.001
|
3.001
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|
|
15
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Major Powers & The Lo-Fi… |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
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California Honeydrops |
2
|
|
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
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Koruscant Weekend |
2
|
1
|
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
18
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False Priest |
1
|
|
1
|
0.091
|
2.091
|
|
|
19
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Range of Light Wilderness |
2
|
|
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0.046
|
2.046
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|
|
20
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Miserable |
2
|
|
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0.011
|
2.011
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|
|
21
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Fuzz |
2
|
|
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0.009
|
2.009
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|
|
22
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Fine Steps |
2
|
|
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0.007
|
2.007
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|
|
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Warm Soda |
2
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|
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0.007
|
2.007
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|
|
24
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Gitter Wizard |
2
|
|
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0.005
|
2.005
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|
|
25
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Cold Beat |
1
|
1
|
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0.004
|
2.004
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|
|
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Asteroid #4 |
2
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|
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0.004
|
2.004
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|
|
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The Family Crest |
2
|
|
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0.004
|
2.004
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|
|
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There’s Talk |
1
|
1
|
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0.004
|
2.004
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|
|
29
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Blackbird Blackbird |
2
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|
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0.003
|
2.003
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|
|
30
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Art Elliot |
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1.5
|
0.024
|
1.524
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|
|
31
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Devin Farney |
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1.5
|
0.018
|
1.518
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|
|
32
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Agony Aunts |
|
|
1
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0.5
|
1.5
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|
|
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Airs |
1
|
|
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0.5
|
1.5
|
|
|
34
|
Owl Paws |
|
|
1
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0.092
|
1.092
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|
|
35
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Down and Outlaws |
1
|
|
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0.082
|
1.082
|
|
|
36
|
Seshen |
1
|
|
|
0.069
|
1.069
|
|
|
37
|
The She’s |
1
|
|
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0.053
|
1.053
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|
|
38
|
Chris Klippel |
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|
1
|
0.035
|
1.035
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|
|
39
|
Fritz Montana |
|
|
1
|
0.027
|
1.027
|
|
|
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Religious Girls |
1
|
|
|
0.027
|
1.027
|
|
|
41
|
Hot Lunch |
1
|
|
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0.025
|
1.025
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|
|
42
|
Electric Shepherd |
1
|
|
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0.016
|
1.016
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|
|
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Spider Heart |
1
|
|
|
0.016
|
1.016
|
|
|
44
|
Psychic Jiu Jitsu |
1
|
|
|
0.015
|
1.015
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|
|
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Scraper |
1
|
|
|
0.015
|
1.015
|
|
|
46
|
Front Country |
1
|
|
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0.004
|
1.004
|
|
|
47
|
Churches |
1
|
|
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0.003
|
1.003
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Hope you’ll find some awesome new artists you weren’t aware of!
The Deli’s Staff
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