On Thursday, February 7, LA – turned Brooklyn – based American Royalty rolled out the red carpet at Mercury Lounge for their newest “Prismatic EP.” Melding grungy rock riffs with heavy electronica vibes, melodic synthesizers, and shining two-part vocal interplay over heart-pounding dance beats, the three piece packed out the venue and fed off the crowd’s non-stop energy. Drawing from their previous two EPs, the trio included notable “oldies but goodies,” “Blood Keys" and “Lately.” Celebrating their new release, the band showcased distorted vocal lines and pulsations of a mini-megaphone on “Honey & Queen” (streaming) sultry electro-breakdowns tinged with bluesy nuances on the highlight song, “Hungry”, whistling beat-box overtones on “EVO,” and smooth shuffling, hip-hop vibes, and bluesy close on “Change the Colors of the Sky.” American Royalty’s quality rock songs and the energy of their live shows will certainly help this band grow their fan base in the city. – Meijin Bruttomesso

NYC Deli Readers,

The Deli NYC’s Best of 2012 Readers and Fans’ Poll for local emerging artists is over, thanks to all those who cast their vote in support of the emerging local bands and artists in our list of nominees.

Congrats to electro pop ladies Frances Rose (pictured and streaming) for being The Deli Readers’ Best Emerging NYC Artist of 2012!

Kudos also to alt rockers Apollo Run and folk-poppers Julian Fulton & the Zombie Gospel who placed second and third.

Here’s this poll’s top 15 chart, full results can be found here. We’ll soon celebrate the artists that won the genre polls.

BEST OF NYC 2012 – READERS’ POLL RESULTS   Artists Votes   1 Frances Rose 911 2 Apollo Run 818 3 Julian Fulton & the Zombie Gospel 563 4 The Henry Millers 367 5 Chron Turbine 332 6 Ludwig Persik 293 7 Napoleon 259 8 Sorcha Richardson 250 9 Great Elk 218 10 Melissa Czarnik 198 11 Modern Rivals 178 12 The Priggs 161 13 Clementine & The Galaxy 156 14 Eastern Hollows 145   Lora Faye 145

MOST IMPORTANTLY THOUGH! Stay tuned for the composite chart, to be released soon, which will include the point nominees accumulated from the jurors and Deli writers’ votes, and will crown The Deli’s Best Emerging NYC Artist of 2012.

The Deli’s Staff

A not to be missed Valentine’s Day show is slated to go down at Webster Hall’s Studio in Manhattan on 2/14. Presented by Kristina Tequila, the star studded night will be headlined by scene veterans Total Slacker (pictured and streaming below). Their classic track “Crystal Necklace” set a standard for that low down, creep-along groove with appropriately reverberated boy-girl tandem vocals. Expect more of that and surely some bowl-cut fueled guitar jam-outs too. Hunters have been making waves all over the place this year, and one would expect their performance on this night to be just as punk-rock manic as recent shows of theirs have demonstrated. XRay Eyeballs spent a good portion of last year touring all through Europe. That kind of road-honed experience will surely be on display as they continue to showcase songs from their latest album “Splendor Squalor.” Opening the night will be none other than the tireless Cassie Ramone, who appears to be effortlessly juggling gigs between her bands The Babies, Vivian Girls and now these solo acoustic shows. –Dave Cromwell

Deli Readers,

We are proud to announce that The Deli’s Best Emerging Kansas City Artist of 2012 is Radkey! The three-piece punk wonder brothers have swept the competition, with a landslide of votes from our local music jurors.  Taking second place is the sultry, syncopated group Making Movies, followed closely by recent NYC-to-KC garage pop duo Schwervon!.

Take a look at our chart of 48 Kansas City area bands below. The highest value of votes came from our jurors, who included individuals involved in local music. This includes promoters, venue owners, press, record storeowners, and other music experts. The remainder of votes was compiled by The Deli KC contributors, readers, and open submissions voted on by national Deli editors. Congrats to everyone who made the list!

	ARTIST	J	W	R	OS	TOT
1	Radkey	36	3	0.028	1	40.028
2	Making Movies	10		0.052	1	11.052
3	Schwervon!	7	3	0.029	1	11.029
4	Antennas Up	8	2	0.007		10.007
5	Dream Wolf	6	1	0.119	1	8.119
6	The Quivers	2	3	0.057	1	6.057
7	Molly Picture Club	5		0.046	1	6.046
8	Shy Boys	6		0.004		6.004
9	Dollar Fox	2	1	2	1	6
10	She’s A Keeper	4	1	0.12		5.12
11	The Conquerors	4		0.041		4.041
12	The Empty Spaces	2	1	0.011	1	4.011
13	Expo 70	4		0.005		4.005
14	Gentleman Savage	1		1.5	1.5	4
15	Cadillac Flambe	3		0.5		3.5
16	Clairaudients	3		0.141		3.141
17	Attic Wolves	2		0.086	1	3.086
18	Conflicts	3		0.076		3.076
19	Not A Planet	3		0.055		3.055
20	The Sibyl	3		0.046		3.046
21	Man Bear			0.015	3	3.015
22	The Bad Ideas	3		0.008		3.008
	The Caves	3		0.008		3.008
24	Akkilles	3		0.005		3.005
25	Beautiful Bodies	3		0.001		3.001
26	We Are Voices			1	2	3
27	Bears and Company	1	1	0.5		2.5
	Me Like Bees	2		0.16		2.16
29	In Back of a Black Car	2		0.058		2.058
30	NYC Iameve wins The Deli Readers’ Best of 2012 Poll for Emerging Artists Posted on: January 29, 2013 LA Readers, The Deli Los Angeles’s Best of 2012 Readers and Fans’ Poll for local emerging artists is over, thanks to all those who cast their vote in support of the emerging local bands and artists in our list of nominees. Congrats to electro pop queen Iameve (pictured) for being The Deli Readers’ Best Los Angeles Artist of 2012! Kudos also to psych blues trio The Vim Dicta and electronica wizards Zaptra, who placed second and third.  Here’s this poll’s top 10 chart, full results can be found here.   ARTIST VOTES   1 Iameve 975 2 The Vim Dicta 614 3 Zaptra 279 4 Thrown Into Exile 269 5 Kan Wakan 250 6 Meg Myers 215 7 Nightmare Air 176 8 So Many Wizards 120 9 Zak Waters 80 10 HOTT MT 67 Stay tuned for the composite chart, to be released soon, which will include the point nominees accumulated from the jurors and Deli writers’ votes, and will crown The Deli’s Best Emerging Los Angeles Artist of 2012. The Deli’s Staff NYC Swampcandy wins DC Area Best of 2012 Readers and Fans’ Poll for Emerging Artists! Posted on: January 26, 2013 Deli Readers, The Deli DC’s Best of 2012 Readers and Fans’ Poll for local emerging artists is over, thanks to all those who cast their vote in support of the emerging local bands and artists in our list of nominees. Congrats to Swampcandy for being The Deli Readers’ Best DC Area Artist of 2012. Kudos also to Mission South and Alex Vans who placed second and third. Here’s this poll’s top 10 chart, full results can be found here.   ARTIST VOTES   1 Swampcandy 853 2 Mission South 587 3 Alex Vans 269 4 M.H. & His Orchestra 87 5 PLOY 77 6 Ghost Hotel 76 7 Dance For the Dying 73 8 Mirror Kisses 52 9 The WeatherVanes 48 10 The Young Rapids 44 Stay tuned for the composite chart, to be released soon, which will include the point nominees accumulated from the jurors and Deli writers’ votes, and will crown The Deli’s Best Emerging DC Area Artist of 2012. The Deli’s Staff NYC NYC Best of 2012 Readers and Fans Poll is over! Final Results out soon. Posted on: January 23, 2013 Deli Readers, The Deli’s Best of 2012 Poll for Emerging NYC Artists is finally over and we are currently in data-churning mode. Thanks to all the bands and the fans who voted for them! Stay tuned for the results. The Deli’s Staff NYC Tempers play Death By Auduio tonight (01.23) Posted on: January 23, 2013 With electronic beats, noisy guitars, distorted synths, and indistinguishable vocals, Tempers is all of NYC’s favorite indie sounds in one band. The duo comprised of Jasmine Golestaneh (ex Seasick) and Eddie Cooper have yet to release a full length, but the tracks they have online hold a lot of promise. Their electro shoegaze track "Eyes Wide Wider" (streaming below) keeps noisy guitars on a steady beat, and the video for it, produced by Damien Taylor, will be released this February 14. Tempers is playing tonight (01.23) in Williamsburg at Death by Audio. – Lucy Sherman NYC NYC Artists on the rise: Leverage Models play Cameo on 01.31 Posted on: January 23, 2013 Leverage Models are mixing business with pleasure. Pulling from the colorful bullsh*t of popular industry, they’ve given new meaning to the bland business of deliverables and accounting in ready-made dance classics like the undeniable ‘Sweep’ (streaming below) off latest EP ‘Cooperative Extensions.’ This is world beats turned into booty-shaking dirtiness, topped off with Shannon Fields’ roof-shaking falsetto. It’s the kind of band worth doing business with. See them when they play Cameo Gallery Jan 31. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets) NYC Nashville Best of 2012 Readers and Fans Poll is over!! Posted on: January 22, 2013 Deli Readers, The Deli’s Best of 2012 Poll for emerging Nashville artists is now over – see the readers’ poll results here. We’ll soon announce the winners of the readers’ poll and the results of the overall poll, which includes the votes of our scene expert jurors and determines the winner of The Deli’s Best Emerging Artist of the Year  The Deli’s Staff