Best of 2014 Poll for Emerging Toronto Artists: FINAL RESULTS! 1. Teenage kicks, 2. Laura Cole, 3. Sun K

Deli Nation,

Our Year End Poll for Emerging Toronto Artists was – as usual – a painstaking (and rather complicated) process, but we pulled it off with remarkable flair!

Congrats to loud rock duo Teenage Kicks (pictured and streaming below) for winning the aggregate chart (see below) and therefore becoming The Deli Toronto’s first Emerging Artist of the Year! Because of this they’ll be featured in our SXSW print issue (10k copies of it will be distributed in Austin during Music Week – read last year’s edition here).

Thumbs up to retro-pop starlet Laura Cole and Lou Reed-esque quintet Sun K, also winners of our Readers and Fans Poll, who placed respectively second and third.

In case you are wondering how our poll works, here’s a quick explanation:

1. First, we let the local bands submit their music (for free), and got our Deli editors to pick the nominees.
2. Then we polled a list of 20+ Toronto scene expert (our jury) and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each.
3. Then we polled our writers, then we polled our readers and writers.

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 subtleties 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 Toronto produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2013 POLL FOR EMERGING Toronto ARTISTS
****** FINAL RESULTS ******
 
ARTIST
J
OS
W
R
TOT
 
1
Teenage Kicks
6.5
 
 
0.004
6.504
2
Laura Cole
2
2
 
1.5
5.5
icon
3
Sun K
2
1
 
2
5
icon
4
Weaves
4.5
 
 
0.003
4.503
icon
5
The Pick Brothers Band
 
2
1
1
4
icon
 
The Zilis
3
 
1
0
4
icon
7
Brothers of North
3
 
 
0.126
3.126
icon
8
The Box Tiger
3
 
 
0.072
3.072
icon
9
Ferraro
3
 
 
0.052
3.052
icon
10
FAT AS FUCK
3
 
 
0.04
3.04
icon
11

JJ and the Pillars
3
 
 
0.033
3.033
12
Alvvays
3
 
 
0.017
3.017
icon
13
Kira May
 
3
 
0.012
3.012
icon
14
The Sunbelly Band
3
 
 
0.009
3.009
icon
15
Century Palm
3
 
 
0.005
3.005
icon
16
Brave shores
3
 
 
0.004
3.004
icon
 
Lowell
3
 
 
0.004
3.004
18
Do Good Assassins
3
 
 
0.002
3.002
icon
 
Sumo Cyco
3
 
 
0.002
3.002
icon
20
Black Baron
3
 
 
0.001
3.001
icon
 
Marcellus Wallace
3
 
 
0.001
3.001
icon
22
Growing Irons
3
 
 
0
3
 
Sweet and Lowdown
3
 
 
0
3
icon
24
River Tiber
2.5
 
 
0
2.5
icon
25
Mumbai Standstil
2
 
 
0.135
2.135
icon
26
Harlan Pepper
2
 
 
0.071
2.071
icon
27
Streetlight Social
2
 
 
0.065
2.065
icon
28
The Galacticats
 
2
 
0.038
2.038
icon
29
Flamingo Bay
2
 
 
0.03
2.03
icon
30
ASMR
2
 
 
0.022
2.022
icon
31
The OBGM’s
2
 
 
0.011
2.011
icon
32
Poor Young Things
2
 
 
0.009
2.009
icon
33
Christian Punk Band
2
 
 
0.005
2.005
icon
 
Fresh snow
2
 
 
0.005
2.005
icon
35
Breached
2
 
 
0.004
2.004
icon
 
Dilly Dally
2
 
 
0.004
2.004
icon
 
Pkew Pkew Pkew
2
 
 
0.004
2.004
icon
38
Bad Channels
1
 
1
0.003
2.003
icon
 
frankie and jimmy
2
 
 
0.003
2.003
icon
 
New fries
2
 
 
0.003
2.003
icon
41
Blonde Elvis
2
 
 
0.002
2.002
icon
 
Jaunt
2
 
 
0.002
2.002
icon
 
Petra Glynt
2
 
 
0.002
2.002
icon
44
Grand Format
2
 
 
0.001
2.001
icon
 
Hidden Cameras
2
 
 
0.001
2.001
icon
 
Lyon
2
 
 
0.001
2.001
icon
 
THE SOUL MOTIVATORS
2
 
 
0.001
2.001
icon
 
Wish
2
 
 
0.001
2.001
icon
49
Greys
2
 
 
0
2
icon
 
Jonny Debt
2
 
 
0
2
icon
 
Lids
2
 
 
0
2
icon
 
Absolutely free
2
 
 
 
2
icon
53
South of Bloor
1
 
 
0.5
1.5
icon
54
Dear Blackwolf
1
 
 
0.034
1.034
icon
55
Jessica Bundy
 
1
 
0.019
1.019
icon
56
Sam Cash & The Romantic Dogs
1
 
 
0.018
1.018
icon
57
Sun Stone Revolvers
1
 
 
0.012
1.012
icon
58
Lindsay Barr Band
1
 
 
0.009
1.009
icon
59
The Honeyrunners
1
 
 
0.004
1.004
icon
60
Deforesters
1
 
 
0.003
1.003
icon

61

JUICE
1
 
 
0.001
1.001
icon
62
Pete Van Dyk & the Second…
1
 
 
0
1
  The Taste
1
 
 
0
1
icon
  tongue fu
1
 
 
0
1
icon
  VCR
1
 
 
0
1
icon
Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers,
R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

 
Thank you to all our Jurors!

Abigail Van Den Broek The Drake Hotel
Adam Bentley Auteur Research
Adam Thompson Indie 88
Ben Pearlman Collective Concerts
Cheapies Records Cheapies Records
ChrisBudd Indie Music Filter
Craig Laskey Horseshoe Tavern
Denholm Whale The Smiling Buddha
Ian F Cheung June Records
Jimmy Jazz Jimmy Jazz
Justin O’Heir Artistik Management
Kris Gies 1015 The Hawk
Lisa Lagace Turn the Record Over
Mar Sellars Cavern Bar
Mike Pattison Homegrown
Nate Eatmon Ink Entertainment
Pat Cassidy Kegi
Roxy Morrison The Deli
Darryl Rivoli
Yvonne Matsell Breakout West

Hope you’ll find some awesome new artists you weren’t aware of!

The Deli’s Staff