Last week we started publishing the results of our picks from our Best of NYC Year End Poll’s Open Submissions for the genres Alt Rock/Power Pop, Songwriters/Rootsy Pop and Electronic. A bunch of categories are left, but it’s now time to go Indie-Poppy! Pop has been invading the NYC scene in the last decade with bands that retain NYC’s signature edgy sound, but blend it with more melodic and uptempo elements. Competition was fierce in this category, with an incredible amount of really good bands – darn, WHY can’t we let them all through? Who created this poll’s rules anyway? Anyway, this is what our jurors went for:
Total submissions in this category: 42
Artists qualified to the next stage (i.e. the Readers’ Poll, starting around 01.20):
1. The Landing – 8 (out of 10)
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2. HEY ANNA – 7.83
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3. The Cabana Kids – 7.5
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3. BRAEVES – 7.5
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Honorable Mentions (scores above 7):
Éyal hai, Pink Murder, The Letter Yellow, Born Cages, Jonah Delso, Canon Logic, Rathborne.
Jurors: Jason Behrends (The Deli Chicago), Terra J. Jura (The Deli Nashville), PDG (The Deli NYC)
Stay tuned for more results from the open submissions, and then for the readers’ poll, and then the final chart!
The Deli’s Staff