Deli-rious Readership,
The week for bands to apply for free to our Year End Best of Philly 2010 Poll is over, but submissions aren’t closed yet – we are now still accepting them until December 31 HERE, through SonicBids, with a $5 submission fee. It’s the first time we’ve charged musicians for anything, but these polls take so much of our time that we needed to find a way to offset some of the personal effort we put into them. We hope that you understand.
The Deli’s Polls’ mission is to highlight the best local bands that emerged in 2010 in the 10 scenes that we cover – the full list of Deli cities can be found here.
Our polling system (based on the votes of a local jury of scene makers and partially on our readers’ votes) has rewarded in the past artists like Local Natives, Yeasayer, Girls, Chairlift, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Freelance Whales, Sleigh Bells and Neon Indian (among others) before they hit it big.
The summary of last year’s polls (each city’s top 3 + readers’ poll winner) is available for you here. A full explanation of the polling system can also be found here.
We hope that you’ll submit your music. The more bands that submit; the more accurate our poll can be – all bands will be considered!
Good luck, and…we swear that we will listen to your music!
The Deli Staff