Deli Nation,
Our Year End Poll for Emerging Philly Artists was – as usual – a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we do enjoy seeing what everyone has been into!
Kudos to rock ‘n’ rollers Sheer Mag (pictured and streaming) for winning the overall poll and and certainly impressing many with their debut EP 7"!
Also, big thumbs up to heavy shoegaze outfit Nothing, who released our March 2014 Record of the Month, and rising indie popsters Cheerleader.
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 30+ Philly music scene enthusiasts/experts (our jury), and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each. We polled our local writers, and we also requested fans and readers to vote for their favorite. We tried to keep things open for each single genre, from Indie Rock to Roots Music to Hip Hop.
If you are interested in geeking out in all the subtleties related to how this poll works, you can read its rules HERE. But if all you care about is the awesome new music Philly produced in the 2014, this list is all you need. Enjoy!
Special Thanks to Our Jurors: Dan Bisogno (Choice Tasters, Y-Not Radio), Jeff Blinder (Spazz Presents), Gabrielle Bonghi (Philly.com), Kate Bracaglia (Philly.com), Eric Bresler (PhilaMOCA), Jessica Craft (Rock to the Future), Ryan Crump (Philly Drum Project), Emma Fried-Cassorla (Philly Love Notes), Kevin Horn (Bonfire Booking), Ellei Johndro (Shadowscene), Kevin Kennedy (The Swollen Fox), Colin Kerrigan (Out Of Town Films, Philly.com), David Kiss (Kung Fu Necktie), Fred Knittel (Folkadelphia), Josh T. Landow (Y-NOT Radio), Carolyn Lederach (Sofar Philly), Barrett Lindgren (Independent Promoter, Johnny Brenda’s), Jesse Lundy (Point Entertainment), Gordon Mays (MilkBoy Philly), Jeff Meyers (The Guild, Boot & Saddle), George Miller (Jump Philly), Mark Schoneveld (YVYNYL), Stephanie Seiple (Tri State Indie), Matt Smith (HotBox Studios, CID), Jon Solomon (WPRB), Aaron Stampa (Radio Static Philly), Q.D. Tran (The Deli Magazine), John Vettese (The Key, WXPN), Allie Volpe (Philly.com), Nikki Volpicelli (Beatport, The Key), Chris Ward (Johnny Brenda’s), Bruce Warren (WXPN, The Key).
Hope you’ll find some rad new artists that you weren’t aware of!
Cheers,
The Deli’s Staff