Congrats to our 1-2-3 finishers in the Deli’s Best of Austin Emerging Artist Poll: Overall champs Quiet Company, runners-up Monahans and third-place (and readers’ poll winners) Baron Grod.
Probably no shock to find Quiet Company on top; this seems to be their year here in Austin and beyond. They’ll be bringing their special brand of lengthily-titled indie pop gems (e.g. "It’s Better to Spend Money Like There’s No Tomorrow Then Spend Tonight Like There’s No Money") to the Mohawk Thursday 2/10, where they’ll open for Fastball, one of the many Austin acts to break big in the past. And it just so happens that same night their above-referenced song will be featured on USA’s show Royal Pains…so you could say they’re having a good week. They’re also official SXSW participants & are inching very close (possibly March) to the release of their new album, We Are All Where We Belong.
The west Texas dunes-inspired Monahans dropped a new single on us every month of 2010, and they’re compiling those into their next record as we type…you can catch them at Emo’s one week after your Quiet Company intake, Friday, Feb. 18th. As for heavy but intricate post-rockers Baron Grod, who stomped off with a hard-fought victory in our readers’ poll and ranked third overall, we’ll keep you posted on their goings on – as of writing, they plan to record a new one in 2011.
Thanks again to all who participated in the poll – reminded us again what an extraordinary music scene we have here…