Best of 2013 Poll for Emerging Kansas City Artists: FINAL RESULTS!

Deli Nation,

Our Year End Poll for Emerging Kansas City Artists was – as usual – a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we pulled it of with remarkable flair! Kudos to Akkiles for winning it!

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 15+ KC scene expert (our jury, list at the bottom) and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each. Then we polled our writers, then we polled our readers. 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 subtelties 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 the KC area produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2013 POLL FOR EMERGING KC ARTISTS
– FINAL RESULTS –
 
ARTIST
J
W
OS
R
TOT
 
1
Akkilles
6
2
1
0.016
9.016
2
Katy Guillen & the Girls
7
2
 
0.012
9.012
icon
3
Not A Planet
7
1
 
0.051
8.051
icon
4
The Philistines
6
1
 
0.01
7.01
icon
5
Me Like Bees
 
1
3
2
6
icon
6
Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear
4
 
 
1.5
5.5
icon
7
The Bad Ideas
4
 
1
0.007
5.007
icon
8
Clairaudients
 
1
3
0.051
4.051
icon
9
Jorge Arana Trio
3
1
 
0.022
4.022
icon
10
Electric Lungs
3
1
 
0.02
4.02
icon

11 

The Dead Girls
3
 
1
0.012
4.012
12
Outsides
4
 
 
0.004
4.004
icon
13
Atlas
3
 
 
0.5
3.5
icon
14 
Redder Moon
3
 
 
0.04
3.04
icon
15 
Filthy 13
3
 
 
0.02
3.02
icon
 
Rev Gusto
1
1
1
0.007
3.007
icon
17
Heartfelt Anarchy
3
 
 
0.006
3.006
icon
18
Shy Boys
3
 
 
0.006
3.006
icon
19
All Blood
3
 
 
0.004
3.004
icon
 
Marcus Yates
3
 
 
0.004
3.004
icon
21
Scruffy and the Janitors
 
1
1
1
3
 
Dsoedean
 
 
2
0.5
2.5
icon
23 
The Author & The Illustrator
 
1
1
0.031
2.031
icon
 
Metatone
2
 
 
0.016
2.016
icon
25 
Schwervon!
2
 
 
0.015
2.015
icon
26
UZIS
2
 
 
0.014
2.014
icon
27
Stiff Middle Fingers
1
 
1
0.01
2.01
icon
28
Your Friend
2
 
 
0.01
2.01
icon
29
Grand Marquis
2
 
 
0.008
2.008
icon
30 
Mace Batons
2
 
 
0.008
2.008
icon
31 
The Lucky
2
 
 
0.005
2.005
icon
32
Black on Black
 
1
 
0.094
1.094
icon
 
Rooms Without Windows
 
1
 
0.086
1.086
icon
 
The Old No. 5s
1
 
 
0.051
1.051
icon
35
The Matchsellers
 
 
1
0.04
1.04
icon
36
A Light Within
 
 
1
0.029
1.029
icon
37
Kurt Vee
 
 
1
0.017
1.017
icon
 
Sundiver
1
 
 
0.017
1.017
icon
39
Wolf, The Rabbit
 
 
1
0.014
1.014
icon
40
We Are Voices
 
1
 
0.012
1.012
icon
41
The Sluts
 
1
 
0.011
1.011
icon
42
Bloodbirds
1
 
 
0.009
1.009
icon
43
Red Kate
1
 
 
0.008
1.008
icon
44
Drew Black & Dirty Electric
1
 
 
0.007
1.007
icon
45
Lazy
1
 
 
0.005
1.005
icon
46
Freight Train Rabbit Killer
1
 
 
0.004
1.004
icon
47
Dinsdale
 
 
1
0
1
icon
 
Monta At Odds
 
 

1

0
1
icon
 
Gemini Revolution
 
 
1

0

1
icon
Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers,
R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

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

The Deli’s Staff