Caveman wins The Deli’s Best of NYC Poll 2011 for Emerging Artists
Deli Readers,
After a month and a half long painstaking process, we finally have the overall results of The Deli’s Best of NYC 2011 Poll for Emerging Artists.
Congrats to Caveman – who won the poll after being featured on the cover of the NYC Summer 2011 issue of The Deli. This fantastic band received a record number of votes from our jury of NYC scene makers (see list here), which sealed the deal since the early stages of the poll.
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Congrats also to Lucius, who will be featured on the cover of our Spring 2011 issue, since we never give the most coveted glossy page of The Deli to the same band more than once. Lucius – a female fronted alt-roots band we highlighted and booked several times in 2011 – earned the cover by winning the Readers’ and Fans’ Poll. But make no mistake: they fully deserve this prize, just go see them live tonight (01.25) at The Mercury lounge and you will understand why.
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Well done to dream-pop masters Widowspeak for their third place, sanctioned by lots of love from our jury and writers. Their stunning debut album on Captured Tracks Records was The Deli’s Record of the Month in August 2011.
Artist
J
OS
W
F
TOTAL
1
Caveman
13
2
0.023
15.023
2
Lucius
4
2
3
9
3
Widowspeak
6
2
0.012
8.012
4
Friends
7
0.015
7.015
5
Monogold
4
1
1
0.128
6.128
6
Ski Lodge
6
0.003
6.003
7
Big Wilson River
3
2
0.234
5.234
8
Ava Luna
3
2
0.014
5.014
9
The Denzels
5
0.009
5.009
10
Apollo Run
3
1
0.203
4.203
11
Kung Fu Crimewave
3
1
0.101
4.101
12
Tall Tall Trees
3
1
0.077
4.077
13
Ambassadors
3
1
0.033
4.033
14
Fort Lean
4
0.013
4.013
15
Arms
3
1
0.007
4.007
Grassfight
1
3
0.007
4.007
17
Body Language
4
0.005
4.005
18
Stephie Coplan & the…
1.5
2.5
4
19
Starlight Girls
1.5
2
0.007
3.507
20
Hurrah! A Bolt of Light!
2
1
0.239
3.239
21
Black Taxi
2
1
0.052
3.052
22
A$AP Rocky
3
0.041
3.041
23
The Can’t Tells
3
0.017
3.017
Yellow Ostrich
2
1
0.017
3.017
25
Spirit Family Reunion
3
0.011
3.011
26
The Men
3
0.009
3.009
27
Diane Cluck
2
1
0.008
3.008
Zambri
3
0.008
3.008
29
Devin
3
0.007
3.007
30
North Highlands
2
1
0.006
3.006
Skaters
3
0.006
3.006
32
Hidden Fees
3
0.003
3.003
Illuminator
3
0.003
3.003
34
Brothers
1
2
3
35
The Bottom Dollars
1.5
1
0.113
2.613
36
Field Mouse
1.5
1
0.027
2.527
37
MiniBoone
1.5
1
0.008
2.508
38
Futurist
1
1.5
2.5
39
Merrily & the Poison Orchard
1.25
1
2.25
40
Exemption
2
0.213
2.213
41
Mal Blum
1
1
0.196
2.196
42
Deathrow Tull
1
1
0.17
2.17
43
Snowmine
1
1
0.134
2.134
44
Clementine and the Galaxy
2
0.087
2.087
45
The Sneaky Mister
2
0.074
2.074
46
j.viewz
2
0.066
2.066
47
Reverend John DeLore
2
0.061
2.061
48
Robin Bacior
2
0.042
2.042
49
Firehorse
1
1
0.035
2.035
50
Brick & Mortar
2
0.03
2.03
51
Due Diligence
1
1
0.024
2.024
The Courtesy Tier
1
1
0.024
2.024
53
Bird Call
2
0.02
2.02
54
The Sway Machinery
2
0.011
2.011
55
Dive
2
0.008
2.008
56
The Beets
2
0.007
2.007
57
Slowdance
2
0.006
2.006
58
Dead Leaf Echo
1
1
0.005
2.005
Ice Choir
2
0.005
2.005
St. Lucia
2
0.005
2.005
61
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper
2
0.004
2.004
62
Lissy Trullie
1
1
0.004
2.004
63
Caged Animals
1
1
0.003
2.003
64
Coasting
2
0.002
2.002
Papertwin
2
0.002
2.002
Penguin Prison
2
0.002
2.002
Timeflies
2
0.002
2.002
Wise Blood
2
0.002
2.002
69
Superhuman Happiness
2
0
2
70
Tayisha Busay
1.5
0.052
1.552
71
Pass Kontrol
1.5
0.051
1.551
72
Thinning The Herd
1.5
0.048
1.548
Xenia Rubinos
1.5
0.048
1.548
74
Fall of the Albatross
1.5
0.011
1.511
Food Will Win the War
1.5
0.011
1.511
76
Chappo
1
0.289
1.289
77
Sinem Saniye
1
0.265
1.265
78
Motherfeather
1
0.153
1.153
79
My Pet Dragon
1
0.15
1.150
80
The Third Wheel Band
1
0.115
1.115
81
Cuddle Magic
1
0.085
1.085
82
Himalaya
1
0.077
1.077
83
The Stepkids
1
0.047
1.047
84
The Bandana Splits
1
0.041
1.041
85
Grace Weber
1
0.039
1.039
86
Indyns
1
0.038
1.038
Wazu
1
0.038
1.038
88
In One Wind
1
0.033
1.033
89
Oh Whitney
1
0.022
1.022
90
Ex Cops
1
0.019
1.019
91
Appomattox
1
0.017
1.017
92
Blonde Valhalla
1
0.015
1.015
93
Quilty
1
0.014
1.014
Twitchers
1
0.014
1.014
Young Boys
1
0.014
1.014
96
Nicholas Jaar
1
0.01
1.01
97
Babies
1
0.009
1.009
98
Fredericks Brown
1
0.008
1.008
Gross Relations
1
0.008
1.008
Idgy Dean
1
0.008
1.008
Psychobuildings
1
0.008
1.008
102
Yvette
1
0.007
1.007
103
OhNoMoon
1
0.005
1.005
104
Aaron Roche
1
0.004
1.004
105
Spanish Prisoners
1
0.003
1.003
106
Happy New Year
1
0.001
1.001
107
Motive
0.5
0.272
0.772
108
Bugs in the Dark
0.5
0.189
0.689
Legend: J = Jury – OS = Open Submissions – W = Deli Writers – F = Fans
A quick explanation of the point system: Jurors (see list here) could freely pick any emerging NYC artists, and assigned 3 points to their first choice, 2 to the second and 1 to the third. For example, Caveman scored 13 points by having 4 jurors choosing them as 1st band and one as third. Open Submissions – rated by Deli Editors from other cities – assigned 3 points to the overall winners (Grassfight), 2 points to the genre category winners, 1.5 points to the artists placing 2nd in the genre categories, and 1 to all the other ones. Under this column you’ll also find bands that qualified through SonicBids. Since the number of bands competing in tha list is much smaller, we decided to assign them lower scores: 1.5 for the winner, 1.25 for 2nd place and 1 for all the other bands. Deli Writers were asked to cast 3 votes for any of the artists in the list of nominees compiled through Jurors picks and Open Submissions. Each vote was worth 1 point. Readers’ and Fans’ votes counted 0.001 points each, apart from the top 5 bands, rewarded respectively with 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5 and 1 points.
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