Deli Nation,

Our Year End Poll for Emerging SF Bay Area Artists was - as usual - a painstaking (and somewhat excruciating) process, but we pulled it off with remarkable flair!

Kudos to garage rockers, Down and Outlaws, our new Deli SF Bay Area Artist of the Year!!!

Thumbs up to the awesome psych- soul band, Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah:

And to the great indie-folk band, Assateague:

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 15+ SF Bay Area scene expert (our jury) 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 SF Bay Area produced in the year 2013, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

BEST OF 2014 POLL FOR EMERGING SF BAY AREA ARTISTS ****** FINAL RESULTS ******

ARTIST   J OS R TOT   1 Down and Outlaws   6.5   0.006 6.506 2 Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah   4.5   0.025 4.525 3 Assateague   4.5   0.005 4.505 4 Cellar Doors   4.5   0.001 4.501 5 ​Indianna Hale   3.5   0.001 3.501 6 Friends W/O Benefits   3   0.082 3.082 7 Summer Peaks     3 0.03 3.03 8 Cotillon   3   0.007 3.007 9 Balms   3   0.004 3.004 10 Fritz Montana   3   0.04 3.04 11 Michael Musika   3   0.004 3.004 12 Useless Eaters   3   0.004 3.004 13 Cool Ghouls   3   0.003 3.003 14 Vanwave   3   0.003 3.003 15 King Woman​   3   0.002 3.002 16 David Brookings and the Average Lookings   1   2 3 17 The Classical   2   1 3 18 Wildwood   3   0 3 19 Meet Me in Orbit     1 1.5 2.5 20 Unconditional Arms   2   0.5 2.5 21 Miss March     2 0.076 2.076 22 Breakdown Valentine   2   0.05 2.05 23 The Hot Toddies   2   0.046 2.046 24 Front Country   2   0.017 2.017 25 Once and Future Band   2   0.014 2.014 26 Queen Crescent   2   0.007 2.007 27 The Seshen   2   0.006 2.006 28 Hot Flash Heat Wave   2   0.004 2.004 29 Martin Luther   2   0.004 2.004 30 Con Brio   2   0.003 2.003 31 Sugar Candy Mountain   2   0.003 2.003 32 The Asteroid #4   2   0.003 2.003 33 Tumbleweed Wanderers   2   0.003 2.003 34 Void Boys   2   0.003 2.003 35 Waterstrider   2   0.003 2.003 36 Yassou Benedict   2   0.003 2.003 37 City Tribe   2   0.002 2.002 38 Cocktails   2   0.002 2.002 39 Hot Lunch   2   0.002 2.002 40 Steep Ravine   2   0.002 2.002 41 Uke-Hunt   2   0.002 2.002 42 Violence Creeps​   2   0.002 2.002 43 ​fpodbpod   2   0.001 2.001 44 Luke Sweeney     1.5 0.5 2 45 Mansion   2   0 2 46 Pow! ​   2   0 2 47 Spencer Owen   2   0 2 48 The Love Dimension   2   0 2 49 WILD EYES   2   0 2 50 Goodnight, Texas     1.5 0.003 1.503 51 Before the Brave   1   0.069 1.069 52 Builders     1 0.057 1.057 53 Jet Trash     1 0.019 1.019 54 Royal Jelly Jive     1 0.011 1.011 55 Buffalo Tooth   1   0.006 1.006 56 Lemme Adams     1 0.006 1.006 57 Black Cobra Vipers   1   0.005 1.005 58 Mondo Drag   1   0.003 1.003 59 Brogan Bentley   1   0 1 60 Fleetwood Macrame   1   0 1 61 The Spiral Electric​   1   0 1 Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers, R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

Jurors List:

Doug Kinsey - The Night Light
​Alex Lilienfield​ - The Chapel
Dan Strachota - Rickshaw Stop
​Travis Busse​ - Neck of the Woods
​Sam Lefebvre​ - East Bay Express​ ​
Brian Zisk​ - SF Music Tech Summit​
Victor Casillas Valle - The Bay Bridged 
Barry Smyth - Brick and Mortar Music Hall
Jessie Woletz - Seaweed Sway
Shawn MacGee - Amnesia Music Hall 
Anisa - Sofar Sounds
Lowell Galliani - Local Music Supporter
Lynne Angel - El Rio
Audra - Thee Parkside
Ash Reiter - Hickey Fest
Jordannah Elizabeth - The Deli Magazine San Francisco

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

The Deli's Staff

Local folk rock duo, Assateague perform live in San Francisco at Amneisa on July 18th. Assateague will be sharing the bill with plethora of touring country folk rock bands, Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers, Miwa Gemini and Margaret Glaspy. These bands range from traditional country, to gypsy folk, folk rock, to minimalist alt singer/ songwriter music. Although the bands are sonically diverse, they sit neatly into the acoustic folk and country genres as their unique touches to their music will make for an interesting live show.