NYC Deli Readers,

The Deli's Best of NYC 2013 Readers and Fans' Poll for Emerging Artists is over, thanks to all those who cast their vote in support of the emerging local bands and artists in our list of nominees.

Congrats to Brooklyn's power pop trio Late Cambrian (pictured and streaming) for being The Deli Readers' Best Emerging NYC Artist of 2013!

Kudos also to Rap-Metal outfit PUSHMETHOD and lo-fi soul talent I/O (both bands spelled rigorously in all caps!) who placed second and third.

Here's this poll's top 15 chart, full results organized by genre can be found on the right hand side of this page.

BEST OF NYC 2013 - READERS' POLL RESULTS   Artists Reader Votes   1 Late Cambrian 1260 2 PUSHMETHOD 1037 3 I/O 813 4 NGHBRS 756 5 Whiskey Bitches 678 6 Active Bird Community 496 7 Dear Georgiana 482 8 Tall Tall Trees 417 9 Maginot 272 10 The Lovehowl 244 11 Stargazy 233 12 Twintapes 195 13 oddlogic 176 14 Bridget Davis + the Viking Kings 168 15  Belle Mare 132

MOST IMPORTANTLY THOUGH! Stay tuned for the composite chart, to be released soon, which will include the point nominees accumulated from the jurors and Deli writers' votes, and will crown The Deli's Best Emerging NYC Artist of 2013.

The Deli's Staff

Since we are now witnessing a Brooklyn grunge/90s guitar rock revival, I guess a funk/rap-rock revival was to be expected since the original genre had its climax during those same years in the early 90s with the release of Rage Against The Machine's debut album and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' "Blood Sugar Sex Magic."

NYC's PUSHMETHOD brings the genre to new frontiers by effortlessly combining virtually every contemporary style of music into each song, from blues to metal to hip hop (check out the streaming single "Box Me Up"). A band that is sure to turn many heads (teen ones in particular) in the very near future with a wide variety of talent, it seems their destiny is truly in their own hands. They're also not a afraid to throw a ballad in for good measure. - Joe Fish

We added this song to The Deli's playlist of Best Alt Rock songs by emerging NYC artists - check it out!

We keep churning out results from the open submissions for our Best of NYC 2013 Poll for Emerging Artists - here are the winners for the ALT ROCK.

When we say Alt Rock - by the way - we mean punchy rock music that's melodic and inspired to the alternative rock music of the 80-90s, from Aerosmiths to Pearl Jam and Weezer.

Total submissions in this category: 37

Artists Qualified to the next stage (Readers' Poll, starting around 01.15):

1. Spirit Animal - 8.16 (out of 10)
2. PUSHMETHOD - 7.33
3. Late Cambrian - 7
3. Active Bird Community - 7

Honorable Mentions (scores above 6)
Raccoon Fighter, Watermelon, Von Shakes, The Bushwick Hotel, The Como Brothers Band, Dirty River, Gillian, Butchers of Sky Valley, Ceramics, Grand Electric, Revolving One, Slim Wray, STRNGRS.

Jurors: Quang Tran (Deli Philly), Terra James Jura (Deli Nashville), PDG (Deli NYC)

Stay tuned for more results, and then for the readers' poll!

The Deli's Staff