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 3 Not A Planet 7 1   0.051 8.051 4 The Philistines 6 1   0.01 7.01 5 Me Like Bees   1 3 2 6 6 Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear 4     1.5 5.5 7 The Bad Ideas 4   1 0.007 5.007 8 Clairaudients   1 3 0.051 4.051 9 Jorge Arana Trio 3 1   0.022 4.022 10 Electric Lungs 3 1   0.02 4.02 11  The Dead Girls 3   1 0.012 4.012 12 Outsides 4     0.004 4.004 13 Atlas 3     0.5 3.5 14  Redder Moon 3     0.04 3.04 15  Filthy 13 3     0.02 3.02   Rev Gusto 1 1 1 0.007 3.007 17 Heartfelt Anarchy 3     0.006 3.006 18 Shy Boys 3     0.006 3.006 19 All Blood 3     0.004 3.004   Marcus Yates 3     0.004 3.004 21 Scruffy and the Janitors   1 1 1 3   Dsoedean     2 0.5 2.5 23  The Author & The Illustrator   1 1 0.031 2.031   Metatone 2     0.016 2.016 25  Schwervon! 2     0.015 2.015 26 UZIS 2     0.014 2.014 27 Stiff Middle Fingers 1   1 0.01 2.01 28 Your Friend 2     0.01 2.01 29 Grand Marquis 2     0.008 2.008 30  Mace Batons 2     0.008 2.008 31  The Lucky 2     0.005 2.005 32 Black on Black   1   0.094 1.094   Rooms Without Windows   1   0.086 1.086   The Old No. 5s 1     0.051 1.051 35 The Matchsellers     1 0.04 1.04 36 A Light Within     1 0.029 1.029 37 Kurt Vee     1 0.017 1.017   Sundiver 1     0.017 1.017 39 Wolf, The Rabbit     1 0.014 1.014 40 We Are Voices   1   0.012 1.012 41 The Sluts   1   0.011 1.011 42 Bloodbirds 1     0.009 1.009 43 Red Kate 1     0.008 1.008 44 Drew Black & Dirty Electric 1     0.007 1.007 45 Lazy 1     0.005 1.005 46 Freight Train Rabbit Killer 1     0.004 1.004 47 Dinsdale     1 0 1   Monta At Odds     1 0 1   Gemini Revolution     1 0 1 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