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Nashville Open Submission Results for The Deli's Year End Poll 2014 for emerging artists

Thanks to all the artists who submitted their music to be considered for The Deli's Best of Nashville Year End Poll for Emerging Artists. We had a record number of submissions from Nashville this year - 49! - thanks so much for the overwhelming response!

After tallying our editors' ratings for the Open Submissions stage, it’s time to release the results. Please note that to avoid conflicts no local editor was allowed to vote for bands in his/her own scene.

Total submissions from Nashville: 49

Jurors:Travis Leipzig (The Deli Portland), Maylis Personnaz (Deli Writer), Paolo De Gregorio (The Deli NYC).

Acts advancing to our Readers/Fans Poll:

1. Gunther Doug - 8 (out of 10)


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2. Vinyl Thief's - 7.88

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2. The Harmaleighs - 7.88


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4. I'm an Island - 7.66


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5. Chrome Pony - 7.5

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6. Jack Berry - 7.33

6. Smooth Hound Smith - 7.33


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8. The Cunning - 7.11

Honorable Mentions (scores above 6.5)

Koa, Yumi And The System, Stewart Eastham, Everyone Moves Away, Creature Comfort, DEDSA, Aaron Moses, The Double Intenders, Sugar Lime Blue, David Newbould.

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WHAT’S NEXT: These results end the first phase of the poll. We have already unveiled full list of nominees that also includes the artists nominated by our local jurors (see left column here). It's now time for our readers to influence this Year End Poll for Emerging Nashville Artists with their vote - look out for th readers' poll on the right column of this same page!

The Deli Nashville

 

Published: January 21, 2015 |
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Friday Feature: Vinyl Thief, "Fathoms"

For this Friday Feature we review Vinyl Thief's "Fathoms." It is their first full-length album released July 22nd, and it is every bit of the masterful synth-pop joyride you would expect from the quartet.  To read on, simply avert your eyes to the left sidebar. Yep, we loved it so much, it's our Record of the Month!

 

Published: August 08, 2014 |
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August 2014
Vinyl Thief
""Fathoms""
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In high school, my friend Craig Lee took it upon himself to educate me on what to do when I got high, which was: take a 311 CD and play it through Windows media player, and set the visualization to “Ambience.” With those days behind me (and a few subsequent years lost devil-sticking for tips as I followed 311 tours) I had long forgotten that particular use for Windows until I listened to Vinyl Thief’s debut album, “Fathoms.”

 

Released July 22nd, “Fathoms” listens like an entity. Granted, all albums vary song to song, and this one is no different, but few pluck the same rubber band in your brain and sustain it throughout it the duration. Fewer still can be so closely likened to getting lost watching a pixelated visualization of music on your ’01 Dell, wondering:“Whoa, how did they know to do that?”

 

Vinyl Thief is a synth driven powerhouse of a band that has been gathering acclaim since the release of their “Rebel Hill” EP in 2012. The group has essentially come of age playing together, from their high school inception to logging hours of practice in a church-sanctuary-turned-rehearsal space to perfect the sound and rapport that makes Vinyl Thief extraordinary. There are not many bands with such an expert handle on their sound.

 

There are a few anchors in Vinyl Thief that make them so listenable. Their synthesizers are going to do something beautiful. Grayson Proctor’s vocals are going to run through an impressive range without ever sounding forced or theatrical. And every song is going to reliably blow your mind in some way. It might be on a smaller scale, like when the guitar breaks the silence after the bridge in “London” with what I can only imagine a swoon would sound like. Or it could be big, like when the track “Rebel Hill” finally reaches a crescendo after a series of goosebump-inducing change-ups. The band has a knack for zig-ing when a zag is expected, going soft instead of loud, or even bigger when they’re already turned up.

 

Vinyl Thief is one of the best examples of the modern face of Nashville music, where already talented musicians go through great pains to learn their craft and the business around it. This is a band that is one sync away from national exposure. Be prepared to hear much more Vinyl Thief after Apple or Toyota licenses one of their tracks. Considering that “Fathoms” is a collection of their best material meticulously recorded and lovingly presented like a bowl of all-red jelly beans ready for the grabbing, this is only a matter of time. –Terra James-Jura





Vinyl Thief to Release "Stop Motion" EP 2.4

Vinyl Thief’s new single “Stop Motion” was released January 30th in anticipation of their EP (also “Stop Motion”) hitting TOMORROW. The track opens with cathartic piano and urgent drums, overlaid by vocalist Grayson Proctor crooning sweet, calming things like “precious little soul-“. The whole EP is deft, dreamy, and studded with unexpected twists, breakdowns, and tempo changes that make the listening experience more like an Easter egg hunt. For eggs filled with lightning. Their sound is so completely, flawlessly realized that it’s easier to imagine the band materializing naked and clutching synthesizers in a dark alley like a couple of T-800s than ever muddling through awkward living room/garage sessions. Click over here to listen to “Stop Motion” in its entirety. A full-length album is slated for a release later this year, and man, words fail me in how bad I want to hear it. –Terra James-Jura

Published: February 02, 2014 |
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Show Review: Machines are People Too, Vinyl Thief, and Joy of Painting at 3rd and Linsdley

Remember the stormy weather on Friday, August 16th? Yeah, that was Machines are People Too, Vinyl Thief and Joy of Painting makin' it rain. Read the show review HERE. - Terra James-Jura

Published: August 26, 2013 |
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Published: December 31, 1969 |
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