Deli Readers,

The Deli Austin's Best of 2014 Readers and Fans' Poll for local 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. 

We happily announce our top three local emerging artists, super young blues rockers Skyline, textured and mellow indie rocker Comforter and talented singer songwriter Leah Nobel. Whoo-Hoo!! This was an incredible experience! We thank you for all your Deli support!

1. Skyline

2. Comforter

3. Leah Nobel

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Here's this poll's top 10 chart, full results can be found here. 

BEST OF AUSTIN 2014 - READERS' POLL RESULTS   Artists Votes   1 Skyline 277 2 Comforter 205   3 Leah Nobel 51 4 Lowin 48 5 Grace London 30 6 The Stargazers 27 7 Anya 20 8 Illustrations 19 9 Popper Burns 17 10 Keeper 14

Stay tuned for the composite chart, to be released soon, which will include details about the point nominees accumulated from the jurors and Deli writers' votes, and will crown The Deli's Best Emerging Austin Artist of 2014.

The Deli's Staff

Thanks to all the artists who submitted their music to be considered for The Deli's Best of Austin Year End Poll for Emerging Artists.

After tallying our editors' ratings for the Open Submissions stage, it’s time to release the results - which this year are interestingly heavy on the... folky ladies! Please note that to avoid conflicts no local editor was allowed to vote for bands in their own scene.

Total submissions from Austin: 32

Jurors: Jurors: QD Tran (The Deli Philly), Jordannah Elizabeth (The Deli SF), Paolo De Gregorio (The Deli NYC).

Acts advancing to our Readers/Fans Poll:

1. Grace London - 7.6 (out of 10)

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2. Taylor & the Wild Now - 7.16

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3. Leah Nobel - 7.16

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4. Molybden - 7

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5. Emily Wolfe - 7

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Honorable Mentions (scores above 6.5)

Holiday Mountain, Gossamer Frontier, Delaney Gibson, Wildcat Apollo, Jackie Venson, The Manifest Electric, Texas Microphone Massacre, KP and the Boom Boom, Dead Tree Duo, Calliope Musicals.

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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 Austin Artists with their vote - look out for th readers' poll on the right column of this same page!

The Deli Austin

Leah Nobel's premiere official music video was released March 20, 2013 featuring the title song, "Ride the Butterfly" off her new Indie Pop album. Translating the hesitation and clutter of the lyrics into rustic scenes of childlike adventures, this video features a structure made entirely of recycled materials. Between the corners of toys and CDs, there is the ever-present use of light to represent Leah’s hopeful outlook. Like the rest of the album, “Ride the Butterfly” showcases Leah's honest, humble lyrics that are sung beautifully through Leah's angelic voice. – Written by Katy Glass