Deli Readers,

We are proud to announce that The Deli’s Best Emerging DC Area Artist of 2012 is Shark Week! The rock'n'roll quartet won by a hair with 0,006 points (i.e. 6 readers' votes) over metal group Warchild.  Taking third place is the stylish, syncopated indie pop of More Humans.

Take a look at our chart of 61 DC Area area bands below. The highest value of votes came from our jurors, who included individuals involved in local music. This includes promoters, venue owners, press, record store owners, and other music experts. The remainder of votes was compiled by The Deli DC contributors, readers, and open submissions voted on by national Deli editors. 

Congrats to everyone who made the list and thanks to all those who voted!

	ARTIST	J	W	R	OS	TOT
1	Shark Week	5		0.009		5.009
2	Warchild	5		0.003		5.003
3	More Humans	4		0.01		4.01
4	Brett	3	1	0.003		4.003
5	Outputmessage	3	1	0.002		4.002
	The Shirks	4		0.002		4.002
7	PLOY	2	1	0.077		3.077
8	Dance for the Dying			0.073	3	3.073
9	Teen Mom	3		0.042		3.042
10	Janel and Anthony	3		0.019		3.019
11	Lands & Peoples	3		0.014		3.014
12	Alma Tropicalia	3		0.007		3.007
13	Black Clouds	3		0.006		3.006
14	The Yachtsmen	3		0.003		3.003
	Widows Watch	3		0.003		3.003
16	Dot Dash	3		0.002		3.002
	Roomrunner	3		0.002		3.002
	The Flying Eyes	3		0.002		3.002
19	Pianos Become The Teeth	3		0.001		3.001
	Pluto and the Moon	3		0.001		3.001
	Say Chance	3		0.001		3.001
22	Ilsa	3		0		3
	Swampcandy	1		2		3
24	Mission South			1.5	1	2.5
25	Justin Jones	2		0.034		2.034
26	Ryful	2		0.025		2.025
27	Cigarette	2		0.02		2.02
	The Mean Season	2		0.02		2.02
29	Batala	2		0.018		2.018
30	Wytold	2		0.009		2.009
31	Masked Superstar			0.003	2	2.003
	Thee Lolitas	2		0.003		2.003
	Which Magic	2		0.003		2.003
34	We Were Pirates	2		0.002		2.002
35	Charm Offensive	2		0.001		2.001
	King Giant	2		0.001		2.001
	Sick Fix	2		0.001		2.001
	Silo Halo	2		0.001		2.001
	The Tender Thrill	2		0.001		2.001
40	Alex Vans			1	1	2
	Highway Cross	2		0		2
	M.H. & His Orchestra			0.5	1.5	2
43	Ghost Hotel			0.5	1	1.5
44	Mirror Kisses	1		0.052		1.052
45	The WeatherVanes			0.048	1	1.048
46	The Young Rapids			0.043	1	1.043
47	Marian McLaughlin	1		0.041		1.041
48	Brooks Long			0.039	1	1.039
49	Enemy Insects	1		0.026		1.026
50	Sun Club			0.025	1	1.025
51	Pleasure Curses			0.019	1	1.019
52	Margot MacDonald	1		0.013		1.013
53	The Snowy Owls	1		0.005		1.005
54	A Sound Of Thunder	1		0.004		1.004
	Fire and the Wheel	1		0.004		1.004
56	Secret Mountains	1		0.003		1.003
57	GEMS	1		0.002		1.002
	The NRIs	1		0.002		1.002
	The Silver Liners	1		0.002		1.002
60	Deathfix	1		0.001		1.001
61	Old Lines	1		0		1
Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers,  R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

With March 1 slated as the release date for their album Tree Houses, Baltimore's experimental pop Mothersday have unveiled some pretty striking compositions on their soundcloud that are an absolute must listen for fans of impecable lush and drone. Give "Champion" a listen below and simmer in humming bass. Then go check them out live at the Sidebar in Baltimore on 3/12/13. -Dawn

It's a quadruple showcase of locals this Saturday at the 9:30 Club, with NoVa's pop rockers Crash Boom Bang headlining and unveiling their new music video for the track "Save Me." Also joining them are DC electro hip-hop act ELIM, the unique soul infused dance project from DC's Adam E., and DC's Best of 2012 Emerging Artists submission winner Dance For the Dying.

And 9:30 Club wants to make sure you are there to dance your ass off to some killer local music. All you have to do is email us by 12 noon on Friday 2/8 and let us know what your favorite song is from any of the artists hitting that stage. Please include your first and last name for guest list requirements. The winner will be emailed back to confirm. Don't wanna risk missing out? There's still time to buy tickets before they sell out here! (photo by Jessica Edwards.)

Deli Readers,

The Deli DC's Best of 2012 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. Congrats to Swampcandy for being The Deli Readers' Best DC Area Artist of 2012. Kudos also to Mission South and Alex Vans who placed second and third.

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

ARTIST VOTES   1 Swampcandy 853 2 Mission South 587 3 Alex Vans 269 4 M.H. & His Orchestra 87 5 PLOY 77 6 Ghost Hotel 76 7 Dance For the Dying 73 8 Mirror Kisses 52 9 The WeatherVanes 48 10 The Young Rapids 44

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 DC Area Artist of 2012.

The Deli's Staff

We've teamed up with 930 Club again for another awesome giveaway.  Baltimore rock & soulers All Mighty Senators are opening up for the established N'Orleans group Cowboy Mouth this Saturday 1/26 at said venue. AMS has"toured the United States and Canada extensively. AMS released their first recordings under Baltimore indie Merkin Records before releasing four albums under their own Dog Eat Dog Records to both critical and popular acclaim."

There's still time to grab tickets here before it sells out. And meanwhile, we've got one set of passes to give out courtesy of 930!  All you have to do is email us by 3 PM on 1/24 and let us know what your favorite Cowboy Mouth or All Mighty Senators song is. Please include your first and last name for guest list requirements. The winner will be emailed back.

(by Natan Press) Jan. 12, Pleasure Curses played their first gig at the Velvet Lounge to a packed room. The crowd head-bobbed, foot-tapped and drunken-jiggled through the entire set by the electro-punk duo of Jahn Teetsov and Evan Grice. Pleasure Curses is an example of the serendipitous circumstances that surround so many successful acts.

The Virginia natives first met in music camp as children, and reconnected after Jahn returned from college in Manchester, England (Evan is still attending JMU), absorbing the Madchester sound while playing in local bands. The young Pleasure Curses do the older Brits justice, mimicking the Northern sounds of the decade before they were born with the control and precision of true admirers. Harnessing the powers of a Korg, a Kaoss padd and the Abelton music sequencer, Pleasure Curses self-recorded their first EP Stripes.

For the show, Evan deftly handled the devices while playing his bass. Jahn’s voice channels Bernard Sumner, though at this point he’s a bit uncomfortable playing guitar while singing in a live setting. Despite this confession, Jahn’s an able frontman, speaking comfortably to the crowd, and singing as if well practiced. One assumes it won’t take long for him to add the guitar to his performance. Pleasure Curses is also looking for a drummer, though they’re legitimately worried that a third member could disturb their already effective chemistry. If the crowd at their first show is any judge, they don’t need to change a thing, and if they do want to increase their stage presence, they’ll have no difficulty finding willing participants.

 DC Deli is happy to be collabing with the 9:30 Club again in making sure you get to see some of DC's best locals on one of the coolest stages in the city. And as you know, Thievery Corporation is a always a hot ticket, with mulitple nights selling out on a regular basis whenever their tours bring them back through home.

If you haven't already gotten your tickets here to the electronic madness, now's your chance to score a spot on the list for the Friday 1/18 show! All you have to do is email us and tell us what your favorite Thievery Corporation song is and why by 3 PM on 1/17. Please include your first and last name for guest list requirements. The winner will be emailed back.

(by Natan Press) Baltimore’s Andy Bopp is one of the city’s true treasures; a pop-song magician on par with Matthew Sweet and Jon Brion, the artistic progeny of Alex Chilton and Paul Westerburg , a high priest of Ray Davies and Paul McCartney. He’s perhaps best known as the one man band Myracle Brah, a project that has so far generated 7 exquisite albums between 1998 and 2007.

Andy’s first band, the energetic Love Nut, caught the ear of Interscope records and released Bastards of Melody, which, along with the likes of Sloan and Fountains of Wayne, made post-punk power pop the next big thing (or so we hoped). The majors thought otherwise, no doubt, and Love Nut’s second album, Baltimucho! was almost lost in some basement in Santa Monica until it was finally released by the much smaller Big Deal Records in 1999.

More recently, in 2011, Andy and his new-yet-now-also-defunct band Alto Verde released Paper Clips, or what Weezer would sound like if Rivers Cuomo was obsessed with Alex Chilton instead of Brian Wilson. It’s a shame Alto Verde will not be releasing any new songs in the near future. The same can be said for Myracle Brah. What are Andy Bopp’s fans supposed to do? We got in touch with Andy to find out, click here for more on that...