Deli Readers,

After a month and a half long painstaking process, we finally have the overall results of The Deli's Best of Chicago 2011 Poll for Emerging Artists! Unlike in NYC, where Caveman was a clear winner with 5 jurors vote, scores are very close this year in our Chicago poll, due to the fact that our jury's vote was extremely fragmented.

1. MUTTS

Congrats to heavy rockers Mutts, who won the overall competition in virtue of points accumulated through the Open Submissions, the Fans Poll and the Jurors votes (see below - they were picked as 2nd and 3rd choice by 2 jurors, and therefore were assigned 2 + 1 points in the jurors column).

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2. DRIFTLESS PONY CLUB
Driftless Pony Club grabbed 2nd place thanks to the 3 points assigned to them because of their win in the Fans Poll, plus one extra point earned through the Open Submission contest.

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3. SHARPLESS
Winners of the Open Submission contest - which earned them 3 potins - Sharpless also stacked up 517 fans votes, which granted them 3rd position in the overall poll. These indie rockers blend crooked melodies a la Modest Mouse with uplifting and dense choruses - definitely an emerging Chicago band worth checking out.

Here's the final chart of The Deli Chicago's Year End Poll for Emerging Artists - thank you all for spreading the word!

1 1   Artist J OS F TOTAL   1 Mutts 3 1 0.008 4.008 2 Driftless Pony Club   1 3 4 3 Sharpless   3 0.517 3.517 4 Hemmingbirds 3   0.064 3.064 5 Sissy Mena   3 0.053 3.053 6 Rabble Rabble   3 0.048 3.048 7 Photographers 3   0.037 3.037 8 Island of Misfit Toys 3   0.021 3.021 9 The Super Happy Fun Club 3   0.016 3.016 10 E+ 3   0.013 3.013 11 Apteka 3   0.008 3.008 12 Dastardly 3   0.008 3.008 13 Disappears 3   0.007 3.007 14 Canasta 3   0.006 3.006 15 Gold Motel 3   0.006 3.006   Radar Eyes 3   0.006 3.006 17 Kids These Days 3   0.004 3.004 18 Daniel Knox 3   0.002 3.002 19 I:Scintilla   1 2 3 20 Secret Colours 2   1 3 21 The Steepwater Band   1.5 1.5 3 22 Soft Speaker 2   0.254 2.254 23 Milano   2 0.141 2.141   Hidden Hospitals 1 1 0.093 2.093 25 Jerome Holloway 2   0.037 2.037 26 Little Light 2   0.028 2.028 27 White Mystery 2   0.022 2.022   Chaperone 2   0.01 2.01 29 Scattered Trees 2   0.009 2.009 30 YAWN 2   0.007 2.007   Cross Record 2   0.006 2.006 32 Unicycle Loves You 2   0.004 2.004   The Kickback   2 0.002 2.002 34 Valis 2   0.002 2.002 35 Textbook 2   0.001 2.001 36 Paper Thick Walls   1.5 0.174 1.674   Oy Vey   1.5 0.002 1.502   Good Evening   1 0.284 1.284   Rock Falls 1   0.082 1.082 40 The Sweeps   1 0.044 1.044 41 The Noise FM 1   0.035 1.035 42 Michael Lux & The Bad Sons   1 0.021 1.021 43 Secret Science   1 0.018 1.018 44 Briar Rabbit 1   0.017 1.017 45 Go Long Mule   1 0.011 1.011 46 Russian Circles 1   0.011 1.011 47 Bare Mutants 1   0.009 1.009 48 How To Dress Well 1   0.008 1.008 49 Musikanto 1   0.006 1.006 50 Running 1   0.005 1.005 51 oshwa   1 0.003 1.003   Lagos   1 0.002 1.002 53 Eight Bit Tiger 1   0.001 1.001 54 Future Rock   1 0 1 55 Mike Golden & Friends 1   0 1 56 Steve Knecht 1   0 1 Legend: J = Jury - OS = Open Submissions - W = Deli Writers - F = Fans

The Deli's Staff