The Deli's 2006 list of top "emerging" NYC bands

NYC’s free music magazine The Deli asked a bunch of people/parties to list the three emerging (not established) bands they think best represented NYC in 2006. Eighteen people/parites answered including myself, Oh My Rockness, Other Music, Ear Farm, NY Noise, Insound, Sound Fix, and Ultragrrl. Here are the combined results:

1. The Big Sleep
2. Professor Murder
3. Psychic Ills
4. Grizzly Bear
4. Jaymay
5. Valeze
7. O’Death
8. Beirut
8. Daylight’s For The Birds
8. Dirty On Purpose
8. Matt and Kim
8. Goes Cube

The rest of the list below…..

12.Goes Cube
12.Nightmare of You
12.Escort
12.Marc Houle
12.Meneguar
12.PG Six
12.Foreign Islands
19.Semi-Precious Weapon
19.Earl Greyhound
19.Kinetic
19.Takka Takka
19.Growing
24..Detachment Kit
24.Christy and Emily
24.Blues Control
24.The Naysayer
24.Lowry
24.Excepter
24.Rahim
24.Michael Leviton
24.Doll Hospital
24.GHQ

Pick up a copy of the Deli Magazine in a venue lobby near you, or find one at their show at the Annex this Wednesday night. Free Jack & Cokes…

More poll results, including what the readers thought, at The Deli’s website.