Those Darlins might be remembered one day as the band that reinvented rock'n'roll by replacing the blues element with the garage one - could this sort of genetic mutation have happened in any other place than Nashville, in any other time than the new millennium? The band's musical recipe is as simple as it's effective, and the results are infectiously charming. Congrats to them for winning The Deli's Best of 2009 Poll (full results here), mostly thanks to the vote from our jury, that gave one a 1 point edge over electronic indie poppers The Non Commissioned Officers - a band with an ever growing line up.


 
Third place for theatrical epic video game celebrators The Protomen, who also won our Best of 2009 Fans' Poll (full results here)

It was a long and complicated process, but our Best of Nashville Poll has finally come to an end. We have gathered all the data from jurors, writers, and readers, and we have indeed the first verdict: Alt Rockers The Protomen (once again) are The Deli Readers' Best Emerging Nashville Artist of 2009 - they took our Fans' poll by storm with more than 400 votes. Congrats to them! The results of our Composite Chart (the one including the votes from the jury and the writers which will elect the Deli's Best Emerging Nashville Artist of 2009) will be announced on Wednesday, as we need a few days to organize it and add up the votes (yeah, we suck at math).

Congrats also to PUJOL and Bad Cop - who placed 2nd and 3rd in the Fans' Poll.
 

Look What I Did have released a new music video for the song "Fade to Daft" from the upcoming album, Atlas Drugged.  Atlas is set to release 2/9/10 on Modernist Movement Recordings. 

The video was directed by Nick "Dune" Baydoun from Cake or Death Productions.  "Fade to Daft" and Atlas Drugged were produced by Brian Virtue (Jane's Addiction, Chevelle, Horse the Band).

You can pre-order the record for $6.99 here.