Whoever said Queens isn’t cool (hey! it's the new Brooklyn!) surely must not have heard of the Out In The Streets Festival coming to the Onderdonk House in Ridgewood for its fourth year on July 16-17.  Filled with some of our favorite local artists, such as The So So Glos and Frankie Rose, the festival is primarily a rock'n'roll fest. Bands will be playing with a backdrop of art, food and the Ridgewood market.  We’ve prepared a playlist to give a taste of the artists playing this weekend, but be sure to head over to the Out In The Streets festival to hear them for yourself. - Madeleine Grossman

With obvious nods to psych rock and krautrock evident in their latest EP, 'Gathering Rust,' to call Honduras simply a punk (or post-punk band) would be reductive. The quartet manages to combine the reckless attitude of punk, youthful abandon of garage rock, and the polished melodic tendencies of indie to forge a sound that encapsulates the past and present of NYC (and NJ too, since we growingly hear an early Feelies influence). The band placed third in our recent Best of NYC 2015 Poll for Emerging Artists, and is about to embark on a three week East Coast tour.

Check out this little Delicious Audio feature with Honduras' lead guitarist Tyson Moore iand his favorite guitar pedal.

We added this song to The Deli's playlist of Best songs by emerging NYC artists - check it out!

 Just in, from Hunduras, this hilariously decadent new video for single Hollywood, launched in combination with their new EP 'Gathering Rust.' Yesterday the band embarked on a two week tour that will take them, among other places, to Austin's SXSW festival.

Deli Lovers,

Our infamous Best of NYC Poll for Emerging Artists has been - as usual - a lengthy and painstaking journey which took us through prairies of numbers, horizons filled with band names, and a dense, (mostly) joyous rain of music. We have finally reached our destination and we can announce the final results! In case you are not aware, the winner of this poll end up on the cover of our Spring Issue of The Deli! Last year it was Porches. The year before Big Ups.

And the winner is...

1. ACID DAD
Our jury of NYC scenesters converged towards this quartet of young Brooklyn residents devoted to a modern, "shoegazi-er" reinterpretation of the psychedelic garage rock sound of the '80s - a rather obscure wave that had NYC as its epicenter thanks to legendary - and still very much active - bands like The Fleshtones and The Fuzztones. Through songwriting that tames the outdated bluesy overtones typical of those pioneers in favor of poppier melodies, these guys may have found the recipe to bring psych-garage out of the underground. Check out their latest single "Fool's Gold," from their upcoming EP, scheduled for a late February release. Oh and yes: you'll see these guys on the cover of the Spring Issue of The Deli NYC!

2. DONNA MISSAL
The jurors who voted for New Jersey's soul rocker Donna Missal swear she's gonna be a star. Now, that's rare, because anybody employed full time in the record industry is perfectly aware of how slim those chances are. But listening to this young lady's two debut singles - both released at the end of 2015 and immediately gone viral - it's very hard to disagree with them: great songs, incredible energy, powerful, pitch perfect vocals, production that's dark and edgy without being too weird for the mainstream; and - what's crucial these days - stage presence and actual vocal prowess.We are sold!

3. HONDURAS
Channeling similar influences as this poll's winners, but in more sober, post punk-influenced ways, the guys in Honduras have the NYC running in their blood (and sound). 2015 marked the release of their very well received debut LP "Rituals," and because of it, although they haven't gotten to tour in their moniker-lending country just yet (which would certainly be a sign of world wide fame!), they landed a series of high profile gigs and got a ton of press out of it, with this very blog being second to none in that department. They are set to tour with Deli darlings Sunflower Beans in the spring. Don't miss the two of them at Bowery Ballroom on February 25th. Here's a new single from their upcoming EP, entitled "Hollywood" and recently premiered by none other legendary British publication NME.

Check out our poll's top thirty below, and don't forget to get even deeper, exploring all the finalists organized by genre:

ALT FOLK - ALT ROCK - ALT SOUL - DREAM POP - ELECTRONIC - HIP HOP/OTHER - INDIE POP - INDIE/POST PUNK - PSYCH/SHOEGAZE - SLACKER ROCK - REVIVAL POP/ROCK - SOUL

BEST OF 2015 POLL FOR EMERGING NYC ARTISTS ****** FINAL RESULTS - TOP THIRTY ******

ARTIST J OS W R TOT   1 Acid Dad 8.5   1 0.012 9.512 2 Donna Missal 6.5   1 0.002 7.502 3 Honduras 5.5   1 0.022 6.522 4 Lewis Del Mar 6.5     0.003 6.503 5 The Mystery Lights 4.5   1 0.121 5.621 6 Born Cages 3 2   0.009 5.009 7 Buscabulla 3   2 0.002 5.002 8 Pam Steebler   2.5   2.019 4.519 9 Sunflower Bean 4.5     0.006 4.506 10 Lawrence 3.5     0.77 4.27 11 Pavo Pavo 3   1 0.01 4.01 12 The New Tarot   3 1 0 4 13 Dayan   2.5 1 0.229 3.729 14 Alexia Bontempo 3     0.563 3.563 15 Howard 3.5     0.004 3.504 16 RANN   1.5   1.985 3.485 17 Kevin Garrett 3     0.243 3.243 18 Girls on Grass 2   1 0.179 3.179 19 Janelle Kroll 3     0.153 3.153 20 PMS and The Moodswings 3     0.128 3.128 21 Strange Names 2   1 0.124 3.124 22 CAFUNÉ   3   0.077 3.077 23 Mobile Steam Unit 3     0.048 3.048 24 Amy Leon 3     0.038 3.038 25 surf rock is dead   2 1 0.035 3.035 26 Pink Mexico 3     0.024 3.024 27 EVVY 3     0.014 3.014 28 Yours Are the Only Ears 3     0.011 3.011 29 LVL Up 3     0.01 3.01 30 Belle Mare   3   0.004 3.004 Legend: J = Jurors, W = Deli Writers, R = Deli Readers, OS = Open Submissions

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If you wonder how this chart came into existence, here is how it all went down: first, we let the local bands submit their music (for free), and got our Deli editors to pick the nominees. Then we polled a list of 20+ NYC scene expert (our jury) and asked them to nominate 3 more bands of their choice each (3 points for the top choice, then 2 and 1). Then we polled our readers. We tried to keep things open to the genres we cover, from Indie Rock to Roots Music, from electronic to Hip Hop (no jazz, no seriously experimental music).

If you are a geek interested in all the subtelties related to how this poll works, you can read its rules here (happy reading!). But if all you care about is the awesome new music NYC produced in the year 2015, this list is all you need. Enjoy!

Many Thanks to our Jurors: Alex Rossiter (The Studio, Webster Hall) Andy Bodor (Cake Shop), Ariel Bitran (Palisades), Billy Jones (Baby's All Right), Christine Cook (Sofar Sound NYC), Claire and Patrick McNamara (OhMyRockness.com), Diane (Bowery Ballroom), George Flanagan (Rough Trade NYC), Greg (The Delancey), Kelly Bruce (doNYC/RedBull) Lucas Sacks (Brooklyn Bowl), Matt Currie (Rockwood Music Hall), Max Brennan (The Flat), Nora Dabdoub (Shea Stadium), Rachael Pazdan (The Hum), Rami Haykal (Popgun Presents), Richard Sloven (The Knitting Factory), Sam Cox (BMI), Steven King (The Rock Shop), Steven Matrick (Pianos), Tim Maginnis (Ascap), Todd Abramson (independent promoter), Tyler Bates (Communiom Music).

Hope you'll find some awesome new artists you weren't aware of!

The Deli's Staff

Brooklyn's Honduras play the attitude card big time on this new video for single "Paralyzed," off their debut album "Rituals," scheduled for a September 25 release. We are digging the tense sound and tribal but uptempo post punk atmospheres, reminiscent of a mix of Joy Division and The Feelies, and the well produced succession of clean/quiet and loud/distorted section - that's what rock'n'roll is all about! Lead singer Pat Philips' vocals have also grown in confidence, which is a huge asset for an emerging indie band with big ambitions. See the band live at Shea Stadium on 09.16.