LA Readers,

The Deli Los Angeles'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 electro pop queen Iameve (pictured) for being The Deli Readers' Best Los Angeles Artist of 2012! Kudos also to psych blues trio The Vim Dicta and electronica wizards Zaptra, who placed second and third. 

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

ARTIST VOTES   1 Iameve 975 2 The Vim Dicta 614 3 Zaptra 279 4 Thrown Into Exile 269 5 Kan Wakan 250 6 Meg Myers 215 7 Nightmare Air 176 8 So Many Wizards 120 9 Zak Waters 80 10 HOTT MT 67

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 Los Angeles Artist of 2012.

The Deli's Staff

While Zaptra may technically be considered an electronic act, his music is filled with beauty and emotion that makes it more human than machine. Playing live tonight at The Airliner, which is home to the famed Low End Theory, Zaptra’s set traverses the full spectrum of dynamics - from dirty dance beats, to melodic dreamscapes. If you’re looking for inspiration and the unexpected, then don’t miss this Angeleno’s offering tonight. Below is a video that gives you a taste of the high-energy, one man show Zaptra creates. - Jacqueline Caruso

zaptra - the rise of the new dawn (nikon d90 music video) from horgeSR on Vimeo.