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Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:37 AM

Well well — fancy seeing you here.

The results for Nuggets Fourteen will start tonight at 7:30pm (GMT) and by the end of the night, we'll have a brand new inductee into the Nuggets hall of fame. 
Thank you to everyone for joining in and voting over the last few weeks — also a huge thank you to anyone who had to deal with my incessant requests for song commentary.

Here is a reminder of all the entries competing tonight.

Entries
01 https://youtu.be/51h9hFI66Hc
02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0VncwFdv4M
03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0pJeAjQHk
04 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4K8xtiCEMU
05 https://youtu.be/zScbFFGmY68
06 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDz1Er2IXA
07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL4dcAIWqgA
08 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2kPX_KMPe6Q
09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvEr4vtOK0
10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qlgYC1BSyg
11 https://youtu.be/nHqpqG6jB94
12 https://youtu.be/L5Py3TP9kgU
13 https://youtu.be/Ejb3sITMIoM
14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8SukdPDCeQ
15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m83ptHIPhls
16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVXSr-C12ak
17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skouomx3bNI
18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUH-8RHLbwY
19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyue2N1XZ0M
20 https://youtu.be/V9vHb2WRlwI
21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm_PPNbgMjg
22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC8IXfi0SF8
23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKHuh134pyQ
24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQuBVSeNTI
25 https://youtu.be/eGPCBPSXKSQ
26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-L5GS_7JNc
27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvbwR7v4v2w



See ya later!

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:38 AM

Final scoreboard to be added here.

Posted by: Colm 17th March 2022, 09:42 AM

I've not followed nuggets in years. I might tune in later to see how it goes.

Posted by: awardinary 17th March 2022, 10:13 AM

QUOTE(blacksquare @ Mar 17 2022, 09:38 AM)

Posted by: All★bySmashMouth 17th March 2022, 10:25 AM

Got a PM. Almost thought my votes were vetoed or actually not sent. Phew.

Posted by: Dobbo. 17th March 2022, 11:00 AM

I think BRUIT has this in the bag.

Posted by: Izzy 💀 17th March 2022, 11:30 AM

Probably a post-rock winner and could well be BRUIT, although I feel 'Zombified' might do well among the harder songs.

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 11:32 AM

Going to throw Cellar Darling into the ring as a potential winner!

Posted by: Izzy 💀 17th March 2022, 11:52 AM

QUOTE(Jade @ Mar 17 2022, 11:32 AM)

Posted by: Bjork 17th March 2022, 12:33 PM

I have to say I was very surprised at the entries,
my concept of indie/rock/alt guitar songs is some Irish troubadour singing with an acoustic guitar
not heavy metal like 80% of the entires were amazed people are into that to be honest but alas...
I see now this was not really for me

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 12:42 PM

Nocturna was a hit with the plug attendees tbh and the anime ones

Posted by: Dobbo. 17th March 2022, 12:44 PM

I'm fully here for a Nocturna win, what an epic number!

Posted by: Izzy 💀 17th March 2022, 12:45 PM

guitar emoji spam 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

glad we could enlighten you bjork

based on music lovers I talk to outside of here, heavy song love abounds - also metal is a really interesting set of genres well worth exploring. this very contest had loads of different post-rock, prog-rock, goth metal, glam metal, pop punk, sadly no death metal though, we should fix that.

that's not to say acoustic and alt-folk isn't welcome in Nuggets and actually IIRC it dominated the earlier editions, but I've always viewed this as a safe space for people to go guitar-crazy and I often find such strumming a tad boring, with head-banging a much preferred preference.

Posted by: Severin 17th March 2022, 12:57 PM

I might decide to put something heavier in for the next one. I've kept my entries very light so far but may ramp it up next time. Mind you I'll probably go too far the other way if the polished and glossy entries in this round is anything to go by

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 02:37 PM

The winner of the last contest was about as far as you can get away from heavy metal tbf...

Either Cellar Darling or BRUIT ≤ would make for fantastic winners so hopefully people are along the right lines there. Cellar Darling was the one that jumped at me as a winning contender too.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 17th March 2022, 06:04 PM

My 12 pointer was one of my favourite ever discoveries here so I'll certainly be rooting for that!

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 07:34 PM

Are we ready?

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 07:39 PM

x

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 07:43 PM

Posted by: Cody Madrigal 17th March 2022, 07:43 PM

i have a feeling I'm gonna do horrible this edition yet again but I'm just hoping that a few certain people took a liking to my song

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 07:46 PM

Well then, shall we...

























01 CHEZ WOMBAT ◼ God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost'

Why ‘Forever Lost’?
I really liked the build-up and gradual ascent from quiet piano to harsh guitars and the mood is complemented beautifully by the video. I admittedly didn't link to this as there are some scenes that are quite hard to watch (namely the chicken battery farm which honestly contributed to me becoming vegetarian x), but a few of you saw it at the listen through anyway and the reactions weren't too strong so maybe I overreacted linked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEphsKl1g9M if you're curious x

Votes
12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'
10 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp'
08 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'
07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'
06 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'
05 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter'
04 Crumb 'BNR'
03 Ana Sanz 'Sigo'
02 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'
01 Benjamin Francis Leftwich 'Atlas Hands'

For 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)', the build-up from a quiet, orchestral ambience to a bursting guitar-led wall of sound as it builds to its crescendo was just beautiful to witness, I love music that takes you on a journey and this really does (and particular claps for doing this all live!), thank you to whoever sent it, it's one of my favourite Nuggets entries <3

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 07:48 PM

cmon change my fortune in these

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 07:51 PM

02 DOBBO ◼ ​MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp'

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 07:52 PM

I remember having a similar unsure feeling about the music video for 'EMPIRE' by Kids Of The Apocalypse in BJSC which also had some disturbing scenes, sometimes such things fit the mood of a song well though. That God Is An Astronaut song took a while to properly get going for me but I was quite into it by the end!

Ahh at MASTER BOOT RECORD just being Dobbo again, makes sense I suppose! This song didn't blow me away quite as much as BAYAREA.BMP but still another banger, am sure it should do well for them again.

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 07:52 PM

There were a lot of good songs towards the end and Forever Lost was one of them.

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 07:54 PM

pretty much everything off the mark in 2!

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 07:58 PM

03 PETEFROMLEEDS ◼ Breichiau Hir 'Mwynhau'

Posted by: Chez Wombat 17th March 2022, 07:59 PM

Ooh that's an early reveal. Probably quite a predictable one what with post-rock sound and planet themed video but it was a really wonderful find I've been sitting on for a while now. Hope some of you can enjoy it x

And yes, BRUIT would be an absolutely wonderful winner, stormer of a track <3333

Posted by: Ansel 17th March 2022, 08:01 PM

Breichiau Hir was great, hopefully they can pick up some points soon!

Posted by: Riser 17th March 2022, 08:03 PM

Wait, how did I not recognize Master Boot Record from BJSC!!!

Whoops, I didn't save my votes so I hope they're revealed early to remind me of them!

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 08:03 PM

Breichiau Hir sounded a bit like a Welsh version of Biffy Clyro, definitely an interesting entry and cool to hear another song in the Welsh language (following that one ANi GLASS song from BJSC and that's about it that I can think of x), I liked the chorus a lot more than the verses though.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:03 PM

04 KATH ◼ Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)'

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 08:11 PM

Caught up! Looks very close so far!

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:11 PM

05 ANSEL ◼ Ana Sanz 'Sigo''

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 08:15 PM

'Sigo' was my fave of the 3 Spanish songs here!

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 08:16 PM

All caught up now! Some great entries revealed so far, especially God Is an Astronaut *.*

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:17 PM

06 AWARDINARY ◼ Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’

Posted by: Riser 17th March 2022, 08:19 PM

Oh I quite liked 'Will You Be?', the riff almost sounds like a loop of the Smashing Pumpkins' '1979', or maybe it actually is...

Glad to see every song with points already!

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 08:20 PM

ok I'm not doing too badly AND so are the ones I liked whattt

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 08:21 PM

Sigo being Ansel's entry is a surprise ngl

Posted by: Roba. 17th March 2022, 08:23 PM

That was a great choice Wardy and GIAAS grew on me after a second listen.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:26 PM

07 BRER ◼ Hangman's Chair ‘Loner''

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 08:28 PM

QUOTE(blacksquare @ Mar 17 2022, 08:26 PM)

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 08:30 PM

Ah Bray behind the post-punk sounding one makes sense! Great stuff

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 08:30 PM

Well at least the fans of BRUIT ≤ so far have been big fans, more of those soon please! MASTER BOOT RECORD is a great leader at this stage ofc x

Thanks Chez and Wardy for the few points so far - ngl when I found this song I thought it gave me potential big hit vibes so it is a liiiittle bit disappointing to be stranded right near the bottom on single figures so far oops but still early days I suppose!

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 08:33 PM

My commentary was quite short as well.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:33 PM

08 JUAN CARLOS ◼ Zen ‘Desaparecer'

Posted by: awardinary 17th March 2022, 08:36 PM

Dobbo leading is a very good thing to see right now.

Thanks for some unexpected points at the early stages, I’m glad Pool had some fans.

Posted by: Ansel 17th March 2022, 08:38 PM

QUOTE(HuhdMeClosting @ Mar 17 2022, 08:21 PM)

Sigo being Ansel's entry is a surprise ngl

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 08:38 PM

I gave commiserations in my PM to The Hotelier, KennyHoopla, TORRES and Gang Of Youths btw - I see that part got cut off when being edited to include the commentary!

Yass for a third medal position for BRUIT ≤ *.* love to see ASIWYFA flying up to the top 5 in the last couple of votes too!

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:38 PM

09 BJORK ◼ Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:40 PM

QUOTE(Brer @ Mar 17 2022, 09:38 PM)

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 08:42 PM

Thanks for the point Bjork. Benjamin was just outside my commiserations, was a lovely song although felt like it should have been at least a minute or so longer!

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 17th March 2022, 08:42 PM

But Bjork! Benjamin Francis Leftwhich is signed to The 1975’s label, and they only make music for 12 year olds

Posted by: Chez Wombat 17th March 2022, 08:46 PM

Thank you for the very generous points so far *. MASTER BOOT RECORD would certainly be a great winner.

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 08:46 PM

QUOTE(WhoOdyssey @ Mar 17 2022, 08:42 PM)

But Bjork! Benjamin Francis Leftwhich is signed to The 1975’s label, and they only make music for 12 year olds

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:47 PM

QUOTE(J00prstar @ Mar 17 2022, 09:28 PM)

Posted by: Ansel 17th March 2022, 08:51 PM

Invincible Fighter was a massive banger, immediately caught my ear

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 08:55 PM

Yass I actually was going to send this by them but I thought it was maybe a little less accessible:



I actually did find this one from the anime theme. It's a good anime in potential but I found it a bit creepy/pervy which put me off unfortunately

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 08:56 PM

PS sorry blacksquare I was voting just based on how they showed up on spotify and I was a bit out of it when I actually got to sending the votes! Next time message me if there's anything I've made a mess of!

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 08:57 PM

11 UHSTING ◼ Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 09:00 PM

Great entry uhsting, it can be a bit disheartening to not send your initial idea but it was a strong back-up.

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 09:01 PM

Please forgive me and make necessary corrections if my music theory analysis is incorrect

Posted by: Roba. 17th March 2022, 09:02 PM

That was an excellent choice. Didn't expect it to be you Uhsting for some reason haha. A very sweet track.

Oops doing pretty bad so far.

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 09:04 PM

Mm. I understood some of the words in that uhsting commentary. (I had to rack my brains for a while to come up with any commentary more insightful than 'it gud lol', can you tell I'm not well versed in music theory)

Starting to accept that my song is probably just bombing and it's not only a case of the early voters being unfriendly oops

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:05 PM

12 SEVENSEIZE ◼ Origami Angel 'Noah Fence'

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 09:08 PM

The title got me wondering whether it's related to NOAHFINNCE at all?

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 17th March 2022, 09:09 PM

Thanks Ansel for the points so far - hoping to get a few more coming in!

Posted by: Roba. 17th March 2022, 09:09 PM

Yas thanks Seven. Finally some points again lol

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:11 PM

13 WHOODYSSEY ◼ Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’

Why 'in the wake of your leave’?
To be honest, I wouldn't have sent them if I'd known it was going to be added to Radio 1 just a week or so after! laugh.gif And I definitely was not expecting their album to make the Top 10. But alas, it did fit in the rules when it was sent.

It's definitely one of my favourite songs of the year, from an equally fantastic album. That chorus is just euphoric.

Votes
12 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED'
10 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'
08 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost'
07 Nocturna 'New Evil'
06 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands'
05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'
04 Zen 'Desaparecer'
03 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost'
02 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'
01 Hangman's Chair 'Loner'

'ZOMBIFIED' is an absolute banger! Despite some of the lyrics, the lead singer is absolutely *not* a MAGA/anti-woke type. Instead, he's just a bit annoyed at some stuff he posted when he was younger, and I think he's grown a lot since. It's been good to see them transform from pop-punk to metal in the last few years!

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 09:15 PM

Gang of youth really is wonderful <3 a great find and one of the few entries from a non-bjsc contest that went straight on to my playlist

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 09:15 PM

I think it's best to not look too much into the history of the Falling In Reverse singer based on what I have heard about him oops.

Thanks Savan and Whoddy, finally crawling into double figure points at least

The Gang Of Youths song is pretty good and all but ngl I do kind of hope it doesn't end up winning here as it does feel far too mainstream for this contest (I'd have thought that even before the chart success / radio playlisting).

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 09:17 PM

Gang of Youths was one I knew pre-contest (they were on my radar after being sent to BJSC a while back) so not a discovery or anything, but definitely a good'un

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:18 PM

We're at the halfway point, and sadly we had two non-voters for Nuggets Fourteen...

not the dreaded -12

Posted by: Roba. 17th March 2022, 09:21 PM

Eek at a lot of my votes not top 10 so far. The song in the lead would be a solid winner though.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:21 PM

14 LEWISTGREEN ◼ Falling In Reverse ‘ZOMBIFIED'



15 MDF ◼ nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)’



The twelve points from WhoOdyssey for ‘ZOMBIFIED’ has essentially been nullified...

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Scoreboard
01 63 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'
02 57 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’ WHOODYSSEY
03 48 Nocturna 'New Evil'
04 46 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)'
05 46 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT
06 45 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO
07 44 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once'
08 40 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00prstar
09 35 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK
10 33 TORRES 'Thirstier'
11 32 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'
12 31 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY
13 30 Cellar Darling 'DANCE'
14 22 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH
15 20 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL
16 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ USTING
17 17 Crumb 'BNR'
18 17 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'
19 15 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers'
20 12 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence’ SEVENSEIZE
21 11 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER
22 10 Falling In Reverse ‘ZOMBIFIED' LEWISTGREEN
23 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad'
24 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS
25 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild'
26 07 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)’ MDF
27 06 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 09:22 PM

I could see I was in the top 10 at one point Manifesting not to finish in the bottom 5 because it's too uniquely good to finish that low!

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 09:24 PM

lets give us some more high points pls

don't fail me Iz x

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 09:29 PM

Snake not voting, truly shocked am I.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:32 PM

16 JADE ◼ BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)’

Posted by: Chez Wombat 17th March 2022, 09:37 PM

Jade!!! That might be one of my favourite things you've ever sent. Guess it's a bit more divisive than I thought, but at least it's still top 10! Thank you kindly for the points too x

Posted by: Severin 17th March 2022, 09:37 PM

QUOTE(blacksquare @ Mar 17 2022, 09:11 PM)

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 09:38 PM

A marmite entry so far as expected - pretty much all or nothing! Thanks for all the medals have really enjoyed reading all commentary regarding it, especially happy that it's one of Chez's all-time Nuggets favourites

Glad to have pushed Cellar Darling into the top 10 <3 I'm thinking that Rollo is the one behind it but we shall see. Long song supremacy indeed

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 09:38 PM

I had an inkling that BRUIT ≤ might have been Jade's entry for some reason, was clearly onto something! thanks Jade for nearly doubling my points total so far as well close to a 12 point swap! (also this song needs to be added to Spotify post-haste xx)

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:40 PM

17 DHWE ◼ The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers’

Posted by: Roba. 17th March 2022, 09:44 PM

Cellar Darling in the top 10 now *.*

Posted by: lewistgreen 17th March 2022, 09:45 PM

It was very poor judgement on my part for sending Zombified without actually knowing very much about the band/lead singer. I just liked how it sounded but I'll accept my scathing fate for it.

P.s. apologies for not voting

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 09:45 PM

Correctly identified that one as dhwe's entry as well, was a shame to not quite fit that song into my votes as it definitely sounded pretty emotionally ~potent~. It reminded me a little bit of Spanish Love Songs (a band I have repeatedly tried to get into due to some massive online hype but haven't quite clicked with me, I think I liked this song more than anything I've heard from them, nonetheless I imagine you'd probably like them if you don't already know of them). Thanks for another couple of points as well.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:47 PM

QUOTE(J00prstar @ Mar 17 2022, 10:24 PM)

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 09:49 PM

Awesome entry Iz! It looks like we traded 6s to each other, thank you *.*

This is much more like it for Cellar Darling now

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 09:50 PM

The betrayal x

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:52 PM

19 CODY MADRIGAL ◼ TORRES ‘Thirstier'

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 09:52 PM

I hope we are seeing Cellar Darling's surge towards #1 here x

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 09:58 PM

20 RABBITFURCOAT ◼ 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//'

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 10:02 PM

I think the likely winner will come from that top 6 now.

Posted by: Cody Madrigal 17th March 2022, 10:04 PM

okay but like where have I been? haven’t heard of Baltra before Unknown Pleasures scouting and now all three of the tracks I’ve caught have been amazing *.*

Also it’s good to see something dance/electronica adjacent in Nuggets, comes to show that music blurs the lines of genres a lot

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 10:05 PM

RFC definitely wins best song title! I really liked 'smoke break//' by KennyHoopla, this song wasn't clicking with me quite as much but still nearly made it into my votes.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 10:05 PM

21 KING ROLLO ◼ Cellar Darling 'DANCE'

Posted by: Chez Wombat 17th March 2022, 10:08 PM

I knew Rollo would be one of the really good longer songs, just wasn't sure which one A wonderful entry as per <3

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 10:10 PM

I'm not sure that I'd have pinned Cellar Darling as a Rollo entry despite the length an excellent pick though <3 and that's the second highest points I have received so far hooray, thank you. (Great taste in those votes in general!)

Up to a slightly more respectable position now, hope I can at least hang onto the top 20 here.

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 10:11 PM

Wow thanks so much Rollo! so my inkling of you being behind Cellar Darling was right. Love that we have traded 12s *.*

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 10:13 PM

22 ALL★BYSMASHMOUTH ◼ And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once’

Posted by: Izzy 💀 17th March 2022, 10:16 PM

Rollo as Cellar Darling! Great choice and band, I've been reliving their other material because of sending 'DANCE' <3

QUOTE(J00prstar @ Mar 17 2022, 09:50 PM)

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 10:16 PM

QUOTE(Jade @ Mar 17 2022, 10:11 PM)

Wow thanks so much Rollo! so my inkling of you being behind Cellar Darling was right. Love that we have traded 12s *.*

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 10:17 PM

Ooh I was curious to see who sent And So I Watch You From Afar, great entry Mr. bySmashMouth! Really pleased to see them doing so well, makes me wonder why I never got around to sending them myself before but at least someone has eventually haha.

(a New Rivermaya BJSC return after 84 years in the wilderness would not go amiss judging by the taste on display here x)

Exciting to still have so many real contenders for the win at this late stage, a lot of those would be good options.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 10:20 PM

23 ROB S ◼ Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun'

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 10:21 PM

Sorry my commentary was so brief. I should really have expanded on what I like about my own song. Thanks to all who have given it some points. Good to see it still has a chance of winning.

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 10:23 PM

gah I really thought I was on to a winning formula x

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 10:27 PM

*gasp* omgggg thanks for the 12 points Roba!! Glad you like the sound of the song also caught up with the results

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 10:28 PM

24 FRANKLUCK ◼ Esti Kornél ‘Utánad’

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 10:37 PM

Not exactly a huge surprise but it's a real shame to see Esti Kornél so low down. Looks like the foreign language songs in general are having a rough time here.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 10:39 PM

25 BLACKSQUARE ◼ CRUMB ‘BNR’

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 10:42 PM

Yay host points, thank you! The winning predictions aren't quite happening here but I'd be very happy with top 10.

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 10:43 PM

Amazed to see this finish in the mid-table and would've qualified in a BJSC semi! I guess I can extend my congratulations to Dobbo if non-participant votes aren't in?

EDIT: Thought the DNV ones are not counted in the sequence lmao

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 10:43 PM

I think it's Severin and Riser left to decide.

Posted by: Ansel 17th March 2022, 10:45 PM

Ooh thanks for the 8 points!

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 10:46 PM

I had already heard 'BNR' once before the contest but I enjoyed it a lot more hearing it in the contest after it not really grabbing me the first time! Thanks blacksquare for another handful of points as well.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 10:49 PM

26 RISER ◼ CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild’

Posted by: Riser 17th March 2022, 10:53 PM

There we go, I was finding it hard to comment without revealing too much - also thought TORRES might've been my 12, glad to see it top 10 anyway!

Yeah, turns out my entry was very polarizing, I've counted 3 fans though at least.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 10:55 PM

27 SEVERIN ◼ Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim'

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 10:58 PM

Sorry Dobbo I jinxed you

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 11:00 PM

I need the other two songs to have scored 0 pts then.

Posted by: Severin 17th March 2022, 11:02 PM

It's fun going last

Posted by: J00prstar 17th March 2022, 11:03 PM

cmon gang of youths

cmon a surprise 12 for me

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 11:03 PM

Despite giving it 6 points I don't actually remember the Mishkin Fitzgerald song very well oops, I will definitely relisten to it at some point because I obviously must have liked it a lot to give it so many points - looking back on my comments during the listenthrough I really liked the instrumentation on it apparently.

Cellar Darling is the only one of the 3 remaining contenders that I voted for but the other two were both commiserations, I'd be happy with a KennyHoopla win too.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 11:05 PM

The final votes from Severin are...

Posted by: Jade 17th March 2022, 11:10 PM

Congrats RFC I'm fairly familiar with KennyHoopla and generally like what I've heard, this was 11th in my rank. Obviously it would've been great to see Cellar Darling win, my favourite of the whole contest, but 2nd is amazing for it anyway - especially after it took a while to get going on the scoreboard.

My song was never going to have across-the-board appeal but I'm so happy that the people who were into it really loved it what a medal haul! Very pleased to have achieved a top 10 placing - I think that gives me a 50% rate of coming top 10 in Nuggets now.

Thank you for the excellent hosting blacksquare! I enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts and your own comments added in afterwards.

Posted by: HuhdMeClosting 17th March 2022, 11:11 PM

Congratulations to Rabbit! KennyHoopla's song is quite a nice one and one of the very few that I have known beforehand. Whoddy comes at a respectable 3rd! A bit surprised to see both Chez and Jade on the lower top 10... Expected a bit higher!

I will take it coming mid-table! It's quite a special song and definitely stands out from the rest of the bunch imo. Great to receive a 12-pointer from Roba as well! Bring on Unknown Pleasures as I have a song that I know someone on this forum would definitely hate.

Thanks blacksquare for hosting! It's really nice to share my thoughts about the votes and why I chose my entry. I should do this more in future song contests here Great presentation as well!

Posted by: Severin 17th March 2022, 11:12 PM

I'm glad to see a top two that I liked there, and also pleased to see Mishkin do ok. Thanks to anyone who gave her scores, I'm sure she'll be pleased.

Excellent hosting of course.

Look forward to the next one

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 11:12 PM

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Most Voted For
01 17 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' RABBITFURCOAT
02 14 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH
02 14 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT
04 13 Cellar Darling ‘DANCE' KING ROLLO
04 13 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO
04 13 Nocturna 'New Evil’ IZZY
04 13 TORRES ‘Thirstier' CODY MAGRIAL
08 12 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL
08 12 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once’ ALL★BYSMASHMOUTH
08 12 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’ WHOODYSSEY
11 11 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK
12 10 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER
12 10 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)’ MDF
14 09 Crumb ‘BNR' BLACKSQUARE
15 08 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)’ JADE
15 08 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ UHSTING
15 08 Mishkin Fitzgerald ‘Seraphim' SEVERIN
15 08 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY
15 08 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00PRSTAR
20 06 Esti Kornél ‘Utánad' FRANKLUCK
20 06 Falling In Reverse ‘ZOMBIFIED' LEWISTGREEN
20 06 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun’ ROB S
23 05 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence’ SEVENSEIZE
23 05 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers’ DHWE
23 05 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS
26 03 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild’ RISER
27 01 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS

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Most Twelve Points / Highest Points Received
01 12 (x04) BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)’ JADE
01 12 (x04) Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’ WHOODYSSEY
03 12 (x03) And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once’ ALL★BYSMASHMOUTH
03 12 (x03) Cellar Darling ‘DANCE' KING ROLLO
05 12 (x02) Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH
06 12 (x01) Falling In Reverse ‘ZOMBIFIED' LEWISTGREEN
06 12 (x01) God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT
06 12 (x01) KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' RABBITFURCOAT
06 12 (x01) Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ USTING
06 12 (x01) MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO
06 12 (x01) Nocturna 'New Evil’ IZZY
06 12 (x01) RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00PSTAR
06 12 (x01) The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers’ DHWE
06 12 (x01) TORRES ‘Thirstier' CODY MAGRIAL
15 10 (x02) Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK
15 10 (x02) Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER
15 10 (x02) Origami Angel 'Noah Fence’ SEVENSEIZE
15 10 (x02) Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY
19 10 (x01) Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL
20 08 (x02) Mishkin Fitzgerald ‘Seraphim' SEVERIN
20 08 (x02) nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)’ MDF
22 08 (x01) CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild’ RISER
23 07 (x01) Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS
23 07 (x01) Crumb ‘BNR' BLACKSQUARE
23 07 (x01) Esti Kornél ‘Utánad' FRANKLUCK
23 07 (x01) Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun’ ROB S
27 06 (x01) Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS

More than half the songs received at least one twelve points — fourteen.

Posted by: Ma Rollion 17th March 2022, 11:16 PM

That was close! I'm quite happy with 2nd place as I'd won the last Unknown Pleasures. I would have been more disappointed if I had just missed out on that one as well.

Well done RabbitFurCoat on winning the contest.

Thanks to all who gave points to Cellar Darling and to Blacksquare for hosting.

Posted by: Roba. 17th March 2022, 11:17 PM

Well 'DANCE' was my favourite of the top 3 so aw at that missing out but all 3 of those were great songs so can't argue with that really.

Probably should have sent the other Poets song now instead as maybe that would have done a bit better. Oh well.

Pools, Maria and CASHDIET too low imo even though they probably weren't going to set the board alight exactly either~

Posted by: Chez Wombat 17th March 2022, 11:17 PM

Congrats RFC! I must admit I don't immediately recall it, but it was just outside my votes looking back so I must have liked it somewhat! So close for Cellar Darling, but that's still a very respectable performance. I didn't mind the Gang of Youths song, but I agree with Bre earlier about it being a bit uninspired for this so I think that seems more fair x

Very pleased with another top 10 finish and quite a wide appeal across different voters which is great to see (edit: second highest number of voters yes *.), that's about the same as my last one did so I clearly have a good thing going with these rock instrumentals, maybe I'll actually chance it with some vocals next time? Honoured to finish just beside my 12 as well naturally x

Thanks to blacksquare for a great edition, I really enjoyed seeing everyone's thoughts on the entries, it really gets to the beauty of these contests <3

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 11:19 PM

Aw I was excited thinking Cellar Darling had won for a second there without realising KennyHoopla was also in that top 3 Nevermind, as I said I'm pretty happy with Kenny as a winner as well, congratulations to RFC notching up another win, on a roll recently with you also winning Club Bizarre not long ago! (And looks like this makes you the first person to win Nuggets 3 times as well )

Thanks Severin for seeing me finish on a high, matching my highest points of the contest and climbing into the top 15 at the last second *.* I had hoped 'Loner' might be at least a top 10 for me but I'll take that after it looked like I was destined to languish right near the bottom of the heap for half of the reveal.

Cellar Darling, MASTER BOOT RECORD and And So I Watch You From Afar all finishing in the top 5 is a pretty solid result, happy enough with BRUIT ≤ being top 10 too even if not quite living up to the win predictions. A couple others in the lower top 10 that I voted for as well.

Thanks for the hosting blacksquare! And I hope it won't have to be another whole year until we get another one of these again this time...

Posted by: awardinary 17th March 2022, 11:25 PM

RabbitFurCoat really knows the recipe for success! I’m glad to have assisted in a marginal way by handing you a single point, but I would have loved to see Dobbo snatch it after leading most of the evening. Thanks for those who gave some points to Pool too. Thanks in conclusion to blacksquare for hosting this contest.

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 11:26 PM

QUOTE(Brer @ Mar 18 2022, 12:19 AM)

Thanks for the hosting blacksquare! And I hope it won't have to be another whole year until we get another one of these again this time...

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 11:28 PM

Thank you to everyone again who sent me commentary about their choices and favourites — long or short. They make these contests more personal and interesting to me, so thanks thanks thanks x

Posted by: Ansel 17th March 2022, 11:31 PM

Congrats RFC! That KennyHoopla song was great, and I'm pleased some other of my faves (Nocturna and Gang Of Youths especially) did well.
I expected a lot lower than 13th after hearing the quality of the other entries so I'll definitely take that! Thanks to all Sigo's voters, I'm glad it found some fans great hosting blacksquare, love the artsy vibe of that opening graphic and the commentaries were a nice touch

Posted by: blacksquare 17th March 2022, 11:34 PM

Cellar Darling was winning this right until the very last few votes — KennyHoopla just kept popping up but only Bjork gave it 12. I really thought Cellar Darling had it in the bag for the majority of the time.

Posted by: Brer 17th March 2022, 11:42 PM

Oh yes I enjoyed reading the commentaries as well (although found it mildly cringeworthy reading my own back oops!) so the encouragement to include those was definitely a nice touch.

Posted by: Cody Madrigal 18th March 2022, 12:05 AM

wig I voted for all the top 4 A lot of surprises this edition for me, didn’t expect to like some of these as much as I did! Congrats Rabbit on the win!

FRANK AND JORDAN, YOU ARE LEGENDS *.* I think that’s my first Nuggets top 10 in a looooong time? I very nearly sent “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes In My Head” but thought this one was much stronger. Thanks to everyone who loved it enough to give it points!

Posted by: Riser 18th March 2022, 02:34 AM

Oh wow! I can't remember if I said this already but that KennyHoopla song was a local hit here because Kenny's from Cleveland, so it's pretty surreal to see it win Nuggets. And the Bloc Party comparison mentioned earlier was spot-on! Congrats RFC!

I definitely didn't expect such a poor result for my entry, but no regrets, always good to have a variety of rock styles represented.

Great job hosting, blacksquare, thank you!

Posted by: Izzy 💀 18th March 2022, 05:14 AM

'Generation Wild' very underrated, that was a great track! Same with 'ZOMBIFIED'.

blacksquare, thanks for running a wonderful edition, I enjoyed this one a lot. And thanks for everyone for getting me as high as 7th, particularly Dobbo for the 12 - I didn't call doing so well and it's definitely one of my better Nuggets results, glad to see so much Nocturna apprecation.

The winner wasn't that close to my votes, but it's still enjoyable (strong contest), I can see why it won, congratulations RFC. Cellar Darling in 2nd is pretty brilliant, and And So I Watch You From Afar in 5th also great, really loved that one a lot.

Posted by: Dobbo. 18th March 2022, 09:18 AM

Wow what a thrilling points reveal! Many congrats to RFC smashing another contest! Good track which I gave 4 points to.

4th is very pleasing! Having a very strong year so far in song contests with a win, two 4ths and a sixth *_* thanks to those who voted for Ftp.

And a big hand to blacksquare for hosting, bravo!

Posted by: J00prstar 18th March 2022, 09:31 AM

Oop I misread the post & thought cellar darling won!

Posted by: SevenSeize 18th March 2022, 05:34 PM

awesome winner *.* loved that track for a while, I'm glad RFC finally brought it into one of the contests, congrats! 👏

you smashed it blacksquare great job!

Posted by: Juan Carlos 19th March 2022, 06:22 PM

Apologies in advance, but I had a complicated week, so I couldn't make any comments.

Regarding "7 Billion People all Alive at Once", which was the song I gave 12 points, it was a great discovery and was the one I preferred the most. I like how the song progresses and the change it has around the 3 minute mark in tempo. It makes the track to be so distinctive from others.

About "Desaparecer", which was the song I submitted, it's one of the songs which I listen when I feel very low or I am angry with/at something. It's interesting because I thought about it after I submitted "De Música Ligera" in the previous Nuggets edition. Zen is a Peruvian alternative rock band which was very popular around the mid 2000s and it was the time when alternative and rock music were trying to make a scene in the Peruvian market. Surprised my song didn't connect with many of you, but thanks for the ones who liked it.

Anyway, congrats RFC for winning and blacksquare for hosting. You did it great.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 22nd March 2022, 08:05 PM

Catching up with this, that was a nice surprise! Been really busy the last couple of weeks so only just getting round to checking these results, think this is the first day for about a week I've looked at anything outside of the Sports forum!

I have to give an assist to this victory to Doctor Blind, it was a song I checked out when he had it towards the top of his 2020 year end chart. It was one of two songs/bands I'd got on my longlist of BJSC potentials that would fit this contest and just decided I'd send one to each of them (although didn't in the end)

Nice to see the songs I ranked as my top 4 finishing in 4th-7th, a very successful contest! They were all excellent, but 7 Billion People all Alive at Once just grew on my that much more. I think they're a band I've heard of but never checked out but probably should do, certainly a sound I'm likely to like!

I must confess I never added Gang of Youths to my playlist as it was the only song I already knew and then forgot about it when putting in my votes, although looking back it would've had probably 3 from me, it's not as good as some of their others.