Posted October 2, 2024Oct 2 Yes the graphic design team are currently on holiday, I make no apologies for stretching your screen. Hey there - just in time for the melancholic autumn mists, Nuggets has duly returned for its seventeenth edition. Who likes to rock the party? Who likes to rock the party? BuzzJack (on a strictly once-per-year basis) likes to rock the party! A very warm welcome - whether you have participated in the past, dropped by, or simply clicked here by mistake, or even deliberately clicked on and actually intended to open this thread - welcome all. How and what is 'nuggets'? Well it's a bit like Unknown Pleasures, so you will get to hear new music from a wide mix of bands and artists that you may never have heard of, with the added bonus of getting the chance to share some of your own personal treasured tracks with fellow rock fans and/or torture me by forcing me to listen to a 37 minute Death Metal track called 'Massacre at the self checkouts of Holborn Sainsburys'. So far, so similar. So what's the difference to make it specifically 'nuggets'? Well there is only one main difference here: Pav is banned on grounds of taste and decency.. oh wait, no that's not it. It's the genre of music. Nuggets features only guitar based music. That can still range from acoustic, experimental, any of the multifarious metal sub-genres (if you want to punish me x), or some undiscovered experimental music from some undiscovered island in the middle of the Pacific. It doesn't matter, as long as its main instrument is guitar and I must stress the track you send must be guitar based, and as long as the artist in question has never had a hit in the UK, then they're in. There is no restriction on gender of vocalist or length of track so, y'know, go crazy. RULES ONE: The artist or band must not have reached the top 75 of the UK singles chart (ideally not the albums chart either). TWO: The song cannot have been submitted to any previous song edition of Nuggets or Unknown Pleasures THREE: The contest is anonymous so please keep your entries to yourself — your entries will be revealed with the results. FOUR: If the same artist or band is entered by different people, then the first person to submit will be chosen. FIVE: The entries will be confirmed by the moderators of this forum to make sure they follow the rules above. To enter - simply click on the badly designed graphic, above, and I look forward to hearing your entries! The deadline for confirmations is 23:59 BST Sunday 13th October 2024. To inspire you, here is the track that won in the Nuggets XVI contest held in 2023; Mr Ray's Wig World 'Faster Kittykat Play Play' dD_K7Xch8co
October 3, 2024Oct 3 Omg I have something for this mayhaps But ti's been so long I forgot some of my options
October 3, 2024Oct 3 Great to see this back, entered something I've had in mind for this for a while!
October 3, 2024Oct 3 Confirmed. Wasn't sure what to choose but anything I choose will not stand out anyway. :heehee:
October 6, 2024Oct 6 Entering this one as I'm seeing somebody live tomorrow who is guitar-based and hasn't charted before, and I want to share their new single.
October 7, 2024Oct 7 Taking a risk with this one! You and me both! Although I feel like the Indie Forum song contests are the best across the site to take risks in.
October 7, 2024Oct 7 You and me both! Although I feel like the Indie Forum song contests are the best across the site to take risks in. Mine is an entry I wouldn't ordinarily listen to, but I think they are known in certain circles (I'm actually surprised they never charted!). And yeah 100% best to take the risk in! Edited October 7, 2024Oct 7 by Herbs
October 7, 2024Oct 7 I don’t think I’ve entered a Nuggets in years now, but I think I may have something up my sleeve.
October 8, 2024Oct 8 Author I don’t think I’ve entered a Nuggets in years now, but I think I may have something up my sleeve. Oh my, a disco citizens re-up. *.* You've still got until Sunday to sign up, thank you to those who have already sent in an entry. Entrants: 17 !!!Addy!All★bySmashMouthawardinaryChez WombatCodyCowTzyDobboDoctor BlindgooddeltaHerbsIzjimwattsKing RolloSeverinUhstingY'all Starlight
October 11, 2024Oct 11 Wait I have a mellow guitarish indie sonh Is that more for Nughets thsn this, or is it foe rhis?
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