November 7, 2024Nov 7 Oops kinda flopping so far but thanks to the small handful who have pointed julie so far, especially top marks from blacksquare :wub: fabulous words Doctor B xx
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Thanks to all who have given points to Exit Eden so far, especially Dan and J00prstar for the 12s. I also gave 12 points to Dan. I wish I had entered Stockholm Syndrome to this contest instead of keeping it for Unknown Pleasures as it's doing very well.
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Author 7// and now time for an ~announcement~ Sadly no votes were received from dhwe (you still get a trump card), one of two debutants from 2016, this time around and so they will receive the full 12 point deduction and a spiderman shame go to the corner gif.. : ( Incidentally they hold the record for most deductions received in this contest: 4. :clap: The Dismemberment Plan are an American indie rock band who were mostly active in the late 1990s. “The Ice of Boston” was taken from their 2nd album, 1997s The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified. ‘Addy’ also debuted in 2016, first made the Top 10 in 2018 with Ellie and the Oscars and achieved their peak (to-date) in XIII - succeeding with THE HARDKISS’ “Kobra” which landed in fourth place. For their eighth entry they have opted to send Austrian born, but now based in Berlin, singer/songwriter Uche Yara. She premiered her incredible debut single "www she hot" in late 2023, and it’s the entry selected here. “www she hot” is a heady mix of uplifting and propulsive drums, catchy guitar licks and a killer hook to boot, and unsurprisingly it's doing very well so far. Also jimwatts I can confirm your bet at the start was indeed correct! 4ANBktpgcC4 Highest Position: >1< (VIII: Mitski “Your Best American Girl”) Last result: 22 (XVI: Say Anything “Alive With The Glory Of Love”) vvtESM_ArZw Highest Position: >4< (XIII: THE HARDKISS “Kobra (feat. MONATIK)”) Last result: 16 (XV: La Rappresentante di Lista “Diva”) 12 - Girls.Speak.French - Is There Any Space on the Moon? 10 - julie - clairbourne practice 08 - Bare Infinity - Orion's Light 07 - Lorna Shore - To The Hellfire 06 - OU - 蘇醒 Frailty 05 - Fashion Club - Rotten Mind (feat. Julie Byrne) 04 - Bang Bang Machine - Geek Love 03 - Being Dead - Firefighters 02 - The KVB - World On Fire 01 - Bomb the Music Industry! - 25!
November 7, 2024Nov 7 lol Suede, at least he didn’t give himself 12 points :kink: Nice presentation Doctor Blond I somehow made a mess of my notes and scores. I must have recorded the notes for teh following song against mine and then thought a song was so bland that I didn't notice it, thereby allowing me to get back in synch. Does that make sense?
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Ooh almost an exact point swap with Addy *.* thank you for the silver medal :heart:
November 7, 2024Nov 7 and ty for my high points ofc from those that did, glad you enjoyed! it really was the standout for me on the album
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Author Thanks for the DM suedey, apologies for not notifying u sooner but I only spotted it this evening when I was prepping the final stuff. I'll add your final 1pt to the final tally at the end x 8// Two participants with double-digit total entries now, both debuting in 2015. First up we have FrankLuck who has 11 entries now and reached their zenith with X when Yellowcard’s “For You, And Your Denial” narrowly missed out on a podium by a single point. Hopefully better luck this time around for their entry from 2024 The Voice of Finland winner Laura Ruusumaa’s “Tragediaa”. Cody made an impressive debut in the same contest with Little May’s “Hide” becoming a debut Top 10 for them finishing in fourth and to-date their most successful entry, following this so far with a further impressive 5 Top 10s to their name and a total of 731 meaning they are the fourth most successful participant. Their chart run for those interested (just me then) is thus: {4}-7-12-25-16-8-7-14-16-13-10-10-16* For this round they’ve sent Berlin based duo Kalte Liebe’s “Alles Ist Wie Es Ist” which is one of two auf de deutsche sprache (= extra plus marks). We also have some wild votes from Harry who sadly was unable to send a song this time round, and finally Lindsey who scored back-to-back Top 10s with their first two entries, the second (One OK Rock’s “The Way Back (Japanese Version)”) ranking the highest and finishing in silver in VI. For XVII they’ve sent Australian pop-punk bands Slowly Slowly’s shimmering (and The 1975-esque) “Nothing On”. 2015 Vijp1dYw1KY Highest Position: >4< (X: Yellowcard “For You, And Your Denial”) Last result: 23 (XIV: Esti Kornél “Utánad”) 12 AliA - Kakurenbo (hide-and-seek) 10 Bare Infinity - Orion's Light 08 OU - 蘇醒 Frailty 07 Kalte Liebe - Alles Ist Wie Es Ist 06 Exit Eden - Separate Ways 05Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 04 Shred Rogers - Baa Baa Black Sheep 03 SPRINTS - Cathedral 02 The Howlers - Lady Luck 01 Hangwire - Stockholm SyndromegZIBObxKs6A Highest Position: >4< (IV: Little May “Hide”) Last result: 16 (XVI: Mental Discipline “Resistance”) 12 POINTS | AliA - Kakurenbo (hide-and-seek) 10 POINTS | Exit Eden - Separate Ways 08 POINTS | OU - 蘇醒 Frailty 07 POINTS | SPRINTS - Cathedral 06 POINTS | Hacktivist - Not Alone (NF is that you?) 05 POINTS | Uche Yara - www she hot 04 POINTS | The KVB - World On Fire 03 POINTS | Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 02 POINTS | The Howlers - Lady Luck 01 POINTS | The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years Highest Position: >3< (VII: Zuzu “Get Off”) Last result: 8 (XIII: Miss Grit “Impostor”) Hi, 12 // Slowly Slowly - Nothing On 10 // Girls.Speak.French - Is There Any Space on the Moon? 08 // Louis Dunford - Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green 07 // Kalte Liebe - Alles Ist Wie Es Ist 06 // The KVB - World On Fire 05 // Hacktivist - Not Alone 04 //Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 03 // Bare Infinity - Orion's Light 02 // Bomb the Music Industry! - 25! 01 // Exit Eden - Separate Ways Just Missing Out: Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission Uche Yara - www she hot OU - 蘇醒 Frailty Fleshgod Apocalypse - I Can Never Die The Howlers - Lady LuckwpTaEoY5nv8 Highest Position: >2< (VI: One OK Rock “The Way Back (Japanese Version)”) Last result: 16 (XI: SHADED “You.”) 12 The Howlers 10 GIRLS.SPEAK.FRENCH 08 Laura Ruusumaa 07 UCHE YARA 06Axolotes Mexicans 05 The KVB 04 julie 03 SPRINTS 02 Swiss Portrait 01 ABU NEIN ~
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Awe Doctor Blind finding the most fitting picture of Britney for my profile <3 Thanks everyone who’s voted for Uche Yara so far. It was love at first listen almost year ago or so and been wanting to send it either here or in UP!!!
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Author 9// Our fearless leader #psychic7 now, aka ‘seven’ co-mod of the indie forum already knows who won, what I’m writing here and so won’t be reading this. Rumour has it that in the early 2010s a portal to Hades opened briefly in a local chip shop and ‘seven’ happened upon a cursed amulet that was propelled into our world in that brief moment. This curse gave them the unique ability to see everything that has and will ever happen, proving that reality as we know it, past, present and future is actually a mathematically predictable preordained system, solvable using an equation so complex as to utterly defy any possibility of comprehension by even the most brilliant human mind. The curse is that life without surprise and spontaneity is ultimately not as interesting. Anyway they first entered Nuggets in the 2nd edition and despite inexplicably (possibly to do with the amulet) missing IV they have never missed an edition since, and they knew that they wouldn’t too. Highest peak for them so far was Lebanon Hanover’s “Gallowdance” which was their first entry, matched by Math The Band’s “Four To Six” which lost narrowly in XII. For this edition they have gone with a band that sounds like their name has taken much of its cues from The KLF, American punk collective Bomb the Music Industry! and “25!” which deals with the frustrations of not quite feeling like an adult and yet turning 25. We also have votes from stalwart ‘Riser’ who also sadly was unable to send an entry this time but still gave support to the cause by voting! 2014 FHxZo-aSffQ Highest Position: >2< (II: Lebanon Hanover “Gallowdance” and XII: Math The Band “Four To Six”) Last result: 18 (XVI: The Garden “Call This # Now”) +12 Dismemberment Plan "The Ice of Boston" +10 AliA "Kakurenbo (hide-and-seek)" +8Axolotes Mexicanos "La canción que escribiste" +7 Being Dead "Firefighters" +6 Uche Yara "www she hot" +5 Slowly Slowly "Nothing On" +4 Fleshgod Apocalypse "I Can Never Die" +3 julie "clairbourne practice" +2 The Lemon Twigs "My Golden Years" +1 OU "蘇醒 Frailty" Honourable mentions to Songs: Ohia, Bang Bang Machine and Swiss Portrait ;3 Highest Position: >1< (III: Grace Potter And The Nocturnals “The Lion The Beast The Beat”) Last result: 17 (XVI: Ocean Alley “Deepest Darkness”) 12 Slowly Slowly - Nothing On 10 Exit Eden - Separate Ways 8 The Howlers - Lady Luck 7 Girls.Speak.French - Is There Any Space on the Moon? 6 Louis Dunford - Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green 5 Bare Infinity - Orion's Light 4 The KVB - World On Fire 3 The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years 2 Molly Hatchet - Bloody Reunion 1 Fleshgod Apocalypse - I Can Never Die
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Author OK we've still not heard from the OGs. Old Guard. There are still six ppl to vote: ?? I shall edit in the votes here... shortly! I'll tell you first that I sent: 9yMhU8k2afA and it finished in.. 15th place with 66pts: Bang Bang Machine - Geek Love Doctor Blind My vote: 12 julie - clairbourne practice 10 Fashion Club - Rotten Mind (feat. Julie Byrne) 08 Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission 07 The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years 06 Uche Yara - www she hot 05 Being Dead - Firefighters 04 Kalte Liebe - Alles Ist Wie Es Ist 03 Abu Nein - Wir Leben 02 Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 01 Dismemberment Plan - The Ice of Boston Comiz: SPRINTS - Cathedral; Hangwire - Stockholm SyndromeBrer 12 UCHE YARA - www she hot 10 julie - clairbourne practice 8 Oranssi Pazuzu - Valotus 7 SPRINTS - Cathedral 6 Kalte Liebe - ALLES IST WIE ES IST 5 Swiss Portrait - Paralyzed 4 Axolotes Mexicanos - La Canción Que Escribiste 3 AliA - hide-and-seek 2 "Weird Al" Yankovic - Albuquerque The Dismemberment Plan - The Ice Of Boston 1 Hangwire - Stockholm Syndrome Already knew and loved 'Cathedral' so was a case of kind of hoping there'd be at least one discovery I genuinely liked more so it didn't feel like a cheap 12 - and three of you delivered! UCHE YARA can be filed next to Young Fathers and Yves Tumor, julie can be filed next to all manner of shoegazey/grungey bands that are a cheat code for my points, and the really heavy entries tend to be rather hit or miss for me but Oranssi Pazuzu has to be one of the best ones we've ever had, I didn't know psychedelic black metal was a thing but *.* Commiserations to ABU NEIN, OU and The Lemon Twigs (the latter was another I already knew and liked), think there was something to like about basically every entry here though so a strong edition all around. Hope some of you enjoyed my last minute entry, thought both the sound and the quirky video reminded me a bit of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (seems to be a similar aesthetic with their other recent videos too, I also considered sending 'Van Goes' by them which I feel might have been a bit more instant but ultimately went with the song I like the most), mixed in with some nice 60s vibes (The Beach Boys / The Mamas & The Papas). Chez Wombat 12; Oranssi Pazuzu - Valotus 10; Hangwire - Stockholm Syndrome 08; Fashion Club - Rotten Mind (feat. Julie Byrne) 07; AliA - Kakurenbo (hide-and-seek) 06; Uche Yara - www she hot 05; Bang Bang Machine - Geek Love 04; Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 03; julie - clairbourne practice 02; The KVB - World On Fire 01; Dismemberment Plan - The Ice of Boston And 20 to Baa Baa Black Sheep xIz 12 OU - 蘇醒 Frailty 10 Laura Ruusumaa - Tragediaa 08 julie - clairbourne practice 07 AliA - Kakurenbo (hide-and-seek) 06 Bomb the Music Industry! - 25! 05 The KVB - World On Fire 04 Bang Bang Machine - Geek Love 03 Louis Dunford - Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green 02 Exit Eden - Separate Ways 01 Bare Infinity - Orion's Light Brett-Butler 12 - Louis Dunford 10 - lemon twigs 8 bang bang machine 7 the howlers 6 being dead 5 slowly slowly 4 bomb the music industry 3 Molly hatchet 2 dismemberment plan 1 the kvbSeverin 12 Oranssi Pazuzu - Valotus 10. Fleshgod Apocalypse - I Can Never Die 08. Hacktivist - Not Alone 07. The KVB - World On Fire 06. The Howlers - Lady Luck 05. Girls.Speak.French - Is There Any Space on the Moon? 04. Bomb the Music Industry! - 25! 03. Exit Eden - Separate Ways 02. Bare Infinity - Orion's Light - pirate metal 01. SPRINTS - Cathedral - decent
November 7, 2024Nov 7 I completely forgot I'd done quite well recently not sure I can call who wins from here, I've spent most of this results thread internalising everyone's very impressive records
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Ooft top marks from the host :wub: thanks Doctor B!! + Seven too x Love the cat picture used for Jordan
November 7, 2024Nov 7 Thanks Lindsey I think Cody's vote is missing from that last post.I noticed that too - wonder if there's a gif to go with it or something
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