Posted April 12Apr 12 Commencing confirmation phase…Authorization complete. Welcome, Cody Buckley.Welcome everyone to… what is probably the third contest I’ve hosted in six months! It’s time to ride on yet another Unknown Pleasures mission!The Grid is eager to log in what you have submitted! But before we can enter those into the database, here are a few rules: Quote1. The artist or band must not have reached the top 75 of the UK singles chart, nor the top 40 of the UK albums chart. We are looking for obscure songs that will be new discoveries for most, if not all, the other participants.2. The song can't be featured on the current UK release schedule.3. The song can't have been submitted to any previous song contest on Buzzjack. Here are the archives for you to check (some of them are not up to date) :Unknown PleasuresNuggetsBJSCClub BizarrePFSCThe Best Song Contest In The World… Ever!Bop Idol4. Considering this is the Indie/Rock/Alternative forum, try to send something that fits in here. This is a refuge from generic pop typically5. Artists sent will be considered on a first come, first served basis, so if your artist gets taken, you will need to find something else.6. This is an anonymous contest, do not reveal what you have entered before the results.Even with this new futuristic getup, old habits die hard, and The Grid is still willing to accept a Google Form submission. Special thanks to the mods for providing one for us! So we’ve linked one! Go and click on this picture of the boys of ZEROBASEONE below to get your entry in!The deadline for entries has been set to: Friday, 18th April 2025 at 23:59 BSTCare to join us? I promise we won’t bite 💙
April 12Apr 12 My entry is something I knew I wanted to enter into UP as soon as I heard it a few months ago — it's been on heavy rotation since
April 12Apr 12 Well, I thought I can think about submitting once that certain newly hosted contest edition finished.No harm on doing two at the same time I guess. Edited April 12Apr 12 by AllStarBySmashMouth
April 12Apr 12 Author 2 minutes ago, AllStarBySmashMouth said:Well, I thought I can think about submitting once that certain newly hosted contest edition finished.No harm on doing two at the same time I guess.the way i thought someone else was doing UP and i was gonna be like
April 13Apr 13 I normally have something ready for Unknown Pleasures but I don't this time so I'll have a look in my potentials box or find something new. I'm pleased to see that my line about this being a refuge from generic pop is still being used for the intro paragraphs.
April 13Apr 13 6 days to confirm in something that hasn’t happened in over a year? Girlie pop what’s the rush? Edited April 13Apr 13 by pavi
April 14Apr 14 I'm off grid from end of this week until 6th May, so won't be able to participate unfortunately :(
April 15Apr 15 Electronic music tends to do best in this now doesn't it. Not sure I have anything great of that description so will probably flop again but will definitely confirm something!
April 15Apr 15 I keep asking myself... what would @blacksquare do... he was born for a contest like this one!
April 15Apr 15 38 minutes ago, awardinary said:I keep asking myself... what would @blacksquare do... he was born for a contest like this one!My advice would be not to listen to @blacksquare as he has never won UP before!
April 15Apr 15 Did this not happen then:https://www.buzzjack.com/forums/topic/219277-unknown-pleasures-xxvii-%E2%80%A2-results/page/9/wish someone had told me as I'd have entered that song in BJSC164 instead of the one by the same artist which ended up 29th...Sent something here anyhoo.
April 15Apr 15 15 minutes ago, jimwatts said:Did this not happen then:https://www.buzzjack.com/forums/topic/219277-unknown-pleasures-xxvii-%E2%80%A2-results/page/9/wish someone had told me as I'd have entered that song in BJSC164 instead of the one by the same artist which ended up 29th...Oh, I thought I won Nuggets! So, @awardinary, the trick is to win at your first attempt with something electronic (female vocals, of course) and then never win again. Or just send something you love and hope other people feel similarly 🖤(Why is UP an annual contest? There is so much great alternative music that deserves more than flopping in BJSC. Nuggets and UP alternating quarterly would be lush 👀)
April 15Apr 15 It used to be more regular than annual, as Buzzjack hasn't been running 34 years so we must have had at least two a year at some point!I always used to see it as the forum's second biggest contest after BJSC but it has been quite infrequently held of late. Would be nice to do it twice a year again at least, as many of the others get at least 5 or 6 outings a year.I think my best ever UP finish was 2nd with 55 Year Old Daughter by Giant Swan although one of the duo's members was found to be a nasty piece of work recently - to say the least, so I'd love to find something better that erased the memory of them. Edited April 15Apr 15 by gooddelta
April 15Apr 15 22 minutes ago, gooddelta said:It used to be more regular than annual, as Buzzjack hasn't been running 34 years so we must have had at least two a year at some point!I always used to see it as the forum's second biggest contest after BJSC but it has been quite infrequently held of late. Would be nice to do it twice a year again at least, as many of the others get at least 5 or 6 outings a year.Time to start a petition Q2 25 UP Q3 25 NuggetsQ4 25 UP Q1 26 Nuggets 🙏
April 15Apr 15 5 minutes ago, blacksquare said:Time to start a petition Q2 25 UP Q3 25 NuggetsQ4 25 UP Q1 26 Nuggets 🙏Prayer circle already started for blacksquare to get another victory in one of these!
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