So MTV has this channel they like to call MTVU and on my small college in a little New England town we as students were fortunate enough to get our view on when we weren't busy watching MTV proper, VH1, BET, or MTV2. [Or accidently forgetting the channel existed.] It's all what college students are listening to mixed with some CBS Evening News like bits, and episodes of the Real World and Road Rules...from the mid 90's, which is fine by me cause Real World Seattle was my shit!
And it wouldn't be an MTV subsidiary without it's own award show right? So here they are, the nominees for MTVU's 3rd annual Woodie Awards, and what do you know VMA darlings Panic! At the disco are up for the top award [Woodie of the Year. Sidenote: What the f**ck is a woodie?] and to no one's surprise English darlings-and recent Mercury Prize winners- the Arctic Monkeys have the most nominations [3] along with Imogen Heap.
Woodie of the Year
* Angels & Airwaves
* Atmosphere
* Gym Class Heroes
* Panic! at the Disco
* The Academy Is ...
The Breaking Woodie
* Arctic Monkeys
* Chamillionaire
* Imogen Heap
* Lupe Fiasco
* Plain White T's
Left Field Woodie
* Gnarls Barkley
* Gogol Bordello
* Imogen Heap
* Lady Sovereign
* Wolfmother
Best Video Woodie - Live
* 30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill"
* Feist - "Mushaboom"
* Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - "Rise Up With Fists"
* Jurassic 5 - "Work It Out"
* The Raconteurs - "Steady, as She Goes"
Best Video Woodie - Animated
* Against Me! - "From Her Lips to God's Ears"
* Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
* Gorillaz - "El Mañana"
* Mark Ronson - "Just"
* Psapp - "Hi"
The Good Woodie
* Juvenile - Hurricane Katrina relief efforts
* Ludacris - Hurricane Katrina relief efforts
* Pearl Jam - environmental protection
* Rise Against - political awareness and activism
* Serj Tankian (System of a Down) - Armenian genocide
Road Woodie
* Cartel
* Hellogoodbye
* Nightmare of You
* Taking Back Sunday
* The Fray
International Woodie
* Arctic Monkeys
* Cham
* Corinne Bailey Rae
* Sia
* The Subways
Alumni Woodie
* AFI
* Fiona Apple
* Ghostface Killah
* Muse
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
Streaming Woodie (Nominees are broken up into four groups, and voting takes place over four weeks)
Week One
* Atmosphere - "Say Hey There (Gotta Go to Mexico)" (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
* Gym Class Heroes - "Cupid's Chokehold" (Fueled by Ramen/ Atlantic Records)
* Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah" (East West Records)
* The Academy Is ... - "Checkmarks" (Fueled by Ramen/ Atlantic Records)
Week Two
* All-American Rejects - "Move Along" (Interscope/ A&M Records)
* Matisyahu - "Youth" (Epic Records)
* Motion City Soundtrack - "Hold Me Down" (Epitaph Records)
* O.A.R. - "Lay Down" (Atlantic Records)
* Taking Back Sunday - "Makedamnsure" (Warner Bros. Records)
Week Three
* Armor for Sleep - "The Truth About Heaven" (Equal Vision)
* Death Cab for Cutie - "Crooked Teeth" (Atlantic Records)
* Hellogoodbye - "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (Drive Thru Records)
* Imogen Heap - "Hide and Seek" (RCA Victor Records)
* Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California" (Warner Bros. Records)
Week Four
* Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" (Domino Records)
* Cage - "Shoot Frank" (Definitive Jux Records)
* Nightmare of You - "I Want to Be Buried in Your Backyard" (East West Records)
* Panic! at the Disco - "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" (Fueled by Ramen/ Atlantic Records)
* The Academy Is ... - "Slow Down" (Fueled by Ramen/ Atlantic Records)
God I didn't know college kids listened to so much emo music. [They don't.] I just graduated from college in May and spent a fair amount of time flipping through the airwaves and I know I am not the only one who would try to give many of these videos a chance, only to give up and realize that I am wasting my time. Right? Big Ups on Gogol Bordello, Jenny Lewis, The Raconteurs, Fiona Apple, Arctic Monkeys [sorry I like the disc, particularly the first half], Gnarls Barkley, and Wolfmother. Oh and Chamillionaire of course. And props also for mentioning Juvenille's Katrina efforts. Now if we could only get more people to bump his Reality Check album. That shit is fire. No joke. Start to finish.
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