When MTV's college-obsessed little sister station mtvU announced the nominations for this year's Woodie Awards, we had some fun trying to make sense of the logic underlying the way in which they had…   Read Story »

This past weekend, bill-sharing fellows Reading and Leeds were tasked with distracting a nation still reeling from the death of its Oasis. Their secret weapons were unannounced sets by Them Crooked…   Read Story »

But he's not the only one. "What A Catch, Donnie," the third single from the band's forthcoming fifth studio album Folie à Deux features a whole case of characters singing lines from various Fall…   Read Story »

If a Cure covers comp is going too far for you purists, then how about just an EP featuring remixes of all those LP13 pre-release singles? And what if those remixes were executed by, say, 30 Seconds…   Read Story »

Last time we saw the Roots in a video was for intense verse/no chorus Black Thought rant "75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)." To find a visual more in keeping with the Philly crew's video for the…   Read Story »

Last night Fall Out Boy's vocalist/only-talented-guy Patrick Stump treaded down the path brazenly cleared by the honorable Kevin Federline, making his acting debut on primetime police and legal drama…   Read Story »

There's a grand tradition being hatched at mtvU's Woodie Awards show. Sure, there's the live performances that come at a 50/50 mix of stuff we like (last year TV On The Radio, this year, say, Rilo…   Read Story »

You've been waiting patiently all weekend, so let's get this thing going. Welcome to this year's MTV Video Music Awards, this year featuring three whole awards dedicated to videos! We've been…   Read Story »

You kids are all savvy with your bittorrents and your internets and whatnots, but there may be a few of you still that don't realize your iTunes automatically networks with any old cyber-peeping Tom,…   Read Story »

Traversing Grant Park is draining when it's 140°, so Satellite Party provided an opportune time to get hydrated. But damn if it didn't seem Ash & Pete were on our tail. (We get delusional when…   Read Story »