Photos, Video From The 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards

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 grouped together bands and pit them against... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS, VIDEO FROM THE 2009 MTVU WOODIE AWARDS»

2009 mtvU Woodie Award Nominations: Animal Collective Vs. 3OH!3

mtvU is the college-dorm targeted branch of Viacom's pop-cultural giving tree. While most of its boughs are wilting when it comes to recognizing relevant music, this university-centric twig at least maintains some semblance of staying evergreen, if only because their... CONTINUE READING 2009 MTVU WOODIE AWARD NOMINATIONS: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VS. 3OH!3»

Watch The Worthwhile Moments Of The Woodies

The Woodies happened, I was there, you didn't miss too much. This year's performance roster was interesting though, particularly for a couple of onstage collaborations. Vampire Weekend's "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" with Chromeo was previously announced and a... CONTINUE READING WATCH THE WORTHWHILE MOMENTS OF THE WOODIES »

Photos From The 2008 mtvU Woodie Awards

Over the past few years, mtvU's annual Woodie Awards have been unexpectedly bloggable. But last night we couldn't rely on Jordan Catalano picking fights since he was busy being king douche somewhere else, and Spank Rock seemed sober which meant... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS FROM THE 2008 MTVU WOODIE AWARDS»

Did You Watch The Woodies?

Guess not if you live outside a dorm room. As we mentioned in our post-event recap, Spank Rock definitely spanked (and rocked) the mtvU Woodies before he decided he could kick Jared Leto's ass. Now we have the vodka-tossing video... CONTINUE READING DID YOU WATCH THE WOODIES?»

Posted on November 16, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: mtvU Woodie Awards | Rilo Kiley | Santigold | Spank Rock

Spank Rock: "I Would Kick Jared Leto's Ass"

We've had our differences with 30 Seconds To Mars' Jared Leto, so we were intrigued when we heard about this video of Spank Rock/Bangers & Cash's Naeem talking shit about the King of Douche to Blender. Actually, we can't help... CONTINUE READING SPANK ROCK: "I WOULD KICK JARED LETO'S ASS"»

mtvU 2007 Woodie Awards: Spank Rocked

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 Kiley) and stuff we... CONTINUE READING MTVU 2007 WOODIE AWARDS: SPANK ROCKED»

2007 mtvU Woodie Awards Nominations

Good news college kids! mtvU has announced the nominations for their annual Woodie awards, the awards show you built for YOU, by MTV, which you can't wait to watch. Unless you live off-campus, in which case, tough shit. (Or, you... CONTINUE READING 2007 MTVU WOODIE AWARDS NOMINATIONS»

Posted on September 19, 2007 (12 comments)
Tags: mtvU Woodie Awards

MTVu's Woodies Awards 2006

We left the dorms behind a little while back, so we've never even seen MTVu, but when invited to Roseland Ballroom for the station's annual Woodie Awards and told that TV On The Radio and Beck would perform, we said... CONTINUE READING MTVU'S WOODIES AWARDS 2006»

Posted on October 26, 2006 (44 comments)
Tags: 30 Seconds To Mars | Beck | Jared Leto | mtvU Woodie Awards | TV On The Radio

2006 MTVu Noms Fueled By Ramen

MTVu has announced the nominees for the 2006 Woodies. Yep, an awards show you'll never see, on a cable channel you can't watch unless you live in a dorm. But we like to take a look at the nods anyway,... CONTINUE READING 2006 MTVU NOMS FUELED BY RAMEN»

Posted on September 12, 2006 (23 comments)
Tags: mtvU Woodie Awards

Making Us Nostalgic For R.E.M.

Winners from last night's 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards ceremony:Woodie of the Year (Artist of the Year): My Chemical Romance The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist): Motion City Soundtrack Left Field Woodie (Most Original Artist): mewithoutYou Best Video Woodie -- Live... CONTINUE READING MAKING US NOSTALGIC FOR R.E.M.»

Posted on November 3, 2005 (55 comments)
Tags: Fall Out Boy | mtvU Woodie Awards | Muse | U2