Idolator — Now that the MTV Video Music Awards have been put to bed, it's time for the channel's college-aged sibling, mtvU, to announce the nominations for its Woodie Awards, which have along with their deliberately snicker-inducing name an award to honor arti... more info

NME — Vampire Weekend performed a new track for the huge crowd that gathered for their late-night set at San Diego Street Scene tonight (September 19). more info

Pitchfork — This evening in San Diego, the freshest, flyest cadre of computer programmers you've ever heard will step onto the stage and kick off their fall tour. Yep, Hot Chip are hitting the road again. They'll keep to North America for the next three weeks be... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty Kanye West, “Love Lockdown” [Black Lights Remix] On the internet right now: 950,000 remixes of “Love Lockdown.” Anyone with ProTools, a dime bag and ten free minutes is going to tackle this thing. Up next: Cute Starbucks Barista�... more info

Mercury News, California — At most major festivals, bands perform simultaneously on several stages, so audience members can't hear everything; Treasure Island has just two stages, and performance times don't overlap, so fans won't have to make tough choices in whom to hear. Th... more info

Pitchfork — Shut down your laptops and get to a record store, because streamable Seattle radio fixture KEXP released its annual compilation of in-studio performances this week. Or keep those laptops open and surf to Insound.com, the only place KEXP has made the ... more info

Stereogum — I generally read Hipster Runoff for the punchlines, but Carles posted a pretty interesting remix of "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" by cheeky Parisian synth-pop trio the Teenagers, maybe known best for their various remixes of Air, Chromeo, Black Ghosts, G... more info

KEXP Seattle — Live at KEXP Volume Four hits stores today! This compilation features exclusive performances from Vampire Weekend, Rufus Wainwright, !!!, The National, Yeasayer, The Helio Sequence, Pela, Elbow, Les Savy Fav, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, The Hold St... more info

Panda Toes — So last night was utterly brutal as far as DJing goes. The bar's system was jacked up and only the left channel played (as in the right channel just shot out abrasive fuzz). Thus we couldn't use CDJs and since we didn't have computers on us we couldn... more info

My Old Kentucky — Blitzen Trapper packed the house this weekend at Monolith. The kids from Vampire Weekend even crammed in to see them perform. They performed in the Rock Room, which should have fit about 300 people, but I would guess there were quite a few more tha... more info