NEWS: 2011 MTVU Woodie Nominees

Mtvu_2011woodie Nominees have been announced for the 2011 MTVU Woodie Awards, scheduled to be held in Austin, TX on Wednesday night, March 16 during SXSW. In another first, the show will  be broadcast live on MTV, MTV2 and MTVU...

Nominees in the music related categories are as follows:

Best Video Woodie – (Best Video of the Year)

  • Vampire Weekend “Giving Up the Gun” (XL)
    The Malloys, dir. | HSI, production co.
  • Duck Sauce “Barbara Streisand” (Fool’s Gold)
    SoMe, dir. | Caviar Content, production co.
  • Gorillaz “Stylo” (Capitol)
    Jamie Hewlett, dir. | HSI, production co. (live action)
  • Chiddy Bang “Opposite of Adults” (Capitol)
    Ben Dickinson & Duncan Skiles, dir. | Loose World, production co.
  • The Black Keys “Tighten Up” (Nonesuch/Warner Bros)
    Chris Marrs Piliero, dir. | Symphony 19 (note: Piliero now with HELLO!)

Woodie of the Year – (Artist of the Year)

  • The Black Keys (Nonesuch/Warner Bros)
  • B.o.B (Atlantic)
  • Arcade Fire (Merge)
  • LCD Soundsystem (DFA/Capitol)
  • Wiz Khalifa (Atlantic)

The Breaking Woodie – (Best Emerging Artist)

  • Local Natives (Frenchkiss)
  • Sleigh Bells (Mom + Pop)
  • Dev (Universal Republic)
  • Wavves (Fat Possum Records)
  • Two Door Cinema Club (Glassnote)

Performing Woodie – (Best Tour) 

  • The National (4AD)
  • Girl Talk (Illegal Art)
  • Matt & Kim (FADER Label)
  • Robyn (Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope)
  • Mumford & Sons (Glassnote)

Left Field Woodie – (Most Original)

  • Die Antwoord (Cherrytree/Interscope)
  • Lil B (Amalgam Digital)
  • Yelawolf (Ghet-o-vision/Shady/DGC/Interscope)
  • Das Racist (Unsigned)
  • Kanye West (Island Def Jam)
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