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PLEASE believe me when I tell you that at this point in the week I've seen just about EVERY Kanye West stagecrashing/ interruption mash-up/ hybrid/ parody ever created. Trust me. I get it. I work at MTV, I was at the VMAs when it happened, I like funny things. I've seen them all. I'm pretty sure my mom's even sent me a few. Hell, I think she even MADE a few Kanye interruption JPEGs.

But this Kanye/ Taylor VMA tribute, by Houston singer-songwriter Without A Face (he's on Ludo's Redbird Records and tours with the band) is one of the most fun, as it parodies Taylor Swift's "Love Story" and Kanye's "Heartless" and involves hilariously timed VMA footage of Kanyegate (the shot of Beyonce's face is priceless), as well as references to U2 and KANYE'S SOUTH PARK FISHSTICKS!

Okay, Without A Face, I'ma let you finish, but first, lemme say, this is one of the best Kanye/ Taylor VMA parodies I've seen all week!!!1!

one heartless love song parody (taylor & kanye) from wafvimeo on Vimeo.

Funeral Party are dance punks from a metal neighborhood. Sounds dangerous, right? Well, lucky for them, it turns out that violent disco is exactly what the East L.A. underground's been waiting for all along. Good sports Chad Elliott (vox, keyboard, laptop), James Torres (guitar) and Kimo Kauhola (bass) play like their lives depend on it, turning out jam after jam of frowny New York grit (The Rapture meets Blue Oyster Cult?), double-dipped in all-night L.A. gloss. Although, something tells us they may see things sliiightly differently...

Buzzworthy: In "NYC Moves To The Sound Of LA," you sing, "New York City loves to mess around with the L.A. sound." What is the L.A. sound and who in NYC is messing around with it?

Funeral Party: DOES IT REALLY MATTER? THE SONG ISN’T ABOUT JUST NYC; IN GENERAL IT’S ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING IS JUST A REPEAT OF ITSELF. C’MON YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU’RE MTV FOR %@#&’S SAKE.

BW: The Trail Of Dead tour never stops in New York. Do you hate New York?

FP: UM, YEAH, WE DID.

BW: What is L.A.'s equivalent of the Statue Of Liberty?

FP: THE STATUE AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER FOR FP: THE HOMELESS PEOPLE YOUR CITY HAS BANISHED TO LA.

BW: What's sitting in traffic like?

FP: IT’S THE SAME AS SITING IN TRAFFIC IN NYC.

BW: Mayor Bloomberg asked us to ask you how many of your songs are about Cory Kennedy?

FP: WHO THE HELL IS CORY KENNEDY?

BW: Okay, so how did Funeral Party come to be?

FP: WE ALL MET THROUGH MUTUAL FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BW: Did you take your name from The Cure's song (don't tell me it was the Ludmila Ulitskaya novel)?

FP: YEAH, IT HAD A BETTER RING TO IT THEN “ALL CATS ARE GREY.”

BW: You're doing a lot of traveling right now. What are you listening to on repeat between shows?

FP: DIAMOND DOGS' ALBUM AND REVOLVER.

BW: What's one thing you can't survive without on the road?

FP: IPODS AND LUDO (NOT THE BAND, THOUGH).

BW: How have your shows changed since joining up with Trail Of Dead?

FP: IT’S MORE OF A ROCK SHOW THAN A DANCE FEST, LIKE IT WAS TOURING WITH YELLE.

BW: What's more fun to play: Clubs or backyards?

FP: BACKYARDS ARE MORE FUN BECAUSE OF THE INTIMACY WITH THE AUDIENCE AND THE ENERGY OF IT ALL.

BW: You're on Fearless Records. Be honest. What are your fears?

FP: PLAYING WITH OTHER BANDS FROM OUR LABEL.

BW: What do you make of the 25 Things phenomenon on Facebook? Does anybody care?

FP: WE SURE AS HELL DON’T.

BW: What band would you want to play your funeral?

FP: APHEX TWIN

BW: Thanks Funeral Party!

(Credit: Brian Appio)

Before blistering the paint off of NYC's Highline Ballroom with Ludo, Sing It Loud and The Morning Light, This Providence dropped by MTV for a photo session and a quick interview. The Seattle boys with the Aussie accent (courtesy of frontman Dan Young) have been banging out noisy, emotional anthems since 2003, in one incarnation or another.

In 2006, Young and his high school buddy/guitarist Gavin Phillips picked up David Blaise on bass and got signed to Fueled By Ramen. In 2007, they added Andy Horst on drums, toured with Paramore and officially started having to fight off hordes of fans with sticks. Here's a little insight into why you need their Who Are You Now? record (out March 17) more than you need water or toilet paper.

Buzzworthy: Here's an easy one -- why are you called This Providence?
This Providence: Well, you know, the meaning. Divine intervention. We like the idea of that. Destiny. That kind of describes us as a band. We were called and destined to make music.

BW: Y'all are from Seattle. There's a lot of musical baggage there. What do you connect more with: grunge or emo?
TP: Well, a little bit of everything, really. We're fans of Death Cab, Sunny Day, Jeremy Enigk... We like Nirvana. Have you heard of them? Don't know when they're gonna go on tour again, though. We've just been waiting.

BW: Would you call yourselves an emo band?
TP: (Dan Young) Yeah, we're pretty emo. We have depth to our music, and that's one kind of depth we have.

(Andy Horst) I don't even know what emo is anymore.

(Dan Young) Emo is just crying because your heart's broken. That's what songs have always been about.

(Gavin Phillips) We won't be mad if someone calls us emo.

BW: Does "My Beautiful Rescue" have a backstory?
TP: It does have a backstory, but I don't wanna share it, really. It's just a song about falling in love with someone you don't deserve.

BW: You've done a lot of touring with Paramore. Any gnarly road stories?
TP: Paramore are awesome. There's a girl in that band. We've toured with them a lot.

BW: Any falling in love?
TP: Unfortunately, no. Well, with Josh (Farro) a little bit. He's a looker.

BW: I'm sure "That Girl's A Trick" is about falling in love, too, right?
TP: Ha, yeah. It's about falling for the wrong girl.

BW: So you are totally emo!

TP: Yeah, see!

Watch "My Beautiful Rescue" and check This Providence's tour schedule to see when they're coming to your venue of choice.

When Vaudevillian power-poppers Ludo sent us video dispatches from their seemingly never-ending tour (on the reals: these guys are stumping harder than Clinton and Obama combined), we learned things we never realized about The Other St. Lunatics. Like their love of basketball, their obsession with peanut butter (an obsession they share with All Time Low), and their ability to almost be in several places at once. But we wanted to know more about what fuels one of the most hilariously hyperactive bands since Devo. So we asked them. And it turns out it's Armenian tacos.

Catch up on Ludo's tour diaries, and then watch our exclusive interview with Ludo for more on their love/hate relationship with their van, their hate/hate relationship with their self-described lack of groupie love, and a look ahead at the dinner table discussion that might someday ensue as a result of a certain line in "Love Me Dead."

In their fifth and final Buzzworthy tour diary, Ludo exhibits their basketball prowess (Marshall's the man!) and gives you a glimpse into the psychological acrobatics that go into the band's pre-show preparation.

Watch it below, and catch up on the rest of Ludo's tour diaries here. Plus, stay tuned for an exclusive Ludo interview coming soon.

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Not everyone can be in two places at once, but Ludo isn't everyone. Watch as they almost pull it off by attempting to play two shows in two cities in two days, threaten the welfare of an innocent child on a plane, enumerate the pop culture highlights of Seattle, and literally tell you to go f--- yourself. Lovingly, of course.

Watch their fourth tour diary video below, catch up on 1 - 3 here, and check out Ludo's exclusive photo gallery.

In 1989, Patrick Swayze uttered the unforgettable, universally applicable line "Pain don't hurt" as mysterious grifter-turned-bouncer Dalton in the movie Road House. But, kids, you know what else don't hurt? Rain. And you know who knows that? Ludo. Dudes played a show in Kentucky during a downpour that would send lesser bands -- and maybe even Noah himself -- running for the nearest shelter.

Watch Ludo's third Buzzworthy tour diary video, in which they detail a tour schedule so exhausting it makes us wonder when they even have time to brush their teeth.

Plus, check out Ludo's past tour diary videos here.

We're gonna guess that Ludo frontman Andrew Volpe was either high on diesel fumes or actively drinking gas before shooting the band's latest tour diary video. It takes place in a gas station, where they effectively turn the concept of Cribs into a road show. Wheelz if you will? Also, we're unsure why any band needs that many jars of peanut butter, however, coming from someone who lives around the corner from the permanent parking spot of Ghostface Killah's promo van, we appreciate the Ludomobile's hip-hop font. No idea what any of that meant? Watch Ludo's Buzzworthy tour video. And check out last week's here.

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The men of Ludo -- St. Louis' illest power-poppers -- are not afraid to take the stage dressed like the prom scene in Grease (and, like Danny Zuko, lead singer Andrew Volpe indeed rocks the throwback pompadour), celebrate facial hair with their "Cinco de Mustache" shows and elevate tooth brushing to a near-art form. So it should come as no surprise that the unabashedly bombastic band happily agreed to send us dispatches from the road.

Check out our first exclusive Ludo tour video below -- highlights: Jamba Juice, dead birds, barechestedness! -- find out more about the band here, and catch them on the road supporting Angels & Airwaves, Presidents of the United States of the United States of America (!!!), Buzzworthy tour blog alum the Spill Canvas and on the Warped Tour later this summer.

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Named after the big, shaggy yeti in the 1986 fantasy movie Labyrinth (it's got David Bowie and puppets -- classic), Ludo are five guys who know a thing or two about theatrics. The band's new video, "Love Me Dead," is like an elaborate high school musical (no, not that kind) with frontman Andrew Volpe as the star of the show, melodically, hyper-literally musing on his super schizo love/hate relationship with a certain lady friend.

Hailing from St. Louis, the band formed back in 2003 but only gained recent kudos following the February 2008 release of their major label debut, You're Awful, I Love You. With heart-tugging harmonies that bear resemblance to power-pop icons Weezer (nerdy glasses included!) the group is vying for votes for a spot on the TRL countdown.

Watch "Love Me Dead" for a histrionic dose of chainsaws, vampires and skeletons (no yetis though -- too bad), and check out videos by some of their select elders:


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