Sure, you can meet them on the equinox. But before you head over there, can you pick up some clippers on the way? Death Cab For Cutie, pictured above, were just some of the bearded boys marauding last night's mtvU Woodie Awards. Seriously, Jason McGerr and Ben Gibbard had the Death Cab Starter Beard, but Nick Harmer was rocking the straight-up new-school Colonel Sanders.
As if a don't-shave mandate went out two months prior to last night's Woodies, we saw everything from the "Captain Ahab"/"Robert Shaw from Jaws" (rocked by David Cross) to the "late-period, drugged-out Brian Wilson" -- demonstrated on the face of 3Oh!3's Sean Foreman, who later dressed up like Lady Gaga -- to the awesome evil beard, which Tech N9ne wore so right.
Behold the beauty and the beards of the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards below.
David Cross
Sean Foreman (3Oh!3)
Tech N9ne
+ Check out all of the Woodie Awards 2009: Bearded And Beautiful Photos here. And watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.
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Hey, Tegan & Sara, we love you. We love the ornate vocal harmonies and angular melodies on your awesome new album, Sainthood. We love the singing you did on that lush techno joint you did with Tiesto ("I Feel It In My Bones"). But for rillz... these new MTV pics? You're killing us.
Stop being so damn adorable. It's not fair. It looks like you walked off the cover of a Belle & Sebastian album cover, for heaven's sakes. Give us all a break! Be less awesome!
+ Check out more Tegan and Sara photos after the jump, and check out the entire set of Tegan & Sara's exclusive MTV photos here.
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(Credit: Rene Cervantes)
Yesterday, when writing about AFI's personable appearance on "The 5" I remarked about how friendly and un-goth the dudes in AFI came off.
In this exclusive set of MTV photos the boys split the difference between their personas and their personalities. Yeah, there's a certain darkness to 'em, but they also seem like some normal, everyday rock dudes. Maybe it's Davey Havok's fuchsia shirt? Drummer Adam Carson's friendly facial expression? I don't know. Or maybe it's just the lack of eyeliner.
+ Check out the entire set of AFI's exclusive MTV photos here.
LIGHTS: We have followed her adventures in the silent wasteland in Audio Quest; we've learned things we didn't know about her in "The 5" interview, we've discovered her "Halloween Horrors." And now, now we get to look at her!
This charismatic one-stop-electro-pop-shop posed for MTV photographer Rene Cervantes in these exclusive MTV photos. They're a little but funny/playful, a little bit goth and a little bit other-worldly; a lot like her music.
+ Check out the entire set of LIGHTS' exclusive MTV Photos here
(Photo Credit: Brian Appio)
Skillet has been all over radar here at Buzzworthy HQ. We wrote up their (literally) breakout video -- the escape-themed "Monster" -- for being awesome a couple of weeks ago. Then we followed up by asking them to tell us "The 5" things we didn't know about them. And they complied. Now, we get these stunning Skillet photos to ponder. It's an embarrassment of MTV Skillet-related riches.
Check out these exclusive MTV of John Cooper and his gang of hard-rocking monsters. Skillet's album, Awake, is in stores now, and their Awake & Alive tour. Check for dates at their Myspace.
+ Check out the entire set of Skillet's exclusive MTV photos here
(Credit: Gregg Delman)
A couple of weeks ago you got to know the enchanting Elly Jackson, the woman behind the enchanting electro act La Roux. Well, now you get some pictures, too.
In her edition of "The 5," La Roux talked openly about her deep affection for David Bowie, who, I have to say, she shares a striking resemblance to in these pics. Check out this enigmatic collection. And make sure not to smoke cigarettes, despite the fact that she is enjoying one.
+ Check out the entire set of La Roux's exclusive MTV photos here.
(Credit: Gregg Delman)
It's Little Boots! We have the pictures to prove it. This British electronic pop chanteuse has a new set of photos up on MTV (you can see the whole gallery here). As LB (aka Victoria Hesketh) plays the wall in this lovely set, you get a sense of the beguiling, enigmatic charm that permeates her music.
On songs like "New In Town" and "Magical" you get the sense that you're dealing with someone very sweet, very seductive and just a little bit dangerous. And dang it if these pics don't convey the very same thing.
(Credit: Jesse Angelo)
Be still your collective beating hearts! What do we have here. Why, it's some brand-spanking-new Boys Like Girls photos. Taken by photographer Jesse Angelo, the photos capture BLG (that's what the experts call 'em) in all their post-Killers/androgynous/a-little-bit-dangerous-but-maybe-you-could-be-the-one-to-get-them-to-settle-down-glory. It's a coy, brash and flirty set, much like the Boston band's 2009 full-length, Love Drunk.
I'm just an amateur when it comes to diving the body language of rockers in photographs, but I'd award MVP to singer Martin Johnson in this set. He seems to be fully loving the camera's glare.
+ Check out the entire set of Boys Like Girls' exclusive MTV photos here.
Despite a blossoming love affair with Russell Brand, Katy Perry has been seen being all Elvira/I-Have-A-Cure-Disintegration-poster-hanging-on-the-wall-of-my-soul at the Sonia Rykiel show in Paris on October 4.
Real talk: It's working. Katy Perry might have blown up with a look that resembled a piece of watermelon Bubble-Yum come to life, all greens and pinks, and fruit-as-sex metaphors and whatnot. But she's been rolling through Paris, usually accompanied by Rihanna, like some kind of vampire/Blade Runner robot (or the lost female member of Tokio Hotel?) and it's A. GOOD. LOOK. Wonder if this means Katy's follow up to One Of The Boys is gonna be all doom and gloom and synths? Yes, please?
Dark and gloomy Katy Perry is a total departure from diving-into-cake Katy Perry of a year ago at the 2008 Los Premios. Not that we mind that Katy Perry either. Watch the video here.
YAY! It's (almost) FINALLY time for Nickelodeon to pull the sparkly curtain back and reveal Spectacular!
But until that happens tonight at 8pm ET, check out an exclusive photo gallery of Nolan Gerard Funk, who plays Nikko, watch my Buzzworthy interview with Nolan, find out more about Tammin Sursok, catch up with Simon Curtis, and use the time between now and 8pm to make up your own dance to "Break My Heart."
