Well, if you like The Kooks, and you like MGMT (which you do), then you’re in luck! The British rock band just covered MGMT’s “Kids,” and you can listen to it for free, right here! But that’s not all. Astralwerks records is having “Do You Wanna See The Kooks” contest, which includes chances to see the Kooks for free, have the band record a personalized outgoing message for your voicemail, Kooks swag and more!

For you NYU students who just got back to campus and are looking for something to do, The Kooks are set to rock Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield on Wednesday, September 10th. Pick up tickets on Ticketmaster.com!

Check out The Kooks’ tour schedule after the jump! (more…)

Attention aspiring musicians, bands, and people with nothing better to do: Right now, our friends at Converse, Journey’s and Downtown Records are having a huge “Get Out of the Garage” music contest which gives entrants the chance to win a free trip to New York City and four days, three nights of recording time in a professional studio. To enter, just check out GetOutofTheGarageMusicContest.com, upload one of your songs to their Website, and wait to see if you’re track made the cut! The contest ends September 15.

To promote the contest, and give you a second chance to win free stuff, we at COED are holding our own “Show Us Your Kicks” contest, which has nothing to do with “recording time” at all! All you have to do is send us a picture of your dirtiest, filithiest, most F’ed-up shoes and the person to send in the worst pair of the bunch gets a gift certificate for a brand new pair of Converse sneakers to replace the ones you screwed up to win a contest, plus swag from Downtown Records (home of Cold War Kids, Justice, Gnarls Barkley, Santogold, and more!)

Send all your grossest shoe pics to kicks@coedmagazine.com