Some days, there just isn’t that much interesting happening in the world. But instead of leaving you to click aimlessly through pages of boring news, we thought we’d brighten things up with a couple of tunes to go alone with it. So forget about the election for a while, sit back, relax and get ready to rock out!

Today mtvU announced that up-and-coming indie rock set Tokyo Police Club has been added to the performance lineup for the 2007 “mtvU Woodie Awards.” The high energy Toronto quartet will take the “Woodiesâ€? stage November 8th at Roseland Ballroom in New York, joining an eclectic, powerhouse roster that includes Amy Winehouse, The Academy Is… and Spank Rock.

Additionally, today mtvU announced that Annie Lennox, Q-Tip, Tom Delonge and Dave Kennedy of Angels & Airwaves, Talib Kweli, Motion City Soundtrack and Lupe Fiasco are among those confirmed to stand side-by-side with college students, presenting this year’s “Woodiesâ€? performers and awards. On hand to watch it all go down will be a mix of nominees, perennial college favorites and surprise guests including Gym Class Heroes, Guster, EL-P, Say Anything, Peter and Bjorn, Boys Like Girls, Cage, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and RJD2 – who will also dj the pre-show. (more…)