MTV's college network, mtvU, has announced the nominees for its second-annual Woodie Awards show and its first-ever accompanying live-music event.

Disregarding common award-show criteria such as sales figures, mtvU's Woodies attempt to honor music that is popular with college audiences. Nominees largely comprise buzz bands that have won over hearts, but not necessarily the charts. Winners will be announced during the award show and concert, which will be held on Nov. 2 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York. The taped-for-broadcast event will air Nov. 10 on mtvU.

Leading the pack of nominees is the quirky, New Wave-inspired Arcade Fire, which grabbed five nominations, including Woodie of the Year (Best Artist), Left Field Woodie (Most Original Artist) and Road Woodie (Best Tour). Arcade Fire is one of 39 emerging acts to garner nominations this year. Other top nominees include Gorillaz [ tickets ], M.I.A., Matisyahu [ tickets ] and Death Cab For Cutie.

This will be the first year that the ceremony will feature a full line-up of performers and presenters, who will be announced in the upcoming weeks. The Woodie Awards debuted in 2004, with Modest Mouse taking home the trophy for Best Artist and Coheed & Cambria winning Best Album for "In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3." Other winners included the Killers, Fallout Boy, N.E.R.D., Taking Back Sunday, Sum 41 and Incubus.

“College students are prophesying the future of music today," Stephen Friedman, general manager of mtvU, said in a press release. "With our first ever live Woodie Awards event, the music they live their lives to takes center stage, and the rest of the world gets to see what's about to break big."

To vote for the second-annual mtvU Woodie Awards, college students around the country are invited to visit mtvU.com before October 28th.

2005 mtvU Woodie Awards nominees:

Woodie of the Year (Artist of the Year)
Fallout Boy
My Chemical Romance
Common
The Arcade Fire [ tickets ]
Gorillaz

The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist)
Matisyahu
The Bravery
Paul Wall
Motion City Soundtrack
The Decemberists

Left Field Woodie (Most Original Artist)
Saul Williams
M.I.A.
Matisyahu
The Arcade Fire
MeWithoutYou

Best Video Woodie – Live Action (Best Live Action Video)
Death Cab for Cutie [ tickets ] – “Title & Registration” (Atlantic/Barsuk Records)
My Chemical Romance – “Helena” (Reprise Records)
Nas & Olu Dara – “Bridging the Gap” (Columbia Records)
Nine Inch Nails – “Only” (Interscope Records)
Jack Johnson – “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” (Universal/Brushfire Records)

Best Video Woodie – Animated (Best Animated Video)
Aberfeldy – “Love Is An Arrow” (Rough Trade Records)
Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.” (Virgin Records)
Aesop Rock – “Fast Cars” (Definitive Jux Records)
Rilo Kiley – “It’s a Hit” (Brute/Beaute/Warner Brothers)
The Arcade Fire – “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” (Merge Records)

The Good Woodie (Greatest Social Impact)
David Banner – Heal The Hood Project
Coldplay – Oxfam International
Common – Know HIV/AIDS campaign
U2 – DATA: Debt AIDS Trade Africa
Kanye West - Loop Dreams

Road Woodie (Best Tour)
Muse
The Arcade Fire
Fallout Boy
Jack Johnson
Common

International Woodie (Favorite International Artist Award)
Bloc Party
Muse
The Arcade Fire
Keane
A-kon

Alumni Woodie (a.k.a. the "You’re Still OK in our Book" Award)
Green Day
Common
Coldplay
Beck
Mos Def

Streaming Woodie (Most Downloaded)

Week 1

Hawthorne Heights – “Ohio Is For Lovers” (Victory Records)
Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc” (Virgin Records)
Usher – “My Boo” (La Face/ Jive Records)
Modest Mouse – “Ocean Breathes Salty” (Epic Records)
Eisley – “Telescope Eyes” (Reprise Records)

Week 2

Aesop Rock – “Fast Cars” (Definitive Jux Records)
Death Cab for Cutie – “Title & Registration” (Atlantic/Barsuk Records)
MeWithoutYou – “January 1979” (Tooth & Nails Records)
Mike Jones – “Still Tippin” (Asylum Records/ Warner Brothers Records)
Straylight Run – “Existentialism On Prom Night” (Victory Records)

Week 3

Taking Back Sunday – “A Decade Under the Influence” (Victory Records)
The Alchemist featuring Nina Sky – “Hold You Down” (Koch Records)
My Chemical Romance – “I’m Not OK (I Promise)” (Reprise Records)
K’naan – “Soobax” (Track 'N Field/Translator.TV Records)
The Unicorns – “Jellybones” (Alien8 Recording)

Week 4

The Afters – “Beautiful Love” (Columbia Records)
Aberfeldy – “Love Is An Arrow” (Rough Trade Records)
Alicia Keys – “Karma” (J-Records)
Matisyahu – “King Without A Crown” (Or Music/ Epic Records)
The Postal Service – “Against All Odds” (Sub Pop Records)