MTV: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ENJOY THEIR ‘NEW MOON’ FAME
Death Cab For Cutie were at the recent mtvU Woodie Awards where they performed Meet Me On the Equinox and chatted about their New Moon experience. Read more below:
Though they didn’t walk away with any slabs of timber under their arms, it could be argued that Death Cab for Cutie were the all-stars of the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards. The awards show that celebrates independent music of all types welcomed back a true rags-to-riches story in the quartet, who toiled tirelessly on the margins for years before graduating to arena-rock size and scope. They delivered the evening’s centerpiece performance, a run-through of their current single “Meet Me on the Equinox,” which has garnered the band quite a bit of attention as it’s on the soundtrack to current box-office juggernaut “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”In fact, the band’s newfound vampire-assisted success is just another twist in what has been a career full of unusual turns. “I don’t think we’ve ever done anything like this, where it’s a real dynamic, changing thing,” explained guitarist and resident “Twilight” fan Chris Walla. “I love it. I was at the premiere two nights ago and it was great. The movie is awesome.” Walla even approves of the film’s campier aspects. “There are a lot of shirtless dudes,” he admits. “When the shirtless-dude factor happens, it seems a little wink-wink, nudge-nudge. But it’s a high beefcake quotient — an HBQ.”
Death Cab for Cutie’s stunning (and fully shirted) rendition of “Meet Me on the Equinox” — as well as other jaw-dropping performances from Matt and Kim, the Dead Weather, Passion Pit and Clipse — can only be seen on the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards, which air this Friday, December 4 at 10 p.m. on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU.
Read more here.
I am laughing so hard over “HBQ”… the new code for the shirtless wolf pack.
Are you going to watch the mtvU Woodie Awards this Friday? What do you think of their thoughts on HBQ?
