Win a signed vinyl from The Rosebuds

In celebration of The Rosebuds' hometown show at Cat's Cradle tonight, we have one more special giveaway for a lucky reader — a signed vinyl copy of the band's latest album, Loud Planes Fly Low.

For a chance to win, email trianglemusiccontests at gmail dot com with "Rosebuds vinyl" in the subject line no later than noon tomorrow, Oct. 20. We will notify the winner tomorrow afternoon. One entry per person, please. Congratulations to our winner, Mike B.!

And just a friendly reminder that The Rosebuds will take the stage at Cat's Cradle tonight with Hospitality and Heather McEntire. Doors open at 8, the show starts at 8:30 and tickets are $14 and available through etix.

Farming it out for the Jonas Brothers

David Menconi and the folks over at the N&O are running a contest that is sure to get dozens upon dozens of entries.

One lucky winner who submits an essay of 300 words or less will get to the review the Jonas Brothers concert at Walnut Creek on July 30 for the News & Observer. Read the contest details here.

The Jonas Brothers, if you're not "in the know," are essentially a Disneyfied version of Hanson.

And David, good call -- I wouldn't want to go see the Jonas Brothers either.

On a semi-related note, teen hearthrobs of my own generation New Kids on the Block recently announced a show at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte for Oct. 30. Roadtrip, anyone?

Annuals hold Arts Center giveaway

Like music? And free stuff? Then Annuals have just the contest for you.

Raleigh band Annuals has just embarked upon its summer tour, which will end at Carrboro's Arts Center on June 21. The group is running a contest in conjuction with their new EP, Wet Zoo,
where fans can win a pair of tickets to the Arts Center show along with a one year membership to the Arts Center.

Visit www.canvasbackmusic.com/contests/annuals/wetzoo to enter, and good luck!

Johnathan Rice ticket giveway!

Thanks to our fine friends at Filter, we're happy to announce our first ticket giveaway!

Two tickets to see Matt Costa and Johnathan Rice at Cat's Cradle Thursday, March 6, will go to the first person who correctly answers this trivia question.

Johnathan Rice played at Cat's Cradle last May on a three-artist bill. Who were the other two performers that night?

E-mail your answer to triangle_music@hotmail.com. Deadline is Monday at noon.

UPDATE: Looks like we've found our winner, but thanks to everyone who emailed us. We hope to do more of these in the future, so stay tuned!

To help refresh your memory, here's Rice's music video for "We're All Stuck Out in the Desert," a song he played that night.

Search for the next great jackass

I'm all for open mic nights, battle of the bands contests and random ways for local bands to gain recognition, but when you're talking about fake bands I just can't support that.

The local Fox affiliate is promoting a contest "Search for the Next Great Air Band" to go along with the network's "The Next Great American Band." I think someone's been playing a bit too much Guitar Hero.

To enter the contest, all you have to do is film yourself lip syncing to a song or playing air guitar and you, yes you!, could be flown to Los Angeles for the show's finale.

This right here is why the AMPTP needs to get back to the table and agree to pay the WGA for all the fabulous work they do. Reality TV is not your friend!