This year will mark itself as the first year there is a National Day of Service for the remembrance of 9/11, especially after President Barack Obama suggested reaching out to the 9/11 community by volunteering.

In order to make this day special, organizations such as MyGoodDeed and musicians such as Anjulie, Gavin DeGraw, and The Roots will be holding a free concert in the city of NYC on September 11th.

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The MTV Video Music Awards released their nominees for Best Breakthrough Video earlier this week. Just like we were impressed with MTV’s Top Albums of 2009 list, we are amazed at how much depth this nominee list has.

The Breakthrough Video category have been absent from the awards show on and off for the past few years, but we’re excited to see it’s back. We’re especially elated that many of the video nominees feature a handful of indie artists! Artist videos include Bat for Lashes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Matt and Kim, Death Cab for Cutie and more. Now we know that the video filmmakers/directors get to take this award home, but we can’t help but think it’s rad that they’ve worked with some of our favorite artists.

Take a look after the jump and watch all the videos that made the list!

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