If you’re not doing anything tonight and you’re in the mood to watch a show on your computer, you could do worse than catch the first-ever NME Awards USA, which is airing on MySpace.

Normally, I’m pretty “meh” when it comes to award shows, and this one isn’t much of an exception, but they do have some decent performers lined up, including Mick Jones with Carbon/Silicon, the Lemonheads (which features former members of the Descendents) and the one I’m most stoked about, Jane’s Addiction with the original lineup, reunited exclusively for tonight.

Jane’s Addiction will always be one of my favorite bands, and I’m not alone. They bridged a gap between punk, glam and hair metal, and managed to recruit fans from every circle. It’ll be pretty cool to see the original lineup back together, and even better if they decide to tour. Why not do it just for the money, even? That’s what got the Sex Pistols running again.

On the award end of things, I’m having a hard time wading through the award titles even, because they all seem to be a slightly different configuration of “best indie/alternative band”, with one word added or changed to make it an entirely different award. But there are a few good names in the list, including Paramore, who are up for “Best New Indie/Alternative Band (supported by Yahoo! Music)”, and Foals, up for” Best New International Indie/Alternative New Band.” See what I mean about the award titles? I didn’t make this up; those are direct quotes from NME’s official list of nominees.

The award show airs at 9PM PST tonight (do the math to figure out when it’s going to be on in your area) on NME’s MySpace Site. I’m going to try to watch, because even though we don’t really need another awards show, if it’s just an excuse to get Jane’s Addiction back on stage, it has already justified its existence in my book.

Photo courtesy of NME