Music Nation has launched it's second season of online music competitions. Over the next 12 weeks a panel of judges and online voters will choose finalists in both rock and hip hop competitions. The winners will walk away with recording contracts from Original Signal Recordings and Epic Records.

Of note is the participation of Dave Allen, bassist for influential post-punk act Gang of Four. He'll join record executive Andy Gershon 9epic Records, V2 Records) and Gen Art's Carrie Schupper as a judge on the rock side of things. For more details on this year's competition, head to musicnation.com.