The DJs here at WBRU all got together earlier this week to fight it out over what was the best music in 2008. curses were shouted, fists were thrown, and death threats were issued, but by the end of it all, we’d simply decided to let everyone have their say. So check out the list of the DJ’s favorite music of 2008 below!

Also, be sure to vote for your favorite songs of 2008, and check back at blog.WBRU.com for more end of the year news and reviews.

Leave a comment if you have anything ask or tell a DJ about their favorites – they’ll be checking in to see who’s replied.

Ava
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead
2. Zox – Line in the Sand
3. MGMT – Electric Feel
4. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
5. Queens of the Stone Age – Make it Wit Chu

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
2. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
3. Zox – Line in the Sand
4. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
5. The Academy is… – Fast Times at Barrington High

Best Concert of 2008: Coldplay Summer 2008 at TD Banknorth Garden
Best New Band of 2008: Does it Offend You, Yeah?
Best Local and of 2008: Zox and Saturday Morning Project

Bart
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Tokyo Police Club – Your English is Good
2. Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
3. MGMT – Kids
4. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead
5. My Morning Jacket – I’m Amazed

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
4. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
5. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

Best Concert of 2008: Spoon at Lupo’s
Best New Band of 2008: Bon Iver
Best Local Band of 2008: Deer Tick

Bia
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
2. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead
3. MGMT – Electric Feel
4. Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate
5. Violet Femmes – Crazy

Best Concert of 2008: Coldplay, TD Banknorth Garden, August
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: Zox

Cathy
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
2. The Killers – Spaceman
3. Death Cab for Cutie – Cath…
4. MGMT – Kids
5. Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
2. The Killers – Day and Age
3. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
4. The Academy is… – Fast Times at Barrington High
5. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing

Best Concert of 2008: Coldplay or the Wombats
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: Mean Creek

Corey
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Silversun Pickups – Little Lover’s So Polite
2. The Killers – Spaceman
3. MGMT – Electric Feel
4. Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate
5. Paramore – That’s What You Get

Best Concert of 2008: Death Cab for Cutie at WBRU Summer Concert Series
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: Senior Discount

Creegan
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Frightened Rabbit – The Twist
2. Coldplay – Death and All His Friends
3. R.E.M – Supernatural Superserious
4. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
5. Coldplay – Viva la Vida

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
2. Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
3. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Flight
4. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
5. Okkervil River – The Stand-Ins

Best Concert of 2008: Lollapalooza
Best New Band of 2008: Ra Ra Riot
Best Local Band of 2008: The Low Anthem

Fat Scotty
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. MGMT – Electric Feel
2. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
3. MGMT – Kids
4. MGMT – Time to Pretend
5. My Morning Jacket – I’m Amazed

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
3. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
4. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
5. Matt Costa – Unfamiliar Faces

Best Concert of 2008: Cake at Lupo’s
Best New Band of 2008: Black Kids
Best Local Band of 2008: Maverick in the shower! [Editor's note: Not a real band. Sorry kids.]

Glue
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. One Day as Lion – Wild International
2. The Kooks – Always Where I Need to Be
3. Linkin Park – Leave Out All the Rest
4. Anberlin – Feel Good Drag
5. Innerpartysystem – Don’t Stop

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
2. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
3. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
4. The Academy Is… – Fast Times at Barrington High
5. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into

Best Concert: Projekt Revolution ‘08
Best New Band: Black Kids
Best Local Band: Lansdowne

GQ
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care
2. Paramore – That’s What You Get
3. Panic at the Disco – That Green Gentleman
4. The Raconteurs – Shades of Black
5. The Kills – U.R.A. Fever

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Fall Out Boy – Folie a Deux
2. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
3. Panic at the Disco – Pretty. Odd.
4. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
5. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into

Best Concert of 2008: The Killers at Foxwoods and Fall Out Boy at Harper’s Ferry
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: Saturday Morning Project and Someday Providence

James
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight
2. The Killers – Human
3. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
4. Incubus – Love Hurts
5. Foo Fighters – Let it Die

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
2. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
3. The Killers – Day and Age
4. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5. Weezer – Weezer (Red Album)

Best Concert of 2008: WBRU Summer Concert Series with Paramore
Best New Band of 2008: Carolina Liar
Best Local Band of 2008: Someday Providence

Julius
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Black Keys – Strange Times
2. MGMT – Electric Feel
3. Nick Cave and the Badseeds – Dig Lazarus Dig
4. Bloc Party – One Month Off
5. Raconteurs – Salute Your Solution

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
2. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
3. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
4. Kings of Leon – Only By the Night
5. TV on the Radio – Dear Science

Best Concert of 2008: TV on the Radio at Lupo’s
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: Saturday Morning Project

Kaya
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. The Wombats – Let’s Dance to Joy Divison
2. Paramore – That’s What You Get
3. Ludo – Love Me Dead
4. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead
5. Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss a Beat

Best Concert of 2008: WBRU’s Summer Concert Series #2 – Paramore, Phantom Planet, and Jack’s Mannequin
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: It Was the Best of Times

Korzec
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Radiohead – Reckoner
2. Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate
3. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead
4. MGMT – Kids
5. The Kills – U.R.A. Fever

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
2. The Fashion – The Fashion
3. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Into
4. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
5. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

Best Concert of 2008: Lollapalooze Day 2
Best New Band of 2008: Does it Offend You, Yeah?
Best Local Band of 2008: Saturday Morning Project

Lola
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Radiohead – Reckoner

2. MGMT – Electric Feel
3. The Raconteurs – Shades of Black
4. TV on the Radio – Golden Age
5. The Low Anthem – Charlie Darwin

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
3. Sigur Ros – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
4. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
5. Deertick – War Elephant

Best Concert of 2008: Radiohead at Comcast Center
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: TRIANGLE FOREST

Monroe
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Tokyo Police Club – Your English is Good
2. Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
3. Radiohead – Reckoner
4. Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
5. Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
2. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
3. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
4. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
5. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs

Best Concert of 2008: Radiohead at Comcast or Wolf Parade at Paradise Rock Club
Best New Band of 2008: El Guincho
Best Local Band of 2008: Deer Tick

Robyn
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Does it Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of the Dead
2. MGMT – Kids
3. Death Cab for Cutie – Cath…
4. Tokyo Police Club – Tessellate
5. Third Eye Blind – Non-Dairy Creamer

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
2. Colplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
3. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
4. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
5. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals

Best Concert of 2008: Lollapalooza Day 2
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band of 2008: Saturday Morning Project

The Tramp
Top 5 Songs of 2008:
1. Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
2. Third Eye Blind – Non-Dairy Creamer
3. Jason Mraz – I’m Yours (Acoustic)
4. Hot Chip – Ready for the Floor
5. Ludo – Love Me Dead

Top 5 Albums of 2008:
1. Fire Flies – Baobabs in the Basement
2. Girl Talk – Feed the Animals
3. Ludo – You’re Awful, I Love You
4. Weezer – Weezer (Red Album)
5. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

Best Concert of 2008: FUN and Jack’s Mannequin
Best New Band of 2008: MGMT
Best Local Band: Zox