The WPGU Music Staff revisits their favorite live shows of 2008

Matt Klomparens, Music Director

1. Jeremy Enigk (Sunny Day Real Estate) w/ Damien Jurado at the Abbey Pub
2. Radiohead at the Some Bigass Venue in Indianapolis
3. The Forms at the Courtyard Cafe
4. Ben Folds at Foellinger Auditorium
5. Third Eye Blind at Gentile Center (Loyola)

Joe Smyth, Assistant Music Director

1. Lollapalooza (Gogol Bordello, Bloc Party, Dr. Dog, Jamie Lidell, The Whigs, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson)
2. We Are Scientists/Oxford Collapse at the Abbey Pub
3. Rock the Bells (Mos Def, Nas, Murs, De La Soul, Method Man and Redman)
4. My Morning Jacket in Louisville
5. Pygmalion (Monotonix, Titus Andronicus, Yo La Tengo, Headlights, The M’s)

Christina Campos, Music Staff

1. The Black Keys at Lollapalooza
2. Broken Social Scene at Lollapalooza
3. M.I.A. at the Aragon Ballroom
4. Justice at the Riviera Theatre

Kelly Durkin, Music Staff

1. John Butler Trio
2. Wilco
3. Death Cab For Cutie
4. Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
5. Gogol Bordello

Lindsey Meyers, Music Staff

1. Bon Iver at the Canopy Club April 9
2. The Swell Season at the Chicago Theatre June 15
3. Radiohead at Lollapalooza August 1

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