mtvU Honors Cutting-Edge College Music
Posted on November 14, 2008
Filed Under News, The Daily Prereq | By Jessica Dye
Vampire Weekend. Asher Roth. Santogold. The Cool Kids. Lykke Li. What kind of event brings out such cool-power on a Thursday night? Why, the 2008 mtvU Woodie Awards, of course! MTV’s all-things-college channel honored the best college bands, performers, and music innovators last night at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC. No one invited us, but hey–there’s always next year to remedy your mistakes, MTV! No one got naked or said anything weird, but the performances sounded pretty stellar. A quick list of big winners:
- Paramore was voted as college students’ favorite act of the year. (5.2 million of ya’ll voted it that way, so it must be true.)
- The Bride Wore Black, whose members include two NYU students and two students from Long Island’s Five Towns College, took home the Woodie for Best Music on Campus.
- 92 WICB (that’s 91.7 FM on your dials), Ithaca College’s radio station, beat out some stiff competition to win the Woodie for Best College Radio Station.
You can catch the Woodies on mtvU on November 19, and MTV and MTV2 will both air half-hour “Best of” segments starting the 22nd.
(Photo by Dese’Rae L. Stage, via Sterogum)
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