What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)

Spring is here and the music tours have sprung. Schools were buzzing about live performances this week: Opening act Okkervil River outperformed New Pornographers, according to Ithica College and Denison University reviews of that show. Meanwhile, Brown University featured performances at the school’s annual “Spring Weekend” concert series by Vampire Weekend, Lupe Fiasco, Girl Talk and M.I.A., who are all slated to be on the road this spring and summer.

1. St. Bonaventure University
You NEED to listen to: Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin Pershing

2. Emerson College
Artist Interview: Rupa and the April Fishes

3. DePauw University
Review: The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely

4. Ithica College
Review: Tokyo Police Club Elephant Shell

Review: Destroyer Trouble in Dreams

Show Review: Okkervil River and New Pornographers

5. Brown University
12 Cuts Above the Rest: 1. Flobots “Handlebars” Fight With Tools

Show Review: Vampire Weekend and Lupe Fiasco

Show Review: Girl Talk and M.I.A.

10. Howard University
Producer Interview: Bryan-Michael Cox

11. Carleton College
Review: Georgie James Places

MP3 Blog: Tank “Make Me Wanna Sing” and Minnie Riperton “Lovin’ You”

13. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Music Chart: 1. Jamie Lidell Jim

17. Swarthmore College
Top Artists and Tracks

20. Denison University
Review: R.E.M. Accelerate

Show Review: Okkervil River and New Pornographers