Their own unique, private universe.

Hopefully, the secret won’t come out.

Some moments of utter silence, you could hear a pin drop. Breathtaking, considering Chicago audiences are know for anything but quiet.

The most ideal setting, The Chicago Theater…

Intimate and acoustically perfect

Otherworldly

A hypnotic series of wailing waves of sound…

Sometimes gentle, Sometimes Crashing

memories of the Cocteau Twins… (How I miss them)…

Moments of blissful euphoria

Please come back soon… we need more of this music…

All images © Bobby Talamine and are provided by the photographer for skipthedial.com

WE ARE EXCITED!! YAY TO RAGE – YAY TO NINE INCH NAILS – YAY TO WILCO – YAY TO RADIOHEAD – YAY TO THE RACONTEURS!!!!

Fortunately, there are a LOT of more-than-noteworthy acts to experience. Here are some of the others we are looking forward to, and some of the songs that grabbed our attention:

The Black Keys (Friday 8/1 4:15) - “Psychotic Girl” - Attack & Release

Battles (Saturday 8/2 6:30) - “Atlas” “Prismism”- Mirrored

MGMT (Saturday 8/2 3:30) - “Electric Feel” “Time To Pretend” - Oracular Spectacular

The Gutter Twins (Saturday 8/2 2:30) - “Idle Hands” - Saturnalia

Saul Williams (Sunday 8/3 5:00) - “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (yes, cover of the U2 classic) – but from an album called The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust…it definitely got our attention (in a good way).

Oh and YAY for the return of old musical friends!

Toadies ( Saturday 8/2 7:30)

Love and Rockets (Sunday 8/3 6:15)

Other acts we wish would be making an appearance:

Vampire Weekend

Grand Ole Party

She & Him

Rilo Kiley

The Bees

Peter Bjorn & John

Concert Date: 10 June 2008
Location: Chicago Theater

Wordplay:

• Mediocre
• Yawn
• B-52’s should have headlined… Just like last year, Erasure should have headlined.
• God Bless Fred Schneider and his cowbell
• Carson? What? Nope
• Yawn again… My neck hurts from nodding off so much…
• Again - Thank God for the B-52’s…
• The Clicks are getting a little bit better - (A little..) that’s not saying much…
• But, but, overall — Mundane… Oh, to be a producer, juggle the line-up, kick some ass… Fire people… If only… If only…

Photos:

All images © Bobby Talamine and are provided by the photographer for skipthedial.com

Concert Date: 09 June 2008
Location: United Center

Wordplay:

• A Sublime Controlled Chaos
• Loudest I’ve ever heard them (and that’s a good  thing)
• Fully Torqued (as in Red Barchetta)
• Neil
• The Doll of Neil and his drum kit in front of Geddy’s keyboard and microphone (timeless)
• Again, Neil
• Wascally, Wascals, All!
• Amazing, watching Neils kit completely shake during Tom Sawyer… Richter scale: 5.2… Honest!
• Neil
• God Bless you guys

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Concert Date: 23 May 2008
Location: United Center

Wordplay:

• A Vibrant Tour de Force
• Visionary
• Tons and Tons of bells and whistles
• A blast and a half of Hip-Hop
• Defend, Ambush and Annihilate
• Stands tall, Cocksure (and there’s the rub)

Photos:

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