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By Nick Lucchesi in Pitchfork Music Festival '08

Mon., Jul. 21 2008 @ 10:27AM

Here’s what closed Pitchfork Music Festival 2008 in Chicago: Austin indie megastars Spoon.

I can’t write a full review because we had to hightail it back down I-55 in order to make it home before dawn, but Spoon opened with a trio of oldies but goodies: ''Small Stakes,'' ''My Mathematical Mind,'' and ''Stay Don’t Go.''

''My Mathematical Mind,'' was, as it always is, mind-blowing.

Can any STL folks out there who stayed for the whole set to fill me on what I missed?

Photos of Spoon are after the jump.

- Keegan Hamilton

Tags: 2008, Austin, Chicago, July 20, Photos, Pitchfork Music Festival, Spoon

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Todd says:

You went to see Spoon? Here's what you missed: an impromptu jam session with King Khan, Bradford Cox (Deerhunter/Atlas Sound), Jay Reatard, and the drummer from the Ponys on Stage B, followed by the most wildly enthusiastic crowd reception all weekend when Cut Copy finally took the stage for a short set, ending with "Hearts on Fire." Definitely one of the highlights of the festival. I'll have my review & pics up, uhm, after I get some Zzzz's.

Posted On: Monday, Jul. 21 2008 @ 3:18PM

Chad says:

Cut Copy showed up?

Damn.

Posted On: Tuesday, Jul. 22 2008 @ 3:46PM

Bob McMahon says:

I went back and forth between the sets. Spoon's set was pretty standard, with other songs being I Summon You, Underdog, Don't Make Me a Target, The Beast and Dragon Adored, The Ghost of You Lingers and Vittorio E.

The notable stuff was Utilitarian, awesomely closing with Mountain to Sound (somebody said Bradford Cox joined them on a song and since this had two guitars I'm guessing this was it), and something I don't think I'd ever heard before in the middle. It could have been a cover, obscure b-side or a new song. It had a stomping piano and ragged vocals, sort of like them doing a Spoon song in the style of "The Pelican" by Menomena. The one lyric I sort of remember is "I write this to you in reverse."

Posted On: Tuesday, Jul. 22 2008 @ 7:51PM