Every now and again I check out the top 10 records of the week, never expecting there to be any overlap with my tastes. There are rare exceptions, however, like this week, when U2 and Neko Case had the two top-selling discs in "No Line on the Horizon" and "Middle Cyclone," respectively.

It's rare for two artists I enjoy to take up 2/5 of the top five and that's ok, since I pretty much stopped expecting the top 40 to provide me entertainment at about age 10.

Case is coming to town for a show at the Riverside on April 25 to promote her latest, "Middle Cyclone," which is really a fine effort, packed with all the raucous attitude, haunting melodies and passion we've come to expect from Case.

But, so far, none of U2's 2009 dates are in Milwaukee. I asked Kristi Secord of the Bradley Center -- where U2 has played in the past -- if there's any backstage talk there about a gig.

"At this time we do not have any dates on hold for a U2 show," she says. "We're hopeful that U2 will visit Milwaukee on the 2010 leg of the tour."

All of the U.S. dates so far are stadium gigs, so a jaunt through indoor venues would have to be added for U2 to consider the B.C.