NO!: ARCHIE POWELL & THE EXPORTS (#489, JUN 24 2009).

09/26/20 • -1 min

NO! THIS is what I call music: The Podcast

Archie Powell & the Exports "Moving to the City" (16.8 MB) from Loose Change EP High Noon Saloon Madison, WI June 24, 2009 This is the lead track off the Exports' debut EP, which is available for free download at Bandcamp (and since I'll probably not get the chance to feature them before the podcast ends, you can get Direct Hit! there as well). The band had a set at this year's Summerfest and should be putting together a full-length album pretty soon, to go with upcoming shows around the midwest.

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NO!: SPOON (#490, JUN 29 2009).

Spoon "Me and the Bean" (18.1 MB) from Girls Can Tell Summerfest Milwaukee, WI June 29, 2009 So I'm 30 now, as of this show. And even though the last two Spoon records had disappointed me, I found myself liking a lot of that material at this show. Maybe it's because I'm entering my middle-age rock phase, but I hope not. It could be because they threw this Girls Can Tell album cut out as the second song of the set, getting my "hey, I love this song!" vibe going early. This is still my favorite Spoon album and I think any song from it would've perked me up at the beginning of the set.

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NO!: ARCHIE POWELL & THE EXPORTS (#488, JUN 24 2009).

Archie Powell & the Exports "Enough About Me" (13.3 MB) High Noon Saloon Madison, WI June 24, 2009 This is another late-model Box Social holdover, and it's one where you can really hear the difference between the two bands. Last time I heard this song it was a lot more raucous and careening (also it was in Madison's loudest venue), now it's got a distinct, new tone. In fact, if you take this band and the other post-Box Social band (the Nick Woods-fronted Direct Hit!) and combine them, you'll get something that sounds a lot like the Box Social. Which sort of seems obvious, but trying combining Angels and Airwaves with (+44) and see if you get Blink-182.