Press Releases/News
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION TAKE ON FOUR CONTINENTS IN TWO WEEKS, INCLUDING THREE WEST COAST SHOWS, AUGUST 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH! FINAL US SHOWS FOR 2011!
ONLY ONE BAND COULD ATTEMPT SUCH A FEAT OF SUPER-SOUL-SHOWMANSHIP!
ONLY THE BLUES EXPLOSION WOULD BE SO BOLD!
SPANNING THE GLOBE TO BRING YOU OUTTA CONTROL ROCK 'N' ROLL!
SUPER DELUXE BLUES EXPLOSION REISSUES IN STORES NOW!
"The early-2000s garage rock revival has given us a new context to hear these disarrayed blues-rock excursions, which similarly peel back the layers to get to rock's core elements. The Blues Explosion seem ripe for re-evaluation."Pitchfork
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the fiery New York-based punk-blues pioneers are playing three select West Coast shows next month. The band managed to fit these shows into an insane four continent schedule that takes on Europe, Japan and North and South America, and recently completed a hugely successful run of several East Coast and Southern US towns for the first time in over seven years.
2011 kicked off with the band making a splash with their raucous cover of Ram Jam's 'Black Betty' in Volkswagen's Super Bowl XLV ad. In addition, the JSBX toured Australia and New Zealand, in support of the band's massive reissue campaign featuring the seminal, long-out-of-print albums - Now I Got Worry, Acme, Extra Width and Orange and the extremely rare live album, Controversial Negro - all lovingly remastered and released by Majordomo Records/Shout! Factory as physical packages and available digitally for the first time. Limited edition vinyl reissues of Now I Got Worry, Extra Width and Orange are also available through Shove/Virtual Records. Each reissue includes a plethora of unreleased tracks handpicked by Jon Spencer, including new photos and essays, leading All Music Guide to declare, "For ten years, JSBE gave indie rock, grunge and everything that came after a gigantic, righteous middle finger."
"The shows have been amazing, we've had a string of knockouts. It feels so good to be blowing minds with the BX again. Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, and myself are on a roll, and moving into the future - got a trick bag of new tunes, can't wait to whip 'em on the people!" Jon Spencer/July 2011
UPCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL SHOWS!
July 27th - Niceto Club - Buenos Aires, AR
July 28th - Bourbon Street Music Club - Sao Paolo, BR
July 30th - Porao Do Rock - Brasilia, BR
August 2nd - Gebaude 9 - Koln, DE
August 3rd - Ampere - Munich, DE
August 4th - Palac Akroplis - Praha, CZ
August 5th - Off Festival - Katiwice, PL
August 6th - Aulnoye Aimeries - Lille, FR
August 7th - Arab Garden - Lecce, IT
August 13th - Summer Sonic Festival - Osaka, JP
August 14th - Summer Sonic Festival - Tokyo, JP
August 16th - Venue - Vancouver, BC
August 17th - Neumos - Seattle, WA
August 18th - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
For press inquiries, please contact Jo Murray at jo.murray@fleckpr.com
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Back on Vinyl and Right with God
Vinyl Re-issues of Three Blues Explosion Classics Available NOW!!!
Orange, Extra Width, and Now I Got Worry in their Purest Form!
The is Blues is still No. 1!!!
Due to popular demand, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's Holy Trinity of avant-punk and revolutionary, gut-busting grooves are available once again in their original vinyl formats — spectacularly re-mastered and and sounding tougher than ever.
These are the records that made the Blues Explosion's bones as the kings of damaged and dangerous rock'n'roll!
Featuring the hits "Afro," "Bellbottoms," "Wail" and "Two Kinds of Love," these three slabs tore through the earnest ennui of 1990s alt-rock shlubbery with their razor-blade riffs and dirty delta revelations and made the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion the hottest band on the planet! Dig it…
EXTRA WIDTH
Even if you had been tuned into the Blues Explosion's first jagged, high-energy outings, there was nothing that could have prepared you for Extra Width…. "Afro" was the beginning of the revolution, the first truly indelible song by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and anyone looking for meaning in the lyrics is just asking for a sonic cock-tease of Deep Throat meets Raw Power proportions…. This is rock'n'roll so primal that it obviates the need for literate touchstones.
ORANGE
The Blues Explosion's acknowledged masterpiece, a primer in the art of being flashy without being gaudy —The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion took that old time religion and hit it with high-powered microwaves. They cooked the blues from the inside out, radiating that shit until you had to clean it off the walls.
NOW I GOT WORRY
Given the long shadow of Orange, it is no wonder that it took a moment for Worry to find its way into the canon, but these days it rates as many fans' favorite Blues Explosion record, putting into sharp relief the two sides of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion — the immediacy of their show, the fireball-throwing soul revue that helped make them the most feared band on the scene — and Spencer the meticulous artist who pays attention to every detail in crafting astonishingly complex and very personal records.
Friends, this is the real shit. Genuine rock'n'roll record albums, big enough to clean your stash on! Each one is twelve big inches of hot, shiny black vinyl, and guaranteed to get the party started! Get with Side A.. and then flip it over and dig Side B! That ain't retro, baby, that is bona fide! You can watch the needle in the groove… you can actually see the magic!
Says Mr. Jon Spencer: "This is the way these records were intended to be heard. This is the way God wants them." |
