AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS 25TH ANNIVERSARY: RELEASES added: 30.JULY.2010 Amphetamine Reptile Records will be releasing a number of show-only records for their 25th Anniversary Bash in Minneapolis on 28th August 2010. Boss Hog contribute the song Stain to the double 7" set Dope, Guns & Fucking in the Streets Vol. 12 and The Fuzz Buzz Kill Summit 7" features a track titled Inbred Vampire-Techno Car Chase by Haze XXL with Jon Spencer. For those not fortunate enough to get to the gig all the songs have been compiled on a Non-Collector Scum CD available for $5.00 from the official AmRep shop: apurgeofdissidents.com [LINK]. links:  amphetaminereptile.com / apurgeofdissidents.com JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: EYEWEEKLY.COM - INTERVIEW added: 30.JULY.2010 "So it's not like the Blues Explosion was ever waiting around; if we got anywhere, and if we achieved any popularity, it was through our own hard work and our own sweat." Visit EyeWeekly.com [LINK] to read a recent interview with Jon Spencer.  Update: This article has provoked a lot of reaction on various sites including a short piece in defence of Spencer on GloriousNoise.com [LINK]. links:  myspace.com/jsbluesexplosion  / gloriousnoise.com / eyeweekly.com /  Thanks to Olivier [autobahn66.com / fairtilizer.com...12987 ] JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: YEAR ONE / EXTRA WIDTH + UK REISSUES added: 27.JULY.2010 [updated: 28.JULY.2010] On 10th August 2010 Shout! Factory [LINK] will release the 38 track album Year One and a double CD reissue of Extra Width + Mo' Width. Both albums can be pre-ordered from amazon.com for $11.99 each [LINK: Year One /  LINK: Extra Width].  Year One begins with the original running-order of Reverse Willie Horton followed by tracks from the Sound of the Future is Here Today  7", the Shirt Jac 7", Crypt Style, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and a previously unreleased recording of History of Sex.  Check the entry for FULL TRACK LISTING.   The Extra Width + Mo' Width reissue features 46 tracks across two CDs including the previously unreleased songs When Will You Know, Shake A Leg, Starlight Romance and Rapp along with a different recording of Brenda and SEVEN live tracks including the James Brown cover Lost Someone. Check the entry for FULL TRACK LISTING. UPDATE: On 30th August 2010 the Shove Records editions of Now I Got Worry and Controversial Negro will be released in the UK. links: shoutfactory.com / myspace.com/jsbluesexplosion / amazon.com/Year-One-Spencer-Blues-Explosion... / amazon.com/Extra-Width-Spencer-Blues-Explosion/dp/B003SG810E/ Thanks to Arne [myspace.com/labasheeda] CHANNELING CHILTON - A NIGHT OF ALEX CHILTON'S MUSIC added: 24.JULY.2010    Jon Spencer is due to make an appearance at Channeling Chilton - A night of Alex Chilton's Music on 28th July 2010 at City Winery, New York. Visit citywinery.com [LINK] for more information and tickets ($28.00). "Join us for a night of remembrance and celebration as former members of the Box Tops, Big Star, plus Alex's longtime friends and other collaborators come together to celebrate the man and the legend that is Alex Chilton." Other artists confirmed include; Yo La Tengo, Marshall Crenshaw, Jody Stephens, Evan Dando, Jesse Malin and Danny Kroha (of The Gories). links: citywinery.com/events/93429 / healthygulf.org Thanks to Olivier JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION @ PITCHFORK: VIDEOS / REVIEWS added: 22.JULY.2010 [updated: 23.JULY.2010] Two more audience videos from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion set at the Pitchfork Music Festival have appeared on youtube.com [LINK]. The nine songs currently available are as follows (new additions in bold): 2Kindsa Love / Flavor / Attack: youtube.com/watch?v=_KBsAHEiDqk Very Rare / Sweat / Bellbottoms: youtube.com/watch?v=ar5xYUNrNGU Chicken Dog / Soul Typecast: youtube.com/watch?v=YsCL4vqUunM Soul Typecast: youtube.com/watch?v=I2jvWcRs0n0 Magical Colors: youtube.com/watch?v=CEC5yhR8lio COMPLETE SET LIST: 2Kindsa Love - Flavor - Attack / Very Rare / Sweat / Belbottoms / I Wanna Make It Alright / Sweet 'n' Sour / Hell / Feeling of Love / Mars, Arizona / Chicken Dog / Soul Typecast / Burn It Off / Shirt Jac - Bellbottoms [Intro] - Naked / Afro / R.L. Got Soul / Magical Colors  "More bands should take note and learn from Jon Spencer. You don’t need to be excessively flashy or rely on any sort of tricks, you just need to go out there with great tunes and play them as if it’s going to be the last time you’ll ever play them. Do that & you’re well on your way to attaining rock star status as Jon Spencer & his cohorts already have." - visit TheMusicSlut.com [LINK] for another short review of the show and a set of five photos. ...and this is the entire review from YouAintNoPicasso.com [LINK] (visit the website to view the article with images): "When Pitchfork first announced Jon Spencer Blues Explosion would be playing their festival I was like “…huh?” Being of the younger persuasion, I missed out on the height of JSBE’s popularity and only had a loose knowledge of them. But a few seconds into their set, I completely understood why he’d been invited. Even people who weren’t that familiar with JSBE (like me) had to be at least a little bit impressed with Jon’s set. The guy is a wild man on stage and an even wilder man on the guitar." links:  myspace.com/jsbluesexplosion / themusicslut.com / youaintnopicasso.com Photo Credit: Image Taken direct from the PitchforkMusicFestival.com live stream. PITCHFORK.COM: JON SPENCER INTERVIEW added: 20.JULY.2010 Pitchfork.com [LINK] has a huge three-page article on the festival featuring photos and interviews with many of the performers.  View the entire thing at the following address: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7835-pitchfork-music-festival-2010/1/ Jon Spencer Interview (Text: Stephen M. Deusner / Photo: Marty Perez): "Pitchfork: Why vinyl pants? Jon Spencer: They're rubberized denim, actually. Pitchfork: Yeah? Okay. 'Cause I couldn't even stand out there in the sun. JS: Well, I figured people are paying a lot of money. I know if I had to be standing out in the sun I'd wanna see somebody dressed up and trying hard, too. So I'm just trying to do my job. Pitchfork: Can you tell me about these reissues that are coming out? I guess, why are these coming out now? JS: 'Cause it's all out of print and they're good records, you know? I'm proud of these records and I think now more than ever there's a lot of shitty music out there. It's the same as when we were making the records when the band started. I think people need to hear the real deal. It's been a hell of a project, you know, it's taken a lot of time. Getting all this extra material together and creating these new booklets... Pitchfork: What's it like going through all of this stuff? Is it surprising to you? JS: At first I really didn't wanna do it. I'd rather be doing something new honestly. And it has been a lot of work, so I guess I was being a little bit lazy, but as I got into it-- and I'm a perfectionist-- I became totally absorbed with the task. It's not like a lawyer or some record label just patching this stuff together. It's the same as when these records came out in the first place: I'm doing it myself and making sure that it sounds good and looks good, and I take pride in these releases. Pitchfork: I'm amazed how differently this sounds now than it did in the 90s. I mean, I'm old enough that I remember when it came out originally and it just sounds necessary now. JS: There's a lot of crappy music out there. Me, I believe in punk rock and independence and creativity and there's a lot of music that's just kind of bad 70s rock. And that's what I grew up hating, and it's still around there. I think people could be more clever and use more of their grey matter. But there's also some good music out there, so I'm not trying to be a curmudgeon. Pitchfork: Now, what does this line-up allow you to do that maybe Heavy Trash wouldn't? JS: Totally different things, you know. With Heavy Trash, as a singer, I can do very different things. There's much more room to actually sing and tell stories. This, Blues Explosion, is more about pure energy and rhythm. They're just very different bands. Pitchfork: So will any new music come out of these reissues or shows that you all are playing? JS: Not yet, but we're just trying to-- we don't wanna get up there onstage and suck. We're trying to honor the band and we're trying to do right by the fans. We've always believed passionately about doing the best job we could. And, you know, entertainment and showmanship. We've always played with stuff, as far as arrangements and things, but as far as brand new songs, we've yet to get there. But we're not ruling it out. On these reissues, there's a lot of new stuff that nobody's ever heard before. Pitchfork: I saw you a couple of months ago in Brooklyn. It seemed like a very different crowd-- a wide strata of people in Brooklyn and a very young crowd here. Do you feel like these reissues are reaching a younger generation? JS: I have no idea, man. I think this is just the festival crowd, I don't know. I'm a little bit out of it on the stage. I'm just "Arrgh" and "MMM!" you know. So I come off stage and the other guys are saying, "Oh, did you see that person?" or "Did you see what happened with the fight?" and I'm just like, "What?" I'm just too wrapped up in the performance. --Stephen M. Deusner" links:  myspace.com/jsbluesexplosion / http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7835-pitchfork-music-festival-2010/1/ / http://www.pitchfork.com/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION @ PITCHFORK: REVIEWS / PHOTOS added: 19.JULY.2010 "From the get go, the Blues Explosion’s set consisted of one filthy riff after another. There were no breaks. The blues doesn’t take a break. When one song ended, Spencer, Bauer, and Simmins kicked right into the next, one. And Spencer, well that man put every ounce of his being into his performance..."  Visit the I Rock Cleveland blog [LINK] for the complete review and images. The Chicago Tribune [LINK] also includes a mention of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion show in their Pitchfork feature. A set of 123 photos can be found on the Viva Girl flickr.com page [LINK] and the alvarez [LINK], Robert Loerzel [LINK] and Matt Slaybaugh [LINK] pages include a few BX images. Photo Credits: Matt Slaybaugh (Russell and Jon) / Viva Girl (Judah) links:  myspace.com/jsbluesexplosion / blog.irockcleveland.com / chicagotribune.com  / flickr.com...vivagirl / flickr.com...alvarez  / flickr.com...robertloerzel / http://www.flickr.com/photos/slay1975/sets/72157624395994913/ NEWS ENTRIES: CURRENT / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006-05	CONTENT UPDATES >
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	Boss Hog: 28.AUG.10: AmRep 25th Birthday, Minneapolis, US [LINK / TKTS] Heavy Trash: 01.SEPT.10: 'Club NY' @ Film Festival, Venice, IT 02.SEPT.10: Les Docks, Sévelin 34, SWITZERLAND  [LINK / TKTS] 03.SEPT.10: Raucherkammer, Wiesbaden, DE 04.SEPT.10: Misty Fields Festival, Asten-Heusden, NL [LINK] 05.SEPT.10: Into The Great Wide Open, Festival, Vlieland, NL [LINK] 06.SEPT.10: Patronaat, Haarlem, NL 08.SEPT.10: Rote Fabrik, Zurich, CH 09.SEPT.10: Mito Festival @ Tunnel, Milano, IT 10.SEPT.10: Lazzaretto, Ancona, IT 11.SEPT.10: B-Side Festival, Estadio De Fútbol, SP [LINKS / TKTS] Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: 31.JULY.10: Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON, CAN [LINK] 01.AUG.10: Osheaga, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, CAN [LINK] 28.SEPT.10: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA, US [LINK] 29.SEPT.10: Bimbo's 365 Club, SF, CA, US [LINK / TKTS] 30.SEPT.10: Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, US [LINK / TKTS] 01.OCT.10: Matador @ 21 Festival,  The Pearl, Las Vegas, NV, US  02.OCT.10: Matador @ 21 Festival,  The Pearl, Las Vegas, NV, US  03.OCT.10: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA, US [LINK / TKTS]
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