“A whirlwind call for change: Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album

BLUES-TINGED gui­tar, rauc­ous rock and roll, drums that sound a call to arms and a bass that make you shake: New York blues and noise maes­tro Jon Spen­cer is tak­ing his new album, Songs Of Per­sonal Loss And Protest, out on the road — and what a riot it is.

It reeks of the MC5 and Kick Out The Jams, but this time the counter cul­ture is try­ing to pre­serve the status quo of peace, equal rights and all that made Amer­ica great, and rail­ing against the cur­rent regime that is rap­idly redu­cing people’s rights…

…Music­ally this is blues-driven, old school rock and roll with a proper New York punk edge. Kend­all Wind on bass is mes­mer­ising, while her fel­low band­mate from The Bobby Lees – Macky “Spider” Bow­man — drums like a dynamo wav­ing sticks a plenty.

And stage left is Spen­cer, gui­tar player extraordin­aire, preacher, blues­man, bring­ing the room into his thrall, prac­ti­cing what he preaches. His lyr­ics cite the power of the people and the power of music, and they com­bine to cre­ate a whirl­wind call for change, and if the energy in the room is rep­lic­ated in the real world then change is going to come. And it’s about time too.

Songs of Per­sonal Loss and Protest is released June 12 by Bronze Rat Records.”

Full Article: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/whirlwind-call-change

Review of Jon Spencer – The Dome, London, UK (5 June 2026)
w/ Ye Nuns

Jon / Kendall / Spider show #190