Jon Spencer – The Agit Reader: NEW INTERVIEW

Posted on June 9, 2026 by admin

“For those interested in the noisier end of the rock & roll spectrum, Jon Spencer needs no introduction. As the leader of rock deconstructionists Pussy Galore and frontman and namesake for the decidedly groovier but no less incendiary Blues Explosion, as well as a sideman with the Gibson Bros, Honeymoon Killers, and wife Cristina Martinez’s Boss Hog, he’s had a hand in some of the greatest sides of vinyl of the last 40 years. But in the decade since the Blue Explosion’s dissolution, Spencer has hardly kept still. He’s seemingly constantly on the road with bassist Kendall Wind and drummer Macky “Spider” Bowman, formerly of The Bobby Lees, in tow, and is set to release a new album, Songs of Personal Loss and Protest (Shove Records), this week. The second album the trio has recorded together, it exhibits many of Spencer’s calling cards while still being an invigorated take on kicking out the jams…”

Full Interview: https://agitreader.com/wp2/jon-spencer/

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Jon Spencer – A Whirlwind Call For Change

Posted on June 9, 2026 by admin

“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

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Jon Spencer – BBC 6 Music: Radio Session

Posted on June 2, 2026 by admin

Jon Spencer radio session for Marc Riley & Gideon Coe / BBC 6, BBC Scotland, Glasgow, UK on 1 June 2026.

Line-up:

Jon Spencer
Spider Bowman
Kendall Wind

SET LIST:

Knock ‘Em Out
Orange Slice Blues
Step On The Gas
Mr Lion
Give It Up 4 The Devil

Photo: via Jon Spencer

Stream now on the BBC Sounds app or here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x79f

Jon / Kendall / Spider show #186

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Jon Spencer – The Fleece, Bristol: Live Review

Posted on May 28, 2026 by admin

Review of Jon Spencer – The Fleece, Bristol, UK (25 May 2026).

“Getting caught in the vortex of a Jon Spencer performance is an exhilarating and life affirming experience. The sheer volume and frenetic energy lifts roofs and spirits in equal measure. It’s the hottest day of the year, and in the intimate confines of The Fleece, Jon is testifying, tearing into the world and its inadequacies like a man possessed. He has a couple of barn burning, badass, wunderkinds to help him do it.”

Kendall Wind is twenty-something years old and has been playing bass for sixteen of them. She augments Jon Spencer’s sound by playing way up the fret board at the top of the neck, with the fuzz pedal on and the strings being double stopped to create two note chords, the bass sounds like a baritone guitar. This is just one aspect of what Kendall brings to the band: she also plays lightning fast funktastic blues bass. Highly imaginative walking scales are slammed headfirst into textbook garage thrash. A joy to behold.

Spider Bowman pounds the living daylights out of his kit. He’s also a natural showman, spinning sticks in the middle of the maelstrom or playing with one arm behind his back while locking in the beat with the other hand and his feet. – Pete Harvey / LouderThanWar.com

Live Photo: Laurence Toole

Link: https://louderthanwar.com/jon-spencer-the-fleece-bristol-live-review/

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Jon Spencer – Oh! Brother: A Podcast About The Fall

Posted on May 26, 2026 by admin

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b0TPYbPELY

“Joining us this week, the inimitable Jon Spencer. Jon talks us through Pussy Galore, Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, working with Steve Albini, US punk networks, record shops, and his current band.

We also get onto The Fall, Jon supporting them on the 1993 US tour, infamous gigs in Philadelphia, Reading and Connecticut, Brix, Mark E. Smith, Elena, bass amps, rockabilly, the Brix-era records, and imitating Steve’s bass sound. Hope you enjoy!”

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