Category Archives: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

“How a New York band inspired ‘Baby Driver’ 20 years ago”

“You might already know this, but the new movie Baby Driver opens with an absolutely virtuosic broad-daylight Atlanta car chase set to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s deathless romp “Bellbottoms.” If this isn’t enough to convince you to see this … Continue reading

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‘Baby Driver’: How Edgar Wright Staged the Crime Movie’s Musical Action Scenes

“”Bellbottoms,” The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (1995) I mean, that song was never not going to be in the movie. It all starts there, with that weird moment of synesthesia – it wasn’t even “Oh, I know this will be … Continue reading

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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Casa do Conde, Brasil: Videos

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion live at Centro Cultural Casa do Conde de Santa Marinha, Eletronika Telemig Celular, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 26 April 2001. Part 1: Show Intro / I Wanna Make It All Right / Dang … Continue reading

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“The Fabulous, Most Groovy: Director Edgar Wright’s Favourite Albums”

TheQuietus.com have just published Edgar Wright‘s Baker’s Dozen feature which includes The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion‘s Orange. “This album pretty much inspired a whole movie of mine. It means a lot to me – very special, very influential. I was … Continue reading

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Simon Mayo and Edgar Wright discussing Baby Driver and JSBX

Short clip of Simon Mayo and Edgar Wright​ discussing Baby Driver​ and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion​ track Bellbottoms (originally released on the 1994 album Orange). Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUsDZEDY1tA Taken from Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review​ on BBC Radio 5 (23 … Continue reading

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