2004: Blues Explosion – 93 Feet East, London, UK
w/ Kaito

Low-key warm-up show and previewed songs from the, then unreleased, Damage album.

Live Photos: Pop Catastrophe
Band Portrait: Shutterstock

2006: Heavy Trash – Istria History Museum, Pula, Croatia

Set List: Ana (http://www.terapija.net/koncert.asp?id=2174)

2007: Tiny Masters of Today (w/ Russell Simins) – Underage Festival, Victoria Park, London, UK

TIME: 12 noon. Age Restriction 14 – 17 yrs old ONLY.
w/ Crystal Castles, Foals, Johnny Flynn, Cajun Dance Party, Metros, Mystery Jets, Patrick Wolf, I Was A Cub Scout, Pull Tiger Tail, Rumble Strips, Teenagers, Young Knives, To My Boy, Vincent Vincent & The Villians, Xerox Teens, Jack Penate

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – All Points West Music and Arts Festival, Jersey City, NJ, US

2009: Cat Power (w/ Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, Erik Paparazzi and Gregg Foreman) – Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield, New York City, NY, US
w/ The Pretenders and Juliette Lewis

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Year One – released in the US

Photos: R. Holz, Richard Kern, Lance, Michael Lavine, P. Waters

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Extra Width + Mo’ Width – reissue released in the US

Photos: Richard Kern, Lance, Michael Lavine, Ali Smith

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Flower Stage, Summer Sonic, Osaka, Japan

Live Photo: http://www.summersonic.com/

nb. This show replaces the set at Naniwa Sonic, Osaka, Japan (9 August 2013) which was cancelled

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – The Woodward Theater, Cincinnati, OH, US
w/ All Seeing Eyes and Stallone N Roses

HITmakers show #13

Bob Bert Photo: M.Sord (https://www.instagram.com/msord/)

1986: Pussy Galore – The Complex, Washington, DC, US
w/ Crime and The City Solution and The Mourning Glories

Poster Image: Thanks to Skeleton Boy

1991: Gibson Bros. (w/ Jon Spencer) – Jabberjaw, LA, CA, US

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Lonestar, Perth, Australia
w/ Beck and Magic Dirt

2006: Heavy Trash – Radio Pula, Pula, Croatia

2007: Tiny Masters of Today (w/ Russell Simins) – Pure Groove, London, UK

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Virgin Festival, Baltimore, MD, US

2009: Cat Power (w/ Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, Erik Paparazzi and Gregg Foreman) – Stone Pony Summerstage 913 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, US
w/ The Pretenders and Juliette Lewis

2011: Cat Power – Jukebox – 120g vinyl reissue released in the UK

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Terraneo Festival, Sibenik, Croatia
All Photos: Borna Čavrag

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Naniwa Sonic, Maishima Arena, Osaka, Japan – CANCELLED

nb. This event was cancelled and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion scheduled an alternate set at Summersonic on 10 August 2013.

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Republic Bar, Hobart, Australia
w/ Native Cats

Live Photo: Pete Hampson

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Zanzabar, Louisville, KY, US
w/ Cereal Glyphs

HITmakers show #12

Live Photo: J. Tyler Franklin (https://www.instagram.com/jtylerphoto/)
Set List Photo: Kevin Kallbreier (https://www.instagram.com/kevlo9/)

1987: Pussy Galore – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, US – CANCELLED
w/ Urge Overkill

Poster: Nash Kato

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Benicassim, Spain

2006: The Sadies – In Concert Volume One – released in the US (UK release date was 18 September 2006)

Features guest appearance from Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray on Back Off, Justine Alright, Talking Down, Food, Water, Etc. and Her Love Made Me.

Her Love Made Me is a previously unreleased song by Heavy Trash and Back Off was available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the debut album .

Recorded live on February 3/4 at Lee’s Palace, Canada by Steve Albini.

2008: Heavy Trash – Glasslands, Brooklyn, New York, US
w/ Witch Hats, Five Dollar Priest and Woman

2009: Phenomenal Handclap Band – released in Australia
Features a guest appearance by Jon Spencer on Give It A Rest

2009: Cat Power (w/ Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, Erik Paparazzi and Gregg Foreman) – Hampton Beach Casino, Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, US.
w/ The Pretenders and Juliette Lewis

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Supersense Festival, Melbourne, Australia
w/ Marc Ribot

Live Photo (side): Arts Centre Melbourne (https://www.instagram.com/artscentremelbourne/)
Live Photo (front): Tim O’Connor (https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/supersense-review-a-strange-and-intense-experience-not-for-the-dispassionate-onlooker-20150808-giupdg.html)

“The festival-capping Jon Spencer Blues Explosion fell immediately into a hot-wired groove. A US flag hanging vertically behind them, the grizzled New York power trio cranked the volume to match Spencer’s distorted carnival-barker vocals, ever bent on rock ‘n’ roll evangelism.

With strong whiffs of both Elvis and the MC5, their in-the-pocket squalls made for a disconnect with the Playhouse’s more formal setting. But the remaining crowd was rowdy and beery, dancing at their seats and on the sidelines. Beyond the music’s blown-out, consuming presence, the reception itself was, yes, ecstatic.” – Michael Dwyer / theage.com.au

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Memphis on Main, Champaign, IL, US
w/ The Dry Look

HITmakers show #11

Live Photo: Lori Kealy Wachtel (https://www.instagram.com/folkartist68/)

1995: Boss Hog – The Rev, Baltimore, MD, US
w/ Railroad Jerk

Poster Artwork: Frank Kozik

2004: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Notodden Blues Festival, Notodden, Norway

2007: Tiny Masters of Today – Webster Hall, New York City, NY, US
w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2008: Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues – Edmonton Folk Festival, Alberta, Canada

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – S.E.I. Festival, Lecce, Italy

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Manning Bar, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
w/ HITS

Live Photo (b/w): Adam Davis-Powell
Live Photo (colour): Kyleigh Pitcher

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO, US
w/ The Maness Brothers

HITmakers show #10

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Boat, Brisbane, Australia
w/ Beck

Beck has covered the Pussy Galore songs I Just Wanna Die, Constant Pain and Pussy Stomp during his live sets and and in an interview with Buzzy (1994) Beck said “We did Pussy Galore songs, and he would come out and start singin’ em. We wouldn’t even ask him.”

2004: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Notodden Blues Festival, Notodden, Norway

2006: Tiny Masters of Today – McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn, New York, US
w/ The Detroit Cobras, The Legendary Maxine Brown, The Everyothers and Trick and the Heartstrings

Live Photos: Rafe Baron (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rafebaron/)

2007: Tiny Masters of Today – Bang Bang Boom Cake – released in the UK

This album was produced-by and features Russell Simins.

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Les Nuits Secretes, Aulnoye-Aymeries, France

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Entwine, New York City, NY, US

“Last night’s secret Subtwine Sessions show: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion rocked the house!” – EntwineNYC

nb. This was a secret ‘Subtwine Sessions’ show immediately before their Japan tour dates.

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/entwinenyc

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Zoo, Brisbane, Australia
w/ HITS

Live Photo: Steven Morgan

“JSBX don’t disappoint. They take the stage and launch into their gutsy rock without taking a breath. This is a well-oiled machine. They have plied their no-frills rock n roll for nigh on 25 years so they know exactly what they are doing and how to do it. Their latest album “Freedom Tower” is the feature of the night. You can smell the grit and guts of New York City that spawned it.

John exclaiming over and over “It’s a blues explosion. Come on”. He practically swallows the microphone as he growls and snarls. I can’t help but wonder if his knees or his voice-box will give-out first, if ever.

Respect to Bauer on guitar for his warm stage presence, musicianship, genuine smiles and high 5’s to the mob in the mosh. Oh, and for your coolness. Nice work.

Thanks JSBX, Hits and the zoooooies for a rollicking, raucous night of damn fine rock and roll.” – Carmel E. Lewis / BlankGC.com.au

REVIEW: https://blankgc.com.au/live-review-john-spencer-blues-explosion-hits-06-08-15-the-zoo-brisbane/

“Jon Spencer is an incredible showman, rarely stationary for a second and taking any instrumental moment to step out onto his monitors and survey the crowd. A mismatched bunch of 30 & 40 something men attempt to dance to the frequently changing rhythms that the band fly through as though that’s how the blues always was.

They fly through songs from their abundant back catalogue as though being paid by the title, turning the encore into a sort of relentless medley that throws in parts of songs like the intro to ‘Bellbottoms’ then moves on before you have a chance to relax. It may not have been the whole song, but I’ll take it.”

“However, the audience is beaming with satisfied faces, even those Brylcreamed types who looked as though the only reason they turned up was because there was ‘Blues’ in the title.” – Steven Morgan / Scenestr.com.au

2017: Bob Bert / Mike Edison / Cristina Martinez / Jon Spencer / Peter Zaremba – Arts & Seizures, Brooklyn, New York, US

Photo: Posted by Bob Bert (https://www.instagram.com/therealbobbert/)

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Rock Island Brewing Company, Rock Island, Illinois, US
w/ The Melvins

HITmakers show #9