June 21 – On This Day!

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Rockdelux: Bikini, Barcelona [Review] (PRESS, SPAIN)1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Rockdelux: Bikini, Barcelona [Review] (PRESS, SPAIN) – published 21 June 1997

Review of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion show at Bikini, Barcelona (16 April 1997) with Demolition Roll Rods supporting.

2004: 20 Miles – Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA, US
w/ Giant Drag, Low Flying Owls and Gram Rabbit

2007: The Pierces (poss. w/Russell Simins) – Mercury Lounge, New York, New York
w/ Honorary Title

2011: Japanese Popstars – Controlling Your Allegiance – released in the US

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June 20 – On This Day!

2005: 20 Miles – Union Pool Brooklyn, New York City, NY, US

2011: Japanese Popstars – Controlling Your Allegiance – released in the UK

Features Jon Spencer on the track Destroy.

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Sled Island Festival, Calgary, Canada
w/ Catl and July Talk

Live Photo: Arif Ansari
Poster Artwork: Jolie Bird / Measures 15″ x 22″ in an edition of 30 printed on 300gm somerset paper

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – 123 Pleasant Street, Mogantown, WV, US
w/ Daddy Long Legs

US Freedom Tour ’15 Poster: Malleus

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June 19 – On This Day!

1986: Pussy Galore – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, US

Photos: It is not known exactly what show these images are from but it is quite likely that they’re from one of these shows as they’re from the 9:30 Club and appear to show the Jon Spencer, Neil Hagerty, Julia Cafritz, John Hammill and Tom Rafferty line-up.

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – O’Cayz Corral, Madison, WI, US

1995: Moby – Into The Blue – released in the UK

Features the Jon Spencer ‘Into The Blues’ remix of Into The Blue.

“Moby released “INTO THE BLUE” taken from his critically acclaimed debut (studio) album “EVERYTHING IS WRONG” on June 19th 1995.

‘INTO THE BLUE” is a return to a more ethereal, elegiac sounding Moby and is electrified by the angelic, soaring vocals of former Hugo Largo singer Mimi Goese.

Fellow New Yorker and Moby mate Jon Spencer – he of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – contributes a radical blues-soaked remix. “I love it – it’s so bad, it’s good,” laughs Moby. Apparently instead of taking a fee Moby traded mixes with Spencer. “The mix I did for him is really strange; it’s like the outro to a bombastic Led Zeppelin record.”” – Mute.com

2004: 20 Miles – Hell, Berkeley, CA, US

2008: Rocket Train Delta Science Arkestra @ Pete’s Candy Store, New York City, NY, US

The line-up includes Hollis Queens & Jon Spencer

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Woodward Theater, Cincinnati, OH, US
w/ Daddy Long Legs

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Happy Birthday Judah Bauer!

Photo: Anthony Batista (www.toniomodio.com)

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June 18 – On This Day!

1992: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – NMS Showcase, The Bank, New York, NY, US
w/ Laughing Hyenas, Rat at Rat R, Tank Hog and Fudge Factory Inc.

Poster Artwork: Frank Kozik

1996: Beck – Odelay – released in Japan

1996: R.L. Burnside – A Ass Pocket of Whiskey – released in the US

2004: 20 Miles – Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, US

2005: Heavy Trash – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, US
w/ Quintron & Miss Pussycat, The Sadies and The Love Loves

2005: Heavy Trash – WFMU, Jersey City, US

2010: Harper Simon (poss. w/Russell Simins) – Wonder Bar, Asbury Park, New Jersey, US
w/ Langhorne Slim

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Congress, Tucson, AZ, US
w/ with The Resonars

nb. Although ‘Chick Cashman’ appears on the poster shown above The Resonars are listed as the support act.

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Space Parlour / KDHX 88.1, Saint Louis, MO, US

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Old Rock House, St Louis, MO, US
w/ Daddy Long Legs

Live Photo: Shawn Kendrick

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