June 14 – On This Day!

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Turf Club, Saint Paul, MN, US (14 June 2015)2005: Heavy Trash – TT The Bear’s, Boston, MA, US

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN, US

Live Photos: Jason Merritt

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange – reissued on vinyl
2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry – reissued on vinyl
2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Extra Width – reissued on vinyl

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT, US
w/ Red Bennies

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Turf Club, Saint Paul, MN, US
w/ Daddy Long Legs

Live Photos: Jon Behm (https://www.reviler.org/2015/06/14/photos-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-at-the-turf-club/)
US Freedom Tour ’15 Poster: Malleus

2018: Boss Hog – Sala 0 (Son Estrella Galicia), Madrid, Spain

Live Photos: SON Estrella Galicia (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonestrellagalicia/sets/72157670137401458)

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June 13 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Toronto, ON, Canada – photo by Rick McGinnis (later used on the rear sleeve of Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015).

1995: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan

2005: Heavy Trash – Le Swimming, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
w/ The Sadies

2013: Mama Rosin – Bye Bye Bayou (Director’s Cut) – released

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI, US
w/ Daddy Long Legs

2018: Boss Hog – Sala Planata Baja, Granada, Spain

“Las expectativas eran altas para el grueso de los presentes, que siguen ubicando el proyecto de Spencer y Cristina en ese compartimento íntimo en el que uno guarda el relicario del rock creíble que sobrevive por el mundo. ¿Actitud? Toda la esperable y más. La apertura, con la diva extremeño-cubana cantando ‘Disgrace’ entre el público, resultó una declaración de principios: españolitos, venimos a enseñaros un par de cosas sobre rock and roll.” – Eduardo Tébar

Photo / Review: Eduardo Tébar (efeeme.com)

2019: Jon Spencer [DJ Set at The Tall Pines vinyl release show] – Coney Island Baby, New York City, NY, US

Photo: Hank Strummer (https://www.instagram.com/hankstrummer/)

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June 12 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Opera House, Toronto, Canada
w/ The Muffs

nb. At this show Jon Spencer played theremin with The Muffs on the song I Need You

2000: David Holmes – Bow Down To The Exit Sign – released in the UK
Features Jon Spencer on Bad Thing.

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Zepp, Sapporo, Japan

2005: Heavy Trash – Corktown Tavern, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
w/ The Sadies

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – La Cartonnerie, Reims, France
w/ Dallas Kincaid

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Drill Festival, Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US

Jon Spencer, St. Vincent and Graham Lewis Photo: yarrhanna (https://www.instagram.com/yarrhanna/)
Live Photo: stnero1 (https://www.instagram.com/stnero1/)

2018: Boss Hog – Sala X, Sevilla, Spain

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June 11 – On This Day!

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Huma Room at Hopcat Detroit, Detroit, MI, US (11 June 2015)2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Zepp, Sendai, Japan

2005: Heavy Trash – Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON, Canada
w/ The Sadies

Live Photo: MP FIKARIS (https://www.flickr.com/photos/frothindustries/)

2008: Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues – Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK

2009: Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show feat. Jon Spencer – Blender Theater at Gramercy, 127 East 23rd St, NYC, US

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Festival Papillions de Nuit,Saint-Pois, France

2013: We Are Hex – Lewd Nudie Animals – released

Produced by Jon Spencer and mixed by Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray at NY Hed.

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Huma Room at Hopcat Detroit, Detroit, MI, US
w/ We Are Hex

Poster Design: Jeremy Wheeler
US Freedom Tour ’15 Poster: Malleus

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June 10 – On This Day!

1986: Pussy Galore – Groovy Hate Fuck EP – released in the US

Thanks to Laundry Room Studio for test pressing photos (https://www.instagram.com/laundryroomlive/)

1986: Pussy Galore – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, US
w/ Black Market Baby and Shock Opera

nb. Photos show the Jon Spencer, Neil Hagerty, Julia Cafritz, John Hammill and Tom Rafferty line-up at 9:30 club at a show on either June 10 or 19, 1986.

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Middle East, Cambridge, MA, US
w/ Spore and Cheater Slicks

Live Photo (1): Dean Styers (https://www.instagram.com/deanstyers/)
Live Photos (2/3): Christopher Johnson (https://www.instagram.com/cjarchphoto/) via Limited Appeal Records (https://www.instagram.com/limitedappealrecords/)
Poster Artwork: Poon Village Con Artists collective, measures 12″ x 36″

1997: Russell Simins / Rick Lee of Butter 08 – Interview on ‘Sucker’

2005: Heavy Trash – Starlight, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
w/ The Sadies

2006: Heavy Trash – Marc Lamarr Show (BBC R2), London, UK

Broadcast: 09.06.06 Midnight to 2am.

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Birmingham Academy, Birmingham, UK

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Art Rock 2011, Côtes d’Armor, France

Poster Artwork: Miss.tic

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Lee’s Palace, Toronto, Canada
w/ We Are Hex

nb. We Are Hex replaced Pampers who were originally scheduled to support at this show but had to pull out due to medical reasons.

Live Photo: David Logan

2015: Jon Spencer [Interview] – Turned Out A Punk podcast with Damian Abraham, Toronto, Canada

nb. Interview posted online 24 June 2015.

2017: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – State Street Pub, Indianapolis, IN, US
w/ Nervous Curtains and Pariah Peels

Live Photo: Stevie Marie

2018: Boss Hog – Elsewhere, Brooklyn, New York, US
w/ Taiwan Housing Project

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