May 24 – On This Day!

Posted on May 24, 2021 by admin

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Extra Width – released

1993: Boss Hog – Girl+ – released

1994: Workdogs accompanied by Jon Spencer and Marcellus Hall – Waterworks Recording West, Tucson, AZ, US

Recording Robert Kennedy Blues and Brave New Blues

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, Netherlands

2000: Boss Hog – Showbox, Seattle, WA, US
w/ Holly Golightly and The Need

2002: Twenty Miles – Call The Office, London, ON, Canada
w/ Bob Log III, Full White Drag and 50 Watt Head

Poster Design: Yeah Right! Records (https://www.instagram.com/yeahright_records/)

2005: Edison Rocket Train – East River Delta – released

Images show album cover outtake by Cristina Martinez.

2009: Men Without Pants – Spazio 211, Torino, Italy

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Dirty Shirt Rock ‘n’ Roll: The First Ten Years – released in the UK

2010: Heavy Trash – Paard van Troje, The Hague, Netherlands

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Territorios Sevilla, Seville, Spain

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May 23 – On This Day!

Posted on May 23, 2021 by admin

1995: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Experimental Remixes – released in the US

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Live Promo Video – issued by Mute

2000: Boss Hog – Richard’s On Richards, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2008: The Smoking Section Presents: Bob Dylan’s 67th Birthday Bash @ Rehab, 25 Avenue B, East Village, New York City, NY 10009, US

“The Smoking Section Presents: Bob Dylan’s 67th Birthday Bash Featuring: The Street Legal Six Plus: Adam Green, The Pierces, The Hymns, Tracy Bonham, Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes, Antony Ellis of The Five O’Clock Heroes, Russell Simins and members of the Mooney Suzuki, Albert Hammond’s band and much, much more!.”

2009: Men Without Pants – Nuits Sonores Festival, Lyon, France

2009: Boss Hog – Rocking Chair, Vevey, Switzerland

2010: Heavy Trash – Vera, Oosterstraat 44, Groningen, Netherlands

Live Photos: Harold (https://www.flickr.com/photos/herbnl/)
Poster Artwork: Wytse Sterk

2011: The Pierces – Glorious – promo single released in the UK
Features Russell Simins on drums.

2012: Joseph Arthur – The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY, US
w/ Afghan Whigs

Joseph Arthur Band: Joseph Arthur, Kraig Jarret Johnson, Catherine Popper and Russell Simins

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Joy Eslava, Madrid, Spain

2014: Jon Spencer [DJ Set] – The Blackout, Madrid, Spain

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Casbah, San Diego, CA, US
w/ Krass Brothers, DJ Monster and Mike Umholtz

Soundcheck Photo: Bernie Bahrmasel (https://www.instagram.com/berniebahrmasel1/)
US Freedom Tour ’15 Poster: Malleus

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S-E-R-V-I-C-E – Drag Me: Album Release!

Posted on May 22, 2021 by admin

“Our debut full-length Drag Me comes out this fall on Let’s Pretend Records / It was a long time in the making and it’s just what we hoped it could be – a loud messy behemoth with some surprising hooks. Art by Ryan Dunn / More about a new video, single, and shows very soon. We’re creeping back out. Until then a minute of sound from the track Two Gurus in Drag recorded Postal Recording ft the stunning Jinx Dawson / “I don’t know what to do with my body. I’m so glad that you do.”” – S-E-R-V-I-C-E

“Test presses are in and sound so incredible on the debut SERVICE LP. Four years in the making on this bad boy and couldn’t be more stoked to release it into the world. With members of John Spencer Blues Explosion and We Are Hex.” – Let’s Pretend Records

Visit https://www.instagram.com/gimmesomeservice/ or https://www.instagram.com/letspretendrecords/ to hear a clip from the record.

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May 22 – On This Day!

Posted on May 22, 2021 by admin

2009: Boss Hog – Nuits Sonores Festival, Lyon, France

“Une heure durant (rappel compris), les New Yorkais chéris des fans de punk ‘n blues se frottent le yeux pour y croire et se convaincre qu’ils ne sont pas dans un rêve : devant eux Cristina Martinez fait le show, chante divinement, bouge comme une furie et fait des œillades à son conjoint Jon Spencer (surexcité par ces avances explicites), qui, quant à lui, fait couiner sa guitare, hulule comme un damné et sourit avec une grosse idée derrière la tête, le trio (guitare/basse, batterie/chœurs, orgue) qui les accompagne apportant parfaitement sa pierre à l’érection d’un édifice violemment punk.”

Photo / Review: Pierre Andrieu (https://www.concertandco.com/critique/concert-boss-hog-nuits-sonores-2009/les-nuits-sonores/27713.htm)

2010: Heavy Trash – Gleis 22, Münster, Germany

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Teatro Albeniz, Gijon, Asturias, Spain

Poster Design: Juan Roller

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ, US
w/ The Krass Brothers

2016: Mike Edison and The Interstellar Rendezvous Band – The Treehouse at 2A, New York City, NY, US

This is a show for the Mike Edison book You Are A Complete Disappointment featuring story telling and a live performance by The Interstellar Rendezvous Band featuring Jon Spencer Jon Spencer, Dee Pop, Mike Mike Edison, Bob Bert and Mickey Finn.

Live Photos: Tom Clark (https://www.facebook.com/tom.clark.92123)

2019: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – Black Circle Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN, US
w/ The Hussy

Live Photo: Bobby Hussy

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May 21 – On This Day!

Posted on May 21, 2021 by admin

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Rock Am Ring, Nürburg, Germany

2005: Blues Explosion – Snack Cracker – released in Japan

2005: Heavy Trash – released in Japan

2007: Heavy Trash – Townehouse, Sudbury, Canada

2009: Russell Simins – Rolling Stone Magazine’s The Smoking Section Presents: DYLAN FEST 2009! @ Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, US

w/ Hymns, Adam Green, Grant Maxwell, The Morning Pages, Jody Porter, Fountains Of Wayne, The Pierces, Matt Romano, Little Joy, Albert Hammond Jr. Band, Fab Moretti, The Strokes, Nikolai Fraiture, Nickel Eye, Sammy James Jr., Mooney Suzuki, The Teenage Prayers and MORE.

2009: Boss Hog – Locomotiv, Bologna, Italy
w/ Micragirls

Live Photos: Francesco Pistilli

Thanks to Ana for the set list and ticket images

2010: Heavy Trash – Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus, Bremen, Germany

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – West Rock, Cognac, France
w/ Camilla Sparks

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Launchpad, Albuquerque, NM, US
w/ Get Action

US Freedom Tour ’15 Poster: Malleus

2017: Boss Hog – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, Burlington, VT, US
w/ Aspero Saicos

2020: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Knife Blade – posted online

2021: Disturbios – released today!

Disturbios is the self-titled forthcoming album by Matt and Rocío Verta-Ray, released by Midnight Cruiser Records, available on pink or black vinyl.

Recorded at NY Hed Studio and features Jon Spencer (Jesus I Was Evil), Bloodshot Bill (Big Boss Man) and Sam Baker (Little Bird Got Swallowed and Summer Loves).

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