Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ Asylum, Portland: New Show Listed

The official Jon Spencer Blues Explosion site recently listed a new show at The Asylum, Portland, ME on 11th October 2012.

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The Blues Are Number One in Japan!

All Jon Spencer Blues Explosion fans based in Japan should keep an eye on twitter.com/JSBXJ for BX news and check the official youtube.com account for some short but interesting ‘behind the scenes’ clips.

Recently details of the Japanese issue of Meat and Bone were announced and Ceativeman.co.jp posted details of the following two shows:

18.November.2012: Liquid Room, Tokyo, Japan [INFO]
19.November.2012: Muse, Osaka, Japan [INFO]

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Pop-Catastrophe.co.uk: Site Update

Pop-Catastrophe.co.uk is currently being updated. Eventually all entries will be in the same format as Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bag of Bones / Black Mold (7″, US) / Cat Power – Sun (CD, UK) but right now everything is accessable via temporary/basic HTML pages (eg. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Black Betty [TRI-COLOR/JSBX] (7″,US)).

The most obvious change is that the larger discography and tour listings pages can now be sorted or searched. For example; Go to the full Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Discography page, click on the header to sort by date, title or catalogue number or type “Black Betty” into the search box for that table to instantly list all Black Betty releases.

Whilst the old content is being added to the new site all news, tour dates and new releases will be kept up-to-date.

As always please contact the site (facebook / email / twitter) with any information, news, press, interviews, articles, releases, corrections or anything BX-related from anywhere in the world. Thanks.

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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat and Bone: PremierGuitar.com Review

“…You know you’re in for a wild ride with the first track’s fuzz-laden, feverish drive that would make Iggy proud. Delicious jams on tunes like “Black Thoughts” to the slow-moving and syrupy “Unclear” make for an engaging assortment. Produced by Spencer, who howls like a possessed songbird from prehistoric times, the record has a chaotic flavor with an aggressive and ultra-dirty delivery that’s beautifully put together at the same time.”

Very short but postive four star review of Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionMeat and Bone posted on PremierGuitar.com.

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Cat Power: New Interview on ConsequenceofSound.net

Only one song on Sun, “Ruin”, features The Dirty Delta Blues Band. You commented on how the sessions didn’t turn out the way you had hoped. Are you still playing with them, or is that project no more?

Well, there’s a lot of beautiful recorded material from the nine months I was in Malibu two years ago. Really beautiful things came out of that. But I have a lot of other songs that I still haven’t recorded. I have a whole concept for my next record, but I’m not sure if they’re going to be involved in that.

But your question, will I play with them again? You bet your ass. I don’t know if it’ll be for the next record or if it’ll be ten years from now; I’m not sure when, but they’re amazing players and amazing people. I’m very lucky to have had the time with them, because there’s nobody like them musically.”

ConsequenceofSound.net have just posted a new interview with Chan Marshall in which she discusses her career, music, recording new album Sun and working with Dirty Delta Blues.

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