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Mojo: This Is A Call feat. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Posted on March 14, 2020 by admin

The new issue of Mojo Magazine (#318 / May 2020) features Bellbottoms by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on it’s ‘This Is A Call’ compilation CD.

Available in the UK from 17 March 2020.

Tracklist:

01. Sugar – Gift
02. Superchunk – The First Part
03. Sebadoh – Beauty Of The Ride
04. Shudder To Think – X-French Tee Shirt
05. Lotion – She Is Weird City
06. Girls Against Boys – Don’t Got A Place
07. Pond – Young Splendor
08. Madder Rose – Car Song
09. Built To Spill – Car
10. Robert Pollard – Psychic Pilot Clocks Out
11. Sunny Day Real Estate – 8
12. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bellbottoms
13. The Grifters – Last Man Alive
14. The Jesus Lizard – Fly On The Wall
15. Red Red Meat – Chain Chain Chain

“Meanwhile, our rifftastic covermount CD gathers the best mid-’90s US alt-rock from Sebadoh, Sugar, Superchunk, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and more. Inside the issue: Jon Savage relives 1970 – rock’s first watershed year; Art Garfunkel waxes strange; Jarvis Cocker strikes back; Margo Price marches on. Plus: how ‘The Ox’ was felled; the new Pearl Jam album; The Jesus & Mary Chain map their Darklands; The Black Crowes bury the hatchet; The Psychedelic Furs’ Richard Butler ’fesses up; Andrew Weatherall, Ivan Kral, Andy Gill, Joseph Shabalala and David Roback are remembered. And: The rise, and fall, of The Wobbles!”

More info on this issue: https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/mojo-318-may-2020-foo-fighters

Posted in Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, news, Release

The Bobby Lees – I’m A Man: Track Premiere

Posted on February 28, 2020 by admin

The Bobby Lees – I’m A Man (from the forthcoming Jon Spencer-produced album ‘Skin Suit‘) is featured as a track premiere on BlurtOnline.com.

It takes a lot of balls to try and pull off a Bo Diddley cover. So it seems pretty apt that the female-fronted garage punk band The Bobby Lees not only attempt it, but do so with amazing results.

“I’ve heard people say ‘you can’t cover Bo Diddley, you just can’t’ so I thought fuck it, let’s try,” said frontwoman Sam Quartin. “We had a lot of fun recording ‘I’m a Man.’ As far as the gender thing, when doing PR for this record, I’ve been asked what I want to be called.

“When I look at anyone else or myself, all I see is energy trapped inside a bag of flesh, so you can call me whatever you’d like! And sorry Bo Diddley, we failed but we love you.” – blurtonline.com

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxvpKn9CTI

Full Feature: https://blurtonline.com/news/track-premiere-the-bobby-lees-im-a-man/

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Jon Spencer in ‘Music Portraits 1989-2001’ by Hester Doove

Posted on February 27, 2020 by admin

Jon Spencer from the Hester Doove book ‘Music Portraits 1989-2001’, published June 2020.

Pages:160
Size:220 x 269 mm

More Info: https://hesterdoove.com/music-portaits/

Posted in Jon Spencer, news, Press

The Bobby Lees – Coin: New Single

Posted on February 6, 2020 by admin

The Bobby Lees – Coin was released Friday 6, February.

Animation: Macky Bowman
Video: Miles Rogoish

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y429hKPHtNw

Taken from the Jon Spencer-produced album ‘Skin Suit‘ out on May 8, 2020 on Alive Naturalsound.

“With its angular guitar riffs and vocals that build from muffled to manic, the track feels like a dream tumbling into a nightmare. Quartin starts off mumbling vocals over guitar distortion. Halfway through, the song turns even darker, and Quartin starts bellowing over epic guitar shreds and trembling backing vocals…

…The Bobby Lees Are The Giant Green Cyclops of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” – BTRtoday

“When you can claim that your album was produced by Jon Spencer, you’re going to get my attention. The latest single from Woodstock, NY’s The Bobby Lees definitely has some serious Jon Spencer vibes to it, but The Bobby Lees have their own sound. “Coin” is dirty blues punk that is dripping with attitude. It brings this intensity that is missing in a lot of music today, but it also has this slinky groove throughout. At times it can’t quite tell if it’s a punk song, a more traditional blues jam, or noise rock, and that just might be the brilliance of The Bobby Lees.” – If It’s Too Loud

“Their raw and unapologetic energy promises to make you feel alive.” Listen to them and see for yourself.” – Audiotex UK

“We have seen the future of rock and it begins anew with The Bobby Lees…

…The band’s delivery is visceral in every aspect of the word and the young bone-shaking Garage Rock band hails out of Woodstock, NY.” – Ghettoblaster Magazine