September 18 – On This Day!

1986: Pussy Galore – Stache’s, Columbus, Ohio, US
w/ Muskrats

Poster Image: Thanks to Royal Trux Chronicles (https://www.instagram.com/royaltruxchronicles/)

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – VPRO, Hilversum, Netherlands

Released as bootleg 10″ EP Vpro Session: Sept ’94.

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands

Released as bootleg CD Don’t Cramp My Style.

Poster Artwork / Band Photo: Willem Kolvoort

Image shows the poster and the original photo which was taken on the roof near the screenprintingroom at Vera on 4 March 1993.

1996: Butter 08 – Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, US
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

1999: Grapevine – Divetime – released on CD in Japan

The Ikesukanai – What’s Up With That?! Mix is by Russell Simins, Jamey Staub and Rick Lee who all also worked together on Public Places and Butter 08.

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Palace, Los Angeles, CA, US
w/ Liars and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Tour Poster Artwork: Paul Pope (https://www.instagram.com/comicsdestroyer/)

2003: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands

Poster Artwork: Wytse Sterk

2006: The Sadies – In Concert Volume One – released on vinyl

Features guest appearances from Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray on Back Off, Justine Alright, Talking Down, Food, Water, Etc. and Her Love Made Me.

2007: Heavy Trash – Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA, US

2009: Heavy Trash – Jalen Pivo Live Festival @ SKC, Belgrade, Serbia

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat + Bone – released in the US

Photos: Michael Lavine
Lettering: Elizabeth Carey Smith

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bowery Electric, New York City, NY, US
w/ DJ Jonathan Toubin

“At 8:30pm sharp, Judah Bauer, Russell Simins and Jon Spencer (aka the Blues Explosion) kicked off a super hard rocking set of tunes to the appeciative audience that was made up of people who either bought the new album at Other Music, won a ticket from BrooklynVegan, or managed to get themselves on the guestlist some other way.”

Text / Live Photos: Dana Yavin
Drum Head Logo: Kostas Seremetis

FULL SET: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/jon-spencer-blu-5/

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September 17 – On This Day!

Pussy Galore - The Electric Banana, Pittsburgh, PA, US (17 September 1986)1986: Pussy Galore – The Electric Banana, Pittsburgh, PA, US
w/ Cousin It and Meat

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Wehrschloss, Bremen, Germany

1996: Butter 08 – Bottom of The Hill, San Francisco, CA, US
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, CA, US
w/ Liars and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Ticket Image: Jason Labinger (https://www.instagram.com/jlabinger/)
Show Poster Artwork: Factor27
Tour Poster Artwork: Paul Pope (https://www.instagram.com/comicsdestroyer/)

2003: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – [unknown venue], Tilburg, Netherlands
w/ The Flash Express

2005: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Pussycat Lounge, New York City, NY, US

2007: Heavy Trash – Ravari Room, Columbus, OH, US

2007: The Pierces (poss. w/Russell Simins) – Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
w/ Adam Green

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, US
w/ Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and Spiritualized

2009: Heavy Trash – The Boogaloo Club, Zagreb, Croatia
w/ B & the Bops

Live Photos: Damir Torma (http://www.groupie.hr/jon-spencers-heavy-trash-b-the-bops-boogaloo-zagreb-17-09-2009/sadrzaj/4296)
Set List Photos: Ana (http://www.terapija.net/koncert.asp?ID=7012)

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat + Bone – released in the UK

Photos: Michael Lavine
Lettering: Elizabeth Carey Smith

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September 16 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Powerhaus, London, UK

2004: Blues Explosion – Damage – released in Japan

Photos: Ashkan Sahihi
Design: Chip Kidd

2004: Blues Explosion – Damage Radio Session – promo CD for Damage

2007: The Pierces (poss. w/ Russell Simins) – Löwensaal, Nürnberg, Germany
w/ Adam Green

2007: Heavy Trash – Magic Stick, Detroit, MI, US

2009: Phenomenal Handclap Band – released in Japan

Features a guest appearance by Jon Spencer on Give It A Rest.

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September 15 – On This Day!

Heavy Trash - Lexington, London, UK (16 September 2009)1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Garage, London, UK

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
w/ Nyah Fearties

1996: Butter 08 – Satiricon, Portland, OR, US
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

2007: Heavy Trash – Headliners, Louisville, KY, US

2007: The Pierces (poss. w/ Russell Simins) – Alter Schlachthof, Dresden, Germany
w/ Adam Green

2008: Bomb The Bass – Future Chaos – released in the UK

Jon Spencer co-wrote and appears on the song Fuzzbox.

2009: Heavy Trash – Balcony TV (Lexington), London, UK

Performing Bumble Bee.

2009: Heavy Trash – Lexington, London, UK
w/ Gin Palace

Edgar Wright posted a photo of himself and Jon Spencer at this show online.

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September 14 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Boatrace, Cambridge, UK

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands
w/ Man or Astroman?

1996: Butter 08 – Starfish Room, Vancouver, BC, Canada
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

1999: Dub Narcotic Sound System & The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Sideways Soul: Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in a Dancehall Style – released in the US

Cover Photos: Jeff Smith
Inside Photo: Mike Galinsky
Designed: Tae Won Yu
Built: Pat Cataldo

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Xtra Acme USA – released in the US

Photography: Evan Bernard
Design: David Warner

2003: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, US
w/ The Flash Express

“Jon Spencer Blues Explosion previewed a slew of new songs during a surprise gig last night (Sept. 14) at the Mercury Lounge in New York. Among the tracks performed were “Hot Gossip,” “Mars Arizona,” “Don’t Smile,” “Been My Baby,” “Help These Blues,” “Grindin'” and “Halftime Loser” (all are working titles). The band also played oldies such as “Bell Bottoms” and “Afro,” the latter delivered seconds after an audience member requested it.

The show was a makeshift warm-up for a five-date European tour, which begins Sept. 17 in Tilburg, Holland. The band slipped onto the bill, which featured friends in the Flash Express, after the original headliner dropped off.

The new songs constitute a fraction of the new material the band has been demoing in drummer Russell Simins’ Manhattan studio. The songs played last night “were either the oldest [or] the ones that have been the most flushed out, but there’s a bunch more material that we’re focusing on over the next several months that’s as important, if not more important to us,” he tells Billboard.com. “We just haven’t gotten around to that point yet, where we’re comfortable enough to play [them] out live yet.”” – Billboard.com

Full Article: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/69090/blues-explosion-offers-new-cuts-at-surprise-gig

2005: Judah Bauer / Stuart Lupton [The Child ballads] – CMJ Showcase set at Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Avenue, New York City, New York, US
w/ Demander, Foreign Islands, Chinese Stars, The Malkovich and Shellsshag

nb. The Child Ballads debut Performance

Live Photos: Skeleton Boy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletonboy/)
Poster Artwork: Bootsy Rizzak

2007: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Madson Square Garden, New York City, NY, US
w/ Interpol

2007: Heavy Trash – Schubas, Chicago, IL, US

Live Photo: Vera Gavrilovic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vivaspygirl/albums/72157715389653297)

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