Jon Spencer show at The Fleece, Bristol, UK with Black Mekon on 25 May 2026.
Line-up:
Jon Spencer
Spider Bowman
Kendall Wind
PARTIAL SET LIST:
Come On
Sweat
Get Away
Photo: Gareth
“Getting caught in the vortex of a Jon Spencer performance is an exhilarating and life affirming experience. The sheer volume and frenetic energy lifts roofs and spirits in equal measure. It’s the hottest day of the year, and in the intimate confines of The Fleece, Jon is testifying, tearing into the world and its inadequacies like a man possessed. He has a couple of barn burning, badass, wunderkinds to help him do it.”
Kendall Wind is twenty-something years old and has been playing bass for sixteen of them. She augments Jon Spencer’s sound by playing way up the fret board at the top of the neck, with the fuzz pedal on and the strings being double stopped to create two note chords, the bass sounds like a baritone guitar. This is just one aspect of what Kendall brings to the band: she also plays lightning fast funktastic blues bass. Highly imaginative walking scales are slammed headfirst into textbook garage thrash. A joy to behold.
Spider Bowman pounds the living daylights out of his kit. He’s also a natural showman, spinning sticks in the middle of the maelstrom or playing with one arm behind his back while locking in the beat with the other hand and his feet. – Pete Harvey / LouderThanWar.com
Tickets: https://www.gigantic.com/jon-spencer-tickets
Info: https://thefleece.co.uk/whats-on/gigs/jon-spencer-2/
Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/925121249877362
“Jon Spencer has been innovative force in the independent music scene since the mid-80s. An acclaimed live performer, he has toured all the continents except Antarctica and has amassed a dizzying discography as the leader of Pussy Galore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, and Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, as well as with Boss Hog, The Honeymoon Killers, The Gibson Brothers, and Taxi Girls.
His collaborations include (but are not limited to) working with Steve Albini, Add N To X, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bomb The Bass, R.L. Burnside, James Chance, Coldcut, Chuck D, Dan The Automator, DJ Shadow, Einsturzende Neubauten, Guitar Wolf, GZA, David Holmes, Dr. John, Calvin Johnson, Steve Jordan, Khan, Moby, Money Mark, The Muffs, The North Mississippi All Stars, Puffy AmiYumi, The Sadies, Nancy Sinatra, Solex, Solomon Burke, UNKLE, Unloved, Andre Williams, The Bobby Lees, and Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton.”
VENUE:
http://thefleece.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/fleecebristol
https://twitter.com/fleecebristol
Jon / Kendall / Spider Show #180
