Jon Spencer Blues Explosion returns with (Blues!) new album and (Explosion!) fall tour
It’s been nearly a decade since the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion released a studio album, but you can still hear the faint, mangled cry of “Blues Explosion!” anytime a pair of bellbottoms is procured or a Jehovah’s Witness comes knocking on the door on a Saturday. Now, the three-headed hydra of Spencer, Mr. Russell Simins, and Mr. Judah Bauer is ensuring that cry is heard loud and clear with a new album, Meat And Bone, scheduled for a Sept. 18 release. The disc is being described as “straight-up, Grade A Blues Explosion,” and is produced and mixed by Spencer himself, with no special guests. Whether it lives up to the recently reissued JSBX classics Extra Width, Orange, and Now I Got Worry remains to be seen, though a track from the album, “Black Mold,” makes a pretty good case for the “return to form” angle.
The band will also head out on a North American tour this fall in support of Meat And Bone. Check out the dates below to see if the Blues is still number one in Philadelphia! Chicago! New York City! Pawtucket! South Burlington! Milwaukee! (Oct. 23 at Turner Hall!)
Oct. 6—Underground Arts—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct. 13—German American Music Hall—Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Oct. 16—Higher Ground Lounge—South Burlington, Vermont
Oct. 18—Horseshoe Tavern—Toronto, Ontario
Oct. 20—Earth House—Indianapolis, Indiana
Oct. 21—Bottom Lounge—Chicago, Illinois
Oct. 22—Triple Rock Social Club—Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct. 23—Turner Hall—Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct. 24—The Basement—Columbus, Ohio
Oct. 25—Rex Theater—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov. 3—Bowery Ballroom—New York City, New York
Nov. 8—Cabash—San Diego, California
Nov. 9—El Rey Music Hall—Los Angeles, California
Nov. 10—Great American Music Hall—San Francisco, California
Nov. 12—Doug Fir Lounge—Portland, Oregon
Nov. 13—The Crocodile—Seattle, Washington
Nov. 14—Biltmore Cabaret—Vancouver, British Columbia
