Two For The Weekend: Jon Spencer

Check out "Orange Slice Blues" and "Knock 'em Out" off Jon Spencer's new album. Catch him live in T.O. this September!

 

Songs of Personal Loss And Protest

Picking up where 2024’s mini–LP SICK OF BEING SICK left off, Jon tears it up with KENDALL WIND on bass and SPIDER BOWMAN on drums (also famously the rhythm section of Woodstock’s punk powerhouse The Bobby Lees). They deliver garage punk for today — hyper-driven soul and powerhouse groove, beats hard as diamonds and slick as ice, fuzz bass in your face, and an avalanche of uncontrollable urges, pushing Jon’s latest outbursts — hollering, drooling, sexified crooning, and vociferously lamenting these difficult times — to new levels of rock’n’roll expressionism. SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST is the New New Super Heavy Rock for Hard Times.

 SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST is set for release on June 12th on vinyl, CD (with bonus tracks), and all digital platforms via Shove Records, Bronze Rat Records in the EU/UK, and Sony Japan in Japan. Stream/Pre-order here: https://shoverecords.lnk.to/knockemout

Check out "Orange Slice Blues" and "Knock 'Em Out" below. 

Don't miss Jon Spencer live in Ontario! Catch him September 8th in Ottawa, September 10th in Toronto, and September 11th in Hamilton. Tickets go on sale May 15th at 10AM right here: https://www.weare-inthefuture.com/jon-spencer-ontario/

Jon Spencer issues call to action with "Come On!" video

Jon Spencer with pals Kendall Wind, Spider Bowman and Deke Dickerson try to stir that revolutionary spirit with "Come On!" 

JON SPENCER On Tour

May 21 – Cleveland OH – Beachland Tavern

May 22 – Kalamazoo MI – Bell’s Eccentric Café –

May 23 – Chicago IL – Fitzgerald’s

May 24 – Ferndale MI – The Magic Bag

May 25 – Rochester NY – Skylark Lounge

May 31 – Bourges (FR) – Cosmic Trip Festival

June 1 – Reims (FR)- Cartonnerie Club

June 2 – Lille (FR) – L’Aeronef

June 3 – Liege (FR) – Reflektor

June 4 – Paris (FR) – La Maroquinerie

June 5 – Annecy (FR) – Le Brise Glace

June 6 – Lourmarin (FR) – Yeah! Festival

June 7 – Savona (IT) – Rain Dogs

June 8 – Reggio Emilia (IT) – Handmade Festival

June 10 – Schorndorf (DE) – Manufaktar

June 11 – Mainz (DE) – Schon Schon (Auch 13)

June 12 – Koln (DE) – Koln – Bumann & Sohn

June 13 – Munster (DE) – Gleis 22

June 14 – Dresden (DE) – Beatpol

June 15 – Berlin (DE) – Lido

June 17 – Copenhagen (DK) – Hotel Cecil

June 18 – Hamburg (DE) – Molotow

June 19 – Hanover (DE) – Café Glocksee

June 20 – Antwerp (BE) – Djingel Djangel

June 21 – Nijmegen (NL) – Kids N Billies

July 11 – Lancaster, PA – Tellus 360

July 12 – Staten Island, NY – Maker Park Festival

July 13 – New Haven, CT – Cafe Nine

July 14 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall

July 15 – Portland, ME – Oxbow Blending & Bottling

July 16 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground

July 17 – Troy, NY – No Fun

Jon Spencer collaborates with Deke Dickerson on new recording

While on tour, Jon Spencer and crew stopped by Deke Dickerson's studio to cut a couple of punk whumpers old school style.  

Here's the scoop from Deke...

"Well, that was fun and unexpected!  Jon Spencer (he of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a quite-famous band a few years back) contacted me out of the blue a few weeks ago and asked to book a recording session at my studio, while they were on tour on the West Coast as part of a package tour with Samantha Fish and Cedric Burnside.  Of course I said yes!  I never get to record noisy, raw punk blues stuff.  This would be fun and, well, unexpected!

"I didn't know when we made plans to record that Jon also wanted ME to play on the songs.  I know the kids are all crazy about the "collabs" as they call it, so hell yes, that sounded like fun! Count me in!

"Jon and his current band (Kendall Wind, bass; and Macky Spider Bowman, drums) showed up at the house at noon, along with their road manager Dave Martin.  Within 30 minutes we were recording songs I had never heard before, and laying them DOWN.

"I think the tracks sound great!  I look forward to mixing these and seeing what happens.  I like doing stuff out of my normal wheelhouse.  Jon and the band couldn't have been nicer (or more professional, man we just got right down to work).  By 3 pm they were on the road to Ventura, where they are playing tonight at the Ventura Theater, along with Samantha Fish and Cedric Burnside.  Thanks again, Jon!  it was a pleasure!  And thanks again to Bloodshot BILL for putting Jon and I in touch!"

Watch a couple of clips from the session right here and over there. 

 

The Bobby Lees rock Monarch Tavern, Tuesday

Don't miss Woodstock, NY's Bobby Lees with Paste at the Monarch Tavern tonight – and grab their new Bellevue (Ipecac) album.