THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION KICK-START 2013 WITH A
NEW VIDEO FOR “BAG OF BONES” PREMIERED ON NOISEY, AN
APPEARANCE ON LETTERMAN ON FRIDAY JAN 11th , AND CONTINUE
TO TOUR THE GREATEST ROCK’N’ROLL SHOW ON THE PLANET WITH
DATES IN THE U.S.A. AND IN EUROPE ! (Euro dates below, but see
www.thejonspencerbluesexplosion.com/shows for full listings)
The video, directed by Australian freakoid artist Lucy Dyson and animator Joseph
Jensen, is a psychedelic take-no-prisoners fisticuffs between JSBX and the living
mediocre dead. Watch it here!!
DATES AS FOLLOWS:
Feb 07: BARCELONA, ES, Sala Apollo
Feb 08: MADRID, ES, Sala But
Feb 09: BILBAO, ES, Antzokia
Feb 10: RAMONVILLE-SAINT-AGNE, FR, Le Bikini
Feb 11: NIMES, FR, Paloma
Feb 12: TORINO, IT, Molodiciotto Musica 90
Feb 13: ROME, IT, Circolo Degli Artisti
Feb 14: BOLOGNA, IT, La Scuderia
Feb 15: FLORENCE, IT, Auditorium Flog
Feb 16: VERONA, IT, Interzona
Feb 17: ZAGREB, CR, Pogon Jedinstvo
Feb 18: KLOSTERNEUBERG, AT, Arena
“…possibly the band’s best album to date. Do not snooze on Meat and Bone: it is out of this world and as addictive as Heisenberg’s Blue Sky meth.” Blurt
“… a long-awaited return to the wild side, with the Blues Explosion offering up all the mutated musical goodness as you can stomach.” Consequence Of Sound
“This is the kind of band that brings their bruising ballet of avalanche-groove and strikes guilt in me for ever employing cliches of: forcefulness, grit, swagger or just pure tilt-o-whirl destructo-dazzle style onto any other band’s works, rock, blues or noise-noodler…
This is the band” Detroit Metro Times
“The dream scenario, when a band reappears after a lay-off, is that they zero in on what made them ace back when, and that they then smash people with it afresh. Meat + Bone, unequivocally, does exactly that.” E Music
“Their primal, post-modern blues riot continues to transcend the ebb and flow of musical trends around them . Jon Spencer and his 20-year old band get better with age.” **** MOJO
“This downtown institution has returned after an eight-year silence, and this kick-ass, three-chord rock ’n’ roll number goes a long way toward explaining why their new record is called “Meat and Bone.” Welcome back fellas, we’ve missed you.” New York Post
A potent continuation of the finest sonic stunt a horse has ever pulled. Original alt-blues
preacherman Spencer is on ferocious form here”. **** NME
“..straight-up, no-bullshit rock’n’soul…. They’re reapplying for the job of America’s most raucous, hardest-working rock’n’roll band, and will let the sweat speak for itself. “ Pitchfork
“They’re able to whip up a frenzy in short order, and no gnarled note goes wasted. And, man, do they cook up a storm. Meat & Bone is proof positive that music needn’t be so reverent to its past… Influence is a tool, but JSBE use it like a tenderizer instead of a feather duster.” Prefix
“…speaker-scorching.” RollingStone.com
“Indefinably thrilling” – ****UNCUT