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FOTOBOM: JON SPENCER AND THE HITMAKERS, BODEGA @ GREAT SCOTT

Written by Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

 

Jon Spencer has been slogging it out on the front line of the trashy garage war for so long he’s got foxholes named after him. As the primary or co-leader of vaunted groups like Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, Heavy Trash and now the HITmakers, his resume is unassailable. ...  read more

DIG THIS: NEKO CASE, STEVE GUNN, JON SPENCER

Written by Filed Under: DigThis, MUSIC

THUR 1.24

Neko Case @ Royale

 

 

Neko last hit town for two shows in early summer as support for Ray LaMontagne, but now the New England-transplant has scheduled her own proper headlining tour, and will get a bit more room ...  read more

WHEEL OF TUNES: BOSS HOG

Written by Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Every once in a while a band will snap back to life, totally unexpected, as a sudden jolt of energy lifts them off the ground and back to action. Two of the more pleasantly unexpected resurrections have been Jon Spencer-related, first via the resuscitation of his Blues Explosion, and now with Boss ...  read more