Meat & Bone (LP)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Amoeba Review
Bands like the Black Keys and the White Stripes clearly love classic blues and blues-rock, but they don't really let it rip with the wild, ugly, primal abandon of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, do they now. There's no mistaking who's the king on the first JSBE record in eight years, and definitely one of their best. Judah Bauer, Russell Simins and Mr. Spencer explode out of the speakers on the opener, "Black Mold," a cranked-up, sludged-out riff monster that sounds like a genetic hybrid of early Nirvana and Deep Purple. Recorded on Sly Stone's original Flickinger console at the Key Club studio in Benton Harbor, MI, this is 12 cuts of prime, scungy, real reckless rock & roll like the kids don't make so much of anymore. Which makes this album all the more necessary as a learning device for the young! Hear it done right by some guys who've lived it long enough to know.
Track Listing
Disc 1 Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Black Mold
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 03:17 |
2.
Bag Of Bones
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 03:54 |
3.
Boot Cut
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 03:46 |
4.
Get Your Pants Off
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 02:43 |
5.
Ice Cream Killer
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 03:18 |
6.
Strange Baby
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 03:06 |
7.
Bottle Baby
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 03:06 |
8.
Danger
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 02:43 |
9.
Black Thoughts
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 03:22 |
10.
Unclear
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 02:02 |
11.
Bear Trap
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 04:16 |
12.
Zimgar
|
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 04:08 |