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En breve vamos a tener copias del discazo de TELEVISIONARIES , estos 4 chavales de Rochester acaban de sacar su LP de debut y esta lleno de temazos
El cruce perfecto entre NRBQ , Rockpile y los Beach Boys
Televisionaries
Sleazy Records
N.Y. HED Studio
Knock Knock Booking & Management
N.Y. HED Studio Featured us as one of their favorites to record. How cool is that?? We loved recording with Matt & Rocio. We will make more music with them. Episode is in Spanish.
Snap Records
Starting 2022 off in color!!
Our 🍭Teenagers 🍭 7” is headed off to the press thanks to new collaboration with Dallas label Turkey Baster Records (yes, we chose it because of the name 😉🦃)
Recorded at N.Y. HED Studio our creative womb in New York City with Capt’n G & Max Speed $1000 back in the rhythm engine.
It’s been a very long time since we have released new music but as an independent, international touring band we can only work as fast as time & money allows.
Release date yet to come due to supply & demand issues with USA Tour Dates to come.
Cover 🎨 a collaboration by Labretta & Johnny
#labrettasuedeandthemotel6 #teenagers #vinylyoucanlick #labrettadoesdallas #nyhed #turkeybasterrecords #nz2nyc2dallas #2022letsgo
November 14 - On This Day!
1992: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bogart’s, Long Beach, CA, US
w/ Jesus Lizard and Dolomite
“The next night in Long Beach was pretty great, Sandra didn’t have to lay a finger on anybody. Now that I’m older, there is something to be said for Over-21 shows. Both of these shows featured a lot of new songs, which is cool; but I wanted to hear A Reverse Willie Horton in its entirety! I decided that Son of Sam was the best song that Jon’s ever done and I wondered when it would come out.” – Alright #2
Live Photos: Rick Shipley
1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Threadwaxing Factory, New York City, NY, US
w/ Trip Hammer, Railroad Jerk and War Comets
Photo / Flyer Image: Skeleton Boy
1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Kulturbolaget, Malmö, Sweden
w/ Andre Williams and The Countdowns
2005: Coldcut – Everything Is Under Control – released in the UK
Features Jon Spencer on guitar and vocals.
2006: Spencer Dickinson – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC, US
2007: Heavy Trash – Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA, US
2009: Harper Simon (with Russell Simins) – Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY, US
2009: Heavy Trash – Cowboy Monkey, Champaign, IL, US
2011: The Experimental Tropic Blues Band – Liquid Love – released in Belgium
Recorded with Jon Spencer & Matt Verta-Ray at N.Y. HED Studio / Produced and Mixed by Jon Spencer
In-Studio Photos: Olivier Donnet
Liquid Love Photo: Toi Tonami
2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, Canada
w/ Quasi
Poster / Ticket Image: Thanks to Mizue
2017: Laboratory of The Self (Elizabeth Rossa / Johnny Rossa / Meredith Meyer / Judah Bauer) – Salon 94, New York City, NY, US
The band were surrounded by Max Lamb’s installation, “Boulders”.
Images: Screenshots taken from a 46 minute live video posted on Facebook.com by Johnny Rossa.
Live Photos: via Meredith Meyer (
https://www.instagram.com/meredithmusic/)
2019: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
HITmakers show #125
Live Photo: Phill Cresswell (
https://instagram.com/crock_sparrer/)
October 26 - On This Day!
1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Palace, Hollywood, CA, US
w/ Clawhammer and Demolition Doll Rods
Poster Artwork: Taz, measures 34″ x 19″ in a signed edition of 400 copies
Demolition Doll Rods Flyer Image via
https://www.instagram.com/tastydarchive/
1995: Boss Hog – L’Erotika, Paris, France
1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – La Luna, Portland, OR, US
2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Leadmill, Sheffield, UK
2005: Heavy Trash – Dante’s, Portland, OR, US
2007: Eros Ramazzotti – e2 - released in Europe
The number one* album includes a new recording of ‘Taxi Story’ featuring Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray.
*Number one in Italy! Number one in Greece! Number one in Sweden! Number one in Switzerland!
Taxi Story:
Performed by Jon Spencer and The Elegant Too
Rhythm Guitar and Fuzz/Lead Guitars/Synthesizer/Vocal: Jon Spencer
Bass / Baritone Guitar / Organ / Vocal: Chris Maxwell
Drums / Percussion / Banjo / Vocal: Phil Hernandez
Recorded: Matt Verta-Ray and Elegant Too at N.Y. HED Studio
2007: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues (feat. Judah Bauer) – TIM Festival, Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008: Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues (feat. Judah Bauer) with Neil Young – 22nd Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert @ The Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, US
Photo (close-up): Tim Mosenfelder
Photo (long-shot): ‘Uyen’
Photo (dressing room): Posted by Cat Power (
https://www.instagram.com/catpowerofficial/)
2009: Harper Simon (feat. Russell Simins) – The Late Show with David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York City, NY, US
2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Stylus, Leeds, UK
w/ The Melvins
HITmakers show #23
“Jon Spencer would be enough to entice me but with the added bonus of the Melvins headlining (a separate feature coming for that very soon), it was just way too much cool for me to turn down! I filled up the car with petrol and did a 200-mile round trip to see this gig! Was it worth it? The answer is a HELL YES!”
Live Photo: Greame J. Baty
The BANG! RECORDS vinyl reissue of Honeymoon Killers - Hung Far Low is now shipping!
Available from Munsterama for 16 € here:
https://www.munsterama.com/index.php?mode=spot&skuid=40729
The line-up of Honeymoon Killers on this album is Jerry Teel, Lisa Wells, Russell Simins and Jon Spencer.
…and Honeymoon Killers fans might also be interested to know that the shop also has the following exceptionally cheap Five Dollar Priest* albums:
Jazz Salt LP - 7 €
Eyes Injected With Love LP - 6,30 €
Five Dollar Priest CD - 1 €
*Five Dollar Priest is Ron Ward, Norman Westberg, Bob Bert, Patrick Holmes, George Porfiris with a whole load of guests including Jon Spencer (self-titled album only), Matt Verta-Ray, Christina Campanella, Grasshopper, James Chance, Jack Martin and more. These albums were largely recorded at N.Y. HED Studio with Matt Verta-Ray and Ivan Julian.
Distubrios feat. Gemma Ray & Sam Baker - Little Bird Got Swallowed
'Disturbios' is Matt and Rocío Verta-Ray and their debut album was released by Midnight Cruiser Records on May 21, 2021.
Recorded at N.Y. HED Studio Studio and features Jon Spencer (baritone guitar on Jesus I Was Evil), Bloodshot BILL (Big Boss Man), Sam Baker (Little Bird Got Swallowed and Summer Loves) and more.
In the US the LP can be ordered from the label on black or pink vinyl here:
https://midnightcruiserrecords.bandcamp.com/album/disturbios
In the UK the Disturbios LP can be purchased direct from the supplier Plastic Head Megastore on pink or black vinyl.
Pink vinyl £20.50:
https://www.plastichead.com/item.aspx?catno=MCR006P
Black vinyl £16.50:
https://www.plastichead.com/item.aspx?catno=MCR006B
"Each song on the new album is tied together in a wash of surf, yeye, new wave, and experimental pop inflections. “Surf Gnossienne,” their take on French composer Erik Satie’s “Gnossienne no. 1,” plunges the song’s rhythms into the depths of psychedelic and avant-garde mysticism.
“Jesus I was Evil” captures the chilling insolence, and the alluring danger of a band that hones a classic New York City proto-punk vibe, while keeping its gaze fixed on a saturated future.
Their reductionist sound paired with the writhing avant-garde imagery of the video reveals wholly new and mysterious dimensions hidden within the Subsonics’ classic." -
https://radatl.com/2021/05/10/disturbios-see-thru-rhonda/
"Rocio's keys are pristinely Lennon-esque and Phil Gionfriddo's vocal aesthetic feels exquisitely earnest and cool and, for some odd and wonderful reason, I flashed on a crashing together of Stephen Malkmus (Pavement) and Harry Nilsson, two luminaries who you might now utter in the same breath. Maybe it is the vocal aesthetic that roller coasters in such artful ways, with rushes and steps back, that surprise. Totally having a crush on the Disturbios sound…
…So rad. So beautiful." - Robb Donker Curtis / American Pancake
June 5 - On This Day!
2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan
2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Poster Design: Apfel Zet
2008: Tiny Masters of Today (w/ Russell Simins) – ‘Chancellor’s Day Matinee Show’ @ Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, US
2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Tvornica, Zagreb, Croatia
w/ Urban Jr.
“Jon Spencer, Judah Bauer and Russell Simins still got it, and they still make ladies cry and men scream, like they always did!” – Sasa Huzjak
Live Photo: Sasa Huzjak (
https://www.sasahuzjak.com/events/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-urban-jr-20110605-tvornica-zagreb/)
Thanks to Miroslav
2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Hakanai Recording, Brooklyn, New York, US
2020: Perrosky – Tostado: 10th Anniversary Edition – released
10th Anniversary digital-only and expanded edition of the Tostado album, recorded with Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray at N.Y. HED Studio.
Stream album with bonus tracks here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgERzlKubUM
From Louderthanwar: Gutter-glam garage rock trio Subsonics get the homage treatment on this fantastic compilation from Mandinga Records.
Always there are bands that ply their wares through the rock ‘n’ roll underground, influencing from within and building up a dedicated fanbase in the sweat-drenched clubs of the world. Subsonics are exactly that type of band. 🔥🔥🔥
SLOKS, Bang Bang Babies, Black Mekon, Kid Congo Reptilians From Andromeda, C**t Cobra Electric S**t, Ugly Sounds, The Mings, N.Y. HED Studio, Oubliettes, Wallacy Williams,
