The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the stalwart New York outfit that reimagined blues rock in the 1990s and inspired the subsequent garage-rock revival, is no more, ...

Even though Jon Spencer’s bringing the Blues Explosion out of semi-retirement to play a series of festivals this summer and release a bunch of reissues and a compilation CD, the 45-year-old New ...

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, formed in 1991, also featured drummer Russell Simins. Their albums include a 1992 self-titled effort, 1994's Orange , 1996's Now I Got Worry , 2004's Damage and ...

The mid-to-late ’90s gave a lot of bands a crack at stardom, few as defiantly outside the box as The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. To that end, Now I Got Worry represents not only the Blues ...

Indie rock darlings from the 90s update a 70s classic. By Melissa Choban In addition to the much buzzed about Darth Vader ad that Volkswagen rolls out for Super Bowl XLV, the company presents ...

As blues drama goes, Buddy Guy may be feeling old this week, but at least he doesn't feel superfluous. Jon Spencer, the mutton-chopped leader of the blues-exploding outfit that bears his name, has ...

The headliner was the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a trio that, for the past 20-plus years (minus a hiatus), has been taking a sledgehammer and a blowtorch to the rudiments of rock ’n’ roll ...