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At the 11th hour, we got word that Jon Spencer & The HITmakers was no longer playing the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Saturday, April 16th. This same night, The Airborne Toxic Event postponed their appearance at First Avenue. This doesn’t surprise us anymore, we’ve already seen numerous cancellations due to COVID, etc.
I hope Spencer feels better, this is one of rock’s hardest working musician. Most people know him from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, but he’s been involved in Pussy Galore and Boss Hog as well.
We caught Jon Spencer in June 2015 and wrote, “Against an American flag backdrop, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion kicked into their set with a slew of new tracks starting with “Wax Dummy,” off the recent album Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015. Jon Spencer and guitarist Judah Bauer dragging their picks across those guitar strings was like striking a match and throwing it into an audience well lubricated by alcohol and sweat. The result was as combustive as Russell Simins pounding his sticks into those skins. Babe, consider me on fire.”
With Jon Spencer not performing, opening band Quasi (Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss) unexpectedly headlined the 7th Street Entry show.
Coomes started his career with The Donner Party, and later joining Heatmiser. Weiss is famous for being founding member of Sleater-Kinney, but have played with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, as well as part of Wild Flag. Both brought their talents to the show, which Weiss keeping such great timing on the drums and Coomes sometime playing keys with the help of his foot (much like Little Richard on his T-Shirt).
The two played their standard 45-min set, which included “Breaking the Balls” and “It's Raining”… but once they ran out of those songs, it was open mic territory. To be fair, Weiss warned us that, “Those were the song we practiced! We’re going to try out some new ones, let’s see what happens.”
The non-setlist songs included “Hell”, “The Happy Prole”, and an instrumental jam that became their set finale.
Remaining Tour dates:
I hope Spencer feels better, this is one of rock’s hardest working musician. Most people know him from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, but he’s been involved in Pussy Galore and Boss Hog as well.
We caught Jon Spencer in June 2015 and wrote, “Against an American flag backdrop, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion kicked into their set with a slew of new tracks starting with “Wax Dummy,” off the recent album Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015. Jon Spencer and guitarist Judah Bauer dragging their picks across those guitar strings was like striking a match and throwing it into an audience well lubricated by alcohol and sweat. The result was as combustive as Russell Simins pounding his sticks into those skins. Babe, consider me on fire.”
With Jon Spencer not performing, opening band Quasi (Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss) unexpectedly headlined the 7th Street Entry show.
Coomes started his career with The Donner Party, and later joining Heatmiser. Weiss is famous for being founding member of Sleater-Kinney, but have played with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, as well as part of Wild Flag. Both brought their talents to the show, which Weiss keeping such great timing on the drums and Coomes sometime playing keys with the help of his foot (much like Little Richard on his T-Shirt).
The two played their standard 45-min set, which included “Breaking the Balls” and “It's Raining”… but once they ran out of those songs, it was open mic territory. To be fair, Weiss warned us that, “Those were the song we practiced! We’re going to try out some new ones, let’s see what happens.”
The non-setlist songs included “Hell”, “The Happy Prole”, and an instrumental jam that became their set finale.
Remaining Tour dates:
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4/18 Omaha, NE Waiting Room 4/19 Denver, CO Globe Hall 4/20 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge 4/21 Boise, ID Neurolux 4/22 Portland, OR Dantes 4/23 Vancouver, BC Fox Cabaret 4/24 Seattle, WA Madame Lou’s 4/26 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill 4/27 Los Angeles, CA The Echo 4/28 San Diego, CA Casbah |
4/29 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole 4/30 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar 5/01 Santa Fe, NM Tumbleroot Brewery 5/02 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep 5/03 Wichita, KS Wave 5/04 Kansas City, MO Record Bar 5/05 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill Duck Room 5/06 Indianapolis, IN Hi-Fi 5/07 Louisville, KY Zanzabar 5/08 Charlottesville, VA The Southern |
Quasi at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (16 Apr 2022) |
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