The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 5 borough tour includes date at the Cake Shop on Ludlow

Via the EVG inbox…

To celebrate the release of their new, long-playing record album, "Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015," the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion will be bringing their brand of high-octane street hassling back home, with an unprecedented Five Borough Freedom Tour!

The Blues Explosion will be leveling neighborhoods in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island the week of March 23 to 28, including free shows at dive bars, breweries and beyond!

FIVE BOROUGH FREEDOM TOUR:

Mon Mar 23 - Staten Island, Liedy's Shore Inn

Mar 24 - Manhattan, Cake Shop

Mar 25 - Jersey City, WFMU's Monty Hall

Mar 26 - Brooklyn, Hank's Saloon

Fri Mar 27 - The Bronx, The Point

Sat Mar 28 - Queens, Singlecut Brewery

You can get a free pair of tickets to one of the above shows with the purchase of the record from Other Music, Turntable Lab, Vintage Vinyl, or Insound. For more details, head over here.

JSBX also released a video today for their song "Betty vs the NYPD," starring Bridget Everett…

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion just made the best-ever New York City music video

The new record from the Blues Explosion, titled "Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015," drops March 24 on Mom+Pop Music.

Ahead of that, the band unveils a trailer for the single, "Do The Get Down."

Our friend Alex at Flaming Pablum thinks that it "just might be the most NYC video of all time" ... noting it's "a visual love letter to New York City's colorful cultural past."

Indeed, check it out... and tally up the pop-cultural references (Alex did here)...



And Allen Cordell was the editor who put all this together...

[Updated] Winter's 'Bones'

New video from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion released this week... "Bag of Bones." And the band will be on Letterman tonight...

Speaking of Letterman... here is that clip from last night. I like Dave's reaction at the end... And Spencer's "No. 1 baby!" yell.

Dang

Was reading Alex's excellent essay on Jeff Buckley over at Flaming Pablum earlier today. He mentioned 1994. And releases from that year. Like Orange. By the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Good stuff. So....



And is this one of those videos that Weird Al did for them...?