Jon Spencer and the rest of his fabled Blues Explosion have returned to let us know once again that the blues is number one via their next album, Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015. Consider this your invite: Mom + Pop liberates the group's 10th album on March 24.
The follow-up to 2012's comeback effort Meat and Bone is described in a press release as presenting "the savage funkacide of the Blues Explosion," with the 13-song set said to feature plenty of "predatory riffs." The collection was cut at the Daptone House of Soul in Bushwick, NY.
Ahead of the album release, you can sample the gritty, funked-up first single "Do the Get Down." Since the album is said to be "a document of New York City," the video for the cut features a series of vintage, Big Apple-saluting visuals. As you'll see down below, this includes footage of the New York Dolls and Talking Heads, movie clips from Taxi Driver, gruesome newspaper headlines and more.
Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015:
1. Funeral
2. Wax Dummy
3. Do the Get Down
4. Betty vs. the NYPD
5. White Jesus
6. Born Bad
7. Down and Out
8. Crossroad Hop
9. The Ballad of Joe Buck
10. Dial Up Doll
11. Bellevue Baby
12. Tales of Old New York: The Rock Box
13. Cooking for Television
Tour dates:
02/14 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg (Planned Parenthood Benefit)
04/08 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
04/09 Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
04/10 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
04/11 Washington, DC - Black Cat
04/12 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
04/15 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
04/16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04/17 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree
04/18 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
04/19 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
04/20 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
04/21 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
04/23 Columbus, OH - The Basement
04/24 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
04/25 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
The follow-up to 2012's comeback effort Meat and Bone is described in a press release as presenting "the savage funkacide of the Blues Explosion," with the 13-song set said to feature plenty of "predatory riffs." The collection was cut at the Daptone House of Soul in Bushwick, NY.
Ahead of the album release, you can sample the gritty, funked-up first single "Do the Get Down." Since the album is said to be "a document of New York City," the video for the cut features a series of vintage, Big Apple-saluting visuals. As you'll see down below, this includes footage of the New York Dolls and Talking Heads, movie clips from Taxi Driver, gruesome newspaper headlines and more.
Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015:
1. Funeral
2. Wax Dummy
3. Do the Get Down
4. Betty vs. the NYPD
5. White Jesus
6. Born Bad
7. Down and Out
8. Crossroad Hop
9. The Ballad of Joe Buck
10. Dial Up Doll
11. Bellevue Baby
12. Tales of Old New York: The Rock Box
13. Cooking for Television
Tour dates:
02/14 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg (Planned Parenthood Benefit)
04/08 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
04/09 Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
04/10 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
04/11 Washington, DC - Black Cat
04/12 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
04/15 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
04/16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04/17 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree
04/18 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
04/19 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
04/20 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
04/21 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
04/23 Columbus, OH - The Basement
04/24 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
04/25 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
