JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
Xtra ACME USA (Matador)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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Y'all know that a remix album from the Blues Explosion is a livin', breathin', copulatin' entity unto itself, and will force over that hard earned booze money to the local record entrepreneurs. Jon Spencer keeps his ominous wail, but the instro part of the Explosion is manipulated all over hell's acre. With slinky knob twiddlers like Moby and Calvin Johnson doin' the damage, ya know the proceedings are gonna be good an' sweaty. Spencer shakes the new with the old like no other: check the groovy delta jive of "Calvin" with help from fife maestro Otha Turner. But before you spin the disco ball skip to the last track for a hilarious radio spot for ACME. Just to keep ya shakin' an' shimmyin' a while longer, this beast comes on two vinyl slabs. And ya know with Mr. Spencer that more is indeed more.

© 2000 - John Sekerka