The legendary JON SPENCER to tour the West Coast Nov 7-16!
With support from NYC noise band GENRE IS DEATH!!
New album
SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST
available on LP, CD (bonus tracks), and all digital platforms
via Shove Records
Jon Spencer photo by Masashi Yukimoto
The Man is back and ready to rock, roll, and rumble! Jon Spencer brings his high-energy rhythm & punk-blues review to the West Coast. From Vancouver to San Diego, Spencer will be playing ALL of the hits - from PUSSY GALORE to HEAVY TRASH! The BLUES EXPLOSION! HITMAKERS! And of course, selections from the brand-new, white-hot SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST.
Joining in the feedback frenzy will be support from the hottest new New York City upstarts, GENRE IS DEATH! This sexy young duo will blow minds with their limitation-destroying noise. Minimal and overwhelming sounds - cacophonous guitar shrieks of power and madness combined with bass lines that oscillate from funky to erratic dissonance. Check out their debut album, 'Attractive People’, available on In The Red Records, and get there early, as theirs is a show not to be missed!
Genre Is Death photo by Ebru Yildiz
“I’m in a time of spiritual reckoning,” Jon confides. “These past few years there has been a lot of emotional conflict and personal loss — the passing of time takes its toll. Losing friends, losing family, and all of this set against a world gone topsy turvy where it feels like we are losing basic freedoms… I’m trying to balance a lot of things, but the answer is always rock’n’roll.”
Can rock’n’roll change the world?
Jon Spencer says YES.
“I’m in a time of spiritual reckoning,” Jon confides. “These past few years there has been a lot of emotional conflict and personal loss — the passing of time takes its toll. Losing friends, losing family, and all of this set against a world gone topsy turvy where it feels like we are losing basic freedoms… I’m trying to balance a lot of things, but the answer is always rock’n’roll.”
Across twelve brand new songs, Jon tears his heart out singing songs torn from the front page and beyond: futuristic power blues and garage-punk explosion-isms about the nausea and paranoia delivered by a reality show president, and the power and resilience it takes to rebel. It is all deeply personal — the fight to create and live and push back against the dark forces — but he never loses sight that we’re all in this together.
“Rock’n’roll is America’s true gift to the world — the sound of revolution! It came out of the sky, a screaming, chrome-plated flying saucer, like an outer space monster, landed here on Earth so the freaks could have their say. It is the hip-shaking sound of rebellion. The blues is my bible, rock’n’roll is our battle cry!”
SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST was recorded with Jon’s super-powered touring band, and if you’ve been lucky enough to see them in the past few years — they’ve been playing non-stop, destroying audiences from Akron to Osaka, from San Jose to Santiago – then you know that Jon is still fronting the world’s greatest rock’n’roll live show: rama-la soul-shaking set for stun, sweat-soaked, and ultimately, beautifully, uplifting.
SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST is the New New Super Heavy Rock for these Hard Times.
VIDEOS:
LIVE SHOWS 2026:
11/7 - Olympia, WA - Ilk Lodge *
11/8 - Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre *
11/9 - Seattle, WA – The Sunset *
11/9 - Seattle, WA – The Sunset *
11/10 - Portland, OR – Dante’s *
11/11 – Eugene, OR – John Henry’s *
11/12 – Arcata, CA – The MIniplex
11/13 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill* SOLD OUT
11/14 - Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley *
11/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour *
11/16 – San Diego, CA - Casbah *
* with special guests Genre Is Death
2027:
1/14 - Syracuse, NY - Funk N Waffles
1/15 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
1/16 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
1/17 - Ferndale, MI - Magic Bag
1/18 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
1/19 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
1/20 - Cudahy, WI - X-Ray Arcade
1/21 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
1/22 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
1/23 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
1/24 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
1/25 - Memphis, TN - Hernando’s Hideaway
1/27 - Dallas, TX 0 Deep Ellum Art Co
1/28 - Austin, TX - Continental Club
1/29 - Houston, TX - White Oak (Upstairs)
1/30 - New Orleans, LA - Chickie Wah Wah
1/30 - New Orleans, LA - Chickie Wah Wah
1/31 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
2/1 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
2/2 - Nashville, TN - 3rd and Lindsley
2/3 - Louisville, KY - Whirling Tiger
2/5 - Cincinnati, OH - Woodward Theater
2/6 - Millvale, PA - Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
2/6 - Millvale, PA - Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
2/7 - Washington, D.C. - Union Stage
2/8 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
2/9 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
2/10 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
2/8 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
2/9 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
2/10 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
2/11 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
2/12 - Portland, ME - Oxbow Blending & Bottling
2/13 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
2/13 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
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