Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Spaceland Ballroom 7/17/13

You know you're in for it when the front door has a sign "free earplugs".  I didn't heed, being the tough guy scenester (sinister?).  JSBE delivered some skullripping sound. Two guitars, a drum, and a glow-in-the-dark purple theremin was all that was needed to shred the ears of the pretty full audience. JS clad in leather pants, slurred-snorted-and-squealed through the set. While I might think that leather pants on a 95 degree day might be a stretch, it did not seem to bother JS. He latched on to the fact that he entered the club from the Outer Space and in to Spaceland. This band has been around for a while. While the music is rooted in blues, it seemed to land near the White Stripes. I am not familiar with their catalog, but listen for "bay-buh" or "kamoan" to appear in most songs. JS spent much of the vocal duties right on top of his microphone, which I'm hoping is disposed of after each show. This made for muddy vocals, but that's not the point. JSBE was not here for linguistic annunciation, but for some loud rock and roll. JS summed it up best "you know the best thing about Outer Space?...............you don't have to listen to the bullshit!"