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Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers (& a Quasi connection)

Posted by Loren on February 19, 2022

Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers (& a Quasi connection)
photo by Loren Green

Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers have a new record coming out on April 1. Titled Spencer Gets It Lit, the new record will release on In The Red Records, followed by a US tour.

On the tour, Janet Weiss will be playing drums (Sleater Kinney, Quasi, Wild Flag, The Jicks, Slang), along with her band Quasi playing as the opening act. 

TOUR:

4/11 Buffalo, NY Rec Room
4/12 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
4/13 Detroit, MI El Club
4/14 Chicago, IL Schubas
4/15 Milwaukee, WI Back Room at Colectivo
4/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
4/18 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
4/19 Denver, CO Globe Hall
4/20 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
4/21 Boise, ID Neurolux
4/22 Portland, OR Dantes
4/23 Vancouver, BC Fox Cabaret
4/24 Seattle, WA Madame Lou’s (The Crocodile Second Stage)
4/26 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
4/27 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
4/28 San Diego, CA Casbah
4/29 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole
4/30 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
5/01 Santa Fe, NM Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
5/02 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
5/03 Wichita, KS Wave
5/04 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
5/05 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill Duck Room
5/06 Indianapolis, IN Hi-Fi
5/07 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
5/08 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
 
ALL TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH AT 10AM LOCAL TIME
 
JON SPENCER & the HITmakers 
SPENCER GETS IT LIT! 
Bob Bert - trash, Sam Coomes - synth & vocal, M. Sord - drum, Jon Spencer - vocal & guitar 
Produced by Bill Skibbe & Jon Spencer at Key Club Recording Co., Benton Harbor, MI, July - August 2021. 
 
1. Junk Man 
2. Get It Right Now 
3. Death Ray 
4. The Worst Facts 
5. Primary Baby 
6. Worm Town 
7. Bruise 
8. Layabout Trap 
9. Push Comes To Shove 
10. My Hit Parade 
11. Rotting Money 
12. Strike 3 
13. Get Up & Do It 
14. Germ Vs. Jerk* 
15. The Devil's Ice Age* 

*Tracks 14 & 15 are CD only 

Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers (& a Quasi connection)
photo by Loren Green

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