The Explosion News

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion , the fiery rock trio from New York City that's been on a virtual hiatus since 2004's "Damage," has teamed with Shout! Factory division Majordomo Records for an extensive reissue campaign in 2010.

Telephone Explosion 's second anniversary party - featuring Demon's Claws, Holy Cobras, Actual Water, Sun RaRaRa and DJ Scott Cudmore - happens Fri, Dec.

In this land of palm trees and Tommy Bahama shirts, the fact that the monthly Auteur Explosion has survived thus far is impressive.

With Soma, Sage and Tag, and the Shutter Cinema Paradiso, Fort Lauderdale Saturday, November 21, 2009 Better Than: Any chic gallery on Las Olas or a drunken stupor on Himmarshee.

SWEDISH punk performer Monica and The Explosion is the latest act to feature in our online video section - The Base Sessions.

Sometimes it takes an artist a lifetime to perfect a sound - just ask Jon Spencer of the rockabilly duo Heavy Trash .

It would be shocking if Heavy Trash's Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray were up on daylight savings time.

On stage and in the studio, Jon Spencer, has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon it is hard to believe that there is anything left.

Charlemagne a ' Carl Johns brought all the sensibilities of indie rock to Madison music, first through NoahJohn, then through Charlemagne.

Rubble bubble It supposedly started out as a band that played rockabilly a ' though admittedly a bizarre, mutated strain of rockabilly.

Cartoon Network's "Metalocalypse" follows the story of the world's greatest metal band Dethklok.

Ontario folk-rockers Attack In Black say they're going to road-test a few new tunes when they hit Fredericton as part of their fall tour.

Cliff Lee From Saturday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Friday, Sep. 25, 2009 04:58PM EDT R apper Cadence Weapon is better known these days as the poet laureate of Edmonton.

Those who wish to rub elbows with visiting Oyster Run bikers will find plenty of entertaining diversions in the city's licensed establishments this weekend.

Larry Hardy makes a home for several generations of VU-pushing garage punks. In the age of hyper-digital music, L.A. label In the Red is putting out songs that sound like they belong on a cherished mixtape from the late '80s... and that couldn't be more refreshing.

Adam Kispert YAHOO! Kitsap A&E ADAM KISPERT ALBUM REVIEWS: Punk Explosion Starts With the Clash, Sex Pistols and Ramones LIST OF THE MONTH The eighth in a series looking at the best albums in rock 'n' roll history.

Adam Kispert YAHOO! Kitsap A&E ADAM KISPERT ALBUM REVIEWS: Punk Explosion Starts With the Clash, Sex Pistols and Ramones LIST OF THE MONTH The eighth in a series looking at the best albums in rock 'n' roll history.

For both serious and casual online poker players, Sundays are a long grind. For those who don't want to play in a meditative state, music can be the perfect middle ground between total silence and the distraction of television.

Adam Kispert YAHOO! Kitsap A&E ADAM KISPERT ALBUM REVIEWS: Punk Explosion Starts With the Clash, Sex Pistols and Ramones LIST OF THE MONTH The eighth in a series looking at the best albums in rock 'n' roll history.

ANOTHER opening, another show. This time it's NEW PEOPLE , a Japantown theater/pop-culture complex debuting with an all-day bash beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a Kagami-wari - breaking a Saki barrel for good luck - at the building's entrance, 1746 Post St., San Francisco.