BOSSYPANTS
After 16 years, Boss Hog, a side project of Jon Spencer
of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, has returned with the
Brood Star EP, a self-described amuse-bouche to the band’s
forthcoming full-length album Brood X.
Boss Hog frontwoman, and longtime partner to Spencer,
Cristina Martinez tells EW that after so many years, the time
had come to release new material.
“We have never stopped playing together,” Martinez
says. “Eventually, we had accumulated so much stuff it
seemed stupid to not put them on a record.”
Similar to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Brood Star’s
“Wichita Grey” is a messy and sludgy amalgam of American
music: trashy, groovy and bluesy, echoing gospel and R&B
mixed with pre-Disney, Times Square and Las Vegas
decadence.
Advance press for Brood Star calls it “primitive, raw, punk
rock ‘n’ roll, re-imagined for a New World.” Martinez
describes Brood Star’s new world of social media and, in
terms of music, an emphasis on the single instead of the
album, as unfamiliar.
“It’s all very foreign to me,” she says, “though I’m proud
to say of the band: We now have a proper Facebook page
and Instagram. We’ve stepped into the 21st century.”
Boss Hog plays with Hurry Up 8 pm Wednesday, July 13,
at Hi-Fi Music Hall’s Lounge; $15 adv., $18 door, 21-plus.
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