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  • Summary: Mixed by Alap Momin, the tenth studio release for the New York trio who incorporate blues, funk, punk and hip-hop is a tribute to New York City.
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Do the Get Down
Come on now, everybody Get down That's what we got to do We got When I think about a beautiful man getting down Short dress pants and short sleeve... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
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  1. May 4, 2015
    80
    The operative term, then, is explosion, and the JSBX effectively conjure the jittery, edgy, colorful vibe of the city they live in.
  2. Magnet
    Apr 15, 2015
    80
    Spencer lays down as much hog-calling jive as can fir on the tape. [No. 119, p.59]
  3. Mojo
    Apr 22, 2015
    80
    The razor-wire riffs some of their best. [May 2015, p.98]
  4. Apr 9, 2015
    70
    Of course such is the collage gonzoid splatter-gun style of the Blues Explosion and their huge canon of songs its almost inevitable that they might inadvertently chance on something shiny from their own back catalogue and contort it.
  5. Apr 22, 2015
    70
    There’s a sense of stagery in this album, as there is in all JSBX discs....
  6. Apr 13, 2015
    70
    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have found a formula that works, and you can’t really argue with the results when the music is as good as it definitely is.
  7. Apr 3, 2015
    60
    Mostly, this is same ol’ same ol’ JSBX: maybe no bad thing, but it won’t grab you by the collar.

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  1. Mar 31, 2015
    8
    You could call this a return to form for JSBX. It's only fault is that this is the band that released the phenomenal Now I Got Worry and theYou could call this a return to form for JSBX. It's only fault is that this is the band that released the phenomenal Now I Got Worry and the groundbreaking Orange.
    When you can get past this, you are left with a great album where the Blues Explosion finally does again what it does best; conquering the world with some dirty blues, rock & funk.
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