Two Zero One One

A new year. Wheels grinding into motion. A new Jupiter Watts album, as yet untitled, to be released this Spring. Here's a link to a little number from the record, called "I Propose." The lovely cello part comes courtesy of Kristin Jarvis.

03 I Propose.mp3

We also have a new Facebook page -- drop by, have a cup of coffee, say hello.

Lots more to come soon. Please stay tuned.

xo

jw

happy anniversary, cadillac!

That's right, folks, our good friends Cadillac Jones are 10 years old (the band, not the guys, who probably average out to be a bit older than that). They've asked us to support the psych-funk madness this Saturday night at the Earl, where we'll open up for them and a smattering of DJs. We've shared rehearsal spaces, members, and even touring vans with Cadillac over the years, so we're happy to be helping them celebrate their 10th anniversary. Our is right around the corner(!), so we might be asking them to return the favor soon.

If you don't already know how awesome we are, check out the generous and well-photographed review of our last show from the good people at Evilsponge. If you don't already realize how fantastic Cadillac Jones is, then you must come out Saturday - they'll surely blow you away, whether you realize that you're a fan of psych-funk madness or not.

Fun starts 9:30ish, seeya there...

In case you've forgotten...

...we're playing our first show in quite a while at the Earl this Saturday, February 6. We'll be opening for Retribution Gospel Choir, a band spun off from Low. They got a good review over at Pitchfork for their latest album, which we've enjoyed, too - check it out if you haven't heard them yet.

To keep you occupied until then, we've decided to re-post a few tunes we've put up here before. Enjoy:

shameless hobos.

break the curse (old rough mix).

Oh, and while you're listening, check out a little amateur music journalism by one of our own, over at the London-Atlanta Cultural Exchange. Good stuff, even if it does commemorate the disappearance of two killer local bands. We'll do our best to carry on, rock people of the ATL!

back on stage...

...and we're excited about this one: We'll be opening for Retribution Gospel Choir on Saturday, February 6, at the Earl. No, we haven't gone all moralistic on ya - Retribution is a relatively new outfit spun off from Low, a band that's very close to our hearts. If you're reading our blog, you probably know who they are. If not, go check 'em out - but not before you dig the new sounds from Retribution. We're really excited about the show, especially since it's been a while, and we hope to see you all out there!

We'd also like to thank some of our fave local music bloggers for being disappointed in us - we'll do better this year, we promise! And we're glad to hear the Evil Sponge folks enjoyed what was probably our favorite show of 2009, too - at least if you only count shows we played. In that department, we hope we can up the ante this year. That's right, we've grown only more ambitious - watch out! The action starts Feb. 6. Seeya then...

Wooden Birds/Jupiter Watts @ The Earl - October 6

Our next show is Tuesday night, October 6 at The Earl here in Atlanta. We'll be opening for The Wooden Birds, a pretty dandy combo from Austin, TX, featuring Andrew Kenny, former singer/songwriter from whisper-rock legends American Analog Set. Word on the street has it that Matt Pond -- of Matt Pond PA fame -- is the touring guitarist with The Wooden Birds. This should be a fun one. We go on around 9:30. Oh Dorian opens the show at 8:30.

To put you in the proper frame of mind, here's a link to a page with a couple oldies but goodies, as yet unreleased.

Hope to see you at the show.

Kisses,

J-Watts

we're still here...

...and we're finally getting back into the swing of things. Yes, it's been a bit longer than we said (shocker), but we have been working in the interim, and we're pretty close to being done with this group of songs. More importantly, we're finally putting up the only song you haven't yet heard from the forthcoming record. It still needs a little work, but it's pretty close to finished, and we like it a lot (despite it being maybe our weirdest effort yet):


ebb/flow (rough mix 8-23-09).


We've got some other news, too: we're finally gonna start getting out in the world and playing again! Our next show (and first in quite a while) is going to be at the Five Spot on September 20. It's a benefit for one of our favorite local nonprofits, a group called Georgia Lawyers for the Arts; they do pro bono work for musicians, artists, and all sorts of creative types who otherwise couldn't afford legal representation. They could really use a little help at the moment, and we'd love to give them a boost, so come on out to see us. Check this space and our myspace for details in the very near future. And keep checking - we're working on a few more shows for this fall and winter, so you ought to be able to catch us out on the town soon...

last two for a bit...

Things have been slowing down a bit on the recording front lately as we've all been getting busy with other things, and now, sadly, we're going to be taking about a month off before we get back to it. Well, it's only sad for some of us, who will be working; some folks are going to be on vacation. But we'll all be back at it at the beginning of August, and we hope to be close to finished by September. We'll see how that goes...

For now, though, we have two new rough mixes, thanks to some essential overdubs we finally got around to doing. First, as promised, we have the nice-sounding version of "one by one:"

one by one (rough 7-4-09).

This one's still in a somewhat experimental stage; we may add some more stuff or take some away. Right now it's only six tracks, and a couple of things are doubled! We think it sounds pretty good, though. As mentioned here before, we used to call this one "melodica song" for good reason, since it features the funny little instrument. And, as it turns out, it can be a pretty funny sounding one, too - it took a lot of work to figure out how to make it sound good. In the end, an omni mic from way far away smoothed out the rough edges. It's still a bit pitchy, though, so let us know if you think it sounds charming or just crummy (we're hoping for the former). And thanks to Matt from the Liverhearts and the Preakness for loaning us those Earthworks omnis - as predicted, they were just what we needed.

Next up we have one of our favorites from this batch. It's been up here before in an early cut-and-paste demo version, which we've conveniently provided below for comparison (there's also a solo acoustic version on the blog, too, featuring Hutch from Cadillac Jones). This new version is all live instruments, though we have done quite a bit of post-production on it. It's still got a ways to go; we have some decisions to make, including whether we want to edit down a couple of sections to keep it moving a bit more (though of course we do love to go on and on). Let us know what you think:

the target (rough 7-4-09).

And here's the original version:

the target (epilepsy warning version).

So don't expect to many posts here for the next month or so, though we may put up a little tidbit or two. There's at least one more song from this batch that hasn't been posted yet, and it's the craziest of the bunch, so you won't want to miss it.

So seeya soon, and happy Independence Day!