NEW RELEASE! "Reduction in Drag" now available at Bandcamp, iTunes, CDBaby and Amazon.

NEWS + UPCOMING

May 2012

Viper Creek Club, Glitterbang, Sports and Jupe Jupe at Chop Suey for 2012 Noise for the Needy Benefit Lots of exciting things are going on in the land of Jupe Jupe.

On Thursday, June 7, we're thrilled to be a part of a stellar lineup at Chop Suey during the 2012 Noise for the Needy benefit! Five fantastic synth/dance bands for your listening pleasure.

Viper Creek Club
Glitterbang
Copy
Sports
Jupe Jupe

$8 21+ doors 8pm

http://www.noisefortheneedy.org/2012NFTN/events/viper-creek-club-copy-glitterbang-sports-jupe-jupe/

And before that, come out to the LoFi on Monday, May 14 for the launch party of Relativity, Seattle's monthly indie video show. For all of you anglophiles, it's a bit like The Old Grey Whistle Test. We can't wait to be a part of it!

JUPE JUPE
ORCA TEAM
OLEAJE FLAMENCO
Guest DJs

$6 21+ doors 8pm
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/events/291235380958301/

April 2012

Jupe Jupe, Surrealized, and the Midget at the Sunset Tavern We had an amazing time in Austin at SXSW and received a review in the Boston Phoenix!

Be sure to check out "Reduction in Drag," now on Spotify and Pandora. And if you need a live Jupe Jupe fix, come out and see us on Thursday, April 12 at The Sunset in Ballard!

Jupe Jupe
Surrealized
The Midget

$6 | 21+ | 9:30 pm

February/March 2012

Hello friends! We've got some busy and exciting times ahead of us, so let's get right to it.

We're traveling down to Austin for some unofficial showcases during the SXSW interactive and music festivals! If you're in town that week, we'd love to see you.

Saturday, 3/10, 7 p.m.
Y.East Mash presents sounds, visuals, and three-dimensional feelings!
Cheer Up Charlie's
1104 E 6th St
Austin, TX

See the full band lineup here: http://www.facebook.com/events/174376009330655/

Tuesday, 3/13, noon-midnight
Indie Radio Rocks The World presents:
Indie Radio Rocks The World 2-- the unofficial SXSW Music Showcase & Party
Bernadette's Bar
2039 Airport Blvd
Austin, TX

Jupe Jupe takes the stage at 9:20, but get there early and see 18 bands from around the globe!
See the full band lineup here: http://indieradiorocks.tumblr.com/2012performers

After our Texas jaunt, it's back home for a stellar lineup at the new Seattle venue, The Rat and Raven.

Saturday, 3/24, 9 p.m.
The Rat and Raven
5260 University Way NE
Seattle, WA

Thrivealike
Jupe Jupe
Spanish for 100
Riot in Stereo

And in case you missed us, we played a fantastic bill at Chop Suey with American Royalty from L.A and our good friends, The Fascination Movement. Thanks for coming out!

Thursday 2/23, 8 p.m.
Chop Suey
1325 East Madison Street
Seattle, WA

American Royalty (http://www.facebook.com/0AmericanRoyalty0)
Jupe Jupe
The Fascination Movement

January 2012

Happy post-holidays!

After digging out of the recent Seattle Tsnownami/Snowpocalypse, we've got quite a bit of preparing to do for upcoming shows!

February 4, we'll be playing at the High Dive in Fremont with Thrivealike and Fascination Movement. Should be a perfect combination of dance/wave/synth-rock.
February 10, we'll join Lesli and Larry of the Redwood Plan onstage for some Duran Duran covers during the Dancing on the Valentine Leukemia Benefit at the Crocodile Cafe.
Our new video for "El Topo" has been posted on YouTube. Check it out! It features our friends from the band, "The Yellow Peril."

More info to come soon!

December 2011

Happy holidays, Jupe Jupe friends! We just wanted to mention some recent highlights and announcements before letting you get back to your wintertime antics.

First off, our heartfelt thanks to all who came out and packed the Sunset for our "Reduction in Drag" CD release show! We had a blast playing with Fascination movement and Sports.

Our single, "Headlong to Ground," was featured in the November 11 KEXP podcast, "Music That Matters, Vol. 278--True Love Is the Land of a Thousand Dances," from DJ Kevin Cole. He compares us to Aztec Camera and Orange Juice--we'll take it! You can check it out here: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/kexp-presents-music-that-matters/id76069540

Vote for Jupe Jupe "Reduction in Drag" as one of your favorite releases for 2011 on KEXP. Cast your vote anytime until 5pm on December 19! http://kexp.org/events/polls/EndOfYearCountdown-2011.aspx#J

We've got one last show for 2011--"London Loves," Seattle's Britpop-dance night at the LoFi Performance Gallery (429 Eastlake Ave East), Thursday, December 7 at 9pm. We're sharing the bill with our good friends Dirty Sidewalks and some fantastic DJs who'll be spinning Blur, Morrissey, Pulp, The Kinks, and many other fine Brit bands.

Once again, we wish you the loveliest of holiday seasons and we'll see you very soon. Cheers!

November 2011: CD Release

373103_292184450810824_1875472684_n A very happy November to everyone!

At long last, our second CD, Reduction in Drag, is officially released today! Buy it now at Bandcamp or CD Baby.

Reduction in Drag is a sleek, multilayered soundscape fueled by generations of pop music and pop culture. After hunkering down for nearly a year to write and record numerous tracks at Trevor Dutton's Studio Wormbone, we turned to Martin Feveyear of Jupiter Studios who has worked with a multitude of acts including REM, Modest Mouse, Robert Fripp, and Cornershopto help engineer and produce the 10 songs that appear on the album. We're now currently enjoying airplay on CMJ stations across the country, including our own 90.3 KEXP.

We're totally excited about this record, as we hope you are after you listen to it!

Come and see us perform live on November 4 at The White Rabbit and for our CD release show on Friday, November 18 at The Sunset Tavern (buy tickets). We can't wait to see you all!

October 2011

Jupe friends--It's less than a month until our sophomore release, "Reduction in Drag" is officially out! In the meantime, take a listen to our latest single at Under the Radar Magazine:

Be sure to come out and see us live at the Comet Tavern on Saturday, October 8 for a full-on dance show featuring No-Fi Soul Rebellion, Secret Shoppers, and The Midget. We're also playing an all-ages shindig for Seattle Art Crush on Friday October 21. Busy times ahead--we're super excited and we can't wait to see you!

September 2011

Our second album is completed--a 10-track, pop soundscape which we hope you'll play extremely loud and often! The official release date is November 1--but in the meantime, we're booking numerous fall shows (including our CD release) and planning a west coast tour. More details coming soon!

August 2011

Greetings from Camp Jupe! After recording and tweaking many, many tracks for the new album at Trevor Dutton's Studio Wormbone, we've moved on to Jupiter Studios in Fremont. The talented Martin Feveyear is busy dazzling us with his mixing and mastering skills, as well as his Michael Caine impersonations!