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Justin Potts

space age specs

About Me

Justin Potts is an artist and musician who lives in Portland, Oregon, the fair city of roses.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/5/2006
Band Website: justinpotts.com
Band Members: Justin Potts
Influences: Art, Music, life, etc. Bands that I've been inspired by include: Junkstar Rocky, Rollerskate Skinny, Minutemen, Stereolab, Pavement and Stephen Malkmus, The Joggers, El Guapo, Califone, Red Red Meat, Rex, Pond, Sea and Cake, Scratch Acid, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, Rudimentary Penny, Nick Drake, Beck, Stiff Little Fingers, Beta Band, Bauhaus, Dinosaur Jr (w/ lou barlow), Tortoise, The Unicorns, Beaulah, Elliott Smith, Fiery Furnaces, Alexander Strung, Guided by Voices, Tobin Sprout, Boogie Down Productions, Sam Prekop, Destroyer, Starlight Mints, Swervedriver, Karp, Mermen, Man or Astroman, Adrenalin O.D., My Morning Jacket, Alexander Strung, Itchy Brother, Grizzly Bear, Nectarine, The Nectarines, Finkel & Einhorne, We Grow Up, The Chief Smiles, Deepwater Sunshine, Swim Swam Swum, Bloc Party, The Sound of Machines, Blonde Redhead, Akron/ Family, Favourite Sons, Joanna Newsome, Tapes n' Tapes, The Very Soil, Red Sea Station, Deerhoof, Question Mark and the Mysterians, New Pornographers, Regina Spektor, Cracker, Quasi, Polvo, Sonic Youth, Bonnie Prince Billy / Will Oldham, Thurston Moore, Palace, Earlimart, Gifters, Monade, Steel Pole Bathtub, Melvins, Robyn Hitchcock, Buffalo Tom, Codein, Ted Leo, Halo of Flies, Donovan, Cyclops, Earth Wind and Fire, Swans, MDC, Urge Overkill, Didjits, Citizens Arrest, Red Stars Theory, Badly Drawn Boy, Chavez, Joanna Newsom, Syd Barrett, Catherine Wheel, Jawbreaker, Cub Country, Mogwai, Hazma El Din, A.C. Newman, Lotus Crown, Radiohead, Archer Prewitt, Meat Puppets, Big Daddy Cane, Jim O'Rourke, Yume Bitsu, Elbow, Bob Dylan, Kiss, Rufus Wainwright, Laughing Hyenas, Orb, Misfits, Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees, Gasspasser, Joy Division, Olivia Tremor Control, Sisters of Mercy, Brian Eno, Infest, Wilco, Morphine, Beastie Boys, Nomeansno, Dickies, Cherubs, Beatles, Pullman, Monade, Slint, Conflict, Nation of Ulysses, June of 44, Cows, Edwyn Collins, Killdozer, Boards Of Canada, New Bomb Turks, Dead Kennedys, XTC, Husker Du, Ben Folds, Minders, Leaving Trains, DI, Drunks with Guns, Camper Van Beethoven, TSOL, David Bowie, Black Flag, Sigur Ros, Spiritualized, Dirty Three, Spacemen 3, Built to Spill, Air, Julee Cruise, All, old Descendents, Crimpshrine, Operation Ivy, Evaporated Milk, Paper Tulips, Negativeland, Scream, Minor Threat, Embrace, Akron/Family, Bad Brains, Voivod, Grandaddy, Crucial Youth!, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Napalm Death, Youth of Today, The Sugarcubes, Janes Addiction, Side by Side, Tanner, Circus Lupus, Neutral Milk Hotel, Prince and the Revolution, U2, Stikky, Public Enemy, Neurosis, Joni Mitchell, United Mutation, Stone Roses, Smiths, Drive like Jehu, Otis Redding, Blonde Redhead, Grudge, James Brown, Minch, Johnnie Timepolitick, Ed Hall, They Might Be Giants, Germs, The Cure, Pixies / Frank Black, Tripping Daisy, Nirvana, Isotope 217, Lemonheads, PHC, Neanderthal, Jimi Hendrix, Rancid Hell Spawn, Yo La Tengo, Chopin, Jesus Lizard, Rodan, Zoogz Rift, Grave 45, Echo and the Bunnymen, Smiths, Howe Gelb, Aesop Rock, Flaming Lips, and several severals more, too.
Sounds Like: pure, unadulterated loveliness.
Record Label: Matador, please.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

me on flickr

I've been slacking on updating my website (i will soon, honest) but I've taken to posting new images on flickr because it's easy!  I really like the slideshow function.  I'd like this to be ...
Posted by Justin Potts on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:04:00 PST

clocks: my new album’s nemesis

I'm still working on the new album but I've been busy making clocks (my day job- www.infinityartsgallery.com) and haven't had a lot of time to work on it.  Hopefully I'll get it all together here...
Posted by Justin Potts on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:25:00 PST

love hero

Just wanted to make a note about one of the new songs I posted.  It's called Love Hero and is a collaboration with Junkstar Rocky.  Tom and Matt built the basic song using a loop of me playi...
Posted by Justin Potts on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:30:00 PST

New album on the way

I'm working on mastering the 13 tracks that will comprise my new album, currently titled Space Age Specs.  I'll be diving into the cover art and design in the coming weeks and hope to have it all...
Posted by Justin Potts on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:08:00 PST

live shows on the horizon?!

Big news in the live playing department! I met a great band called feedBackarach who are interested in making some music with me. We're going to work out live versions of my material and I may wind up...
Posted by Justin Potts on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:32:00 PST

JustinPotts.com is born

check it out at www.justinpotts.com It's a work in progress, rough and somewhat awkward, but it's up!
Posted by Justin Potts on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:13:00 PST

Eohippus gets an early review...

..> It was a good one!    Check it out:  http://www.fuzz.com/fan/johonnaD/blog/Justin-Potts-New -Release-eohippus-You-like-Beck-What-about-Ween      &nbs...
Posted by Justin Potts on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:43:00 PST