Vices & Virtues

Band: JigGsaw
Album: Vices & Virtues
Released: June 2010
Recorded: 2008 Bluebox Studios
Mixed: Jeff Wardell
Mastered: Noah Mintz
Music: JigGsaw
Lyrics: Mark JigGsaw
Artwork: Andy Dixon

Download: Click on album art (or www.jiggsaw.bandcamp.com)

Track Listing:
1: Welcome To The Show
2: The Police Have Been Called and My Hands Are Red
3: Hi, It’s Me
4: A Hero’s Nightmare
5: Hollywood
6: It’s A Crime
7: My Dreams
8: Hutson Was Struck By Lightning
9: Django Reinhardt
10: Heaven
11: Train Song
12: Pills
13: Thank You
14: Midnight Gospel

Summary: Stings and vocal harmonies and the fastest tempos in the history of JigGsaw…a revolving door of drummers coming and going…songs of love and tours gone awry…tributes to fallen movie stars and 1930’s musicians…poetry and punkrock...after four years of writing…after several trips to Toronto, getting hassled by border guards and tossing back Canadian rye in the Wardell’s subzero garage…we finally released this bad boy in June of 2010.

Made Possible by: ...the Hutson boyz..., Tahani, Bill Malone, Debbie Malone, Brian Paris, Rosalie Rippey, Amy Anderson, Paul Roub, Clint McGraw, Brett Dankowski, John Van Grinsven, Daniel Sheff, Andrew Paik, Susan Thornton, Kelly Gorga and Mike Good.

Criminal Karaoke

Band: JigGsaw
Album: Criminal Karaoke
Date: 2006
Music: Ratatat
Lyrics: Mark JigGsaw
Artwork: Mark JigGsaw

Download: Click on album art (or www.filesavr.com/criminalkaraoke)

Track Listing:
1: Selling Feelings (originally called "Seventeen Years" by Ratatat)
2: Liquor Store (originally called "Lex" by Ratatat)
3: Are You Alone In Heaven? (originally called "Tropicana" by Ratatat)
4: Silent Christ Fight Song (originally called "Gettysburg" by Ratatat)
5: Write This Song A New Chorus (originally called "Kennedy" by Ratatat)

Summary: I used to have a cassette tape of Ratatat's first record in my car, and I would play it blasting down Lakeshore Drive on my way to see friends in Chicago on the weekends. In 2006 they released their second album "Classics" I bought it instantly. I remember walking around town carrying a CD player and wishing there were vocals to sing along to. So one night after a long evening of hanging out with friends and drinking at the bar, I came staggering home, plugged in my Roland digital recorder and hit record. When I awoke the next morning, I had this strange EP that was basically me making up my own lyrics to already complete songs. I don't think I've managed to improve on Ratatat's stellar compositions, but it is interesting to hear.

The Bird EP

Band: JigGsaw
Album: The Bird EP
Recorded: 2006 Bluebox Studios
Mixed: Jeff Wardell
Mastered: Big Bass Brian
Music: JigGsaw
Lyrics: Mark JigGsaw
Artwork: Andy Dixon

Download: Click on album art

Track Listing:
1: We've Got Guns Now
2: Dance For Me
3: Don't Waste
4: Lemon Drops
5: A Church With No Name
6: Alaska
7: Now Hiring Graveyard Servers

Summary: I thought this was going to be the last album we'd ever do. Clint our drummer (and dear friend) let us know that he needed to leave the band after we recorded this EP so he could spend more time with his family. We weren't sure what would happen to the band after that. It was the four of us; Hayden Cler, Michael Hicks, Clint McGraw and myself and I approached every part of the song writting like it was the last thing we'd ever do. Within a year we had played Warped Tour, done a couple of tours and a show at CBGB's before it closed, MTV played us on a couple of their shows and we were lucky enough to work with Jeff Wardel and Big Bass Brian for the first time. I think 2006 was my favorite year with the band. "Oh, what a beautiful day to die".

Zero Generation

Band: JigGsaw
Album: Zero Generation
Recorded: 2004
Released: 2005
Mixed: Adam Schmitt
Mastered: Adam Schmitt
Music: JigGsaw
Lyrics: Mark JigGsaw
Artwork: Rachel Carns

Download: Click on album art (or www.filesavr.com/zerogeneration)

Track Listing:
1: Mars
2: Mona Lisa's Mirror
3: Holly Brown
4: A Fair Warning To An Under Age Lover...
5: Pretty Pride
6: Houses Burning
7: Zero Generation
8: Breathe
9: Swimming In A Sea Of Alcohol
10: Bottles Of Voodoo

Summary: Clint and I started recording this at our house with the idea of having our friend Adam mix it for us. But I didn't have enough microphones so we recorded the drums and some of the vocals at Adams house. The subject matter is both bizarre and desperate. Topics include: my neighbor, the terraforming of Mars, long-distance relationships, and a satire about the Iraq War. We were a 3-piece when we started this thing (with DJ Demoss on bass) but I had written so many parts for these songs that we needed another guitar player. DJ switched to guitar and we asked our friend Mike to play bass for us.

New JigGsaw Song!!!

Here's a new song called "It's a Crime".