Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane's origins lie in early 2007, comprised of Danda,
Lydia Des Dolles and Ruairi Paxton, the trio have successfully
become one of Ireland's most exciting & most talked
about new bands. In 2008 they released their debut EP
‘Blackboots & Blackhearts’ to a succession
of positive reviews from weekly’s, monthlies and
the tres important blog world, which in turn saw them
featured on their ‘Best Of 2009’ / ‘Hope
of 2010’ Lists.
Their live set is described as an energetic roller
coaster of sleazy guitars, achingly sexy vocals, split
between Lydia & Danda & topped off with their
trade mark 'dream-pop rock 'n roll'. For the last 12
months the band have been touring furiously throughout
the UK & Ireland, which resulted in their invitation
to tour with bands such as GLASVEGAS || BLACK REBEL
MOTORCYCLE CLUB || A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS || THE
KILLS || WHITE LIES || THE DUKE SPIRIT and have appeared
in the line-ups of popular UK & Ireland music festival’s
such as THE DREAM MACHINE FESTIVAL (Sheffield, UK),
INDIE-PENDANCE (Cork, Ireland), IRISH GREEN GATHERING
(Wexford, Ireland) & LONDONS CALLING (London, UK)
The biggest part of the last year for the band was being
offered to tour alongside Alan Mc Gee & BP Fallon
at their infamous Rock & Roll circus DEATH DISCO
in London & Dublin. Whilst numerous tastemakers
and popular bloggers feature the band, one noted supporter
is BP Fallon, who has continuously shown his loyalty
& support to Sweet Jane by featuring them as ''Artist
of the week'' on his 'Wang Dang Doodle' Radio show and
frequently playlisting their singles.
In March of 2009 they were picked to become apart of
RTE 2's The Raw Sessions - a music documentary on upcoming
Irish artists, where they had a crew of four people
follow them for a week, filming at their studio, on
stage, at home and finishing with a 12 hour recording
session at Sun Studio's, Dublin where they recorded
their single ''Black Eyes''.
Because of the dramatic emotion & melody in Sweet
Jane's music it makes for a perfect partner in film
and video, as a result their music will be used in independent
and mainstream productions in the coming months. One
director who felt compelled to use Sweet Jane's music
in one of his pieces was British Getaway Films director
Russell Lee Ford, who offered to produce a music video
for the track ''Blackboots & Blackhearts'', while
independent French film director Sebastian Bellaval
is currently mid-production working on a video for ''Take
Me Home''. Towards the end of this year they were chosen
by Hotpress Magazine and New York’s most prestigious
Film & Arts University NY to feature as part of
their TISCH music video project, in which they completed
a video for their new single ‘You’re Making
This Hard’. (Released December 18th 2009)
To put a final spin on a fantastic year for the band,
they have just signed to Reekus Records for their debut
LP ‘Sugar For My Soul’, which is scheduled
for an April 2010 release.
If you only set your ears on one band this year - we
recommend that band is SWEET JANE
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