DANDA-Lead guitar/vox
LYDIA DES DOLLES- vox/percussion
RUAIRI PAXTON- bass
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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 new bands.
It started when Waterford born Lydia Des Dolles, moved to Dublin from London to start work on her solo record, here she met Danda,
who at the time was on the look out to find a female singer to collaborate with on his extensive back-catalogue of songs.
After a mutual bonding session the two hit the studio where they began work on their debut EP ''Blackboots & Blackhearts'',
soon after the decision to recruit Ruairi on bass became apparent as they started to leave the studio for life on the road.
The last 12 months has seen Sweet Jane tour furiously throughout the UK & Ireland, with a succession of live reviews and media exposure.
BP Fallon has shown his loyalty & support to Sweet Jane by continuously featuring them as ''Artist of the week'' on his 'Wang Dang Doodle' Radio show
alongside numerous tastemakers from the blog world including them in their ''Best of 2008'' & ''Hope for 2009'' categories.
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'.
Shows over the past year have seen them tour alongside GLASVEGAS, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS,
THE KILLS, WHITE LIES, & THE DUKE SPIRIT whilst being included in the lineup on some of the UK & Ireland's finest festivals
THE DREAM MACHINE FESTIVAL, INDIE-PENDANCE, IRISH GREEN GATHERING & LONDONS CALLING.
Most recently they got taken along for the ride on Alan Mc Gee & BP Fallon's infamous DEATH DISCO TOUR in London & Dublin
In October 2008 they released their debut 5-track EP 'Blackboots & Blackhearts' through Dead Flower Records & RMG Distribution, recorded in Dublin, Ireland and mixed in Philadelphia, USA by Ryan Van Kriedt (Zaza, The Asteroid No.4, Sunsplit) - The EP received an extremely warm welcome from various media outlets & the tres-important blog-world. .
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''.
If you only set your ears on one band this year - we recommend that band is SWEET JANE
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''Sweet jane totally fucking rocked the deathdisco...the gig was brilliant... One of the best we've had here thank you''
Danny Watson (Warner Music / Death Disco London)
''Irish quartet Sweet Jane and the sub-Velvets charm of 'You're Making This Hard' go some way towards making Strung Out an essential collection.''
Dom Gourlay
Drowned In Sound Strung Out Compilation Review
''...with the sonic circus being lead by Sweet Jane, fronted by the vocal volcano that is Lydia Des Dolles and described by BP Fallon as The Raveonettes having sex with The Jesus And Mary Chain''
Excerpt from Death Disco Dublin Press Release
''Sweet Jane - accept no substitute...''
Rough Trade Producer Graham Sutton
(Jarvis Cocker, British Sea Power, Delays, Bark Psychosis)
"Think Raveonettes, throw in a little Jesus & Mary Chain finally stir in a sprinkling of the Velvet Underground bring to the boil and serve hot!!!!"
Mark
RockSellOut.com ''Sweet Jane are the coolest thing to come from Ireland since Guinness. I could listen to Lydia pour all night...''
Chris Grant
The Grants
''Taking up the Velvet Underground / Jesus & Mary Chain mantle the Ravonettes couldn’t keep up with''
Andrew Heaton
Tigerstripe.Wordpress.com
"Atmosphereric retro-pop, played by really cool people"
Dave A
Vintage FX
"They're not totally gay"
Robert Levon Been
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
''…I like the euphoric sonic vibe…got nostalgia running around my head in a glorious mess''
Geoff Barradale : Wildlife Entertainment
(Artic Monkeys Management)
A stunningly mesmerising band both musically and visually, an infectious nostalgic feast for the senses but make no mistakes Sweet Jane are the real deal, no pretence just genuine passion for what they are creating, pure genius! Bring on the album.......
Jacqui Carroll
www.yourmusiclive.tv
''The first time we met Sweet Jane was at a gig we played together in London...Lydia bled all over my amp...still haven't cleaned it...sweet band though''
Jon
A Class of 1984
''One of the highlights of the festival weekend at INDIE-PENDENCE '08''
Shane Dunne
INDIE-PENDENCE festival
''Sweet Jane's album is amazing. "Where's Your Money Gone" is the jam!''
Larry Little
Futuresounds.blogspot.com
''.....Dublin's rock n’ roll torch bearers are Sweet Jane''
Phil Udell
State Magazine / State.ie
''19 indie pop/rock tracks seem reasonable to me; especially if the other 18 songs are of the same caliber as this promo track by Irish trio Sweet Jane.''
Stytzer Blog on the release of Indiecator Records ''Vol. IV''
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Sweet Jane Live @ Crawdaddy, Dublin.
hey sweet jane, thanks a lot for the friend request! very good sound, like it. cant say which is my fav song, like a few. hope to hear more from you - here in germany. greets and take care
Blackboots Blackhearts is the perfect song to (frenchkiss) makeout to in the backseat of a really dark interiored long black early 70s car with suicide doors...at about 1:30 in the morning...while drinking purple cold duck and chewin grape flavored gum...it turns me on nocturnally (sp) ....now all I need is the car...and the girl..and I'm set. cheers.
Wow brothers and sisters, the ep is killer sounding. Love the lyrics and the whole feel of it, pure soul music! We need more of that stuff...more fixes! Are you guys planning on releasing more music or are you recording any new material?
