Sweet Jane (band)
| Sweet Jane | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ireland |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Reekus |
| Associated acts | Buffalo Sunn |
| Website | reekus |
| Members |
Danda Paxton Neil Paxton Ruairi Paxton Donagh O Brien Conor Paxton |
| Past members | Lydia Des Dolles |
Sweet Jane are an Irish band formed in 2008. The current line-up consists of Danda Paxton (lead guitar/vocals), Neil Paxton ( backing vocals/keyboards/ guitar), Ruairi Paxton (bass), Conor Paxton (guitar) and Donagh O Brien (drums).
The group began working together after guitarist and songwriter Danda Paxton asked Lydia Des Dolles to provide vocals on a number of tracks he had written. Along with Ruairi Paxton and Donagh O Brien they recorded and released their first EP 'Black Boots and Black Hearts'. 2009 saw the band sign to Irish Label Reekus Records and together they released 'You're Making This Hard" which included Sweet Jane's cover of Silent Night. The following year, the band released their debut album ' Sugar for My Soul' to positive reviews.
The band's music has been played on the several RTÉ TV shows including the very popular Fade Street. The band gained mainstream notice with articles profiling the band's music in several respected publications including The Irish Times,Heineken Music Ireland and Hotpress amongst many others. Internationally the band have seen their debut released in Asia and have had their music featured on MTV Skins and also on the DJ Hero Video Game.
In 2011 Lydia joined a host of other artists to record a cover of the Coldplay single Fix You for Music Matters Asia which was released through Universal Music Group with all proceeds going to victims of the earthquake in Japan. The band are currently locked in the studio having lost the keys.
Sweet Jane's debut album was released through Reekus Records in July 2010. The album was reviewed by various blogs and newspapers around the globe. In the UK it reached the # 27 slot on the blog Battery in your leg's best albums of the year list. The Irish times and the daily mail both reviewed the band's debut album and had many positive and encouraging things to say. Irish online magazine State believed that " Sweet Jane have proved that they have the potential to walk it as well as they talk it". The established and successful blog thedumbingofamerica wrote a piece entitled "Your New Favourite Band" and interviewed Sweet Jane for an article posted on the blog. The first UK release was a new version of the track 'Close Your Eyes' and the single received significant airplay in the UK and garnered the band interest from the media. The band were featured in RTÉ's interactive music series The Raw Sessions in which they performed a selection of songs from their debut album. Sweet Jane had their music featured on the first season of RTÉ's Fade Street, as well other RTÉ show's including Kitchen Hero and Raw. The band's debut was released in Asia through Warners/ TocoAsia in Singapore, Malaysia, HMV in Hong Kong and licensed by Synergy in the Philippines.
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