Sweet Jane (band)
Sweet Jane | |
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Origin | Ireland |
Genres | Indie rock |
Years active | 2008–present |
Labels | Reekus |
Members | Danda Paxton Neil Paxton Ruairi Paxton Donagh O Brien Conor Paxton |
Past members | Lydia Des Dolles |
Website | reekus |
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[citation needed].
The band's music has been played on the several
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.[5]
Sugar For My Soul
Sweet Jane's debut album was released through
Live shows
2010 saw the band play a slot at one of Europe's biggest music festivals
In 2011 they embarked on a tour of Southeast Asia to support of Sugar For My Soul which garnered interest from several Asian media organisations, Channel 5 Asia.[14]
Current
In 2011 the band competed against hundreds of other acts to have their music featured in the video game
In October 2013 the band changed their name to Buffalo Sunn. Buffalo Sunn released their debut album By The Ocean By The Sea in Ireland on 10 October 2014 through Reekus Records
References
- ^ Raidió Teilifís Éireann
- ^ a b "Irish Times Profile of Sweet Jane" on The Irish Times
- ^ "Sweet Jane Article" on Heinekenmusic. ie
- ^ a b "Sweet Jane win competition" on Hot Press
- ^ "Charity Single information" on Samaritan Mag
- ^ "Sugar for my Soul review" on Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- ^ "Sweet Jane Review" on State
- ^ "Interview Sweet Jane" Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine on The Dumbing of America
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
- ^ "Sweet Jane Bio" Archived 4 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine on Breaking Tunes
- ^ "Sweet Jane Profile". Oxegen.ie. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ " Sweet Jane profile" on South by Southwest
- ^ "Aspectphotography.net". Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- Channel NewsAsia
- ^ "Sweet Jane and Lydia des Dolles part ways".