SWEET JANE
DUBLIN, COUNTY DUBLIN
Sweet Jane's origins lie in 2008, what started as a recording project between Danda & Lydia Des Dolles, quickly evolved into the Sweet Jane you know today, alongside Ruairi & Donagh, Sweet Jane have moved on to become one of Ireland's most exciting & talked about Rock & Roll band.
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 resulted in their 2009 signing to Reekus Records in Ireland.
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, including tours alongside Glasvegas || Black Rebel Motorcycle club|| A Place to Bury Strangers || The Kills || White Lies || The Duke Spirit and have also appeared on festival line-ups so as Oxegen Festival [Kildare, IRL] The Dream Machine Festival [Sheffield, UK] Indie Pendance Festival [Cork, Ireland], Irish Green Gathering [Wexford, Ireland] & Londons Calling [London, UK]
A big 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. The show's with Sweet Jane are so successful that Death Disco Promoter's continue to re-book them.
To put a final spin on a fantastic year Sweet Jane released their debut LP ‘Sugar For My Soul’, on Friday July 2nd 2010 to a succession of glowing reviews.
“The songs are just terrific” - Irish Times
“Dark, classy and crammed with great songs” - News of the World
‘Sweet Jane have proved that they have the potential to walk it as well as they talk it’ – State.ie
‘A glorious debut” - AU magazine
‘Album of the year – hands down’ - Kieran Hurley Cork Campus Radio / Cork 96fm
‘More than lives up to its promise - Majestic’! - Hotpress
‘Easily one of the best and sexiest debut albums of the year’ - Limerick independent
‘Undoubtedly one of the finest albums of the year” - The Mirror
‘Fantastic debut album – I absolutely love it” - Dan Hegarty 2FM
UPCOMING GIGS
| 12 Sep 2010 | 20:00 | The Workmans Club | Wellington Quay, Dublin IRL |
| 12 Sep 2010 | 20:00 | The Workmans Club | Wellington Quay, Dublin IRL |
| 15 Sep 2010 | 22:00 | Death Disco | Notting Hill Arts Club, London [UK] |
| 15 Sep 2010 | 22:00 | Death Disco | Notting Hill Arts Club, London [UK] |
| 25 Sep 2010 | 20:00 | Nighthawks @ The Cobalt [Acoustic] | Georges St, Dublin IRL |
| 25 Sep 2010 | 20:00 | Nighthawks @ The Cobalt [Acoustic] | Georges St, Dublin IRL |
| 23 Oct 2010 | 17:00 | The Forum | The Glen, Waterford, IRL |
| 23 Oct 2010 | 17:00 | The Forum | The Glen, Waterford, IRL |
| 29 Oct 2010 | 17:00 | Crane Lane | Pheonix St. Cork IRL |
| 29 Oct 2010 | 17:00 | Crane Lane | Pheonix St. Cork IRL |
| 11 Nov 2010 | 23:00 | Death Disco | Notting Hill Arts Club, London [UK] |
| 11 Nov 2010 | 23:00 | Death Disco | Notting Hill Arts Club, London [UK] |
| 19 Nov 2010 | 21:00 | HQ Nightclub | Thurles, Tipperary IRL |
| 19 Nov 2010 | 21:00 | HQ Nightclub | Thurles, Tipperary IRL |
