“… lusciously woozy affair, recalling the hazy, narcotic ballads of US dream-popsters Galaxie 500…potent stuff…” Q " MBV - meets - Mercury Rev... gorgeous..." Uncut “… glimmering, sun-kissed guitar pop that it’ll banish the blues in an instant.” NME "The High Wire are lush, like Kissaway Trail hooked on Band of Horses or the gentler swoons of Mercury Rev." The Fly
There are more bands with the name Sweet Jane, below are all known facts so far ... 1. Dublin-based band
Sweet Jane's origins lie in early 2007. Almost 2 years on they have successfully become one of Ireland's most exciting new bands. The last 12 months has seen them tour furiously throughout the UK & Ireland, gaining plenty of riveting live reviews and media exposure. BP Fallon has already shown his support and featured a show around Sweet Jane on his 'Wang Dang Doodle' Radio show on BreakThruRadio.com and Mark @ RockSellOut.com has made sure to include them in his 'Best of '08'
Thisquietarmy is the experimental guitar-based project of Eric Quach from Montreal, Quebec, Canada - active since 2005. Revolving around improvised drone music, he takes his sonic experimentations further by adding textural and structural elements of post-punk, shoegaze, krautrock, post-rock, black metal and doom metal to them. The results can be described as dark, melodic, expansive and engaging dreamscapes. His live performances are mostly presented as a real-time score to hypnotic ethereal visuals, which he creates himself for each performance.
On a cloudy night in Austin, Texas during the annual SXSW festival, the three members of ON AN ON were waiting in line to see Mike Snow; they were a bit sweaty, undeniably hungry, and, well, kind of drunk. The Chicago & Minneapolis-based musicians – Nate Eiesland, Alissa Ricci, and Ryne Estwing — that comprise the band had played music with one another in various capacities for the better part of a decade — most recently as members of indie-pop outfit Scattered Trees, with whom they were performing that very weekend.
Gyratory System are an experimental music group from the near future comprising of Trumpet & Treatments, Bass Guitar & Synth, Drums & Drones and Avant Reeds. Utility Music I is available courtesy of Hansard Records and Gyratory System as a free download at www.gyratorysystem.com www.myspace.com/hansardrecords Barons Court Turret | Thermidor is available from 23 | 2 | 09 via Angular Recording Corporation www.arc018.com
Philadelphia quartet Rosetta push the boundaries between metal, progressive rock, post-rock, space rock, and hardcore punk, employing an experimental songwriting technique filled with chaos and atmospherics. Their sounds range from Pink Floydian / progressive rock sonic layering to walls of pure static ambience to crushing, sweeping sludgey riffage. Their first album (The Galilean Satellites, 2005) was an especially ambitious project: the goal was to record two discs of equal length (one a metal album...
3 bands + 1 solo artist:
(in order of popularity, based on music charts on this page - last.fm rules)
1. Canadian electronic dream-pop from Toronto, YYZ Records - 1998-Present
2. French experimental, ambient, and brilliant - 1998-2004
3. Experimental, Post-Rock from Seattle, Washington - 1999-2001
4. MADRID : Gustavo Madrid
At least five bands have used this name: 1. Weekend is a punk/shoegaze/psychedelic band from San Francisco, CA. Their debut 10" was released on Mexican Summer records in December 2009 to favorable reviews. No Pain in Pop – “Stunning, doomed, darkness…” Fader Magazine – “…what happens if No Age traded in good vibes and instead got real angry from the depths of a muffled cavern. It’s about four minutes of build up, windy moans and plodding drums giving way to a balls to the wall freakout as the whole song collapses on itself.”
A collective of Blue Mountains folk who record psychedelic music together. Their first ep is available here: http://wheat-fields.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-is-a-place-where-nothing-ever-happens-7