HOME

REVIEWS

SoundsXP Presents

Friday 6th April 2012
All Day BBQ Festival

Sparrow and the Workshop
6 Day Riot
The Nuns
Singing Adams
Y Niwl
Colours
Dignan Porch
+more tbc

The Windmill
Brixton
Price tbc

On Our iPod

Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7”

Chris Devotion & The Expectations - Amalgamation & Capital (album)

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester (album)

Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best 7”

Howling Wolf - Complete Chess Masters 1951-60

The Ketamines - A Rotten Bond/1 Yr (from Oddbox Singles Club Pt 2)

Cardinal - Hymns (album)

Proper Ornaments - Taking the Gamble Out of Buying 12”

Darren Hayman - January Songs (album)

Various: Marshall Teller EP 12”

Latest Forum Posts

News

Jack White joins up with Smoke Fairies for limited 7

Article written by Paul M - Nov 30, 2009

Smoke Fairies

2009 has been an eventful year for Smoke Fairies. They released the 'Frozen Heart' EP and toured as special guests of The Handsome Family, also making festival appearances at Glastonbury, Latitude and Camp Bestival.

And amongst all this, they received a call from a new found friend after a chance meeting in London, Jack White. Smoke Fairies Jess Davies & Kaf Blamire have never been afraid of taking a chance and managed to bump into him in the middle of a packed Hoxton bar. Having convinced the DJ to play their 7" single they grabbed Jack and passed him a whisky and a CD. The rest is history as soon after he invited them to support The Dead Weather at their debut London show at the Kentish Town Forum, where he personally introduced the band on stage.

White was already impressed with the Smoke Fairies' unique sound and now with their enigmatic live show and offered to record a single for his label Third Man Records, which he would produce and perform on himself. The product of this dream-come-true adventure and visit to Nashville is 'Gastown' and 'River Song' - being released as a limited edition 7" and download on December 7th 2009.

Having completed the recording they barely had enough time to do the laundry before embarking on another tour, this time on a much larger scale as special guests to Richard Hawley. Katherine and Jessica took a four-piece band and the ornate venues provided an ideal backdrop for the dark blues/folk of the Smoke Fairies; the rich, close knit harmonies swirling around these expansive spaces and fully captivating the audiences. They returned to London for a sold out headline show at The Borderline in support of the year's second 7" single release 'Sunshine'.

Links: