Jane Vain and the Dark Matter is an indie band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada fronted by Jamie Fooks of Calgary. They are signed to Edmonton’s Rectangle Records. They describe their sound as indie/electro/pop.
The Montreal Mirror called their music “melancholy and macabre,” and Fooks has been compared to Emily Haines, Cat Power, and Fiona Apple. They released their first full length album, Love Is Where The Smoke Is in January 2008.
Fooks began writing songs in 2003 and then began performing live at open mic nights in Calgary accompanied by current guitar player Dillon Whitfield (of Calgary indie band Raccoon). Their sets consisted of drum beats and bass (programmed on Fooks’s computer) and Whitfield’s chaotic guitar playing with Fooks on vocals. Fooks admits that the first nights ended in tears but with encouragement from Whitfield and her friends she was persuaded to continue performing. They were then joined by a live rhythm section now consisting of Shawn Dicey (of Ontario’s alternative country band Ox) on drums and, Stewart Elton on bass. Jane Vain was signed to Rectangle Records in 2007. In July 2008, the group was nominated for two of XM radio’s Verge music awards, best album and best artist. The band spent the entire summer of 2008 touring Canada.
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