All Smiles

All Smiles

Infobox musical artist
Name = All Smiles


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URL = [http://www.allsmilesmusic.com All Smiles]

Jim Fairchild is an American singer songwriter born in Fresno, California.He currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon under the name All Smiles.

He moved to Modesto, California at the age of 2, where he lived and played guitar in the band Grandaddy until their breakup in 2006 [http://www.nme.com/news/grandaddy/22068] . He lived briefly in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon where he began to work under the name All Smiles, and played one tour, as the guitarist in Modest Mouse. In 2006 he moved to Chicago, and released his first solo album and seven inch as All Smiles. That record, and all material put out by All Smiles are carbon neutral [http://www.eforests.co.uk/INTERNET/efnews2.nsf/NewsWebDisplay?OpenForm&ParentUNID=B43784BD508034C0802572D3006D0C3E] . Band members on "Ten Readings of a Warning" include Janet Weiss (Sleater Kinney, Quasi), Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse, Black Heart Procession, Magic Magicians), Danny Seim (lackthereof, Menomena) , and Solon Bixler (Great Northern).

The album art for "Ten Readings of a Warning" and "Moth in a Cloud of Smoke" seven inch were done by artist Natasha Wheat.

Fairchild has just completed the second All Smiles album entitled "Oh For the Getting and Not Letting Go", and is currently unsigned.

Interviews and Press

* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39462-jim-fairchild-talks-grandaddy-breakup-solo-album] Pitchfork Interview
* [http://www.latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2007/06/jim-fairchild-i.html] Los Angeles Times
* [http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/070518/] Chicago Reader Interview
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42505-ten-readings-of-a-warning] Pitchfork Review of Ten Reading of a Warning
* [http://www.eforests.co.uk/INTERNET/efnews2.nsf/NewsWebDisplay?OpenForm&ParentUNID=B43784BD508034C0802572D3006D0C3E] E-forests Al Smiles goes Carbon Neutral
* [http://www.modestofamous.com/node/1333] Modesto Famous
* [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003716/Grandaddy.html] Musician Guide
* [http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3313/8525/ Friends In High Places] Friends in High Places

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/allsmilesmusic www.myspace.com/allsmilesmusic]
* [http://www.allsmilesmusic.com www.allsmilesmusic.com]

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