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

Biography

Fairchild moved to Modesto, California at the age of 2, where he lived and played guitar in the band Grandaddy until their breakup in 2006. 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 in 2007 released his first solo album, Ten Readings of a Warning, and seven inch as All Smiles. That record, and all material put out by All Smiles are carbon neutral. Band members on the album 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, along with Solon Bixler, Nik Freitas, Joe Plummer and Mike Cresswell, released the second All Smiles album, entitled Oh For the Getting and Not Letting Go, on June 30, 2009.