Yesterday's good highlighted some of the year's best debuts, which makes today the perfect opportunity to highlight tracks from some of 20122s most impressive sophomore efforts. I can only imagine how difficult it is to follow up a debut album, especially when the sophomore release is in high demand. The bands below most definitely avoided the dreaded "sophomore slump", none better so than The xx. Coexist was my most anticipated release of the year and it exceeding all of expectations. Easily my favorite album of the year. And like yesterday's good, the tracks below are a very small [...]
The UK welcomes back troubadour Malcolm Holcombe who's over this side of the pond playing dates from September 18th in support of his latest release Down the River, he's also playing in Europe from early September through October - for the full list of dates check out his website here . Age hasn't mellowed the world-weary voiced singer-songwriter who's ongoing mission to spread his personal gospel continues on Down the River a self-released album of authentic country-blues that features guest appearances from Americana luminaries Emmylou Harris (who adds her not inconsiderable talents in the field of backing [...]
These Swedish sisters are barely in their 20s, but now with their second album acknowledging country's storied past, they get big help from the likes of Mike Mogis, the Felice Brothers, and Conor Oberst. The ladies sit down with PopMatters to tell us all about their wonderful journey ... The Sderberg sisters, Johanna and Klara, are only 21 and 18 (respectively), but they've already recorded with Bright Eyes in Omaha and made Patti Smith cry with their rendition of Smith's classic "Dancing Barefoot". Not bad for a group who only recently put out their second album. The sisters, who [...]
First Aid Kit made their national television debut in the U.S. with a lovely performance of 'Emmylou' from the duo's latest album ' The Lions Roar ' which also happens to be one of our favorite releases of the year . Watch the clip above.
Playing in a packed out underground room in the city of Leeds, First Aid Kit put on a solid and enjoyable performance. For those who aren't familiar with the band, it consists of two Swedish siblings; Johanna and Klara, who were joined on stage for parts of the gig by a friend playing percussion. Despite a tentative start... Read more..
First Aid Kit are two Swedish sisters, Johanna and Klara Söderberg. They just put out their sophomore album titled The Lion's Roar via Wichita Recordings. 'Emmylou' is the second single off of the album and offers up some outstanding folk driven harmonies that are well worth a listen.
Although officially deemed "folk", 'Emmylou' is downright country, man. But it's okay! Good country alert. Now I'm certainly not a country music fan, I'll hold up my hands. However there's something entirely mellifluous encasing this track from the super young Swedish duo. In fact the sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg are SO young (21 and 18 respectively), perhaps it's that air of wide-eyed juvenescence which so effortlessly banishes those stereotypical country-bumpkin presumptions from this song. The defining feature is that absolutely sublime close-knit harmony, the world needs more elements of camaraderie in [...]
Something a bit different from us today, in the form of First Aid Kit. They look just exactly how they sound, huge floppy felt hats and reels of ethnic fabric floating around them. Add to this the flowing long hair and they look like the kind of people you see dancing in a particularly intense manner next to an empty stage on a lazy festival day. A visual representation of the Summer of Love. But with no Glastonbury this year, maybe these girls are what we are all missing out on. Klara & Johanna Söderberg are Swedish sisters [...]
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Tweet I like to imagine that if Fleet Foxes had two younger sisters who spent summers in the country with their Auntie Neko Case , they would sound like First Aid Kit . Of course, no such familial ties exist, but musical ties certainly do. Most obviously: harmony. Johanna and Klara Söderberg spend much of "The Lion's Roar" harmonizing wonderfully through verse, chorus and bridge. The bright tonality and rich quality of their vocals are the true backbone [...]
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Tweet Listen to First Aid Kit 's new song "Wolf" below. As First Aid Kit prepare to release their second album "The Lion's Roar" next week, and if you've already heard it in its entirety then you won't have this track. "Wolf" only appears on the iTunes version of the album but the sisters were kind enough to throw it up on their Soundcloud page. The song is [...]
First Aid Kit - Swedish siblings Clara and Johanna Söderberg graduate from dewy, baby-faced teen folk prodigies to breakout indie Americana queens with their much buzzed sophomore album...could it really be five years since the then Söderbergs, then just 14 and 17 years old, recorded their debut EP Drunken Trees ? // Release : The Lion's Roar (January 24) // Sounds like : Maybe it's the shared genes (see: The Watson Twins), but rarely do two voices in harmony join with such perfect, effortless and loose-limbed precision...the sisters move confidently from the [...]
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Tweet Listen to First Aid Kit 's new album "The Lion's Roar" below. Whether you're an avid listen of Indie Folk music or not, it doesn't take an aficionado of said genres to tell that after only a few bars of any First Aid Kit song the sister-duo have passion and emotion surging through their veins. Such was the case on their critically-acclaimed debut album "The Big Black And The [...]
Check out the video for First Aid Kit 's new single "Emmylou," the second track taken from their new album The Lion's Roar (out on Wichita Records January 23rd). The song and its accompanying video are as sweet as Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg are.
Back in 2008, the Swedish sister duo of Johanna and Klara Söderberg, who perform and record as the First Aid Kit , became indie-rock viral video sensations when they posted a clip of themselves in a forest, decked out in flannel, performing an enchanting acoustic version of the Fleet Foxes' Tiger Mountain Peasant Song. The video has since been viewed a staggering 2.6 million times. As a result of the YouTube clip, the sisters, who had released an EP on a Swedish label in April of that year, were signed to the London-based Wichita Records, who re-released [...]
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Ya es sabido que la música pop made in Suecia suele llegar con un plus de belleza en sus composiciones. El dúo folk compuesto por las hermanas Söderberg, aka First Aid Kit , viene a confirmarlo en 2012 con un nuevo disco, The Lion's Roar , que ya tiene su primer videoclip oficial para el tema Emmylou . El clip, dirigido por Maximilla Lukacs , fue grabado en el Parque Nacional Joshua Tree, ubicado en California, y la [...]
Watch "Emmylou" from their soon to be released sophomore album, The Lion's Roar
After Holidäy Hiatus we're back with a grip of tunes that've been swirling between our ears over the last couple weeks. Enjoy thoroughly. Radiohead "Staircase" [ follow ] from The Daily Mail & Staircase ( download ) Caveman "Old Friend" [ follow ] from Coco Beware Blackbird Blackbird "Tear" [ follow ] from Boracay EP First Aid Kid "Emmylou" (live) [ follow ] from Live on KCRW [...]
Tweet Watch the new video for First Aid Kit 's song "Emmylou" below, taken from the album " The Lion's Roar" , which is out on January 24th. Connect with First Aid Kit – Facebook / Twitter / Website / Last.fm ( via )
Se Emmylou , segundo single retirado do novo álbum das jovens Johanna e Klara Soderberg , também conhecidas como as revelações do folk First Aid Kit , funciona como uma boa prévia de todo o disco The Lion's Roar , podemos afirmar que coube à duas adolescentes suecas a tarefa de retirar o "alt-" do alt-country e reviver completamente os ancestrais do mais norte-americano dos gêneros. Se as citações a ícones como Emmylou Harris , Gram Parsons , June Carter e Johnny Cash no refrão da [...]
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