Klara and Johanna are the sisters Soderberg, from the southern suburb of Enskede, Stockholm. The amazing story arcing from composing a song as teenagers for a demo tape in 2007, to playing stages around the world in 2012, is an example of how amazing the Internet can be. As First Aid Kit, their true and beautiful talent began having people take notice with the posting of their Youtube clip, a cover of 'Tiger [...]
photo by Neil Krug Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased tracks, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today’s selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Cheryl Waters, is “The Lion's Roar” by First Aid Kit from the 2012 album The Lion's Roar on Wichita Records . [...]
Los Angeles' KCRW hosted First Aid Kit on their live concert series Morning Becomes Eclectic yesterday morning.
First Aid Kit is comprised of two Swedish sisters, Klara and Johanna Soderberg, from Stockholm. They first came to my attention back in 2008 when I found a video of their beautiful cover of the Fleet Fox's Tiger Mountain Peasant Song posted to YouTube. It saddened me that While the American Idol machine in the U.S. churned out forgettable names like Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze, this indie/folk duo, considerably much more talented than anything on shows like Idol and U.S Top 40 radio, were going largely under the radar. [...]
Detta samarbete mellan Arvikafestivalen och min blogg The Sound They Make ger 2 lyckliga vinnare chansen att vinna ett festivalpass till årets upplaga av Arvikafestivalen 2011 den 14-16 Juli. Varför inte ge den småstadsidylliska värmländska tätorten Arvika äran med ett besök och där av passa på att gå på en utav Sveriges mest anrika musikfestivaler Arvikafestivalen. Arvikafestivalen bjuder på ett brett utbud men lägger 2011 mestadels vikten vid genrer som synth, electronica och pop. TÄVLING!! [...]
Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit first made a splash in 2008 with their cover of Fleet Foxes' "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" . Sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg may have caught the world's attention with a cover, but the originals found on their debut LP The Big Black and The Blue (out now via Wichita Recordings ) find the young duo (17 and 20 respectively) showcasing their clever lyrics and incredible voices like seasoned veterans. [...]
All Songs Considered's recent review of this year's CMJ (College Music Journal) came with a lot of awesome surprises - perhaps the best of which is First Aid Kit . First Aid Kit is two Swedish sisters - Klara and Johanna Söderberg - who make lovely, dreamy, and - most of all - exuberant music. From their cover of Fleet Foxes' "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" to their original tracks, First Aid Kit's music has the unusual quality of being both natural and ethereal. The songs range easily from moments of introspection, to raucous, confessional declarations of [...]
DOWNLOAD: First Aid Kit - Sailor Song (live) (MP3) Swedish female folk duo First Aid Kit never made it to CMJ 2009 , MusicSnobbery CMJ show included. So they're going to try it again. MusicSnobbery presents First Aid Kit and The Loom at Joe's Pub on Saturday, October 23rd . It's a late show (11:30pm), and tickets are on sale . Whether that late show is actually [...]
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First Aid Kit delivered my first “Holy shit!” moment of the year. It’s a rare experience to get floored when receiving an album from an unknown band. It happened with Joe Pug when I received his Nation of Heat EP in 2008 and now again with the arrival of First Aid Kit’s The Big Black and The Blue . The band is made up of Swedish sister’s Klara and Johanna Soderberg. Klara plays guitar, Johanna is heard on keys and autoharp, and they both share songwriting and vocal duties. In the resulting body of work, [...]
"In the Morning," the first cut off of First Aid Kit 's debut album, "The Big Black and the Blue," kicks off with acappella harmony, showcasing the powerful voices of Klara (16) and Johanna Söderberg (19). They may be two young, Swedish gals, but they're about as far from ABBA as you can get. They make traditional folkmusic, with pop-flavored accents, that surpasses just about everything else like it on the market right now. The songs, all originals, are deep and moving, with lyrics about faith and God: "I wish I could believe in something bigger/More than these trees [...]
Það kannast eflaust margir við lagið "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" af samnefndri fyrstu plötu Seattle sveitarinnar Fleet Foxes . Hér að neðan er þetta ljúfa lag í glæsilegum flutningi sænsku systranna í First Aid Kit og svo með Robin Pecknold og félugum í Fleet Foxes eins og það hljómar á plötunni upphaflega. Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Related posts: Frumburður Mountain [...]
On Further Review by Emma Dessau Live at the Middle East - 6/14/2010 sister act: First Aid Kit Emma Dessau photograph As I sat waiting for First Aid Kit (an act that Paste magazine calls the "The Best of What's Next") to [...]
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Die m4music-Ausgabe 2010 vom 25. bis 28. März verzichtet auf einen grossen Headliner. Die Kleinen kriegen damit umso mehr Aufmerksamkeit. Allen voran (weiblicher) Folk-Rock aus Skandinavien und die Indie-Avantgarde aus England. Letztes Jahr holten die Veranstalter des m4music-Festivals die Schotten Franz Ferdinand in den Schiffbau. Es wurde also mit der grossen Kelle angerührt. Dieses Jahr [...]
First Aid Kit performs at Bootleg this summer - June 1st. Advance tickets are currently on sale via InTicketing. Click here .
First Aid Kit , a duo of startingly talented and young sisters from Stockholm, show that Swedes not only do pop best, but they also kill at folk music. Take a look at the video of their acoustic cover of Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” and tell me it doesn’t take your breath away (especially when backup sister Johanna Söderberg comes in). And “I Met Up With the King” (downloadable below, and also on JeffMix2010.02.21 ) , with Klara’s feisty, world-weary vocals, lives up to the motto on their MySpace page : “We aim for the [...]
Il video che trovate qui sopra è vecchio di qualche mese... allora perchè ve lo proponiamo? Semplice, perchè l'album, intitolato "The Big Black and the Blue”, in cui è contenuta questa "Hard Believer" è in uscita proprio in questi giorni. Loro sono le First Aid Kit , due sorelle svedesi (Klara e Johanna) che propongono una sorta di folk femminile a due voci. Immaginatevi le prime Paola & Chiara ... ma anche no, qui si respira molta più serietà e credibilità. Le First Aid Kit si sono fatte conoscere attraverso Youtube ed in particolare grazie [...]
Surprisingly wowtownUSA steffaloo : i can’t seem to say anything about this apart from the fact that it is one of the most beautiful things i have ever heard, and i can’t stop listening to it. first aid kit
If we were writing this blog for Nuts or Zoo, this next sentence would probably make you, the hypothetical reader, go "phwoar", or some such; Next up are two teenage sisters from Sweden. Klara and Johanna Soderberg, aka First Aid Kit , aren't ever going to appear in either of those publications, however, because, well, they just wouldn't. Instead, they create fragile folk songs centred around lush harmonies and delicately plucked acoustic guitar. Lyrically, it's surprisingly depressing given the fact both of them have yet to see twenty, but hey, perhaps Sweden's just not that fun. This [...]
Thanks kaosicism! Brilliant find of a lovely cover by First Aid Kit of Fleet Foxes "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song". Can't wait to listen to their new album The Big Black and the Blue !!! Cheers, Tsuru Tsuru And The Bride | Etsy | Society | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr
I suppose at the start of a review I should probably explain who the bands are and why went to the gig, this being a personable blog and all, not your budget music review in the Metro. Thing is, I’m not sure if I can, or should. You see at this gig, for the first time in years, I actually took notes so I’d know what to write about afterwards, so I think instead I’ll open with this: It was a cold, wet, horrible Tuesday, the second wet day in a row and after a few September weeks [...]
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