News
Apr 30, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Swedish sister folk duo First Aid Kit have a long string of live dates on the horizon in support of sophomore album, The Lion’s Roar. More
Mar 21, 2012
By Laura Studarus
On March 28, Swedish sister act First Aid Kit will kick of a world tour in support of stand-out sophomore album, The Lion’s Roar. More
Issue Also Features: Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, Spiritualized, Tegan and Sara, and more
Mar 12, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Under the Radar’s Winter (March/April) Issue will be hitting the stands soon. The issue features an In the Studio 2012 themed cover with the frontmen of three notable acts set to release new albums later this year—Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. The issue also features interviews with Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, of Montreal, Frankie Rose, Spiritualized, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, and much more. More
Nov 17, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Swedish sisters and folk-duo First Aid Kit have announced a headlining jaunt in support of forthcoming album The Lion’s Roar (due out January 24). We have the dates. More
With Support from Slow Club
Nov 09, 2011
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
On Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 First Aid Kit and Slow Club graced The Troubadour stage with amazing performances. Photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern was there to capture the action. Check out a full gallery here. More
Also: Sister Act Hits the Road
Nov 02, 2011
By Laura Studarus
First Aid Kit recently dropped the video for “The Lion’s Roar”—a cut from their forthcoming album of the same name. More
The Lion's Roar Out January 24
Oct 12, 2011
By Natasha Moningka
Sister duo, Klara and Johanna Söderberg, of Swedish band First Aid Kit have released the title track from their sophomore album The Lion's Roar. More
The Lion's Roar Due Out January 24 via Wichita Records
Sep 07, 2011
By Mi Tran
Sweden's sister-duo First Aid Kit will release their sophomore album, The Lion's Roar on January 24 through Wichita Records. Yep, that's still a long, long way away, but in the meantime you can check out a teaser trailer for the album below. More
With Support from Dr. Dog and First Aid Kit
Jul 12, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Bright Eyes have announced more fall tour dates in support of their February release The People's Key. More
Jul 19, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Swedish sisters First Aid Kit are returning to North America in support of their debut LP The Big Black and the Blue. We have the full list of dates. More
Interviews
Oct 18, 2010
By Chris Tinkham
Klara Söderberg of First Aid Kit would like people to know that she and her sister Johanna were an active duo performing shows in Sweden before folks in the U.S. discovered them through their cover of Fleet Foxes' "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" on YouTube. "I don't want them to think we were not making music and then did the Fleet Foxes cover and were like, 'Oh, we can make music,'" Klara explains. "We've always been doing our own songs, and that has been the main thing." More
Reviews
Jan 24, 2012
By Jim Scott
To hear First Aid Kit is to undergo a restructuring of what geography means to music. It turns out that the best country-tinged folk album released in 2012 may very well come not from Georgia or the Carolinas or Nebraska or even Washington, but from Sweden. More
First Aid Kit at the Troubadour, West Hollywood
Nov 09, 2011
By Chris Tinkham
Last night, two months before the release of its second LP, The Lion's Roar, First Aid Kit played its first sold-out headlining show in Los Angeles, at the famed Troubadour. More
May 08, 2009
By Frank Valish
The debut EP from these two teenage sisters from outside Stockholm, Sweden, is steeped largely in the folk traditions of artists such as Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake. More
