Just recently, First Aid Kit has become an object of my affection.  When I initially discovered them through future bass producer baauer's remix of "Winter Is All Over You," their vocals and solemn lyrics sucked me in like a black hole.  Next thing I knew I found myself waking up to the shining sun with The Lion's Roar playing from my battered stereo system.

The Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg started in 2007.  Of course I grew a liking to them since their music is folk soaked in solace with just a hint of positivity.  You could only imagine my excitement when I heard they were coming to Buffalo nearly immediately after finding this newfound love.  Read our artist spotlight of First Aid Kit to find out more about them.  And if you crave something a little heavier, check out the baauer tune from our weekly remix last week.  

Tonight - July 30, 2012
Town Ballroom (681 Main Street)
doors at 7 pm
tickets available at the door $16
all ages

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Folk feelings of abandonment in a sizzurp slur, baauer's remix of "Winter Is All Over You" is beautifully composed and appropriately remixed.  Brooklyn based trap producer baauer, takes the delicate plucking and crooning vocals of Johanna and Klara Söderberg, the sisters who form First Aid Kit, and adds chopped and screwed vocals, bass, and hypnotic panning.  He gives it more audio depth while still maintaining the heavy set tone of their lyrical endeavor. 

If this is the first you've heard of First Aid Kit, keep listening.  Good news for you, they'll be in town on Monday, July 30.

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The lullaby acoustics and mostly hopeless lyrics sung by Johanna and Klara Söderberg, the two Swedish sisters that form First Aid Kit, will bring those repressed memories of unrequited love to the surface.  Imagine Bright Eyes but with a little more of a feminine folk feel.  It's the type of music to put on when feeling deeply insightful, but don't necessarily want to talk to anyone.  Their perfection of close harmony is what makes the despairing voices of these women addictive.

Leave it to two Sweedish teenage sisters to make one of the nicest Americana records of the year so far.  Klara and Johanna Söderberg, who perform under the name First Aid Kit, released their 2nd full length album, The Lion's Roar, in late January.  Featuring a collaboration with Conor Oberst on the album stand out "King of the World, the album has been receiving great reviews, and this summer, the sisters will be making a stop in Buffalo to perform at Club Infinity in Williamsville, courtesy of After Dark Entertainment.  The show is set for 8:00pm on Monday, July 30th.  Tickets can be purchased in advance for $13 at ticketweb beginning this Friday at 10:00am.