The Music Fix — Gig Review: The Swedish folk duo leave us wanting more....The Swedish folk duo leave us wanting more. more info

DrownedInSound — ‘I Met Up With A King’ and ‘Winter Is All Over You’ both sound sublime - but its when FAK abandon their mics altogether that things get most impressive. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

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Song, by Toad — Maybe it’s something about a Scandinavian accent singing Americana, but this really does remind me of A Camp, Nina Persson from the Cardigans’ solo project.  The similarity is pretty superficial, so don’t think I am comparing the two, exactl... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: and great new videoFirst Aid Kit, Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Soderberg, released their debut album 'The Big Black And The Blue' in the UK last week to much critical acclaim. They follow up the album release with the second single f... more info

DrownedInSound — Harmony. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — WichitaAfter notching up more than 1m YouTube views for their forest-floor cover of Fleet Foxes' Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, in which you can almost see the trees shaking under the air-pushing force of their potent harmonies, this pair of teenage si... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — January has been a fairly good month all in all. I've started up interviewing bands again, spending some quality time with Alexis Hot Chip, 4/7ths of Los Campesinos, Jack from These New Puritans, Delphic and Vivian Girls too. Gigs have been thin on t... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: Time to get plasteredThe Big Black and The Blue, the debut effort from First Aid Kit is released next week in the UK via Wichita Recordings. The girls will be taking their lush harmonies on tour around the UK in February/March, playing Lo... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — The list of albums I missed in 2009 is a bit too long really. Chiefly I'm currently listening to Cold Cave, Atlas Sound, St Vincent and Smith Western's debut.For some reason I was mixing SW up with First Aid Kit, another young band but one who make n... more info