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First Aid Kit -- Live Tonight!

19 March, 2010 - 01:20

Like many Oregonians, I'm sad to be missing SXSW in Austin this week.

But while all you tech nerds (and I swear I say that with love) are missing the interactive program, I'm really missing the music.

And I'm especially bummed that tonight I won't be seeing the band that has the best Red Cross-related name ever...Sweden's own First Aid Kit.

Not only do I love Swedish musicians, I love that these two young ladies (ages 17 and 19) are already being compared to indie favorites like Fleet Foxes. And then there's that name...do they throw band-aids out into the audience? Do they travel with gauze in case of emergency? Who knows!

Because I know you're wondering, I did find the answer to the question about where the name came from. Per First Aid Kit's Johanna Söderberg:

Apparently, when Klara (Söderberg, her sister and fellow performer) was 12 years old, she decided that if she[...]

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