Tag Archive | Swedish folk

listen | the Tarantula Waltz

listen | the Tarantula Waltz

i accidentally discovered the Tarantula Waltz (musician and songwriter, Markus Svensson) while searching for another YouTube video. the “Scandinavian Minds” video i found distracted me from my original mission. i looked for more videos by the Tarantula Waltz, but i wasn’t terribly impressed by their full band performances… recently, i came across the video for “Majestic Jaws”, and […]

review | First Aid Kit :: The Lion’s Roar

review | First Aid Kit :: The Lion’s Roar

despite their recent emergence onto the North American music scene, Sweden’s First Aid Kit introduced their music to the public back in 2007. the sisters sent their demo Tangerine to a Swedish radio station, and it received airplay that summer. Joanna and Klara put out the EP Drunken Trees in 2008; their debut full-length album The Big […]