Jack In Water front-man Will Clapson opens the set with a crisply arpeggiated acoustic guitar line that immediately sets a precedent for the level of dynamic control that the band exercise in their performance

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of colitas rising up through the air. Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light… A coyote howls at the moon way off in the distance. Knocking back whiskey from a flask at the wheel of my ’68 Ford Mustang. Soothed by the earthy roar of the V8 under the hood. My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim… I had to stop for the night.

She opened her set singing solo with acoustic guitar. Accompanied only by a ridiculously garish spinning glitter ball. The drab irony of this most inappropriate light show didn’t escape her either

He steps into the candle lit ring and from the very first round it becomes quite plain that his guitar skills are superb. Playing a nylon strung electro-acoustic, his finger styles are intricate, uplifting and deceptively effortless.

First Aid Kit : Live
The Old Queen’s Head, Islington.
07/12/09
First Aid Kit, Sweden’s latest export to make waves break on our island’s musical shores, paid us a fleeting visit in London to showcase their forthcoming album, The Big Black and the Blue. The band comprises of sisters, Klara and Johanna Söderberg, who play acoustic guitar and [...]