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Kaleo, a four-man band from Iceland, plays Saturday at Music Farm Columbia.
Kaleo, a four-man band from Iceland, plays Saturday at Music Farm Columbia. PROVIDED

Kaleo at Music Farm Columbia

Kaleo, a four-man band from Iceland, is fresh off the Land of Fire and Ice on its first U.S. tour.

The group blends folk, blues, country and rock for an indie-tinged Americana sound.

Bandleader JJ Juliusson, drummer David Antonsson Crivello, bassist Danny Jones and guitarist Rubin Pollock formed outside of Reykjavik in 2012. Since then, they’ve been causing a stir in their home country, most notably with their hit song, “All The Pretty Girls,” which now has more YouTube views than the entire population of Iceland. Kaleo signed with Atlantic Records and relocated to Austin earlier this year, hitting the road most recently with “Riptide” singer Vance Joy.

8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 at Music Farm Columbia, 1022 Senate St.; $9; www.musicfarm.com.

Others Around The Midlands

Brave Baby with SUSTO and The Great Oaks: Brave Baby is an indie-pop band from Charleston set to release its sophomore album, “Electric Friends,” on Thursday. Drummer and producer Wolfgang Zimmerman described the album to the Charleston City Paper as “a riding-to-the-beach-in-a-Jeep-Wrangler kind of vibe.”

SUSTO is another Charleston band whose sound fuses indie and country, while The Great Oaks are an alternative country band from Columbia.

8 p.m. Thursday at New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St., West Columbia; $8 in advance, $10 day of show; newbrooklandtavern.com.

Horizon, a jazz, R&B and gospel band, plays a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday in Finlay Park; 930 Laurel St.

A Light Divided: 8:30 p.m. at Art Bar with Ashes to Airwaves, Decadence and The Revelry; 1211 Park St. www.artbarsc.com.

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