The Knife announce final live shows

Swedish band "The Knife" have announced that their coming live shows will be their last. The group posted the following message on their website:

"In the autumn we will round up the Shaking The Habitual Show Tour with a number of European dates. After the touring last year we reworked the show during the winter. The performers, previously known as dancers, learnt how to sing and play instruments, the stage got three levels, Shannon Funchess joined us and the show became more fun and shiny. We performed it in the US in the spring and now we would love you to join us in our dance for some last shaking moves.

“A handfull elf pee
That’s my soul
Spray it allover
Fill the bowl
Legs astride
An axe to grind
Generous actions with the speed of light
Without you my life would be boring”

See you on the dance floor…

/Olof and Karin, The Knife"

For your last chance to see The Knife you'll need to head to the following cities:

Oct 31 - Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden
Nov 01 - Film Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden
Nov 03 - Arena, Berlin, Germany
Nov 05 - O2 Academy, Manchester, UK
Nov 06 - Brixton Academy, London, UK
Nov 08 - Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavik

The Knife announce three live shows

Swedish duo "The Knife" have just announced three dates for their "Shaken-Up Show Tour 2014".

The band will be playing the following dates:

3rd Nov ARENA BERLIN, Berlin DE 
5th Nov Manchester Academy, Manchester UK 
6th Nov O2 Academy Brixton, London UK 

Introducing... Fever Ray

Today's "Introducing" article brings you information on a not-exactly-new but nonetheless extremely talented artist.

"Fever Ray" is the product of Karin Dreijer Anderssons darkest thoughts and inner demons.
A mix between powerful vocals and dark, heavy minimal electronic beats, as well as instruments including harps and exotic drums, Fever Ray is an artist you have to listen to -  if possible alone, outside during a full-moon night. Karin Dreijer Andersson is normally the lead singer of Swedish electro-pop duo "The Knife" (don't know them? Think of "Heartbeats").

She released her début solo album "Fever Ray", named after her alter ego, in 2009. The album's dark sound was extremely well received by critics, leading to a wave of 8s and 9/10s in leading music magazines. At times shrieking, at times thundering deep vocals over a sea of synth layers, Fever Ray sounds like no other artist.

"[It] may not make sense to play [Fever Ray] if you're prone to nightmares", claimed BBC Music's Chris Jones.  And he is totally right. The sound exhumed by the Swede makes one feel alone with one's darkest thoughts. You may have heard Karin Dreijer Andersson in her collaboration with Röyskopp for the Norwegians' track "What Else Is There".



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Benjamin Brown