How I found The Knife

Because I know many of my friends live in caves deeper even than the one I dwell in, I will introduce you to The Knife.

http://www.theknife.net/

The Knife is a musical duo from Sweden formed in 1999. The band consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer.

Like fellow Swedish musicians Abba and Ace of Bass, The Knife make music.

It just happens to be really fucking good music.





They are also crazy Scandinavians who hate appearing live or in their own videos, often wearing masks when they do so. Or in this case, appearing only peripherally while letting a transvestite karaoke the song.



Believing that electronic music is difficult to experience in concert they perform extremely rarely but take dramatic measures to provide a compelling stage show. Only the vocals and parts of the instrumentation are not pre-recorded but their show is groundbreaking.





Recently, Karin recorded a solo album; Fever Ray. It's a departure in tone and song structure from The Knife but it is without a doubt the best album I have heard in years.



Unofficial video -


Tickets for US dates go on sale this Sunday. So, anyone want to come to San Francisco on October 5th?!??