The Knife

The Knife is a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999.
The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who
together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received
international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by José
González, appeared in a commercial by Sony. Subsequent songs ... read more

Readers recommend: anti-Christmas songs – results

Crying at Christmas, pulling a pistol on Santa, doing something unspeakable to a snowman. Here is your idea of jingle hellHo ho ho? No, no, no. This week's been a catalog...
Posted 15 December 2011 3.47pm — Comment on this

Michael Lohan Is Heading Under The Knife

Did you hear that Lindsay? Dear old dad is about to have surgery. Better question - do you care? (Note: No one holds it against you if you don't.)Michael Lohan was remov...
Posted 5 December 2011 7.50pm — Comment on this

Open thread: What are you listening to?

Tell us what music you've been enjoying recently, and listen to some recommendationsLast week, we asked readers to let us know what music they've been listening to recent...
Posted 19 October 2011 1.01pm — Comment on this

Electric Picnic 2011 additions: Niki

More names announced today.Top pick: Niki & The Dove (if you dig The Knife….)UnderworldBob Geldof (Spoken word)M.Ward (no Zooey? COME ON)I Am KlootFoster The ...
Posted 20 July 2011 12.40pm — Comment on this

Renee Graziano Went Under The Knife For A Full-Body Makeover

Renee Graziano was preparing for some serious plastic surgery near the end of this season of Mob Wives, as evidenced by this photo of her in her beloved Dr. Klapper‘...
Posted 28 June 2011 4.30pm — Comment on this

Tomorrow In A Year: The Knife’s Darwin Opera comes to Cork in June / win tickets

Last year The Knife released the studio album Tomorrow In A Year in with Planningtorock (new album W streaming here) and Mt. Sims, which essentially served a soundtrack t...
Posted 18 May 2011 12.42pm — Comment on this

First Listen: Austra - Feel It Break (album stream)

Austra's full-length debut, Feel It Break, comes out May 17.Growing up in Toronto in the 1990s, Katie Stelmanis knew she'd one day be an opera singer. She studied pian...
Posted 9 May 2011 9.19am — Comment on this

The Knife begin work on first new album since 2006

Duo set to release new album next year
Posted 26 April 2011 11.44am — Comment on this

The Knife Begin Recording New Album

Duo confirm they're back in the studio...
Posted 26 April 2011 9.46am — Comment on this

Monday News Roundup 4/25

Enigmatic brother-sister synthpop duo The Knife haven’t released a proper album since 2006′s acclaimed Silent Shout - despite spearheading the noise opera Tom...
Posted 25 April 2011 9.06pm — Comment on this

Jeniferever release new album 'Silesia' out 11 April 2011 on Monotreme Records

Given their country's population of around ten million, and the constant stream of new sounds emanating from its borders, it's easy to assume that one in four Swedes a...
Posted 4 February 2011 10.19pm — Comment on this

Jeniferever Announce Silesia for April Release

I love Swedish music. I love Lykke Li, Jens Lekman, Mando Diao, The Knife and most bands that have come out of the country. I might even love ABBA a little bit, depending...
Posted 28 January 2011 4.47pm — Comment on this

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